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Green River High School recently added several new GRHS graduates into the Hall of Fame. The inductees were honored during the Wolves varsity football game against Rawlins Sept. 9 and officially inducted during the 2022 Hall of Fame Banquet the next night. One unique addition to the Hall of Fame this year was an entire group of sports and activities teams from 1974, added together "because of their vast achievements" according to Athletics Director Anthony Beardsley. Tom Wilson Tom Wilson was a...
Sweetwater County Treasurer Joe M. Barbuto would like to inform taxpayers that 2022 property tax bills will arrive in mailboxes over the coming days and weeks. Bills include the total amount owed, and allocations to taxing entities within the district. “In particular, I encourage people to look over the breakdown of where their tax dollars are allocated and how those monies are put to work for our communities,” Barbuto said in a press release. “Folks should not hesitate to reach out with any questions, comments, or ideas.” Taxes are payable...
The Green River High School volleyball team headed to Evanston last week to take part in the Evanston Border Wars Tournament, with teams from Wyoming facing teams from Idaho and Utah. Competing both Friday and Saturday, the Lady Wolves won four matches and lost four matches. Even in their losing sets, Green River once again managed to keep the games close and lose by only a few points against most of their opponents. The varsity team will take on the Rock Springs Tigers today in Rock Springs at 6 p.m. Evanston Border Wars Tournament 4A Green...
Last weekend the Green River High School golf team headed to Evanston to compete at the Purple Sage golf course in the Evanston Invitational. The team ended up with three boys in the top 20. Sophomore Ashton Lucero came in at 17th with a two-day total of 173 and Sophomore Kaleb Gunter tied for 15th for a two-day total of 172. Senior Ryker Mele was a top 10 medalist for the second consecutive week, coming in tied 10th with a two day total of 169. The boys team also finished in 4th overall for...
The Green River High School volleyball team started their season at the Cokeville Invitational last Friday and Saturday, facing four different teams in five matches. The Lady Wolves won one of their matches on Saturday, and even though they lost the others, the score stayed close through most of their sets. The first opponent the Lady Wolves faced was the home team. Cokeville beat Green River in all three sets, but the Lady Wolves kept the score to within three points in the final set. Green...
This week the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) announced the first monkeypox case in a Wyoming resident was identified in Laramie County. Dr. Alexia Harrist, state health officer and state epidemiologist with WDH, said public health representatives are following up with the individual to see if additional Wyoming residents are at higher risk of contracting monkeypox due to direct contact with the adult man, who was tested within the last week. “Because monkeypox spreads through close, intimate contact we do not believe the risk for the v...
The Board of Directors of Sweetwater County Child Developmental Center recently announced their new Executive Director Lori Lucero. Lori comes to SCCDC with twenty-four years of special education experience within the public school and early intervention education settings. Lori earned both her bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Tulsa, graduating magna cum laude. With a background in speech-language pathology, Lori has also received teaching certifications for deaf/hard of...
The Green River FFA chapter has recently received recognition for the program itself and one of its outstanding members. The Green River chapter was recognized in the 2022 National Chapter Award Program from the National FFA Organization, and Delaney Gardea, a member of the local chapter, will be awarded the American FFA Degree at the 95th National FFA Convention and Expo Oct. 26-29. Each year, the National FFA Organization honors FFA members, like Gardea, who show the utmost dedication to the...
The city of Green River will conduct a public hearing at 7 p.m. Aug. 16 in the council chambers at City Hall. The purpose of the hearing is to provide information to citizens about the increase in the amount the city of Green River plans to borrow to fund the cost of the City of Green River Wastewater Treatment Plant Replacement Facility Construction Project. This project includes the construction of a new activated sludge wastewater treatment facility to replace its existing lagoon system, originally constructed in 1962. The work will involve...
The second annual Wyoming Legion Baseball "A" All-Star game was played at the Nida Field in Douglas on Saturday. The home run derby was hosted on Friday. The East team had the individual derby winner Jacob Russell from Douglas and the West took the win for the team derby. The West All-Star coaches were Jason Borders of Lovell, Mike Jameson of Lovell, and Brandon Peterson of Green River. The Green River Knights' A team players Jax Peterson, Marcos Molina, Jace Paoli, and Quentin Liebelt were...
Debates among candidates in the upcoming primary election will be held locally and across the state. Primary election debates hosted and sponsored by SweetwaterGOP will take place the evenings of Aug. 8, 9 and 10 at the Broadway Theater in Rock Springs. The public is welcome to attend the debates in person, or can watch the livestream on SweetwaterGOP’s Facebook and YouTube. The debates will be moderated by Johnny K. Monday, Aug. 8 Debates: Sweetwater Clerk of District Court debate between DonnaLee Bobak and Annette Eychner Sweetwater County A...
The Sweetwater Economic Development Coalition (SEDC) and Wyoming Business Council recently announced that Kel-Tec CNC Industries, a firearm manufacturing company, will begin production from a facility in Sweetwater County. KelTec is expanding its production capacity with the acquisition of a 33,000 square foot facility in Rock Springs, augmenting its 125,000 square foot industrial space in Cocoa, Florida, the SEDC explained. “I am thrilled to be a part of this new adventure in our story,” stated Adrian Kellgren, KelTec’s director of indus...
