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The Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport may receive funding from the county to help pay for design of the commercial terminal. Pending an approval of a budget amendment in the amount of $133,333 at the next Sweetwater County Commissioners’ meeting, the airport will receive money to help pay for the conceptual design phase portion of a proposed commercial terminal project. During the meeting, airport director Devon Brubaker said the funding was requested of the Commissioners last year in an a...
Green River and other municipalities should have received their excess sixth-penny funds on Friday. Green River’s share is about $1.59 million. The 2012 specific purpose tax, also known as the sixth-cent tax, terminated on April 1, 2018, however, the county collected more than the projects needed. During a recent Sweetwater County Commissioners meeting, Sweetwater County Treasurer Robb Slaughter gave the commissioners an update on what is going to be done with the excess sixth-cent penny collect...
Green River elementary students used drum sticks to tap balls, their shoes or the floor in order to make music while exercising. Harrison Elementary and Washington Elementary music teacher Kathy Rath and PE and health teacher Briana Fuller taught kids at Harrison School how exercise and music can be combined to get fit and have fun by using a DrumFit kit they borrowed from Lincoln Middle School. Rath said she and Fuller were discussing how to incorporate a dance unit into PE, when Fuller told...
An interest in maps and flags at a young age led one Green River student to a passion for geography. This passion for geography has now led to a trip to Washington D.C., for Lincoln Middle School eighth-grade student Dillon Davis, who recently won the Wyoming Geography Bee. The geography took place at the Casper College March 29 and followed the same format as all other state competitions across the country. For Dillon, geography is just something he’s always been interested in. “Geography is...
For local ham radio enthusiast Richard Breininger, being elected as the American Radio Relay League section manager is a new and exciting adventure. Breininger, also known as call sign N1TEK, started the two-year team on April 1 and is already making plans on what he would like to accomplish. “I was elected in the Spring,” Breininger said. “Nobody opposed me though so it was an easy election.” Even though Breininger was unopposed, he still had to receive at least five nominations from members...
By STEPHANIE THOMPSON Editor The Lady Wolves first conference game turned out to be a rough start for them when they took on the Rock Springs Lady Tigers. On Thursday, the Lady Wolves played the Lady Tigers on their home field and lost, 9-0. However, the team bounced back against the Evanston Lady Red Devils on Friday with a 2-1 win in overtime. Head coach Tracy Wyant said the Lady Tigers are a good, tough, solid team this year. She said they are good on defense and offense and had already...
It was something she had always wanted to do. She knew it would be difficult, but also knew if she didn't try, it might be something she would always regret. Shelly Steadman, a former Green River resident, recently conquered hiking to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa, which is 19,341 feet. "The thought of climbing Kilimanjaro was a bit intimidating, but I wanted to not just see the mountain from afar but be a part of it," Steadman said. "I always figured 'one day,' but finally decided one...
While most were out enjoying the nice weather this weekend, employees and volunteers at the Mission at Castle Rock Rehabilitation Center were busy baking goodies for its sale. On Monday, tables were filled with homemade goodies. From cookies and cakes to breads and popcorn balls. There was just about something for everyone, even for those with the slightest sweet tooth. Heidi Schuh, CRRC activities director and volunteer coordinator, said because Easter is so late this year, the center felt the...
The Sweetwater County Fire Department was given the go ahead to start adding staff to its department. During the Sweetwater County Commissioners meeting Tuesday morning, the Commissioners voted unanimously to approve a request from Sweetwater County Fire Warden Mike Bournazian for an additional seven firefighting personal, which would cost about $239,000. Bournazian requested one additional full-time firefighter/engine boss, two nine-month seasonal firefighters, three sixth-month seasonal firefi...
Green River theater students will once again be the first in the state to perform a new musical this week. According to Green River High School theater director Bradlee Skinner the students will perform "Bright Star," which is a musical written by Steven Martin and Edie Brickell. It is set in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina in 1945-46 with flashbacks to 1923. The musical is scheduled to take place at 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Monday. "This particular production deals with...
Determining what to do with all of the county’s facilities and one lot is something the Sweetwater County Commissioners would like to address in the future. During a recent Commissioners meeting, the Commissioners made a motion to approve spending $25,000 for the design and architecture of future buildings at the 7,200-square foot lot located at 36 Lagoon Road off of Highway 191 South. The lot currently has a small sand and salt building located on it. The Commissioners discussed the possibility...
Green River student Rachel Heisinger knew she was going to attend college, she just didn’t know where to go for sure. Her mind changed quickly when Casper College offered her a full-ride scholarship. All she has to do to earn that two-year scholarship is compete on their speech and debate team. “Since this will be my first year of college, I decided Casper would be a good fit for a few different reasons,” It’s relatively close to home, they have a wonderful criminal justice program, amazing...
More than a dozen children were burning energy and getting to know each other while at the Kids in Motion program Thursday. Children from birth to five years old were running around playing on obstacle courses, shooting hoops, spinning in turtle shells or jumping on the trampolines while at this triweekly program. Jennifer Spangler, who has taken her son to the program twice, said the program is a fun way for kids to get their energy out when it's so cold outside. Plus, her child has the...
