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For many, many years, a stuffed beaver has graced the gallery of the Sweetwater County Historical Museum in Green River, greeting all visitors, especially children. But he (or she) has no name, and the museum is calling on the children of Sweetwater County to remedy that with a naming contest. Contestants are invited to submit their name suggestions to the museum at sweetwatercountymuseum@outlook.com, along with their own name, age, and where they go to school. Entries will be limited to one...
The Department of Workforce Services is contracting with 30 additional call center agents in order to reduce the hold times and process the unprecedented number of Unemployment Insurance claims the agency has been receiving. The phone number to reach the new call center is 888-674-7699. Claimants may call the toll-free number to file a claim or ask questions about unemployment insurance. "With the contract with TTEC, we are nearly doubling the staff available for answering calls to the Unemployment Insurance division," DWS Workforce Programs...
The Sweetwater County Library System will begin offering curbside services at its three main branches starting Wednesday, May 20. In order to pick up materials through this service, library patrons will be asked to place holds on their library cards through the library’s online catalog. The catalog can be accessed at www.sweetwaterlibraries.com and clicking “search the catalog” in the upper right corner of the page. Log in to your account by clicking “Log In” at the top of the page and inputting your library card number and PIN. If you have...
The Foundation of the Episcopal Diocese of Wyoming recently granted each congregation in the state $10,000 to distribute in their towns for COVID-19 relief projects. St. John’s Episcopal Church determined to spend the funds on several projects. The first and largest project was to grant $400 each to multiple servers who had lost their jobs due to the closure of restaurants. “These people are among the hardest hit by the economic changes resulting from the virus. These are people who serve us every day and we wanted to help them during the...
The smile on three-year-old Dakston Griffiths' face couldn't get any wider. The small boy clutched on to his toy Batman car with a glee often reserved for Christmas as a procession consisting of a fire truck, ambulance and police vehicles drove down the street. The vehicles' lights flashed as they drove by and the fire engine's horn, by far the loudest, echoed throughout the neighborhood. The scene definitely left an impression on the boy. "Daks was all about it," his mother Hailey Griffiths...
Renovation work at Lincoln Middle School and the rapidly approaching summer months has resulted in changes to Sweetwater County School District No. 2’s food program. Food is now available from Truman, Washington, Monroe, Jackson and Harrison elementary schools, as well as Green River High School. The program allows children and teens a chance to receive breakfast and lunch meals after schools were closed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the weeks following the school closures, the p...
From the Sweetwater County Library System The Sweetwater County Library System is excited to offer a new service to help patrons build their professional skills. Lynda.com is now available through the library’s website at sweetwaterlibraries.com. Lynda.com is a LinkedIn learning library that offers more than 7,000 on-demand courses that can be accessed anytime to help people achieve their personal and professional goals. With bite-sized content, patrons have unlimited access to a large library of high-quality, current, and engaging video t...
From Western Wyoming Community College Western Wyoming Community College has worked diligently to adapt to virtual function amidst the COVID-19 crisis. Western’s faculty have come up with innovative new ways to teach their previously in-person courses and labs. This transition saw 272 credit courses, and their respective labs, converted to an online modality. Many labs required the purchase of additional simulation-based software or recording hardware to create effective labs. Like many colleges, Western uses a learning management program c...
Twin sisters graduating from Green River High School decided to restart what was once a yearly tradition for seniors, visible to thousands in the city. Kierstyn and Adrienne Revelli, with help from their mother Brooke Lewis and uncle Josh Lewis, painted and arranged stones to form a 20 beneath the painted GR on the north side of Mansface. What used to be an annual tradition quietly ended years ago when soon-to-graduate students stopped placing numbers representing their graduating year on the...
Five Green River Girl Scout leaders were recognized for their local contributions to the organization, earning awards for their accomplishments. Vicki Oliver, Kris Sherwin and Dottie Lacquement received the Girl Scout Appreciation Pin, which recognizes a person’s service in support of providing Girl Scout Leadership Experience. According to a media release, their service had a measurable impact on a geographic area and helped reach and surpass the organization’s mission-delivery goals for the area. Chelsie Kirts was recognized as a Vol...
From the Sweetwater County Historical Museum With people spending more time at home, the Sweetwater County Historical Museum announced a new Internet outreach feature Thursday. Museum director Brie Blasi said “History Screenshots,” short videos posted on the Museum’s YouTube channel and Facebook page, reviews feature films, television shows, and documentaries about history or that have historical themes and provides information on where to watch them. Streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, Yidio, Tubi, Vudu, Amazon, and Crackle are readily a...
From Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County Thousands of people in hundreds of cars cruised The Drag in Rock Springs and Green River on Friday night, raising $15,386 for the Memorial Hospital Foundation COVID-19 Response Fund. “What a fabulous evening,” said Charlie Van Over, Memorial Hospital Foundation President. “It was so great to see the smiles and laughter during this time of uncertainty. It was just a magical evening. “Sweetwater County always comes through in a time of need, and they sure did last night. I was overwhelmed with the suppo...
From the Sweetwater County Historical Museum The Sweetwater County Historical Museum and its non-for-profit partner, the Sweetwater County Museum Foundation, are sponsoring a scholarship program and essay contest for 2020. The scholarship program is open to Sweetwater County high school seniors who will attend a college program in the summer or fall of 2020. Participants will write and submit an essay of no more than 3,000 words - its theme: “How a Local Historical Event or Person Impacts my Life.” The winning essay will be publish...
From the Sweetwater County Historical Museum The Sweetwater County Historical Museum Board of Directors will be conducting their monthly meetings on an online platform until COVID-19 related restrictions on public gatherings are lifted, Director Brie Blasi said last week. The details for these public meetings, including instructions for how to join, will be posted on the museum’s website. On March 19, the Museum launched its new digital / online outreach program called “Wyoming and Sweetwater County History Outreach.” Though the Museum is tem...
From Western Wyoming Community College Western Wyoming Community College welcomes prospective students to their virtual Future Mustangs Day on April 22, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Future Mustangs Day is an opportunity for high school seniors who have been accepted to Western, or have filled out an application for admission, and their families to visit Western virtually. During this event, participants will be given the opportunity to attend a welcome session, learn about academic advising, compete for academic scholarships in different academic areas, t...
Sweetwater County School District No. 1 Head Start is changing how parents apply for the program to help limit the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. Erin Barbuto, family and community partnerships manager at Head Start, said the program can't do in-person applications and will utilize an online application and a phone or video interviews for prospective students. "It's going to be a little different because we can't do applications in person," Barbuto said. Head Start operates a classroom in...
A Green River girl recently donated masks for visitors at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County for visitor use. Lily Harris donated a bundle of hand-made masks yesterday. Harris said she was inspired to make the masks because her mother has compromised lungs and when she goes to the hospital for appointments, masks aren't always available. "I hope this donation will help," she said. Harris, a Lincoln Middle School student, sewed the masks herself, using skills she learned from Mrs. Kennedy....
From the Sweetwater County Historical Museum The Sweetwater County Historical Museum in Green River is offering its resources to educators and students. Director Brie Blasi said that while the museum is currently closed to the public, the staff is continuing to handle research requests via telephone and email and prepare and maintain exhibits. In addition, on March 19 the Museum launched a new digital outreach program called “Wyoming and Sweetwater County History Outreach.” Through media releases, its Facebook page, website, and its new You...
If not for a toothache. It was Dec. 19, 1952, winter and a cold one. Bill and Joann Mosley lived on the Kincaid Ranch west of Green River, known now as Ten Mile. Joann was pregnant with their first child and was up with a very bad tooth ache. Bill was sleeping. Joann sat up with the kitchen light on walking the floor. Late into the night, Joann heard a knock at their door. She slowly and carefully opened it, as they are some distance out of town and would normally never have visitors that late at night. As she opened the door, she saw two men...
From the Sweetwater County Historical Museum The Sweetwater County Historical Museum in Green River announced Saturday that its new YouTube channel is now up and running. In accordance with the Sweetwater County Board of Commissioners’ resolution of March 17, the museum is temporarily closed to the public, but the staff is continuing to handle research requests via telephone and email, prepare and maintain exhibits, and foster its ongoing outreach programs and strategies. With many Sweetwater County residents staying home and all the schoo...
From Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County Lisa Koshar says there is a strong likelihood that her newborn – Henley Justine – is a future Girl Scout. Henley was born at 12:32 p.m. Tuesday, March 10, 2020, to Lisa and TR Koshar at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County. That makes Henley the first baby girl born during Girl Scout Week March 8-14. "The Girl Scouts welcome our newest, future Girl Scout," said Kris Sherwin, Service Unit Manager for Girl Scouts in Green River. For over 10 ten yea...
The Fraternal Order of the Eagles honored the Sweetwater Regional Cancer Center with a $4,000 donation at their meeting on March 10. "I think it's important to continue to support our local cancer center as much as we can and we are happy to continue our support," Don Munoz, President ofthe Fraternal Order of the Eagles, said. Munoz said that they are still fundraising for the cancer center and would be presenting another donation once their fundraising efforts ended. "We are so grateful to the...
