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As the Board of County Commissioners continues to look for ways to save revenue and make county services more efficient, Commissioners Roy Lloyd and Mary Thoman have turned their attention to the Sweetwater County Fire Department, questioning if it can be reevaluated to ensure it is functioning as efficiently as possible. Fire Warden Mike Bournazian spoke at this week’s commissioner meeting, defending the need for the fire department and his work to continually make it more efficient over the p...
The Green River City Council approved a lease agreement with JS Construction to develop two tracts of the former Lincoln High School property into residential housing. The council approved the bid for $70,000 for the B and C tracts of land Tuesday night. According to Council documents, the city only received the bid from JS Construction during a bid opening Nov. 10. The property was originally bid in 2017 for $100,000, but the builder working the project, New Peak, was unable to develop the two...
The Denver Division of the FBI is warning residents of both Colorado and Wyoming of a phone scam being conducted where the caller identifies themselves as a law enforcement official and asks for money or gift cards to clear supposed warrants and fines. According to a press release sent by the FBI, more than 300 women in Larimer County had been scammed through the scheme from 2016-2021 while more than 100 women in the Denver area had been scammed from 2017-2021. “The FBI warns citizens that if they receive a phone call from someone claiming t...
YWCA of Sweetwater County’s Festival of Trees 2021 kicked off a festive start to the new year and helped raise over $20,000 to help support YWCA clients. The Festival of Trees is held each December to raise funds for all the services that YWCA offers to the community. This year the event was back in person after the 2020 event had to go fully online due to pandemic restrictions. While supporters still decorated trees and donated baskets it was not the same as the big live auction event. This year’s event was back with all the fun and fes...
John Earl Denman (JED), 70, passed away peacefully from an apparent heart attack at his home in Davis, California December 3rd, 2021. He was proud to have been vaccinated as well as receiving the booster, so Covid-19 was not an issue. He was born in Powell, Wyoming October 19, 1951 and attended schools in Lovell, Wyoming graduating from Lovell High school in 1970. After high school, he attended Northwest Community College in 1971 - 1973 and worked for Lovell Clay Products until 1975. He worked...
Alfonso Joe Bernal, 84, passed away Monday, December 20, 2021 at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County in Rock Springs, Wyoming. He died following a sudden illness. Mr. Bernal was a life-long of resident of Green River, Wyoming. He was born July 29, 1937 in Cleveland, New Mexico; the son of Manuel G. Bernal and Mary O.Sanchez. Mr. Bernal attended schools in Green River, Wyoming and was a 1956 graduate of Lincoln High School. He married Lena Edith Medina June 29, 1957 in Green River, Wyoming....
Eva May Bunch, 94, passed away December 16, 2021 at the Mission at Castle Rock Rehabilitation Center in Green River, WY. She was a former resident of Rock Springs but spent most of her life in Colorado, returning to Rock Springs recently. Eva was born April 30, 1927 in Collbran, Colorado, the daughter of Berger and Signe Linn Anderson. She attended schools in Colorado and graduated from Collbran Union High School with the class of 1945. She married Ivan Bunch March 3, 1946 in Collbran, CO. He...
Christmas is back. For the past month (or more), people have put up their lights and trees, sung along to their favorite festive tunes, bought and wrapped gifts, attended local celebrations and parties, and overall done most of the same activities they do every year. “Something Magical,” a new Christmas song released this year by my favorite Icelandic musician, Dadi Freyr, sums it up well: “We go through the same routine, just like last year, and the year bеfore that, and the year bеfore...
Christmas traditions vary from family to family, but one of the less spoken traditions people tend to share is that of the blurry-eyed Christmas morning. It’s a morning anyone with children can relate to. A morning so early the sun hasn’t started to raise. Children excitedly running to the Christmas tree as they look at what Santa Claus brought them. All the while the adults in the room, still trying to fully wake up and waiting for the coffee pot to fill, stand in the background with a tir...
