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All of the county’s funds have officially been pulled out of Bank of the West. During the Sweetwater County Commissioners meeting Tuesday morning, Sweetwater County Treasurer Robb Slaughter said the there was about $540,000 left in the accounts at the bank, but by Friday all the accounts were closed. The only county exception is with Sweetwater County Community nursing, which will take a little longer than they thought it would. However, Slaughter said Commerce Bank is ready and willing to w...
As I was writing the story about a lady who picks up dog poop irresponsible pet owners leave behind, I became appalled. This wasn’t the first time I had been told or received phone calls on this issue I recalled. This was at least the third time in less than a year that someone has called to tell me about the dog poop problem Green River was having. I am glad someone called to give credit where credit is do and even though the lady I interviewed this week seemed like she didn’t really want to...
A handful of unknown volunteers are working hard to keep the city’s Greenbelt and pipeline pathways clean. One of those volunteers who wanted to remain anonymous, is Green River resident Terri Clawson. Clawson is known by some as the woman with the latex gloves who picks up the dog poop along the pipeline pathways and any other area in town she walks along. “Wherever I go, I just find dog doo doo,” she said. Clawson said she just doesn’t find the dog poop along the Greenbelt, but the pipelin...
The Lady Wolves swimming team continues to travel on the road for their swim meets. The Green River High School Lady Wolves swimming team traveled to Cheyenne to participate in the Cheyenne East duels in the pool with Cheyenne Central and East. The team came out ahead of East, but lost to Central. Head coach Colleen Seiloff said that despite not having any additional state qualifiers this weekend, the team had a good meet. The team then traveled to Laramie for more duels and took on Laramie and...
Each game is another opportunity for the Lady Wolves volleyball team to gain experience and learn the game. On Friday, the Lady Wolves took on Lyman at home and lost in three sets, 25-16, 25-21, 25-19. “We played OK, but not our best,” head coach Rikki Shantz said. “We need some work on responding under pressure. Lyman is one of the most athletic teams we will play this year.” Shantz said the team showed some good offensive and defensive moments during the Lyman game, however, the team still m...
The laughter could be heard in the hallway. While at the Golden Hour Senior Center Thursday morning, eight seniors were playing Wii Bowling in one of the recreation rooms. It's was their laughing passersby could hear. One group of four, Gail Robertson, Melinda Roundy and Gail and Wes Heikkinen, were taking turns using the Wiimote to roll the bowling ball down the screen on the TV screen. Robertson was having a spare game. It seemed like almost every time she would roll the ball it would look...
The Lady Wolves volleyball team won one against Jackson and lost one to Evanston last week. The Green River High School Lady Wolves volleyball team fought hard Thursday while on the road, but they still lost to Evanston in five sets, 25-18, 25-17, 23-25, 27-29, 15-11. "The last three games we played good volleyball," head coach Rikki Shantz said. "We played good defense." However, the team still needs to work on its passing, serving and consistency, she said. "We seem to rely on the big hits...
The Lady Wolves swimming team continued to showcase their skills this past week at Big Piney and Evanston. The Green River High School Lady Wolves swimming team took first in Evanston Saturday and they excelled at Big Piney Thursday evening. The team picked up another state qualifier this weekend when Adrienne Merrick qualified in the 100-yard freestyle. Head coach Colleen Seiloff said this takes the team to 10 swimmers who are qualified for state and most of them are qualified in more than one...
A Green River man who admitted to making a video of an underage girl while they were having intercourse will have a felony exploitation charge dismissed if he can complete probation. Trey Montoya, 18, recently appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Nena James at a sentencing hearing to two felony counts of sexual exploitation of children. Under Wyoming State Statute 7-13-301, a person can change their plea and be placed on probation. If the person successfully completes the probation,...
Commerce Bank has been selected by the county treasurer as the bank Sweetwater County will put its depositories in. At the Sweetwater County Commissioners’ meeting Tuesday morning, county treasurer Robb Slaughter gave the commissioners an update on how the transfer of funds out of Bank of the West was going. The county had $15.8 million of the general fund is with Bank of the West, while $1.4 million is in insurance with them and about $14 million is invested with the bank. The reason the county...
Independent candidate Ted Barney has officially announced his candidacy for Senate District 13. Barney, currently a Green River City Councilman, is running against incumbent Democrat John Hastert and Republican Tom James. Since Barney is running as an independent candidate, he had to obtain 76 signatures of registered voters to be included on the November ballot. Barney said he made sure to obtain way more than that in case some on his list weren’t registered when they thought they were. He s...
It’s still up in the air as to whether or not the county will support the airport moving forward on a commercial terminal study. After a lengthy discussion at the Sweetwater County Commissioners meeting Tuesday, the Commissioners decided to table making a decision on whether or not to spend $711,111 for a study for the commercial terminal modernization program at the Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport. At first, the resolution to fund the project looked like it might die due to a lack of a m...
On Monday, seniors were learning the basics of how to operate their smart phones. This month, Western Wyoming Community College employee Jen Stone, is teaching a class every Monday at 10 a.m. This class is geared toward seniors who want to learn more about how to use the features on their cellular phones. Around 10 seniors were in Stone's class, where Stone showed them on her phone how to look up various settings. They started by going through each item in their settings folder. From data and...
