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A Green River resident recently announced her intent to run for Senate District 14 in the Wyoming Legislature. Michele Irwin, a democrat, lives on a bison and cattle ranch south of Green River, announced her intent in an email sent to the Green River Star. “I am running for a seat in the Wyoming Senate to represent the diverse citizens within the district, and because I believe that we need to focus on solutions. Thinking outside the box and finding common ground with others are two skills I b...
Construction at Aspen Mountain Medical Center in Rock Springs is on schedule for company to start accepting patients April 1, according to CEO Steven Perry. Perry spoke to the Sweetwater County Commissioners Tuesday and helped correct a few misconceptions about the hospital. Prior to Perry's discussion with the commissioners, Green River resident Mike Lynch asked the commissioners a couple of questions about the medical center, including if Medicare patients would be accepted. The chief item...
Alternate methods of funding are available for the construction of a new justice center near the Sweetwater County Detention Center. The Sweetwater County Commissioners heard a presentation from County Treasurer Robb Slaughter and representatives from George K. Baum and Company from Cheyenne. The company helped Sweetwater County School District No. 2 with its bonding for the Green River High School Aquatics Center. The justice center will combine the county’s two circuit courts into one f...
A woman will serve between three-and-five years prison for forging documents in a effort to receive more than $2 million in loans. Tina L. Linkenauger, 49, appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Nena James at an argued sentencing hearing Friday afternoon. Linkenauger previously plead guilty to seven felony counts at a change of plea hearing in July 28, 2015. Those charges were three counts of possession of forged writings, three counts of forgery and one count of false written statements to obtain property or credit. Under the partial pl...
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) have named Professor of Earth Science and Engineering Craig Thompson of Western Wyoming Community College as the 2015 Wyoming Professor of the Year. Thompson, who retired from active teaching at Western in June but who remains active in research at the campus this year, was selected from among more than 300 top college educators in the United States. "I've just been blessed by...
An associate professor at Western Wyoming Community College recently co-edited an poetry anthology. Rick Kempa, associate professor of English co-edited “Going Down Grand: Poems from the Canyon” that assembles verses old and new into a collection of poems that celebrate the unique experience of visiting the Grand Canyon. “It’s a collection of poems by people past and mostly present who are trying to make meaning of their Grand Canyon experience,” Kempa said, who co-edited the book with Peter Anderson. “There is a section of the book with poems...
A Green River legislator expects a difficult budget session in February. Rep. Stan Blake, D-Green River, said budgetary problems the state is reacting to will make the session more difficult, as legislators for the past 10 years have worked with budgetary surpluses. “There will be people who don’t want to touch the ‘rainy day’ fund and do cuts,” Blake said. Budgetary shortfalls are being anticipated throughout the state as funds in mineral production, mostly in the oil and gas industrie...
A conditional use permit to store fuels for an oil distillery near Reliance was unanimously approved Tuesday after public comment opposing the facility was read to the Sweetwater County Commissioners. The distillery will be located close to B&R Trailer Park operated by Regency of Wyoming, who opposes the distillery’s construction. The zoning for the facility supports heavy industrial, though a portion of the trailer court is located within a few hundred feet of the property boundary. The c...
Green River residents who live on the west side of Mansface Mountain near Telephone Canyon have noticed major construction going on near their homes. Word of the construction has spread among the neighborhood, as well as a layer of dust on their houses, lawns and cars. The ongoing construction on the outskirts of the Green River neighborhood is due to the excavation, construction and building of The Raw Water Reservoir. The reservoir will be located at the mouth of Telephone Canyon, across from...
A tip from the Wyoming Highway Patrol led to a prostitution bust at the Motel 6 in Rock Springs last week. Five people were arrested in the Nov. 3 bust. Katrina Ross, 30, of Las Vegas was arrested for allegedly committing acts of prostitution, a misdemeanor offense. Davinvi Dupree, 31, of Las Vegas, was arrested for allegedly promoting prostitution, also a misdemeanor offense. Rock Springs residents Robert William Henderson, 44, and Nicholas Matthew Suhr, 22, as well as Green River resident...
A crude oil upgrade and storage tank facility is in the planning phases at the Sweetwater County Planning and Zoning Office. The facility, which is proposed by Rock Springs Energy Group, LLC., aims to utilize land near Reliance and adjacent to the Regency of Wyoming Mobile Home Park owned by Dowell Schlumberger and Dow Chemical Company. The facility will take crude oil and refine it into paraffin wax, marine diesel and paint solvents. According to information about the facility on file at the...
A Halloween bust scared up more than $138,000 in money believed to have been used in illicit drug purchases Saturday morning. A traffic stop near Exit 107 in Rock Springs at 10 a.m. Saturday morning started when a 2015 Chevy Malibu was stopped for speeding 80 mph in the 75 mph zone. According to a release from the Wyoming Highway Patrol, conflicting and confusing stories from the three occupants resulted in the K-9 unit getting involved with the stop. The dog alerted its handler to the presence of a controlled substance in the car and the subse...
