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From the Community Fire Arts Center Nine Sweetwater County photographers are sharing their original images in a display at the White Mountain Library in Rock Springs now through the end of February. The Sweetwater Photo Open is an annual event in the Sweetwater County Library System and is an opportunity for photography artists to present their work. The images include local landscapes and animals. Participants are Angela Cable, Pat Doak, Kevin Doak, Micki Gilmore, Michele Irwin, David von Metz, Diana Metz, Gary Mortensen, and Patricia...
The Green River High School Speech and Debate team ended 2019 on a high note with their recent competition at the Holiday Classic at Cheyenne East in December. As one of the largest tournaments in the region with 29 schools, including attendance from some larger Colorado schools, GRHS ended the competition with five students in final rounds and fifth place overall. “Everyone grew and we saw improved scores on judge ballots for almost everyone,” assistant coach Dan Parson said. “I tell the kids that as long as we grow a little each round, the sc...
From the Sweetwater County Library System The Sweetwater County Library System's mission is to improve the quality of life in our county. The library does this in a number of ways: Presenting programs to help people learn and connect, offering a current and robust collection, and maintaining several branches so everyone in Sweetwater County is close to a facility. For some in our community, however, the need is greater. The library's Outreach Program is focused on providing library materials...
The past year was a year of triumph and recognition for many people in Green River. Bacila named distinguished citizen Gayle Bacila was named Green River's 2019 Distinguished Citizen of the Year by the Green River Chamber of Commerce in April. Bacila has volunteered within the community for more than 50 years, helped at Castle Rock Rehabilitation Center before being hired to work there, serving on the Golden Hour Senior Center board, D.A.R.E. program, Green River Lions Club and many other organi...
For the third year in a row, Sweetwater Regional Cancer Center has received a Wyoming Breast Cancer Initiative grant. The $5,500 grant will be used in October 2020 to promote its annual Paint the Town Pink contest and an awareness event. In October 2020, that event will be “Hindsight 20/20 Wellness Retreat” to promote physical and emotional well-being, empower women with knowledge on screening, prevention, and/or treatment of breast cancer. Activities will encourage women to reflect on past behaviors and encourage efforts to recognize, lea...
This year, All West Communications held their annual November food drive and partnered with CoBank to provide $2,000 to each food bank in their service areas, which include the Rock Springs and Green River food banks. CoBank's Sharing Success program doubles the contributions of its customers to the charitable organizations and causes they care about most. Since the program was established in 2012, CoBank and its customers have contributed more than $40 million to groups such as volunteer fire...
Mikkie Scott, a student at Green River High School, was nominated for an appointment to the U.S. Air Force Academy Monday. “Wyoming has a proud history of nominating some of our best and brightest students to attend our nation’s military academies,” Barrasso said. “Mikkie is hard-working, highly motivated, and has shown she possesses the characteristics necessary to succeed,” he said.” It’s an honor to nominate her, and I am confident that if she is offered an appointment, she will represent Wyoming well....
Western Wyoming Community College’s professors were awarded $29,300 in Scaled Participatory Research and Education Model (SPREM) Grant monies. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) funds a program called IDeA Networks for Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE), whose goal is to provide support to states with underrepresented research infrastructure, allowing them to compete for major grants. Wyoming INBRE is a collaboration between the University of Wyoming and Wyoming community colleges. Participating community colleges are awarded a base g...
The chips flew to the center of the table and the players continued to raise each other. A tense showdown ensued as players quietly revealed their cards to each other. A wide smile quickly forms on Dottie Krauss' face when she realizes she has the best hand. She stands up and pulls the pile of chips towards her section of the table. Conversation suddenly resumes as the group talks about the pot Krauss won and the more cheerful banter resumes. Amongst the activities and games offered at Golden Ho...
The Sweetwater County Library has a new exhibit of paintings by Debora Soule on display through Jan. 30, titled “And a Bison, too.” Soule is the director of the Community Fine Arts Center in Rock Springs. Consisting of 27 paintings, the show is a series of animal and bird images. “It all started with wanting to paint a portrait of my daughter’s dachshund,” Soule said. “She has such a fun personality that I wanted to capture.” Expanding to ravens, Soule and Rick Kempa collaborated on an exhibit last spring featuring Kempa’s essays and poem...