The possibility of more housing northwest of the Rolling Green Golf Course is one step closer. During the Sweetwater County Commissioners meeting Tuesday morning, the Commissioners unanimously approved a zoning map amendment request from Randy Laughter and Lane Fillingim for a 38.2-acre parcel of land to be changed from agriculture to R-1. County land use director Eric Bingham said a R-1 designation is the most restrictive, and even though the proposed lots are 1 and 2 acres in size, they are...
Making St. Patrick's Day bracelets was as activity residents and volunteers alike seemed to enjoy. On Friday residents at the Mission at Castle Rock Rehabilitation Center and the Villa gathered to make St. Patrick's Day bracelets. Kathy Elliott, who runs the Crafts with Kathy class, said she inherited most of the beads for the project from Jeanette Palmer, who used to volunteer at the CRRC. Each resident was given 50 beads, which were white, yellow, silver, clear and two colors of green. To...
For the 12th year in a row, the speech and debate team has taken first place at districts. The Green River High School Speech and Debate team didn’t have to travel far to claim first-place this time, since the Wind River District National Qualifying Tournament took place in Rock Springs Thursday and in Green River on Friday and Saturday. Rock Springs came in second and Natrona County took third. “We also won the debate sweepstakes award and the travel trophy for most degrees accumulated ove...
For the first time in a very long time, the Lady Wolves won a game at State. Head coach Rick Carroll said even though the Lady Wolves have made it to State, he doesn't think they've won a game at the tournament since 2007. The Lady Wolves broke that losing streak this weekend when they won not only one, but two games, which led them to become the consolation bracket winners. Carroll said they did receive some trophies for winning the consolation game, but the road to that win started out rough....
The Sweetwater County Child Developmental Center may want to readdress how much of their sixth-cent overage they want to continue to invest. During a recent Sweetwater County Commissioners, SCCDC board members, their executive director, Cristy Pelham, and their attorney, Danielle Mathey, spoke to the Commissioners about the a second amendment to the SCCDC’s memorandum of understanding regarding when the SCCDC receives funding. Mathey said this is a concern for three reasons, the SCCDC has a new...
The speech and debate team came home from state with a fourth place finish. The team traveled this past weekend to Riverton to take on the best Wyoming had to offer. The Green River High School Speech and Debate team took 18 students to state this year and came in fourth. Cheyenne East took first, Cheyenne Central nabbed second and Rock Springs claimed third. GRHS missed out on third place by three points. “It would have been nice to win state this year, but our team is young and they did a f...
College is expensive. This is something that is common knowledge at this point, which is why it’s hard for me to believe the county hasn’t received a lot of applications for its scholarships in the past. The Sweetwater County Commissioners are once again seeking applications from Sweetwater County high school students who are going to graduate with the class of 2019. Commissioner Randy Wendling said the Commissioners will give three $1,000 scholarships to three applicants. Wendling said he was...
The Green River cheer and dance teams returned home with a few second place finishes at state. Last week, the Wolf Pack Dance Team participated in the 4A division hip hop dance and jazz competitions, while the GRHS cheerleaders competed in the 4A Division cheerleading competition. The GRHS cheerleaders competed in all three competitive categories, which were all-girl cheer, game day and co-ed cheer. The cheerleaders took second in c0-ed cheer, fourth in all-girl cheer and sixth in the game day...
A local legislator may have had intentions of giving the Sweetwater County Commissioners a friendly update, but it quickly turned into the Commissioners questioning whether or not he had the county’s best interest in mind during this legislative session. During the County Commissioners meeting Tuesday morning, Commissioner Randy Wendling asked Rep. Clark Stith, R-Rock Springs, why he voted in favor of Senate File 49 when so many Sweetwater County residents and county commissioners across the s...
Seniors were keeping themselves busy Friday morning by playing games. About a dozen men were in the pool room enjoying the new felt on a couple of pool tables at the Golden Hour Senior Center, while a handful of ladies were playing UNO in another room. "This is just a way to waste time in the morning," pool player Dale Johnson said. Johnson was watching a couple of other pool players hit their shots before it was his turn. He was also in on the heckling that was involved in the game. After one s...
The speech and debate team finished the regular season strong when it took first in its last tournament before state. This past weekend, the Green River High School Speech and Debate team traveled to Rawlins to take on 19 teams with more than 300 competitors. Their hard work paid off and they took first, followed by Natrona County in second and Rock Springs in third. Head coach Carina White said Cheyenne East, one of the most competitive teams, was there with about 20 students. Even though the t...
A couple of residents were trying to see if they had what it takes to move up a level as a Ham radio operator. On Saturday, the Sweetwater Amateur Radio Club and its amateur radio testing group were busy administering tests to a couple of residents who wanted to move onto the general class level. Rick Breininger, club member, said volunteer examiners are overseen by the Federal Communications System administration. These volunteer testers give the 35-question test. To move onto the next level, t...
