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Residents driving up Uinta Drive this week may have noticed a white water tower on the hill above Castle Rock Medical Center being torn down. This tank is one of two that the city of Green River is having removed. The second tank is at the end of Knotty Pine Street. Both of these tanks "have been out of service for over 20 years," according to Mark Westenskow, the city's director of public works. "These particular tanks were used at a particular time, but they've become obsolete," Westenskow...
The Green River Chamber of Commerce claims it didn’t intend to promote support for the failed 1% general purpose tax proposal. Last week’s special election resulted in a massive defeat for the proposed tax, with 5,359 voting against it and 1,300 voting for it. The chamber issued a one-paragraph press release Monday afternoon stating the chamber was asked to help encourage voters to show up at the polls last week. “Specifically the Chamber was asked to provide signage on the proposed gener...
Sweetwater County School District No. 2 is one of six school districts included in a lawsuit aiming to overturn health orders related to COVID-19. According to the Casper Star-Tribune, the suit was filed last Tuesday in U.S. District Court for Wyoming and centers on a Laramie High School student who was arrested for trespassing after refusing to comply with the school’s mask mandate. Grace Smith and her father Andy are joined by 17 other guardians of Wyoming students ranging in age from 4 to 17...
Gloria Delores Fuhriman Grigg, returned to heaven on Sunday, November 7, 2021. Gloria bravely battled a 3-year illness. Gloria was born on November 28, 1935 to, Horace and Jessie Fuhriman. Gloria was the 2nd child of 8 children. She enjoyed a happy childhood. Gloria met the love of her life, Gordon Grigg, on a blind date. They married on December 29, 1954, in the Idaho Falls Temple. They raised 7 children who they dearly loved. Debbie (Milton) Fewell of Ogden, Utah Thomas (Larina) Grigg of...
Jerry Lee Cast, 80. passed away Saturday, November 6, 2021 at his home in Rock Spring, Wyoming. He was a resident of Rock Springs for the last 32 year and former resident of Illinois. Jerry was born May 20, 1941 in Robinson, Illinois; he was the son of Kenneth Cast and Geneva Griffy. He attended school in Willowhill, Illinois. Jerry married Jean Kahle on November 21, 1972; they later divorced, but remained a loving couple together until his death. He was a Certified Ford mechanic for many years...
Dustan Michael Fernandez, 36, passed away on November 5, 2021 at his home in Rock Springs, Wyoming. He was a long-time resident of Rock Springs. He was born on January 16, 1985 in Rock Springs, Wyoming, the son of Vincent Fernandez and Cynthia Lee Holt. Dustan's interests include watching YouTube, and movies, listening to music, and drinking coffee. He especially enjoyed spending time with his fiancé Charlotte. Survivors include his mother Cynthia Popoe and husband Dale of Rock Springs,...
After a life filled with love, kindness and devotion, Kaylou Lightner went to heaven Nov. 5, 2021, after a lengthy illness, surrounded by her loving family. She was 75. Kaylou was a Rock Springs native, born Aug. 22, 1946 to Louis and Catherine McGarvey Muir. Kaylou's mother died in November 1953, when Kaylou was just 7 and her younger brother, Louie, was 5. Several years later their father married Isabell Lucas who stepped in and help raise her and her brother. Kaylou married the love of her...
Orlie Rounkles, 85, passed away Tuesday, November 2, 2021 at his home in Rock Springs, Wyoming. Mr. Rounkles was a resident of Rock Springs, Wyoming for 40 years and former resident of Big Piney, Wyoming and Tooele, Utah. He was born June 18, 1936 in Woodruff, Kansas; the son of Harley Ball Rounkles and Violet Daisey Mr. Rounkles attended schools in Kansas and Wyoming. He married Carol Hill June 16, 1968 in Rawlins, Wyoming. She preceded him in death June 29, 2015 Mr. Rounkles was the...
Troy Colby, 58, passed away on Saturday, October 30, 2021 at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County in Rock Springs, Wyoming. He died following a lengthy illness.. Mr. Colby was a resident of Rock Springs, Wyoming for the past thirty years and former resident of Gretna, Nebraska. He was born on December 4, 1962 in Hastings, Nebraska; the son of Larry Colby and Mary Schiable. Mr. Colby attended schools in Gretna Nebraska and was a 1981 graduate of the Gretna High School. He attended and received...
Pfizer has a antiviral pill the company claims can cut the chance of hospitalization and death by 89%. This is good news in a country that has so far had more than 750,000 COVID-19 related deaths and 46.4 million cases reported since the start of the pandemic. This might be the turning point in the course of the pandemic, which is something we all should hope for. Regardless of whatever drugs or treatments are developed to combat the illness, the best means of protecting oneself and others is by receiving a vaccine. COVID-19 vaccines are...
