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Of all the choices voters will make Nov. 6, we think one decision involving the future of the county’s lodging tax should be a no-brainer. The county’s lodging tax has been in place since 1991 and is only applied to people staying in the county’s hotels. This tax helps support many of the local events across Sweetwater County and is only applied to people staying at hotels. As such, it’s something Sweetwater County’s residents should support. The tax not only supports local events, it helps the area’s two chambers of commerce and market the...
I am writing this letter endorsing Senator Hastert for re-election. Two years ago, tragedy struck my family’s lives. My younger brother was murdered and dismembered. So many emotions dealing with the news of this all caused our lives to spin out of control. I felt upside down and couldn’t think of anything else except the punishments the offenders were likely to receive once convicted of this violent crime. The penalties of up to three years repeated in my mind. I had no idea where to begin but wanted to make a change. It was then that I kne...
It takes a lot to create a community. There are a lot of pieces that fit together and create the Green River we love. It’s more than the sum of its parts. We have excellent schools and library system. We have an extremely dedicated volunteer fire department and several active community organizations seeking to improve our community. There are a lot of moving parts making Green River the kind of place we’re proud to call home. One of the pieces we believe doesn’t get as much credit as it shoul...
Halloween is just around the corner. It’s a day filled with lots of activities here in Green River, school costume parades, costume contests, and of course trick or treating. This year school kids have an early dismissal at 1 p.m. The Green River Police Department, along with many businesses along Flaming Gorge Way, will be participating in the fun. We look forward to seeing children strolling along, collecting candy, and showing off their costumes. Make sure you stop in to the GRPD lobby for a treat. Halloween tradition includes kids out w...
By Shannon Smith Executive Director of the Wyoming Humanities Council Michael Lange Executive Director of the Wyoming Arts Council Like all parents, we want our kids and grandkids to thrive at whatever they desire to do in life. As Wyomingites we believe their lives would be even better if their success can take shape right here in the Cowboy State. The hard truth is, of the jobs that will be available to them in about twenty years, one in every three do not exist yet and it’s expected they’ll have more than seven different careers by the tim...
A little over two weeks ago we celebrated the 150th anniversary of the incorporation of Green River with the arrival of the transcontinental railroad. The event was well attended and full of old-fashioned fun. We are grateful for the support of the residents that celebrated with us and helping to foster a deeper sense of our community roots. From behind the scenes, I’d like to shed some light on the partnership and collaboration it takes to plan and put on an event of this scale. Partnership is the key word. Lots of it. And for this event in p...
Is the Hathaway Scholarship a poor investment by the State of Wyoming? That’s an idea briefly mentioned during a political debate at Western Wyoming Community College last week. The argument goes like this: the Hathaway Scholarship was meant to be a means of providing an incentive for students to both work hard and stay in Wyoming to earn their college degree and hopefully stay and apply their education in the state. However, Wyoming continues to lose its educated youth, who have taken to using the scholarship as a way of getting a low-cost deg...
Dear Editor, My name is Pat Drinkle and I am the former Sweetwater County Assessor. I worked in the Assessor’s Office for 27 years, the last six as your assessor. I am writing this letter to ask the voters of Sweetwater County to keep Dave Divis as your Assessor. Mr. Divis came to work with me in 2012 from the Sweetwater County Treasurer’s Office where he had worked for 21 years. Dave’s experience in the treasurer’s office has been extremely valuable in his work now as your county assessor. Dave has seen the billing, collection and distribution...
Dear Editor, The voters of Sweetwater County are facing several critical election races this November. In my opinion, one of the most critical is the race for county assessor. The election of a new assessor will have an impact on everyone that lives in Sweetwater County. I make this statement as an elected official with 30 years experience and as someone who works with the assessor’s office on a daily basis. The county’s taxation process starts with certified values that are set by the county assessor. These values are certified by the Wyo...
With the General Election approaching, more and more signs seem to be popping up. The signs are all over the place, but I’m not going to complain about the amount of signs there are or the fact that a lot of them are sitting in questionable places. Nope. I’d like to explore what happens to all of those corrugated plastic signs and what one can do with them after the election is over. Now, for some politicians, they keep the signs knowing they may seek re-election in two or four years bec...
Like everything else in Washington, D.C., the selection and eventual confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court has been a partisan debacle in which the worst parts of American politics reared their ugly heads from the Congressional swamp. We don’t think Kavanaugh is fit to serve on the court, and we’re not referring to the allegations Dr. Christine Blasely Ford made against him. Even without those allegations, we think Kavanaugh has said enough to prove he should not be a Supreme Court justice. We’re disappointed in both Senat...
Dear Editor, This letter is in reference to last week’s letter to the editor “deer issues need to be addressed now.” I feel the need to respond to the phrasing, opinion and misinformation in that letter. Any quotation marks I use will be referring to statements in that letter. “On any given day, small groups of deer jaunt around our town. These hoofed invaders have always seemed abundant, but over the past decade they have reached extremely high counts.” First of all, it’s not just our town. We build a town in their habitat. They are not invade...