Western Wyoming Community College will host the second annual Homecoming Chili Cook-Off in Downtown Rock Springs Feb. 8 from 10:30 a.m., to 1:30 p.m. Western will accept red or green chili registration forms until Jan. 24. Both businesses and individuals in Sweetwater County are invited to enter the event to win cash prizes. The contest is free to enter. Chili must be prepared and cooked in a licensed kitchen. Western’s dining hall, Mitchell’s, will open its doors to contestants. To schedule time to cook in Western’s kitchen, email Audre...
The Sweetwater County Pony Express is preparing to ride again. The group will host its 18th Christmas card ride Dec. 14, carrying card on horseback from the Green River Post Office to the Rock Springs Post Office. The deadline to have cards mailed through the Pony Express is Dec. 13 at p.m. All cards also must have the correct postage paid and be ready for mail. Cards will be placed in mochilas carried by horses during the ride and will feature a special Pony Express stamp when delivered. Businesses are asked to limit their cards to not more...
The Community Fine Arts Center is featuring local photographer David Halter from Dec. 10 through Jan. 29. The public is invited to the opening reception Tuesday, Dec. 10 from 5-7 p.m. Halter is a third generation native of Rock Springs. Most of his hobbies growing up involved computers and technology. "What once was a hobby turned into my profession, and eventually became a little less fun," Halter said. "Oh, I still enjoy technology, and working on computer systems, but I started to dabble in...
Western Wyoming Community College’s Boar’s Tusk Literary Journal is accepting submissions from now until Dec. 18, and submitters are eligible to win prizes. Sweetwater County residents, including Western’s students, are invited to submit art, photography, poems, essays, stories, and creative non-fiction. "The entire literary journal would be impossible without the many authors who contributed their artistic genius, and the reason for this magazine's existence is due to the many writers, photographers, and artists in Sweetwater County, Rache...
Even though only a portion of the team could compete, the Green River speech and debate team is already taking top three trophies home. This weekend, the Green River High School Speech and Debate team, traveled to Cheyenne to compete in the Cheyenne South tournament. They came in third after Cheyenne Central and Cheyenne East. Two weeks ago, the team competed in Rock Springs and took second. Coach Daniel Parson said the team consists of about 50 students, including 15 freshmen, 11 sophomores,...
Western Wyoming Community College student artwork will be on display in the school’s Art Gallery from Dec. 6-Jan. 3 with a ceramics sale opening night, Dec. 6 from 4:30-7 p.m. The exhibit will showcase the best student artwork from the past semester, including drawings, paintings, photographs and ceramics. Featured artwork will include pieces created both in and outside of class at Western, and by students who are both art and non-art majors. Prizes for the best works will be presented during an awards ceremony at 6 p.m. the evening of the show...
Local photographers have an opportunity to display their creative work at White Mountain Library in Rock Springs. The Sweetwater Photo Open is an annual event in the Sweetwater County Library System and is scheduled for January and February, 2020. The exhibit will open Jan. 6 and be on display through Feb. 29. The deadline to enter is Jan. 3 at 5 p.m. The two-page entry form is available at the county libraries circulation desks and at the Community Fine Arts Center. Participants are asked to drop off their entries at White Mountain Library...
Michael Brewer of Green River has earned his bachelor of science Nursing degree from Western Governors University. The online, nonprofit university held its 71st (Cincinnati, Ohio); 72nd (Anaheim, Calif.); 73rd (Salt Lake City); and 74th (Seattle) commencement ceremonies in the spring and summer of this year to celebrate the recent graduation of more than 10,000 students from across the country. WGU has recognized 5,750 undergraduate and 4,488 graduate degree recipients, who have completed their degrees since June 24, 2019....
Western Wyoming Community College’s pop music groups combine for a dance and music celebration in the Western Atrium on Monday at 7:30 p.m. Enter a funky world of Grammy-winning music by artists including Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, Cher, and Radiohead. The show will treat listeners to a “groovetastic buffet” as they sample new funky arrangements. There is no need for attendees to fight the urge to dance during the concert, as it is being performed in the atrium with plenty of room to shake a leg. Western’s pop ensemble and vocal ensemble will se...
