Week of May 8, 2025
Week of May 8, 2025
A crowd gathered to watch the invoice for Searle Brothers Construction's work on the Skyline Trail be burned last Saturday morning. The Green River Greenbelt Task Force and City of Green River hosted the First Community Hike and Ride and Invoice Burning event to encourage people to begin using the trail and to celebrate the work done by Searle Brothers. The construction company made the decision to donate all of their work done on the trail fully to the community. It is believed that this is a...
One of several new trona projects planned outside of Green River had received official BLM approval. The Bureau of Land Management recently announced that the organization issued a record of decision approving the Dry Creek Trona Mine Project south of Green River in Sweetwater County. "The approved project authorizes Pacific Soda, LLC to construct mine well fields, processing facilities, storage ponds, a co-generation facility, landfills for salt and lime, transportation facilities, natural gas...
Where some see a monster, others see a creature in need of compassion, but do they see a human being who deserves dignity? This is a question explored in "The Elephant Man," the latest play from Actors' Mission. The show tells the story of John Merrick, a man with extreme deformities, and his relationship with Frederick Treves, a doctor who seeks to help him. It is based on the true story of Joseph Merrick. "It is a beautifully-written story about a man with disabilities's fight for self...
The Green River Lady Wolves Softball team went to Rock Springs last Friday to play in a tournament. They also had a conference game against the Cheyenne South Bison last Tuesday. The conference game against the Bison was very close, with many lead changes throughout the game. Green River came out strong with four runs in the top of the first inning, and had the lead until the third inning where the Bison scored four runs of their own. The Bison were up 6-4 heading into the fifth, but Green...
This past week, the Green River Spring Tennis Program had a busy culminating last week with a dual match against Rock Springs as well as a Quad Invitational at Green River High School. Competing against Rock Springs, the Wolves faced off with high school, junior high and sixth through eighth grade players. The Green River teams tended to dominate at the upper level of play, while the Rock Springs teams were stronger at the high school level at the middle and lower levels in the Varsity and...
Days ago, a federal court dismissed a parental rights case filed against Sweetwater County School District No. 1 for hiding a child’s “social gender transition.” The ruling didn’t say the district was right—it simply said federal law doesn’t clearly give parents the right to be informed. Let that sink in: An Obama-appointed federal judge just told Wyoming parents that schools may keep them in the dark about life-altering decisions involving their own children. If you’re a parent in Sweetwater County or anywhere else in Wyoming,...
Last Saturday, May 3, was World Press Freedom Day, a day proclaimed by the United Nations in 1993. “May 3 acts as a reminder to governments of the need to respect their commitment to press freedom,” the UN explains. “It is an opportunity to celebrate the fundamental principles of press freedom; assess the state of press freedom throughout the world; defend the media from attacks on their independence; and pay tribute to journalists who have lost their lives in the line of duty.” In the United States, freedom of the press is guaranteed...
