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Anyone having attended a meeting in the Council Chambers room at City Hall would notice it. At the new Green River Police Department and Municipal Court building, visitors walking into the courtroom space would have noticed a design similar to how the city council’s current meeting space is set up. A long table, with enough microphones and chairs to accommodate the mayor, city council members, city administrator and city attorney is present, along with space to accommodate dozens of people. While speaking to seniors at Golden Hour Senior C...
Residents may see additional donations to the Mining Memorial Park near the green River Visitors Center next year. Jeiremy Gomez, a member of the Green River Arts Council, said many companies are interested in donating equipment to the park. Gomez said QEP, an oil and gas company, plans to donate a compression station similar to the ones used to discover trona west of Green River 70 years ago. Gomez said other companies haven’t committed anything yet, but may plan to do so next year. The park, located at the Thomas Moran overlook, currently h...
In a sign of how the needs of travelers have changed, Little America is closing its restaurant and gift shop, citing more traffic to its travel centers as a deciding factor. “Unfortunately, what’s happened here is we’ve had to make some tough decisions,” Spencer Riggs, general manager for the Little America property said. The closure does not mean the entire operation west of Green River is shutting down. Riggs said business at the travel centers and hotel continues to be well and those locations will remain open. However, the restaur...
A Green River man who admitted to threatening his wife with a knife was placed on supervised probation. Richard Dean Wheeler appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Richard Lavery at change of plea and sentencing hearing to aggravated assault and battery. In exchange for Wheeler’s guilty plea to aggravated assault, he was given a three-to-five-year suspended prison sentence and placed on three years supervised probation. According to court documents, on March 1, Green River police officers responded to a call on Wilson street regarding an...
Castle Rock Ambulance Service is hiring a full-time crew to help improve its service to the city's residents. Ambulance service director John Taylor said the move won't create a privatized ambulance service, but will ensure its first ambulance is staffed and ready at a moment's notice. Currently, the service operates strictly as a volunteer operation, with ambulance calls being handled by people who rush up to the ambulance station, then staff an ambulance to respond to the emergency they're...
The mayor of Bairoil was recently charged with two counts of nepotism in a case accusing the mayor of hiring family members to municipal posts. Sue Rigano was served with a summons Tuesday following the Sweetwater County Commission meeting in Green River. According to the Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office, nepotism is a misdemeanor that carries a possible maximum possible penalty of a fine of not more than $1,000. Nepotism is part of the Ethics and Disclosure Act under Wyoming statute. The penalties section under the act also specifies that ...
With Halloween just around the corner, one of the more crowd-pleasing family events will take place Saturday in downtown Green River. The Green River Main Street Trunk or Treat is scheduled to take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on N. 1st. East. “This is definitely one of our more popular event and the biggest in the downtown area,” Green River Main Street Administrator Jennie Melvin said. This year’s event will include kids games, a photo area with a professional photographer, a costume contest for both kids and pets, truck or treating, pumpkin...
Jayce Edwin Soderlund, infant son of Chris and Lindsay Knezovich Soderlund, passed away Oct. 3, at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County. Survivors include his parents; maternal grandparents Greg and Sandy Knezovich of Rock Springs; paternal grandparents Jay Soderlund of Grand Junction, Colo. and Theresa Johnson and husband Will of Rock Springs; maternal great-grandparents Jeanne Prevedel and Olga Knezovich both of Rock Springs and Lawrence and Norene Seymore of Lyman; along with paternal great-grandfather Edwin Soderlund of Rock Springs....
Jim "Mag" Gearde, 62 and formerly of Green River, passed away Oct. 1 at his home in Wasilla, Alaska. He was born June 5, 1952 in Fairmont, W.V. He graduated from Rivesville High School in 1970 and attended Fairmont College. He worked for the General Chemical trona mine in Green River and for Big Timber School District in Montana. He married Mary Callaghan on Aug. 20, 1994 in Big Timber, Mont. He and Mary moved to Wasilla, Alaska in August 2001. Gearde retired from the City of Palmer in 2010....
Clara Norreta "Rita" White Caine passed away in Green River, on Oct. 4. She was born Aug. 20, 1937, to Charles J. and Purcie Minnie Curtis White in Provo, Utah. Caine attended Provo schools. She was married to Richard John Caine for many years; they later divorced. She retired at an early age and spent the rest of her life as a homemaker. She loved her daughters with all her heart. Caine had numerous hobbies and talents, including cross stitching and painting. She also loved playing computer...
Melanie Lee Roberts Barnes, of Gillette, passed away on Oct. 4, at the age of 46, after a long battle with ovarian cancer. Barnes was born on March 10, 1968, in Montpelier, Idaho, to Russell Boyd Roberts and Carol Nate Roberts. She was a graduate of Star Valley High School in 1986. She continued her education and graduated from the University of Wyoming in May of 1990 with dual majors in elementary education and special education. Barnes was sealed to Nathan H. Barnes in the Salt Lake Temple on...