The annual Green River Pond and Garden Tour has returned. The 2022 tour will open the garden gates to 11 garden homes in Green River and Rock Springs Saturday, Aug. 6. The tour will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and is free to the public. Tour guides are available at Riverside Nursery and the Green River Chamber of Commerce. A master gardener will be available for questions at the Howes' home during the tour. In addition, the owners of one of the Rock Springs homes own a food truck, so Tip's...
The 2022 West All-Conference American Legion Baseball announced the players that were chosen for this year's baseball season. The Knights first team honorees were Ashton Eldredge, Marcos Molina and Jax Peterson. This is Peterson's third year of being chosen. The Knights second team honorees were Ben Lail, Quentin Liebelt and Jace Paoli. The state tournament started Monday, July 25, at the Milward L. Simpson Stadium in Cody. A total of eight teams are competing in a modified, double-elimination...
Last Saturday, the United States fully transitioned the 10-digit National Suicide Prevention Lifeline to 988 – a three-digit number anyone can call or text for crisis care. In Wyoming, those who dial this number for support will be now connected to a Wyoming representative no matter what time they call. Governor Mark Gordon recently announced that the state's suicide lifeline services have been expanded and improved to offer full-time, Wyoming-based coverage 24 hours a day, every day. "...
Three Green River High School students recently received the Maicy Braden Scholarship for 2022. This year, the $500 memorial scholarships were awarded to Cody Price, Ridge Hester and Andrew Winters. The industrial arts scholarship was named for a GRHS student who tragically died in an automobile crash October 3, 2016. Maicy Marie Braden was an aspiring young student at Green River High School that had remarkable talents, especially in the Career and Technical Education area. She was an honor...
The Green River Knights B team took on the Rock Springs B team Thursday, July 7 in Green River, taking the lead in the fifth inning and coming up with a 5-3 victory. Pitching for the Knights was Brackin Lail who surrendered three runs on five hits during five innings and struck out five players. Lander Welch, Lail, Kamden Liebelt, Dawson Peterson and James Hartman all had one hit to help the Knights take the lead. Peterson led the Knights with two stolen bases and the rest of the team stole four more bases during the game. In the second game ag...
A group of concerned residents from Wyoming Wildlife Protection Group got together to protest the Culpepper and Merriweather Circus when it came to Green River last weekend. The protest was organized by Shane Siler, who was joined by Madhu Anderson from Rock Springs and Steve Blunt from Green River on the day of the circus. Conducting the peaceful protest was a last-minute decision made after a free tour of the circus facility, according to Anderson. Since the protest hadn't been planned...
The Knights A team hosted a double-header conference game July 2 taking on the Riverton Raiders A team. The first game was a 8-6 victory with Jax Peterson pitching all seven innings, allowing six hits, six runs and striking out two with one walk. The Knights scored 3 runs in the third inning from Dallyn Smith, Jace Paoli and Skyler Lee, and had a total of six hits for the game with multiple hits from Peterson and Smith. The Knights tore up the bases and two players were able to steal at least...
A shooting that occurred late last Thursday night resulted in two deaths and a manhunt for the shooter, which ended Friday afternoon with the shooter succumbing to apparent self-inflicted injuries. Officers of the Green River Police Department were initially dispatched to a disturbance in the area of Riverview Drive Thursday night, according to a GRPD press release. Information received by dispatch indicated a subject at that location had pointed a pistol at the reporting party. As officers...
Faith Duncan of Green River attended this year's Wyoming Girls State session. During the session, she was elected to multiple positions and received other awards and achievements. Duncan, the only delegate representing Green River, was in the City of Meadowlark. She was elected to City Police Officer, Senate Chief Clerk, Senate Committee Chairman and U.S. Senator. She was also the Wyoming Girls State Memorial Scholarship winner. The 79th session of American Legion Auxiliary Wyoming Girls State...
Two vehicle accidents in Sweetwater County last week led to multiple injuries and one death. A fatal crash occurred at milepost 506 on US 191 south of Rock Springs in the early morning hours of June 19, according to a press release from Wyoming Highway Patrol. Around 2:47 a.m., Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers were notified of a one-vehicle rollover. A 2006 Nissan Altima was headed north on US 191. The driver of the Nissan could not maintain his travel lane, causing the vehicle to exit the west s...
The Green River Knights had a rough weekend while competing at the Powell Father's Day Tournament last weekend. The Knights were completely shut out when taking on the hosting team, losing 15-0 during the first day of competition. The Green River team fared better against Lovell the following day, but came up short in a game ending 9-8 in Lovell's favor. The Knights will have a chance to dust themselves off Saturday when they take on Evanston in a double header scheduled for noon and 2 p.m. The...
The Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office is disputing a claim by the Wyoming ACLU that the office is among the most egregious on civil rights violations of undocumented immigrants at the Sweetwater County Detention Center. According to a media release from the sheriff’s office, the office was falsely accused of ranking in the top 54 law enforcement agencies nationwide an ACLU report claims are the most egregious in civil rights violations. The actual list does not include the SCSO, or any Wyoming law enforcement agency. The claim focuses on par...
Mosquitoes are becoming a concern in Green River, resulting in the city starting its mosquito control program. According to a press release from the city, the parks and recreation department has already placed BTI biscuits in standing water found on city property. The biscuits prevent mosquito larvae from developing into adults. Starting next week, the city plans to conduct aerial applications of Vecobec in large areas of standing water near and around the city. According to the city, the active chemical in Vecobec is naturally occurring, safe...
