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Genesis Alkali is calling some of its workers back following layoffs at its mine this summer. David Caplan, the company’s communications director, described the number of people being called back as “modest,” but said the market outlook going into 2021 has the company feeling confident about bringing more employees back. Caplan said one of the main reasons the company is calling workers back is that many of its older workers, some of whom have worked for more than 40 years at the facil...
ROCK SPRINGS — A jury found Bradley Setzer not guilty of attempted murder following his trial in Sweetwater County District Court last week. The jury returned with a verdict at about 4:35 p.m. on Tuesday. Not guilty verdicts were returned on three charges including attempted first-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder, and attempted voluntary manslaughter. Setzer was found guilty of interference with a peace officer. Setzer hugged his attorney after the verdict was announced. When Sweetwater County Attorney Dan Erramouspe was asked a...
Novel coronavirus infections continue to increase throughout the Cowboy State, leading to fears the state’s healthcare system will be severely impacted by hospitalizations. The deaths of nine residents were reported by the Wyoming Department of Health Monday evening, as well as an increase of 277 active COVID-19 cases. Five of the deaths were of residents living in Big Horn County, all of whom had health conditions known to contribute to a higher risk of severe symptoms from the disease. Only o...
The long-running Veteran’s Day program hosted by Lincoln Middle School will not happen this year. Lori Hastert, the sixth-grade teacher at Lincoln Middle School, said the school decided not to host the event due to concerns with hosting a COVID-19 spreader event amongst students and veterans. “The veterans mean the world to us, but they need their health,” Hastert said. “Right now, we just can’t do this.” She said the cancelation extends to the signs placed along Uinta Drive because they weren’t able to adhere with social distancing an...
Charlotte Ann (Carden) Copeland, 75, passed away Sunday, October 18, 2020 at her home in Green River, Wyoming. Mrs. Copeland was born on July 14, 1945 in Poteau, Oklahoma to Raymon A. and Bertha M. (O'Neal) Carden. As a toddler, her father moved the family from Oklahoma to Mt. Harris, Colorado to Hanna, Wyoming and then to Rawlins, Wyoming where she graduated from Rawlins High School with the class of 1963. Two daughters were born from her first marriage, Sharon Diane Skidmore and Susan Dee...
Jan Alan Rushing, 72, passed away Saturday, October 24, 2020 at Mission at Castle Rock in Green River, Wyoming after a courageous battle with Parkinson's disease. He was a resident of Green River for over 40 years and is a former resident of California. Jan was born September 14, 1948 in Fort Worth, Texas; the son of Robert J. Rushing and Marie Bridges-Rushing- James. Mr. Rushing attended schools in California and was an 1966 graduate of Emil R. Burkser High. Jan also earned a Bachelor's of Art...
George A. Whittecar, 69, passed away on Thursday, October 22, 2020 at Compassionate Journey Assisted Living in Evanston, Wyoming following a courageous battle with cancer for the past year. He was a resident of Green River, Wyoming since 1970 and former resident of Granger, Wyoming. Mr. Whittecar was born March 28, 1951 in Rock Springs, Wyoming; the son of Roy Whittecar and Augusta Kretz. He attended schools in Green River, Wyoming and was a 1969 graduate of Green River High School. George...
Kasey Kauppi, 30, passed away Sunday, October 18, 2020 at his home in Rock Springs, Wyoming. He was a life-long resident of Rock Springs. Mr. Kauppi was born January 17, 1990 in Rock Springs; the son of Donald C. Kauppi and Marlene Grubb. He attended schools in Rock Springs and was a 2008 graduate of Expedition Academy. Kasey also attended Western Wyoming Community College. Mr. Kauppi worked as a wireline operator for Kauppi Wireline Service. Kasey enjoyed life, whether it was fishing, camping,...
John B. Howe, 69 passed away on Sunday, October 18, 2020 at his home in Rock Springs, Wyoming following a lengthy illness. He was a resident of Rock Springs for 38 years and former resident of Laramie, Wyoming and College Station, Texas. He was born July 4, 1951 in Laramie, Wyoming, the son of Boyd Tilton Howe and Mary McGauran. Mr. Howe attended schools in Laramie, Wyoming and obtained his GED. He also attended Denver Automotive College obtaining his Diesel Mechanic Associates Degree. He was a...
Hui-Suk (Sue) Bozner passed away peacefully, Saturday October 17, 2020, surrounded by her family at her home in Green River, Wyoming. She had been battling endometrial metastatic cancer since February 2019. She was born June 4, 1960 in Non San-si South Korea. Mrs. Bozner was a resident of Green River, Wyoming since 1978 and former resident of Non San-si, South Korea. She was a hard worker that owned and operated the Mustang Motel for 25 years with her husband. She was always devoted to family....
