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The Green River Parks and Recreation Department received a prestigious award from the National Recreation and Park Association for its management of the city’s parks and its public programs. The city received the Gold Medal Grand Plaque for Excellence in Park and Recreation Management Monday evening during the Green River City Council meeting. The city joins four other communities in receiving the award this year, with the city being chosen for municipalities of 30,000 residents or less. The c...
The CEO of Castle Rock Medical Center is urging the Green River City Council to draft and pass a mandate requiring people to wear masks in public places throughout Green River. The request comes after Sweetwater County recorded its third COVID-19-related death and as contact tracing and testing efforts are being overwhelmed locally. Bailie Dockter, CEO of the medical center, said the spread of COVID-19 in the community has been slow, but steadily increasing. The medical center is one of two...
An agreement approved by the Sweetwater County commissioners Tuesday would allow the county a seat on the Joint Powers Telecommunications Board. Now, both cities and the Wyoming Attorney General’s office need to approve the agreement. Tim Knight, the county’s information technology director, said the board provides high-speed fiber internet connections to local government agencies and works with local internet service providers. While the county has utilized internet from the tel...
Friday afternoon, a line stretched from the early polling station established on the ground floor of the Sweetwater County Courthouse to the Sweetwater County Land Use Office down the hallway. On Monday, the line was visible from Flaming Gorge Way as people lined up out the ground entrance and down a nearby sidewalk. "We just wanted to get it done and in early," Kristine Daugherty, a Rock Springs resident said Friday. "This year will be nuts I think." Daugherty said she didn't want to wait in...
Tyson (Tyky) Kent Collier, age 70 of Glenrock, Wyoming passed away Friday, Oct 9, 2020 in Denver, Colorado. He was born June 30, 1950 in Green River, Wyoming the son of Kenneth and Eva(Gold) Collier. He attended elementary school in Green River before his family moved to Denver, Colorado. There he attended Denver North High School. He was drafted into the United States Army in 1970. He served as a medic in Vietnam War and was stationed at the Third Field Hospital in Saigon from 1971 to 1972. He married Sherry Rowan February 19, 1977 in Denver,...
Mauricio Mendez Montero, 20, passed away October 25, 2020 near Limon, CO from injuries sustained in an auto accident. Mauricio was a resident of Rock Springs, Wyoming and a previous resident of Mexico. He was born July 18, 2000 in Puebla, Mexico, the son of Nicolas Mendez Marin and Enriqueta Montero. He attended schools in Mexico and Rock Springs High School. Mauricio enjoyed working out, exercising, and taking care of his body and looking strong. He loved tattoos and his greatest passion was...
James "Jim" Angelo Eusek, 68, passed away Monday, October 26, 2020 at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County in Rock Springs, Wyoming. He was a life-long resident of Rock Springs. Mr. Eusek was born October 1, 1952 in Rock Springs; the son of John Paul Eusek and Rose Marie Russold. He attended schools in Rock Springs and was a 1971 graduate of Rock Springs High School. Jim married Donna Marie Sumner on December 4, 1982 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Rock Springs. Mr. Eusek worked for Sweetwater...
Roger Almus Weidner, 90, Passed away October 23, 2020 at Deer Trail Assisted Living in Rock Springs, Wyoming. Born January 18, 1930, in Thurston, Ohio, to Almus J. Weidner and Virgie Mae Weidner. Enlisted September 11, 1950 in United States Marine Corps during Korean War - served with Marine Air Control Group One, 2nd Marine Air Wing. He married Jeanne A. Ater, August 28, 1954. After eleven years of Ohio Banking moved to the West. Worked at Cheyenne National Bank as Vice President, then went 0...
Nicholas Franklin Philip Tabler, 47, passed away Thursday, October 22, 2020 in Gillette, Wyoming as a passenger in a vehicle accident. He was a resident of Rock Springs, Wyoming for 44 years and is a former resident of Arkansas. Mr. Tabler was born on September 22, 1973 in Ticonderoga, New York; the son of Franklin Tabler and Susan Currier Tabler. He attended schools in Rock Springs, Wyoming. Mr. Tabler married Stephanie Hallberg on August 19, 2000 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He worked as a heavy...
The coronavirus pandemic, at times, feels like a topic that has long-since been beaten to death. Everywhere a person turns, there’s a reminder of the pandemic -- from masks being worn in public to the idea of “contactless delivery” when ordering a meal to the home. Even the big, black letters making up this piece’s headline are a reminder of what we’re all going through. Sweetwater County is in a precarious situation when it comes to the pandemic. Yes, the positive infection numbers aren’t nearly as high as places like Natrona County or A...
By Mark Jenkins Resident Scholar Wyoming Humanities I have friends in Wyoming who will not vote for a president this November. They know their vote will not count toward the election, so, as an act of protest, they’re not voting at all. I utterly disagree with this repudiation of the most basic American right---in my opinion, it is the duty and privilege of every eligible American citizen to vote---but I understand the sentiment. The president and vice president of the United States are not elected by a plurality of the popular vote: they a...
SHERIDAN — The Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Judiciary Committee addressed additions to reasons allowing for executive sessions during public meetings in preparation for the 2021 general session. The decisions may provide less access to public meetings. Current Wyoming state statute allows government entities to hold an executive session on matters concerning discussions with attorneys and law enforcement on matters posing a threat to security of public or private property or threat to the public’s right of access; consider appointment emplo...
CHEYENNE – The Wyoming Legislature’s efforts to become the nation’s leader in blockchain technology and digital assets are paying off, attracting industry moguls to put their roots down in Wyoming and bring their businesses to the Cowboy State. For Laramie native Caitlin Long, Wyoming was an easy choice to bring her idea of a digital-asset bank to fruition, not only because of her upbringing, but also because Wyoming is the only state in the country with regulations in place for the type of Special Purpose Depository Institution she wante...
National Association of Counties (NACo) President Gary Moore today announced the formation of a broadband task force. The task force, comprised of nearly three dozen county government officials from across America, including Lauren Schoenfeld, Sweetwater County Commissioner, will study the lack of reliable broadband with a particular focus on the challenges facing underserved communities. A report, titled Understanding the True State of Connectivity in America, released by NACo and partner organizations earlier this year, found that nearly...
An estimated 1,500 people attended Green River's Trunk or Treat Halloween Parade Saturday morning, and the entry of the Sweetwater County Historical Museum, "Bill Taliaferro's Haunted Sheep Camp," highlighted in a fun, seasonal way an important part of Sweetwater County and Wyoming's old west history: the sheep industry In 1870, Wyoming's sheep herds amounted to only about 6,000, but by 1900 that number had grown to 5,000,000, and many of the sheep operations were located in south-central and so...
By Audrey Harton Western Wyoming Community College Western Wyoming Community College launched a new website in 2019. The new website is a powerful tool that helps prospective students gain valuable insight into what it is like to attend Western. The site includes information on the Top Ten Reasons Why to attend Western, campus events calendar, financial aid information, applications, campus tours, student life information, details on courses and anything students may want to know about the College. One of the website pages, the Be an Outsider p...
Members of the Green River High School Girls Swimming and Diving team had their final chance to qualify for state Thursday evening during the last chance meet the team hosted. Head coach Colleen Seiloff said no one qualified at the meet, which means 17 ladies will be sent to Laramie to compete at the State swim meet. She said a few of the girls were close to hitting their needed times, but were unable to break through those times. Seiloff said many swimmers qualified in multiple events, which...