Starting in the new year, cancer survivors in Sweetwater County will have a new resource — a Cancer Survivorship Support Group. “We currently in Sweetwater County do not have an active cancer support group,” Kelly Sugihara, a grant manager for Wyoming Cancer Research Services, explained. “My job is to increase cancer screening rights and help cancer survivors throughout my region.” Sugihara wanted to create a local support group, not only because it fit with her professional mission, but also...
Green River Police Department reports for Dec. 11 At 7:47 p.m., officers responded to a report of an individual causing a disturbance and assaulting an individual at the Buck’n Bar. The individual left prior to officer arrival, but during the attempt to locate the individual the individual returned to the bar. Officers located the individual who was acting disorderly and was intoxicated. Officers placed Michael Medved, 38, of Green River, under arrest for alleged public intoxication and interference with peace officer. Officers transported M...
After 26 years at U.S. Bank in Green River, Angela Shutran is ready for the next steps in her career. “I’m taking the leap,” Shutran said. Shutran has been working as the Assistant Vice President at U.S. Bank, managing the Green River branch and acting as Hub Manager over the Green River, Rock Springs, Evanston and Park City branches. Now she has accepted a new position for the bank as a data governance analyst. “A data governance analyst helps organizations maintain best practices regarding the...
Overcoming a disappointing opening in Casper, the Green River High School boys basketball team notched three wins throughout the Flaming Gorge Classic. "We had some glimpses of really good offense and defense throughout that (Casper) tournament, but we were inconsistent and I don't feel like we played four solid quarters in any of the games during the Oil City Tip Off," head coach Laurie Ivie said. During the Flaming Gorge Classic, Ivie believes the Wolves showed a better representation of what...
Green River Pre-Invite (Dec. 17) Overall Scores 1. Laramie: 395.5 2. Rock Springs: 210 3. Evanston: 160.5 4. Green River: 152.5 5. Rawlins: 139 6. Lyman: 136.5 7. Kemmerer: 110 200 Yard Medley Relay 11. GRHS A (Logan Wadsworth, Colin Gilmore, Riley Majhanovich, Logan Gray), 2:15.67 13. GRHS B (Joe Renfro, Andrew Neher, Trace Erdmann, Stone Rubeck), 2:27.32 200 Yard Freestyle 2. Brady Young, 1:53.75 12. Cole Gilmore, 2:16.75 200 Yard IM 5. Zeke Reading, 2:19.40 15. Erdmann, 2:53.86 18. Gray, 3:09.55 50 Yard Freestyle 9. Braxton Cordova, 27.30...
The Green River High School girls basketball team played hard during the Flaming Gorge Classic last weekend, ending with two wins and one frustrating loss. The loss came during the first game of the tournament, when Fruita Monument High School beat the Lady Wolves 53-39. "We started out with a little bit of struggle in the first game," Coach Rick Carroll explained. "Fruita gave us pretty good pressure in the full court, and we struggled a bit with that." Fruita is a 5A high school from...
The Wolves wrestling program took on multiple teams over the weekend, competing at meets in Reno, Nevada and Kemmerer. “The team we took to Reno competed well against some top tier competition. As a team we placed 22nd out of 106 teams,” head coach Josh Wisniewski said. At the event, Tommy Dalton took eighth in his 132-pound bracket, which Wisniewski said featured very tough competition. In Kemmerer, the boys improved as they wrestled at the meet. Jacob Cook took first place in the 126-pound division. “We were aggressive, relentless and got a...
A longtime member of the Sweetwater County School District No. 2 Board of Trustees resigned. Robin Steiss, a seven-year member of the board, announced her intent to resign from the board. The board is now accepting applications to fill the remainder of her term, which expires at the end of 2022. Letters of interest and a list of qualifications are being accepted until Jan. 11 at 4:30 p.m. The school board will then review the submissions and schedule interviews with selected candidates....