As much as any of us hate to admit it, winter weather has arrived. Along with having to worry about shoveling driveways and sidewalks, many of Green River’s residents will also contend with slick roads and the possibility of driving during a nasty blizzard at some point during the next several months. We’ll keep our request short this week: Please drive carefully. The first storms of the year tend to result in a lot of vehicle collisions as people are not used to driving on snow and ice. While much of the weekend storm has melted off by the...
I don’t think I’m alone when I say this: I can’t wait for this election season to end. My reasons probably differ from most people -- through I can’t remember a previous presidential election being such a slog to experience. I blame social media for that feeling. But, the thing that I’m looking forward to most is this: President Donald Trump’s campaign team will stop blowing up my personal email’s inbox. The volume of email I’ve received from the Trump campaign has been absolutely jaw dropping to say the least. I’d say the word aggressive i...
Dear Editor Under a bill that went before the State Senate in February, an additional 3,000+ Wyoming resident hunters would have drawn an antelope tag this year. But, the bill, Senate File 94, failed on introduction. In fact, just one state senator, Larry Hicks of Carbon County, voted to introduce it. Sweetwater County (District 12) Senator, Liisa Anselmi-Dalton co-sponsored the bill, but then at vote time, she switched sides and voted against introduction! When it counted, Sen. Anselmi-Dalton sided with the greedy outfitters and entitled nonre...
ROCK SPRINGS — Sweetwater County residents were doing something right. The number of positive COVID-19 cases were dropping and remaining at low levels for more than a month. With the number of positive cases on the rise again, many healthcare providers know how easy it is to become complacent and are encouraging residents to continue to take precautions. Physicians and providers at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County are no exception. They continue to look for ways to ensure the public knows how important it is to take the appropriate p...
CHEYENNE – Donald Trump and Joe Biden were no-shows, but the last presidential debate of the 2020 election cycle happened Saturday night among little-known independent candidates at the Little America Hotel and Resort in Cheyenne. While each candidate is running on a different platform, all of them share the same belief that the country’s two-party election system is flawed and ripe for revision. Distant from both Washington and the disruptive tone set during Biden and Trump’s face-off a few weeks ago, the candidates who debated here stuck...
RIVERTON — Four Fremont County residents were sentenced in federal court last week for kidnapping, along with aiding and abetting, on the Wind River Indian Reservation. Ashley Rose Yellowbear, 28, Kristen Jade Antelope, 27, Rusty Tso Tabaho, 28, and Samuel Harold Friday, 38, received differing sentences based on their roles in the crime, varying from 114 to 160 months in prison. They were sentenced by Chief US Wyoming District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl. Each is from either the reservation or Riverton. The sentences were in connection w...
In a game that was much closer than the score indicates, the Star Valley Braves pulled away from the Wolves for the victory, eliminating the Wolves from the playoffs. The Wolves moved the ball initially on their first possession, but an interception ended the drive and Star Valley mounted a long drive on the ground before scoring on a short pass. A P.A.T., failed, but Star Valley had a quick 6-0 lead. The Wolves then mounted a six-play drive, with the big play and 31-yard run by senior running...
Team scores Green River, 329 Powell, 320 Lander, 201 Sublette County, 168 Lyman, 154 Kemmerer, 60 Riverton, 53 200-yard medley relay 1. GRHS A(Lauren Jensen, Hailey Uhrig, Lauren Lee, Lilly Munoz), 1:53.90 200-yard freestyle 3. Alexa Lauze, 2:05.84 4. Courtney Clark, 2:12.23 10. Amaya Spartz, 2:15.75 200-yard individual medley 1. H. Uhrig, 2:23.54 3. Madison Young, 2:27.77 9. Brianna Uhrig, 2:38.27 50-yard freestyle 13. Ivory Neher, 28.55 18. Chezni Rubeck, 29.31 24. Maya Wiekhorst, 31.94 1-meter diving 4. Zella Maez, 294.90 7. Kaili Wadsworth,...
Lady Wolves varsity cross county at state The girls placed ninth, scoring 223 points. Individual times 16. Madison Murdock, 21:27.2 17. Madison Yoak, 21:30.8 34. Madison Bauers, 22:26.7 79. Jayleigh Wright, 25:01.4 96. Pamela Pena Esdcalante, 28:12.6 97. Lydia Westensow, 28:26.1 Wolves varsity cross country at state The boys placed eighth, scoring 201 points. Individual times 12. Greg Sherwin, 17:48.8 17. Nathan Stevenson, 18:15.3 35. Ezekiel Reading, 18:44.7 64. Lucas Knight, 19:32.9 75. Evin...