For quite possibly the first time, Southwest Wyoming hosted the ham radio conference on this side of the state. Rick Breininger, president of the Sweetwater Amateur Radio Club, said as far as he knows this past weekend was the first time Southwest Wyoming has hosted the 2018 American Radio Relay League Wyoming Section Convention. The convention took place at the Sweetwater Events Complex this Saturday with about 60 in attendance from Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and Idaho. "It moves around the state...
School children who want to learn more about computer science will not want to miss out on hours of fun this Saturday. WyoCSZone is hosting a computer science event at the Sweetwater Events Complex Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. According to the website wyocszone.com, “WyoCSZone is a Wyoming CS teacher community dedicating our efforts to fellow teachers and students within Wyoming. We act as a bridge for teachers, students, our communities and the professional world by helping them gain c...
The Lady Wolves swim team took advantage of the comfort a home pool can offer and came out on top. The Green River High School Lady Wolves swimming team didn't have far to travel this week when they went to Rock Springs Friday and on Saturday they were at home. Head coach Colleen Seiloff said the Lady Wolves always seem to swim better at home and with them taking first at the meet it only confirmed what she believes. The Lady Wolves finished in front of the other eight teams at the event. With...
The Lady Wolves lost two on the road this week and will need to get back to the basics if they want to improve. The Green River High School Lady Wolves volleyball team traveled to Mountain View Thursday and to Casper Saturday to take on Kelly Walsh. The Lady Wolves lost to Mountain View in four sets, 25-22, 25-16, 19-25, 25-18. “We thought we could have played better that night,” head coach Rikki Shantz said about the Mountain View game. “They are very good. Their defense is some of the best...
Thanks to a local Girl Scout Troop children with disabilities will have the chance to swing in an expression swing at Collier Park. Collier Park also known as the Rainbow Park because of its rainbow colored slides, now has a new swing made especially for children with disabilities to enjoy with their parents. The face-to-face expression swing allows children and their parents to experience what it's like to ride a swing together. The parents ride on one side of the swing facing their child who...
It took five sets for the Green River Lady Wolves to take down the Rock Springs Lady Tigers. In an action-packed Lady Wolves volleyball game Thursday evening in Rock Springs, the Lady Wolves showed they had what it takes to defeat their rivals. The Lady Wolves won three out of five sets, 25-16, 20-25, 22-25, 25-16, 15-10. "Getting the rivalry win is always exciting," head coach Rikki Shantz said. "The girls were proud." Even though the Lady Wolves lost the second and third sets, they didn't let...
Green River Councilman Allan D. Wilson was going to ask the court for a change of venue for his upcoming trial, but when the hearing started he withdrew the motion. Wilson is charged with one felony count of first-degree sexual abuse of a minor, which allegedly took place in Lincoln County and one felony count of second-degree sexual abuse of a minor, which allegedly took place in Sweetwater County. Both cases will be tried at the same time in Sweetwater County. Wilson appeared in the Third...
A Thursday night fire at the Green River Solid Waste Transfer Station resulted in facility being closed for an unknown amount of time and the city scrambling to find a way to provide temporary services. Around 10:30 p.m., the Green River Fire Department responded to the transfer station. Fire chief Mike Nomis said once they arrived at the scene and could tell there was a fire inside, they forced themselves into the building through one of the building’s doors. The fire department had three e...
After being the Golden Hour Senior Center's executive director for a little over three years, Sheela Schermetzler is ready for a new chapter in life when she retires. Schermetzler's last day will be Sept. 21 and her replacement is someone the center is already familiar with. Jackie Grubb, who is the office manager, will be taking over the director's position then. "She's been kind of shadowing me for the last two years," Schermetzler said. "It's going to be pretty tough for her for a couple of...
The Lady Wolves swim team showed how the home-pool advantage can pay off by taking first this weekend against 10 other teams. The Green River High School Lady Wolves didn't have to travel this weekend and it really was a benefit for them to sleep in their own beds and have family and friends at the meet to support them, head coach Colleen Seiloff said. "They won both Friday and Saturday," she said. "They swam really well. I was pretty excited about it." One swimmer, freshman Hailey Uhrig broke...
The Lady Wolves volleyball team split the weekend with three wins and three losses. This past weekend the Green River High School Lady Wolves volleyball team traveled to the east side of the state to compete in the Gillette Invitational. While at the tournament, the Lady Wolves played five teams and won against the Campbell County JV team 25-7, 25-16, Laramie 25-16, 17-25, 25-21 and Glenrock 25-23, 13-25, 25-18. They lost to Campbell County 25-19, 25-27, 25-12, Rapid City, S.D., 25-21, 25-19...
The airport director is seeking financial support from the Sweetwater County Commission and city of Rock Springs to pursue grant money for the design phase of the airport’s commercial terminal. Devon Brubaker, Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport director, said all of this is coming out of a decision made by the U.S. Congress in March to provide supplemental appropriations of $1 billion in additional federal discretionary funding for airport infrastructure improvements. The Federal Aviation A...
