Week of October 17, 2024
Week of October 17, 2024
Candidates running for positions on the Green River City Council recently shared their perspectives at a political forum hosted by the Green River Chamber of Commerce and Wyo4 News, which took place last Thursday. The candidates in attendance included current council members George Jost and Sherry Bushman and new candidate Jessica Maser. The candidates were allotted time for an opening and closing statement and answered several questions from moderator Justin Tynsky. Notable statements were...
Irene Richardson, CEO of Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County, recently was named Chair of the Wyoming Hospital Association. Richardson has served as a Director on the Board since 2021. "Irene brings decades of Wyoming healthcare experience to her new role as Chair of the WHA Board of Directors, and we are excited she has agreed to serve in this capacity," said WHA Vice President Josh Hannes. "She has been a long-time supporter of the association, engaged in governance, public policy...
The people of Green River, and Sweetwater County as a whole, regularly come together and show their willingness to go the extra mile to help people – or, sometimes, to go the extra 1,800 miles. That's what Tracy Bernard and Mary Ward-Bernard did when they decided to take donations to hurricane victims in North Carolina. And they're not the only ones who have recently been encouraging the community to rally together to help people in need, both across the country and close to home. Helping...
The Green River High School Cross Country team faced competition at home last weekend. The Wolves had a home meet at the Rolling Greens Country Club Golf Course last Friday. Green River faced four other teams, going up against Fort Washakie, Lander, Rock Springs and Manilla, Utah. Despite the Green River Wolves team only running on the course a couple of times, the girls team placed first and the boys got second place. The girls team all placed in the top 10 and the boys team had four athletes...
Lawmakers are scrambling to draft a bill that would restrict what wildfire victims can claim damages for when electric utilities spark blazes. Insurance premiums for utilities are exploding due to class action lawsuits stemming from utility-caused wildfires that have resulted in death and property damage - particularly in the West. Some utilities fear they may lose insurance coverage while increasing insurance rates threaten to raise costs for electric customers and bankrupt some power...
Wyoming’s five top elected officials have advanced plans to allow the public to carry concealed firearms in many areas of the Capitol and attached facilities — either with a permit or, in some cases, without. The State Building Commission — a panel composed of the governor, auditor, secretary of state, treasurer and schools superintendent — still faces a long process before finalizing any changes, including a 45-day comment period. A majority of respondents to an online survey conducted by the body disagreed with earlier proposed...
Well-made plans have a nasty tendency of not working out the way they’re supposed to, especially when you’re traveling. I’ve experienced both the joy of a plan working out perfectly, and the heartbreak of a plan being so thrown off that it has to be abandoned. I’ve been on trips that were planned out with a detailed schedule and printed itinerary (shout out to my best friend and best travel planner, Marissa), and trips where our group was completely winging it and it’s amazing...