Dear Editor, Cherished neighbors, why do we live in Wyoming? Is it the wide vistas of beauty? Or is it that new 10 cents a gallon gas tax? Why do we love Wyoming? Is it because of the feeling of freedom? Or is it that new lottery which draws in more young spenders than older. Citizens across Wyoming, I am writing because I need your help. How your legislators vote affects me and my family. What concerns me even more than the gas tax or the lottery is the preservation of marriage and family in Wyoming. Wyoming law, statue 20-1-101, defines...
Dear Editor, After reading an article in your paper on Wednesday I found myself once again questioning why certain information is included in some articles. I think it might be fair to say, law enforcement understands the newspaper business as well as the newspaper business understands law enforcement/prosecution business. Anyway, that’s what I tell myself when I read/hear some things being reported in the news. What I do understand is there are specific laws that control the release of certain information, and I understand why those laws a...
By DAVID MARTIN Editor Normally in this space, readers find an unsigned editorial detailing the newspaper’s position on some issue going on that affects Green River’s residents in some way. This week, we’re changing things up to address an important concern that’s come up in the last week. Last week, we published a story following up on a court case involving a man who sexually abused a girl. The man appeared at a probation revocation and through that, the story then recapped the events that le...
This weekend we are celebrating the Harry Potter books by hosting a Harry Potter Party from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Sweetwater County Library in Green River. Fans of all ages are invited to dress up as their favorite Harry Potter character and come enjoy crafts, snacks, games, activities and more. When the first Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, hit bookshelves in the U.S. in 1998 I wasn’t a fan. Many people were not, including several publishers who rejected J.K. Rowling’s manuscript. Some publishers thought the book was t...
Growing up on a farm, I had a lot of childhood memories. I was hoping my children would also have some of those same memories, but that idea was crushed when my parents decided to sell their Minnesota dairy farm. They needed to; and it was time, but it was still hard to say goodbye to the old homestead. This was numerous years ago. I cannot even remember what year, but this week I was reminded that my children can still have great childhood memories without a farm. My family recently made a trip...
By JACK H. SMITH Staff Writer While a lot of my fellow Americans were making their way to Apple Stores last week to see if they could bend the display models for the iPhone 6 or to properly secure their houses to prevent any intrusion from Ebola zombies, I found myself making the nine-hour voyage to Las Vegas. The popular marketing slogan states that what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, but if that were the case I should probably stop typing now. After a chaotic literally earth shaking trip to...
Work on two of the Jim Bridger Power Plant’s power generation units continues east of Rock Springs, despite complaints of its cost. Rocky Mountain Power, owners of the plant, are installing selective catalytic reduction technology into Units Three and Four in a bid to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the plant. Mike Saunders, project manager for the construction work, said the project was part of a 2010 settlement Rocky Mountain Power reached with the Environmental Protection Agency and is part of a $1 billion company-wide investment to u...
Ur Energy sees more than 10 years of life in its Lost Creek uranium facility north of Bairoil. The facility started production in 2013 and has earned more than $25 million in gross revenue from the sale of about 64,000 lbs. of U-308 yellowcake uranium. Wayne Heili, president and CEO of Ur Energy, said the facility sits on an estimated 13 million pounds of uranium. The mine doesn’t involve traditional mining technology, but utilizes an in situ method of extracting uranium, using native groundwater water to extract diluted uranium. The f...
Questar Gas is requesting a decrease in its Wyoming natural gas rates. If the request is approved by the Wyoming Public Service Commission, the annual bill for the typical residential customer will decrease by about $22 beginning Nov. 1. “Abundant natural gas supplies continue to reduce the price we pay for natural gas to serve our customers,” said Craig Wagstaff, executive vice president and COO of Questar Gas. “We’re maintaining rates that are among the nation’s lowest while improving our distribution system and encouraging customers...
With the state competition a little over a week away, Green River High School Marching Band Director Jerrid Washburn wants to see improvement each time the band performs. “Every time we get on the field whether it’s practice or a performance, we want it to be better than the last time. If were doing that, than the ratings we’d like to see will take care of themselves,” he said. The competition is slated for Oct. 18 in Casper and Washburn said the 75-member band is getting close to being ready. “There is still some polishing and work that need...
When walking into a library the last thing residents might expect is to hear is the sound of children singing. This may be the case with other libraries, but not the Sweetwater County Library. On Monday mornings, for about an hour, the multipurpose room is transformed into a toddler heaven. During regular toddler times, which are Mondays at 10 a.m. Becky Iwen, youth services assistant, uses "The Very Ready Reading Program" as her guide. This program encourages parents to follow seven easy ways...
With Halloween right around the corner, kids are picking out costumes and getting ready for Trick-or-Treating and annual Halloween parties. But why should the kids have all the fun? That’s the idea behind the “Come As You Aren’t” costume party fundraiser that is being put together by the Sweetwater County Library Foundation. The party is for adults and is from 7 p.m. to midnight Oct. 11 at the Outlaw Inn in Rock Springs. Tickets are $25. Laura Habibi, Sweetwater County Library Foundation Board of Directors president, said the foundation was loo...
