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While school districts in the county grapple with the possibility of funding cuts, the cities are breathing a sigh of relief. Since June, sales tax revenues collected has increased from previous months. At the beginning of May, collections for the 2012 specific purpose sales tax, commonly referred to as the sixth penny tax, were listed at $1.06 million. In June, those receipts increased to $1.3 million and remained at that level throughout the summer months. Revenues jumped to $1.8 million at...
C. Jean Bish, 87, passed away Oct. 24, 2017, at her home in Green River. She was a resident of Green River for six years and was a former resident of Niagra Falls, N.Y. Bish was born on June 30, 1930, in Bradford, Penn., the daughter of Clair Amenzo Norton and Hazel Jane Ogden. She attended schools in Bradford, Penn., and was a 1947 graduate of Bradford High School. Bish married William Austin Bish in 1950 in Bradford, Penn., and he preceded her in death in March of 1985. She worked as a bank...
Two days have been set aside for the sentencing of a man who pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter in the death of a 2-year-old boy. Jacob Anglesey, 35, will appear in the Third District Court of Judge Richard Lavery, Tuesday, Nov. 28 at 9 a.m. for a sentencing hearing to the felony charge. Anglesey, a GRPD officer at the time, was originally charged with first-degree murder, but three days before his trial was set to begin, he changed his plea on a reduced charge of voluntary...
The Green River Police Department is investigating several burglaries occurring within the city during the past several weeks. Burglaries recently occurred at Castle Rock Veterinary Center and Club 86, both of which were reported Oct. 25. The Green River Fraternal Order of Eagles, American Legion, The Hitching Post and the Embassy Tavern have all been burglarized during the past few months. Similar burglaries have been reported in Kemmerer, Evanston and Laramie, as well as other locations across...
A few more elk have been reportedly poached, with two cow elk killed in Hunt Area 100, about a mile and a half north west of Exit 136 on I-80, along Black Butte Road. The two elk were found and reported Oct. 25 and were believed to have been shot early that morning or the night before. “Both elk carcasses were less than 100 yards from the road; one was easily visible on top of a small hill and the other was a short distance away in some brush,” Andy Roosa, a game warden with the Wyoming Dep...
Jody Jean (Gilpin-Kelly) Triplett of Lyman passed away Oct. 29, 2017, at the Rocky Mountain Care Center in Evanston after a lengthy illness. She was born March 12, 1959, in Rock Springs, the daughter of Ralph Gilpin and Ruth Rowland. She graduated from Rock Springs High School with the class of 1977. She was a member of the Holy Spirit Catholic Community. She was an advocate for domestic violence and sexual assault victims while working for S.A.S.H. She enjoyed many things especially spending...
Leon Exly Covell Jr., 73, passed away Oct. 23, 2017, at Sage View Care Center in Rock Springs. Covell was a resident of Rock Springs for the past five years and former resident of Big Piney. He was born May 16, 1944, in Cutbank, Mont., the son of Leon Exly Covell Sr. and Opal Burnette Covell. Covell attended schools in Big Piney and was a 1963 graduate of Big Piney High School. He was a rough neck for many years and a tire repairman for Petro at the time of his retirement. His interests...
Julius Robert (Bob) Gasperetti, 87, a life-long resident of Rock Springs, died peacefully in his home Oct. 28, 2017, surrounded by his loving family. He was born Aug. 19, 1930, in Starkville, Colo., and moved to Rock Springs when he was 12 years old. He attended junior high and high school in Rock Springs and graduated high school in 1948. He went to Heber City, Utah, for work and married Nancy Joan Kohler in 1950. They were later divorced in 1966. Through this union two children were born; a...
Larissa Rose Salazar, 16, passed away Oct. 26, 2017, at her home in Rock Springs. She was a lifelong resident of Rock Springs. Salazar was born Sept. 6, 2001, in Rock Springs, the daughter of Andrew William Salazar and Jennifer Marie Salazar. She attended Black Butte High School and was a junior. Salazar enjoyed spending time with family, friends, and siblings, especially her sister Mariah, as well as hockey, basketball, crocheting and being on her cell phone. Survivors include her parents,...
Roger Scott Stamper, 77, passed away Oct. 24, 2017, in Rock Springs following a lengthy illness. He was a resident of Rock Springs for 46 years and a former resident of Laramie. Stamper was born Feb. 8, 1940, in Lancaster, Penn., the son of Floyd Stamper and Effie Baldwin. He attended schools in Bel Air, Md and was a 1958 graduate of Bel Air High School. He also maintained a certificate to be a pipe fitter. Stamper married Orcellia Trujillo Nov. 27, 1964 in Laramie. He worked as a pipe fitter...