Chronic Wasting Disease is a fatal neurological disease of deer, elk and moose. Staff at the Game and Fish Department’s wildlife disease laboratory in Laramie confirmed the presence of CWD in a bull elk harvested on Oct. 17 near Deep Creek, in elk Hunt Area 21, which lies about 15 miles northeast of Baggs. Elk Hunt Area 21 overlaps with deer Hunt Area 82 where game and fish documented CWD in 2002. “We started surveillance of deer in this area in 1999, and after the discovery of CWD in the area in 2002, prevalence rates have remained low, abo...
Recent discussion about extending the Sweetwater County Fair to allow 4-H events to occur separate from the other activities has drawn some criticism from a fair and 4-H volunteer. Mike Newman, a resident of Rock Springs, said the move could hurt 4-H events associated with the fair, such as the livestock auctions. Newman believes the 4-H auction would be negatively affected by the Red Desert Roundup Rodeo, which would occur during the suggested 4-H dates. “It’s the highlight really of their 4-H...
A $3 million grant will result in improvements to the Sweetwater County Events Complex if it’s approved by state officials. The Sweetwater County commissioners approved a request to apply for a grant aimed to improving infrastructure at the events complex to allow the complex to host larger events drawing between 8,000-12,000 attendees. The grant application will be sent to the Wyoming Business Council for consideration under its Business Ready Community grant program. Infrastructure targeted b...
A projection from Sweetwater County Treasurer Robb Slaughter indicates a larger budgetary shortfall for the county than originally anticipated. Speaking to the county commissioners Tuesday, Slaughter said projections based on data for the last six months of mineral production and pricing could mean the county may see a decline of almost $6 million in revenue than last year. Unlike municipalities, the county receives a majority of its revenue from property taxes and mineral valuations. Slaughter...
The Rock Springs Business and Economic Development Alliance and the city of Rock Springs is applying for a $50,000 grant from the Wyoming Business Council to conduct a Sweetwater County-wide retail gap analysis. They are asking for support from the city of Green River and other entities in the form of monetary funds of up to $5,555 and a letter of support; monetary amounts are not official. “We support the idea to entertain the possibility of providing some sort of funding,” Mayor Pete Rust sai...
In some locations across Sweetwater County, the remnants of the county’s rich coal mining heritage can still be found in the numerous mine voids beneath the mining towns founded to extract coal needed to feed the Union Pacific trains. In Reliance, a large mine void is causing Abandoned Mine Lands officials to plan a multiphase effort to mitigate it before it can cause any damage. The void is the result of undermining beneath the town and threatens both the county road and water line running thro...
The Granger library will soon have a new home once construction is finished on the town’s community center. Sweetwater County Library System Director Jason Grubb said the library will be part of the new community center. Currently, the town’s library is housed within a trailer that Grubb says doesn’t quite fit their needs. The space within the community center will be much better for the town library, he said. Sandy Allen, Granger’s mayor, said the earliest they will be able to start moving...
The Sweetwater County Concert Association is gearing up for its 76th year and is currently hosting its annual fall membership campaign. Joining the association as a season member offers a substantial cost savings to attend the concerts, in addition to reciprocity with both the Cheyenne and Craig, Colo., Associations. The association will present four performances in the 2015-2016 concert season. Season memberships and individual concert tickets are available at the Rock Springs and Green River Chambers of Commerce and will be available at the d...
The Green River Fire Department responded to an unoccupied vehicle on fire near Wild Horse Canyon Monday evening. The department was called to the scene at about 4:30 p.m., according to Assistant Fire Chief Mike Liberty. The department responded with one firetruck, manned with four firefighters. Liberty also responded to the scene in a command vehicle. An additional 12 firefighters responded at the fire station for potential backup as well. The city fire crew left the scene at about 6:20 p.m. Th...
Local officials got a chance to see how a railway incident involving spent nuclear fuel would be handled last week. Thursday, officials gathered in Granger to witness a derailment drill involving a sealed nuclear transport container. Between two and four times a year, spent nuclear fuel from the U.S. Navy is transported from Newport News, Va., to the Idaho National Laboratory for study into making more efficient nuclear fuels for military application. The containers, officially named the "M-290...
The Sweetwater County Clerk’s Office may update its polling machines in time for the 2016 election. Sweetwater County Clerk Dale Davis said his office is looking at new electronic polling books to help streamline the process of looking up voter names and addresses. The e-polling books allow election judges to either search for the name and address of a voter quickly or scan a voter’s drivers license to instantly determine their voting precinct. Ultimately, the new polling books will allow for...