Veterans Day is set aside as a day to honor all the men and women who have served our country. In my own family, that’s a long list. Both my Grandpas served — Grandpa Romero in the Army and Grandpa Jarvie in the Navy. My Uncle Tom served in the Army during the Gulf War. My brother-in-law was in the Coast Guard. My step-uncle served, as did all of his kids, which included two serving in the Middle East. Many of my great uncles were veterans as well. My great uncles Don, Ren, Roy and Robert all...
Green River Police Department reports for Nov. 2 At 1:05 p.m., officers responded to a report of an individual with an active warrant at Probation and Parole. Officers met with the individual, confirmed the warrant, and placed Travis Moon Hernandez, 49, of Farson, under arrest per the active warrant. Officers transported Hernandez to the Sweetwater County Detention Center and completed a report of the incident. At 1:39 p.m., officers responded to a report of domestic violence. Officers met with the individuals involved in a verbal dispute and...
Southwest Wyoming Off-Road Trails (SWOT) has a vision: “connecting the communities of Southwest Wyoming with a series of off-road motorized trails.” SWOT was started by Mark Tesoro of Evanston, who visited Sweetwater County last week to present SWOT’s goals and begin making connections in the community. “SWOT is an economic development project for southwest Wyoming,” Tesoro explained to the commissioners. The project’s goal is to use existing trails and county roads to create a network of...
Dealing with the ongoing challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as a high number of emergency room visitations has put Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County at a “crisis level” as it struggles to cope with a nursing shortage. The hospital has seen a slowed number of COVID-19 inpatients in the last week. Deb Sutton, the public information officer at the hospital, said MHSC has had between 15 and 18 inpatients throughout November, which has included between four and eight COVID-19 pat...
The fifth annual Veterans Freedom Race took place Saturday morning to honor and raise money to support veterans in the community. The morning began with a 5k and 10k race starting and ending at the American Legion Tom Whitmore Post 28 on North Center Street. Runners could then enjoy a pancake breakfast cooked and served by the Sons of the American Legion and a medley of songs performed by the Green River High School band. The morning wrapped up with a one mile walk where veterans were led by a...
It was around 10:30 p.m. Friday night when the Green River Lady Wolves swim team rolled back into town after a long two days of competing in Gillette, but the late hour didn't stop the celebration as the swimmers brought home their second consecutive 3A state championship plaque. Lights flashed and sirens blared as the Green River Police Department and Green River Fire Department escorted the bus full of swimmers and cars full of family and friends through town. When the procession pulled up to...
The theater can be many things, but one is a place of escape - somewhere to get away, to laugh, to have fun and to forget the troubles of life for at least a little bit. This escape is something the Green River High School theater department hopes to provide with their newest production, "Spamalot." "Monty Python's Spamalot" is a musical based on the film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." GRHS Theater Director Bradlee Skinner said the musical follows the storyline of the film closely while...
Wyoming will see a federal oil and gas lease sale in early 2022 due to a federal court ruling that ended the Biden administration's 2021 moratorium. But the size of the lease sale will be much smaller than industry, and state leaders, hoped for. The Bureau of Land Management will defer 264 lease parcels initially considered for the sale, it said, and will instead offer a total 195 parcels. The parcels struck from the sale represent about 382,882 acres of Priority Habitat Management Areas for...
GILLETTE — Six officers were assigned to the commission chambers Tuesday for the Campbell County Commission’s regular meeting after the county sheriff had been asked to provide extra security. The request was made because of behavior at the previous commission meeting when some people were asked to leave because they were being disruptive. A group of library protesters showed up, as they have for the last few months, over concerns about library books. But on Tuesday, their signs were placed against the walls and chairs. And they were quiet for...
CASPER — The biggest coal-fired power plant in the country gets all of its coal from Wyoming. A second of its four units is now slated for retirement, halving total capacity before the end of the decade. Three Wyoming mines — Buckskin, Caballo and Eagle Butte — supply most of the millions of short tons of coal burned annually by Georgia’s 3,520-megawatt Robert W. Scherer Power Plant. Last year, roughly 10% of the mines’ combined coal production went to Scherer, according to the Energy Information Administration. Unit 3 is expected to shutter b...
RIVERTON — An attempt to tighten Wyoming’s loosened gambling regulations during the special legislative session failed last week when the House opted not to introduce a corrective bill. Senate File 1019 and its counterpart, House Bill 1019, sought to correct what their language called a “scrivener’s error,” or unintentional drafting mistake dating back to the 2021 session –– when legislators tried to repeal a sunset date for gambling regulation but instead, by an apparent omission that State Sen. Affie Ellis, R-Cheyenne, called an error –– r...