(Editor’s note: We’ve received a few letters from Green River High School students who have recently read “The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The students have compared current events to themes found in the book.) Dear Editor, My name is Espen and I would like to take some of your time to explain a problem I have with our society. I thought about the theme of crime and punishment when I was reading through “The Scarlet Letter” and how unfair it can be. Especially in our society, today people get off almost scot-free from horrible cr...
(Editor’s note: We’ve received a few letters from Green River High School students who have recently read “The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The students have compared current events to themes found in the book.) Dear Editor, Suicide rates of all ages have continued to increase and show no signs of slowing down in this time. Even in the beginning of our nation, people suffering from guilt or shame from something they have done has affected them to harm themselves in hopes of relieving this feeling. Although suicide rates of all age...
By KERRY DRAKE Wyofile.com When people recall their first encounters with Dick Cheney, what they remember probably depends at what time in his life it occurred: whether he was a high school student in Casper, flunking out of Yale, serving as Wyoming’s congressman, running the Pentagon, making millions as an energy baron or reigning as the most powerful vice president in U.S. history. Me, I’m probably the only American who thinks of candy bars. I know that association requires some explanation. Here it is: As a young reporter at the Wyoming Sta...
By John Privette Wyoming Small Business Development Center Network International trade involves a lot of rules, regulations and terms that can be confusing to a small business owner, but that shouldn’t stop you from expanding your market outside of the United States. Free on Board (FOB) is one of the oldest shipment-delivery terms in the books and sets the conditions for when the seller is free of all risks in regard to the exporting process. Here’s what you need to know about FOB if your business is currently exporting outside of the U.S. or...
Dear Editor, The population of deer in Southwest Wyoming has exploded. On any given day, small groups of deer jaunt around our town. These hoofed invaders have always seemed abundant, but over the past decade they have reached extremely high counts. Adorable Bambi-like creatures cause destruction everywhere. Hazards associated with high deer populations include increased car accidents, destroyed landscaping, broken fences, unsightly poop decorating lawns and, not least of all, Lyme Disease. I have seen many deer carcasses rotting on the shoulde...
As I was writing the story about a lady who picks up dog poop irresponsible pet owners leave behind, I became appalled. This wasn’t the first time I had been told or received phone calls on this issue I recalled. This was at least the third time in less than a year that someone has called to tell me about the dog poop problem Green River was having. I am glad someone called to give credit where credit is do and even though the lady I interviewed this week seemed like she didn’t really want to...
A recent press release from the Mary for Wyoming gubernatorial campaign has us worried about the Democratic candidate’s trust in Wyoming-based solutions. The press release touts the campaign’s “unprecedented” investment into digital advertising, with purchases involving Facebook, Hulu, Netflix and video across the internet. According to the release, the campaign has spent six figures in this endeavor, touting Mary for Wyoming as the most digitally savvy campaign. While this is good for Silicon Valley, this decision hurts all of Wyoming’s media;...
Every parent knows that having children is expensive. For many, just how expensive is the surprising part. The costs of caring for and raising kids go up year after year. There are millions of choices to make about what a child needs, what particular style and brand is the best fit for the child, and what is simply not necessary. When I was a new mom, one of the biggest stresses was choosing the “right” bottle, sleeping arrangement, formula, and the list goes on. For families that have financial hardships, these same choices become less abo...
We are hoping the Sweetwater County Commission will reconsider Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport General Manager Devon Brubaker’s request for $711,111 to fund the design phase of the commercial terminal project. We know making a decision like this is difficult and we appreciate the commissioners being willing to ask tough questions. However, sometimes it’s not what is being asked, but how it is being asked. During the Rock Springs City Council meeting last Tuesday evening, Brubaker was greeted differently than what he was at the Com...
Bank of the West is not unique in the clean-energy course that it has decided upon. Lots of other organizations and companies have made similar declarations. Most of the Ivy League has been divesting from fossil fuels for years, the Catholic Church and many Protestant denominations have made their pro-environment pronouncements, as have hundreds of companies, including Walmart, Amazon, Ford, and Hewlett-Packard. The bank’s move is 100 percent in accord with all the countries of the world, except the United States, because of someone’s move to...
What is an editorial? What is a letter to the editor or a guest column? Is there even a difference? Lately, we’ve taken notice to some confusion amongst the different items found on this page and as such, we decided to help clarify what it is you’re reading. Almost all newspapers have a page or two devoted to opinions. Some host opinion writing from well-known, syndicated writers while some utilize writers located within their state, county or city. We’re fond of a more local approach, as we believe residents from Green River and Sweetwater Cou...
“Now you’re playing with power!” Nintendo always pushed the idea of its Nintendo Entertainment System as a powerful game system. At the time it was cutting edge technology, but compared to now, even the laziest mobile phone game couldn’t fit on a grey Nintendo cartridge. It’s funny to think that more than 30 years after the NES was released, the system’s entire game library, as well as the game library for the later Super NES, could fit on a tiny thumb drive now. When I bought one of Nintendo...
The rescue of an 83-year-old man who had fallen ill, the lifesaving discovery of a victim of violent crime on the side of a road, and the arrest of a man found in the act of burglarizing a business: what do these things have in common? They were all made possible by alert citizens across the country who reported something that seemed out of place to law enforcement. While these recent events happened outside of our community, similar events have and will occur right here in Green River. One recent example is when two residents, Mickayla...
