Week of March 13, 2025
Week of March 13, 2025
Many local drivers have found themselves spending more time in the car than they'd like to recently, especially when traveling on I-80 going to Green River from Rock Springs. With traffic delays caused by road work following the recent tunnel accident, as well as weather delays and accidents caused by a major winter storm last week, many residents ended up stuck in traffic, sometimes for multiple hours. While traffic on westbound Interstate 80 has currently moved back to being head-to-head...
Residents can now prepare for a cut on their property taxes, while local services and entities prepare for a cut to their budgets. After months of discussion regarding what changes could affect property taxes this year, and how those changes could affect local funding, Green River and Sweetwater County now have a better idea what to expect. One of the main bills affecting property tax, Senate File 0069, was passed by the legislature and signed by Governor Mark Gordon with a 25% cut to property...
The Green River High School Speech and Debate team has continued achieving notable victories as they make their way through the season. At the end of February, the team brought home a first place win from the Star Valley Tournament for the small schools division. Competing against top schools from the region, the students delivered strong performances across multiple events. Leading the charge with first-place finishes were Savery English in Oratory, Lillynee Janota in Drama, Tyler Davis in...
Last week the Green River Lady Wolves Basketball team not only participated in the 4A West Regional Tournament, but they also managed to go undefeated and came away with their first regional title since 1998.The tournament was held in Rock Springs across three days, and the Lady Wolves played spectacularly throughout. The team started their historic tournament run against the Riverton Wolverines on Thursday. Green River wasted no time during this game, and came out hot during the first quarter...
It was a good legislative session for fossil fuel producers in Wyoming, as well as those who want to produce carbon dioxide for enhanced oil recovery. Lawmakers passed House Bill 75, "Coal severance tax rate," which reduces the severance tax rate for surface-mined coal from 6.5% to 6% - an effort that proponents hope will help coal producers weather declining markets and potentially reinvest in Wyoming mining operations. Another measure, Senate File 17, "Carbon dioxide-enhanced oil recovery...
What’s the difference between the press and the media? Media derives from the Latin, “medium,” which is neither rare nor well done. What better time to drag out this old joke than Sunshine Week, when newspapers across America remind their readers of the First Amendment? Like a religious text, the Constitution of the United States, and its amendments, are forever subject to interpretation, thanks mostly to preachers, in the case of the former, and attorneys in the case of the latter. But the press (that’s us) in particular, has...