Fake news, as a concept, has been around at least as long as we’ve had politicians. But we used to call it something else: propaganda. That our President was able to harness the term and continue to ride its wave, is disconcerting to people in the business of reporting news because it is so often an attack on media outlets which pride themselves on unbiased reporting. But the President’s attacks are not groundless which is why they resonate with so many Americans. Journalism schools have evolved over the past generation, in an attempt to equ...
I truly believe that some of the greatest ideas come from children. We simply just have to take the time to stop and listen to them. I mean really, listen to them. That doesn’t mean we pull “the smile and nod” technique or repeat the last thing they said back to them so they think we are listening. I mean actual listening. A dear friend of mine always said “The Lord gave us two ears to hear and one mouth to speak.” How true that is. He also pointed out that we have these two ears because w...
In the past few weeks, there have been several changes in Washington that will directly benefit people across Wyoming. These include Wyoming’s energy workers, families who need affordable health care, and those concerned with preventing wildfires. Ending the “Clean Power Plan” On Oct. 10, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took steps to repeal the so-called Clean Power Plan rule. The EPA is supposed to issue reasonable regulations to protect America’s air. However, the unreasonable and unlawful Clean Power Plan would have hurt energy...
Once again, children dressed up as witches, princesses, ninjas, super heroes and other characters and took to the streets in search of candy. Besides Christmas and Easter, Halloween is probably a child's favorite holiday. It's the one time of the year when children are encouraged to dress up as whatever they want to be and go around collecting candy from strangers. Over the years, costumes have changed so children can dress up like whatever cartoon character is popular at the time, however,...
For one woman, owning her own restaurant was always something she thought she'd end up doing at some point. However, she just might not have thought it would be in the shape of the Dancin' Dog food truck. For Kari Hubert and her mother Terrie Taylor, opening the food truck was like a dream come true. Hubert said she's always had a love of food and always knew she would own her own restaurant. "I spend all of my time in the kitchen," Hubert said. "It just fits me. I like it there." But when...
This upcoming weekend the Green River High School Speech and Debate team will participate in its first tournament of the year. The team won’t have to travel far since the tournament is in Rock Springs. This year, the entire team will compete. In years past, the novice portion of the team were the only ones competing at the RS tourney. “This tournament is very early for us, so for this past several years I have only brought our novice to compete. This season we decided to compete with everyone be...
Karlene Atkinson of Rock Springs and Kyle Gilmore of Green River recently announced their engagement and upcoming marriage. The couple got engaged June 1, while on vacation in Victoria, Canada. The bride elect is the daughter of Willene and Lewis Atkinson of Rock Springs and is currently employed as a surface electrician at Ciner. She graduated from Rock Springs High School in 2011. Graduated from Western Wyoming Community College in 2014 with an associates degree in Electrical Instrumentation...
The 2017 Green River Pond and Garden Tour was dedicated to Toni Morgan. Wiley and Toni Morgan are instrumental in creating the Green River pond tour event. "With the loss of Toni last year, I received several emails asking if we could dedicate this years tour to Toni and purchase a special tree and plaque to be placed on the river walk in Green River," Lyneen Murphy, pond and garden tour director said. During this year's pond tour, each garden home sold raffle tickets raising funds to purchase...
By PETE RUST Contributor The Wolves football team advanced to the semi-finals of the State 3A Football Playoffs with a convincing 28-7 win over the always tough Douglas Bearcats. After last weeks regular season ending game loss to No. 1 Star Valley, the Wolves came out looking confident from the start, returning to their winning ways by dominating play on both sides of the ball. The Wolves' offense took control right away, running more than 9 minutes off the clock in an 11-play drive that ended...
The Green River Lady Wolves swimming team is gearing up for state this weekend with a goal in mind. Top three. That’s the place the Lady Wolves set for a goal at the beginning of the season and that’s still what they would like to bring home after state competition this weekend, head coach Colleen Seiloff said. In a last effort to try and qualify more swimmers, the Lady Wolves attended a last chance meet Thursday hosted in Green River. “It went fine.” Seiloff said. “We don’t score that meet....
The Green River Lady Wolves volleyball team came in third at regionals and are now setting their sights on state. This past weekend, the Lady Wolves played two games. Since the Lady Wolves entered the tourney as the No. 2 seed in the 4A west conference, they had a bye on Friday. Even though the Lady Wolves weren’t playing until Saturday, they were at the tournament watching other teams. “I think it helped them get into the weekend. We knew who we were playing and knew what to expect,” head...
