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Golden Hour Senior Center is helping house-bound seniors in Rock Springs receive meals after the Young at Heart Senior Center had to temporarily close due to COVID-19. Jackie Grubb, executive director at Golden Hour, said the center was contacted Friday by Young at Heart’s acting director, requesting help for the Rock Springs seniors. In total, the center’s kitchen is preparing between 115 and 125 extra meals, which are picked up by drivers from Rock Springs and distributed. “They definitely wanted to help any way they could,” Grubb said ab...
More than 1,000 Sweetwater County residents have contracted COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic and some resources are being stretched thin. According to Dr. Jean Stachon, the county’s health officer, the county has seen a 40% percent increase in positive COVID-19 cases since Halloween, growing to 1,075 as of Monday from 480 at the end of October. “That’s not an uphill slope, that’s a vertical raise,” Dr. Stachon said Monday afternoon. At the end of September, the rate of positive...
The Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an unattended death initially reported Sunday. According to a press release from the sheriff’s office, the body male was discovered alone in his camper near Anvil Draw by a concerned resident and is believed to have been there for several months. Investigators said the death did not appear suspicious and are working with the Sweetwater County Coroner’s Office in notifying the next of kin. The sheriff’s office also seeks information regarding to the death. Anyone with information is urge...
CASPER – The rise in coronavirus infections prompted Wyoming’s chief justice on Friday to suspend jury trials until further notice. The COVID-19 surge had caused some courts to fully or partially shut down, according to a statement released Friday by the Wyoming Supreme Court. Courts have also experienced difficulties finding enough jurors. Those realities prompted Chief Justice Michael K. Davis to order a halt to jury trials for the time being. “The Court is therefore implementing measures to protect the health of the public and court perso...
Sherril Hart, 56, of Green River, WY, passed away Saturday, November 14, 2020, at the Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County due to complications from COVID-19. Sherril was born on June 17, 1964, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Donald and Evelyn Adams. In her younger years Sherril could be found playing paper dolls with her younger sister, riding bikes with her older brother, and escaping the teasing of her older sister. She also enjoyed playing tennis, strumming her guitar, and being in nature. S...
E. Darrell Smith, 80, passed away peacefully on November 13, 2020 in Green River, Wyoming surrounded by his family. Darrell was born on May 11, 1940 in Fort Totten, North Dakota to Ernest Smith and Agatha Thompson Smith. He graduated from St. Marys Academy in 1958 before attending the University of North Dakota and Kansas University. He was drafted into the Army and served his tour with honors. Darrell was a surveyor throughout his working career, and after retirement he worked for Spirit Lake...
Carol Ann Nunez Uriarte, 71, passed away Monday, November 9, 2020 at her home in Green River, Wyoming. She was a life-long resident of Wyoming. Mrs. Uriarte was born July 2, 1949 in Laramie, Wyoming; the daughter of Jose Juarez Nunez and Lisa Torres. She attended schools in Green River and was a 1967 graduate of Green River High School. Carol married Eustaquio Uriarte on December 30, 2001 in Green River, Wyoming, and he preceded her in death on May 30, 2011 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Mrs. Uriarte...
Christine "Chris" Louise Tyler, 60, passed away Friday, November 6, 2020 at her home in Rock Springs, Wyoming. She was a life-long resident of Rock Springs. Mrs. Tyler was born May 4, 1960 in Rock Springs, Wyoming; the daughter of James Mehle and Joyce Lucas Mehle. She attended schools in Rock Springs and was a 1978 graduate of Rock Springs High School. Christine also attended Western Wyoming Community College where she earned an Associate's of Computer Science. Mrs. Tyler married Ron Tyler on...
A mask mandate will not work. Comments from Sweetwater County Attorney Daniel Erramouspe and Green River Police Chief Tom Jarvie last week indicate enforcement of a mask mandate is impossible. In an email to the Star, Erramouspe wrote, “we would not prosecute any violations, as I believe such an order is unenforceable.” The question is this: what do we do to get more people to follow recommendations to wear a mask while in public and to socially distance themselves from other people, especially when Thanksgiving is weeks away and we’re appro...
