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Someone is more than $2 million richer after a winning Cowboy Draw lottery ticket was sold in Rock Springs Monday. The winning draw took place Monday afternoon, with the winning numbers of 1, 7, 28, 30 and 34 being tracked to the Kum & Go store at 1540 9th St. The total cash prize amounted to $2,251,267. Jon Clontz, the CEO of the Wyoming Lottery Corporation, said a man has come forward to claim the prize, but hasn’t decided if he wants to make his name public or not. The lottery’s rules in Wyom...
Similar to voting for city and state officials, residents in Wyoming have the option to retain circuit court, district and state supreme court judges or have them removed from the bench and the Wyoming Bar Association is weighing in through a publicly-available poll surveying its members. The association releases an advisory poll prior to each general election and surveys attorneys on their opinions of judges they’ve worked with. Graded on a five-point scale, the survey asks opinions r...
Wyoming’s largest electrical provider, PacifiCorp, wants to speed up its shift from coal-fired power to renewable energy. But its plan for achieving that vision lacks proper analysis, transparency and modeling, and doesn’t adequately consider other alternatives, such as nuclear power or adding carbon capture to coal plants. That’s the conclusion of the Wyoming Public Service Commission, which just released the results of its investigation into the utility’s 2019 Integrated Resource Plan. The PSC’s findings won’t result in any immediate a...
Cayleigh Ann Welch, passed away on Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at her home in Green River. She was a lifelong resident of Green River, Wyoming for the short eighteen years she was here. Cayleigh was born on December 18, 2001 in Rock Springs, Wyoming; the daughter of Aaron Andrew Welch and Cynthia Renee Schreck. She attended schools in Green River, Wyoming and was a 2020 graduate of Green River High School. She was attending Western Wyoming Community College on a full ride volleyball scholarship...
It’s a battle that’s been waged for a long time now and it doesn’t show any signs of letting up. There’s a movement amongst state legislators to have the legal notices published by municipal and county governments in their local newspapers instead published solely on their governmental websites. At a time when the state and its city and county governments have been hit hard by a sluggish minerals industry and the impacts of a pandemic, it makes sense to cut costs wherever they can be cut -- at least that’s the surface argument. There’s s...
Women often put the needs of their loved ones before their own. That may be truer than ever this year, as mothers juggle working from home, virtual learning and childcare along with the usual everyday responsibilities. As members of the Prevent Cancer Foundation’s Congressional Families Cancer Prevention Program®, we encourage women to take this month to prioritize their health as we observe Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Breast cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer and second-most common cause of cancer deaths among American wo...
Lumpy, a walking, talking lump of coal wearing a miner’s hat and gloves, serves as the Energy Policy Network’s mascot. “Affordable and plentiful, I keep America’s lights on and economy moving,” Lumpy says in a speech bubble on EPN’s website. To be charitable, I won’t offer what else Lumpy resembles. I will offer a rewrite of his speech, though. He should be saying, “Thanks for the handouts, Wyoming taxpayers!” Because while coal is still plentiful, it’s no longer affordable, either in economic or environmental terms. But that hasn’t stopped...
CHEYENNE – With only a few weeks remaining until Election Day, the candidates vying to be Wyoming’s sole delegate in the U.S. House of Representatives discussed their visions for a country hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic during a debate Thursday night in Torrington. The debate, which was hosted by WyomingPBS and Wyoming Public Radio at Eastern Wyoming College, featured incumbent Republican Liz Cheney, Democratic challenger Lynnette Grey Bull and Constitution Party candidate Jeff Haggit. The discussion offered the first opportunity for the...
CHEYENNE – With just a few weeks remaining until Election Day, the pair of candidates vying to become Wyoming’s next U.S. senator discussed their approaches to the federal COVID-19 response, health care reform and several other issues during a debate Thursday night in Torrington. The event, which was hosted by WyomingPBS and Wyoming Public Radio at Eastern Wyoming College, featured Republican Cynthia Lummis, who previously served as the state’s delegate in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2009 to 2017, and Democrat Merav Ben-David, a zoo...
A long struggle for a win finally ended for the Lady Wolves volleyball team Thursday night. The team won both their first set and first game Thursday night at home when they took on Riverton. The Lady Wolves took the game by winning three out of the four sets played. Riverton took an early lead winning the first set 25-20, but the Lady Wolves rebounded in the final three sets, winning 25-22, 25-20 and 25-16. That momentum didn't last as the Lady Wolves lost their Saturday game against Cody in...
A Green River High School student will get his first taste of mixed martial arts competition when he competes as an adult in Mississippi. Beck Shields, 16, will fight in an amateur mixed-martial arts competition in Biloxi, Saturday at the Biloxi Civic Center for the Empire FC promotion. He currently trains at both Rocks Boxing and Wyo. Faction gyms in Rock Springs. “I’m more excited than anything,” Beck said about his upcoming fight. His mother Jamie said they decided to take the fight because t...
While the coronavirus pandemic may have halted a number of high school activities related to homecoming, the tradition of designating the homecoming royalty continued. King and Queen Brogan Yost is the son of Shelly Yost and Ian Yost. He is a part of the football team. He likes to ride dirt bikes, target shooting, and hang out with friends in his spare time. Lauren Jensen is daughter of Casey and Heidi Jensen. She is a part of NHS, art, the cheer team and a captain of the swim team. In her free...
A program providing meals to Green River’s children has been extended to June 30, 2021. According to a release from Sweetwater County School District No. 2, the food service program was granted meal flexibility to allow students to receive meals under its Summer Food Program through the end of 2020. The program was originally set to end Dec. 31, 2020. “We will have breakfast and lunch available for pick up at Lincoln Middle School Monday through Friday from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., each day that school is in session,” Leah Kenison, director of nu...
The Transcontinental Railroad reached Green River in 1868 and established the future Sweetwater County seat as a railroad town, but for about six years before that, its importance was as a stagecoach station site, according to a media release the Sweetwater County Historical Museum issued Saturday. In 1861, the owner of the Overland Stage Company, Ben Holladay, the "Stagecoach King" originally from Nicholas County, Kentucky, was awarded the United States mail contract and began establishing...
Two of Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County’s nurses recently were recognized by the Wyoming Nurses Association in its annual statewide awards for excellence. Ashley Jenkins, a registered nurse on the Medical/Surgical floor, and Rachelle Harris, a registered nurse in the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit, received two of WNA’s six awards. Jenkins received WNA’s 2020 Nursing Excellence in the Workplace Award, given to a registered nurse who exemplifies consistent high-quality nursing practices and displays professionalism, according to the WNA. “I am...
It was a question Phil Harder heard throughout the summer. "Will we get to play?" For the head coach of Green River High School's tennis teams, it was a question he didn't know the answer to. The spring sports season, which includes a tennis season, was canceled once the coronavirus pandemic hit Wyoming and while the team was able to have summer workouts, nobody knew if they would even have a fall season. That lingering uncertainty didn't keep athletes from showing up. Harder said his students...
The always tough, second-ranked Powell Panthers traveled to Green River for a senior night homecoming game Friday and with a big fourth quarter, were able to pull away from the Wolves. The Wolves played the Panthers tough for most of the night as Powell held a slim one-point lead at the half and were up by only 28-20 to end the third quarter, but wore the Wolves down in the forth to prevail 44-20. The Wolves got the ball to start the game and were three plays and out. Despite a bad snap, punter...