President-Elect Joe Biden said throughout his campaign: “I’m running as a proud Democrat, but I’ll govern as an American.” As one of those Americans who care more about the country than any political party, I wish him success, and suggest we give him a way to demonstrate he’s serious about that claim. Wyoming voted for Donald Trump by the largest margin of any state — with 70% of votes cast for the president, as opposed to 26.6% for Biden. Furthermore, there is almost nothing more contrary to the Democratic Party’s policies than helping coal ...
Dear Editor, I do not care how mystified or angry Kerry Drake is. Give me Liberty or Give me Death. P.S. Hey Kerry, It is not up to you. Hundreds of thousands die each year across the country with things like cancer, for example. Take cigarettes. Half a million people die. Cigarettes are still sold everyday. No lock downs or masks. You drank the Kool-Aid and you have no say over my life. Get on with yours. The message I sent to Green River Star was not meant to be a letter to editor. It was just to say take a breath you have no right to make...
Some of the days on Golden Hour Senior Center's calendar of events look as busy as they did before the coronavirus pandemic started. On Tuesday, the center's calendar showed events for open pool, line dancing, a TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meeting, Wii Bowling, lunch, bridge, a watercolor class and modified bunko. Events started at 8 a.m. and wrapped up by 3:30 p.m. Pandemic response guidelines continue to be observed, with patrons required to wear masks while in the building and strict limi...
The Rock Springs Historical Museum is pleased to announce it will be offering a special holiday-themed display for the month November. In light of the need for social distancing Museum staff and volunteers have created a display that could be enjoyed by everyone in the community. Visitors can only see “A Thanksgiving to Remember” through the Fire Station bay windows located on Broadway Street. The display will be available for the public to view 24 hours a day through the 28th of November. The scene is lit between 10 a.m., and 9 p.m., for the...
Shay Allen and Braden Sassman were named Expedition Academy's students of the month for October. The school recognizes one male and one female student each month for their hard work and dedication to both the school and community. Selections come from the school's staff, as well as student input received throughout the month. Only 18 students each year are named Student of the Month, with each recipient being awarded a certificate and are recognized during the school's Friday morning meeting....
The Boy Scouts will be conducting their annual food drive this week. Bags in Green River have already been distributed through local churches, though residents who did not receive a bag can participate as well. Residents can take their bag food donations to Boy Scouts and Green River Police Department officers at Smith’s Food and Drug and at the Green River Food Bank, located behind Golden Hour Senior Center between 8:30 a.m., and noon Saturday. For residents of Rock Springs, residents who received a bag at their door can leave bagged d...
CHEYENNE - Despite opposition from some officials in Laramie County and elsewhere in the state, Wyoming lawmakers narrowly advanced a bill Wednesday that would make wind energy producers pay more in taxes in the first three years of new projects. The legislation, which won approval on a 7-6 vote from the Joint Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Interim Committee, would remove a tax exemption on electricity generation that applies to new wind energy projects in their first three...
SHERIDAN — Administrators from local school districts asked legislators to push for an increase in the amount districts can keep in reserves, especially as budgets tighten across the state. Currently, school districts by law can keep 15% of their budgets in reserves. Sheridan County School District 2 Superintendent Craig Dougherty said a higher cap on reserves would allow districts to continue funding student programs when revenues are down. Dougherty also noted school districts are not currently encouraged to be fiscally responsible, b...
The Green River High School golf team finished a very successful season this year despite several set backs, including one of the varsity girls getting injured in a car crash and missing the rest of the season, as well as not being able to practice at their home course the entire week before conference because of storm damage. This years senior captains were Kaylee Lundgren, Kayde Foster, Jake Probst and Clayson Mele, while the other captains included sophomore Ryker Mele, and freshman Isabell...
The University of Wyoming Athletics Department announced on Tuesday that it is reducing the number of fans who will be allowed to attend home football and basketball games through the end of December 2020. Football attendance is being reduced from a maximum of 7,000 fans per game to a maximum of 5,000 fans per game for the remainder of the 2020 season. UW basketball attendance will be set at a maximum of 2,000 fans per game through the end of December 2020. Those attendance numbers equate to 17 percent of capacity for both Wyoming’s War M...
