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Recyclable materials Green River residents sort and set aside in their recycling containers may not wind up at a recycling facility. Recycling bins from Wyoming Waste Systems are being taken to the landfill outside of Rock Springs, according to Solid Waste District No. 1’s director. “What we’ve seen are bins they’ve used for recycling come through,” Kevin Herman, the solid waste district’s general manager said. Wyoming Waste Systems did not respond to requests for comment as of press time....
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...
Business at the Sweetwater County Regional Airport continues to climb as the airports 2018 figures show growth over previous years. Speaking to the Green River City Council Tuesday night, Devon Brubaker, airport director, said the airport has its third best year on record as far as the number of passengers processed. Nearly 48,000 passengers utilized the Sweetwater County Regional Airport in 2018. That amount is up 32.2 percent over passenger numbers in 2017 and 47.7 percent over 2016’s p...
For the past few days, residents have seen a moose wandering around Hutton Street and the surrounding neighborhood and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department recommends residents to leave it alone. According to Lucy Diggins-Wold, information and education specialist for the WGF office in Green River, the WGF is aware of the moose and plans to let it be as it hasn't threatened residents. She said darting and relocating the moose would be one of the last acts the WGF would want to do because it...
Patient care at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County has achieved a four-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). CMS updated its hospital performance data and made the announcement Thursday. CMS uses a 5-star quality rating system to measure patient experience with their health care provider. CEO Irene Richardson said that improving Sweetwater Memorial’s CMS star rating is part of the hospital’s 2018-21 strategic plan, which focuses on the patient and quality patient care. “This achievement is a result of the h...
Good food, good health, good life: You’ll be “Good to Go” after the 2019 Health & Wellness Fair. Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County is hosting the annual fair from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 9, at the hospital. It’s a free, family event. There will be door prizes and giveaways, including a drawing for two mountain bikes, one for an adult and one for a child. “This year’s event is bigger than ever,” said Janae Gale, MHSC Director of Volunteer Services and Community Outreach. “We’ve targeted a variety of the hospital services and have par...
Jerald "Jerry" Butcher passed away March 4, 2019, in Green River. He had been resident of Green River since 1940 and was a former resident of Salt Lake City. Butcher died following a brief illness. He was born April 9, 1935, in Salt Lake City the son of Melvin Butcher and Lovina Schofield Butcher. Butcher attended school in Green River. He married Patricia Orme in Rock Springs on March 18, 1956. Butcher was a United States Army veteran. He was employed by Union Pacific Railroad for 43 years and... Full story
Jessica Marie Luckenbihl, 28, passed away Feb., 26, 2019, at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. She was a resident of Rock Springs for 23 years and is a former resident of Juneau. Luckenbihl was born on April 2, 1990, in Rock Springs, the daughter of Lawrence Schaufler and Cherann Bradbury. She was later adopted by Ronald Steven Luckenbihl. Jessica attended schools in Rock Springs and was a 2008 graduate of the Juneau-Douglas High School. She also attended the University of Alaska...
James Lee Martinez, 31, of Rock Springs, passed away Feb. 28, 2019, at his home. He was born on May 7, 1987, in Cheyenne and was the son of Larry Paxton II and Melissa Paxton. James attended school in Rock Springs and was a 2005 graduate of the Independence High School. He was employed as a foreman and heavy-equipment operator for Pitt Construction for the past two and one-half years. James was a member of Holy Spirit Catholic Community. His interests included spending time with his children... Full story
Margaret F. Santich, 97, passed away Feb. 27, 2019, in Fort Collins, Colo. Memorial services will take place 10 a.m., March 9, 2019, at Allnutt Funeral Service-Drake Road Chapel, with a reception to follow. In lieu of flowers, donations are requested to Alzheimer’s Association in care of Allnutt Funeral Service, 650 Drake Rd., Fort Collins, CO., 80526. Family and friends may sign the online guestbook, view full obituary or leave a personal note to the family at www.allnuttftcollins.com....
It’s the stuff nightmares are made of. The image, depicting a distorted human face, with bulging eyes, long black hair, a deformed nose and a mouth seemingly crossed between a bird beak and a human’s, is something that will stick with a person long after they’ve seen it. On face value, Momo and its challenge were a perfect internet panic storm geared to alarm parents. The Momo Challenge has since been dubbed a hoax, but it initial scare perfectly illustrates how the collective id of the internet can take something and run with it. For those...
We’ve written a lot about economic development in this newspaper. So much so it’s a common theme for both news and opinion. Economic development is an important activity for both the city and Sweetwater County to engage in, as it means more business activity, more opportunity and more commercial options for everyone. It also means more sales tax, which is a benefit for both cities because city budgets are mainly funded through sales tax. This brings us to the conditional use permit application Love’s Travel Stops recently filed for its propo...
(Publisher’s note: The Prairie Doc is a new health column offered to us from the Wyoming Press Association. Let us know if you enjoy it.) My good friend, a single man in his 60s, didn’t like going to the medical clinic for anything, let alone a cold. His illness started with a fever, aches all over and a sudden overabundance of mucus. After one or two days of those obvious viral symptoms, for which we have no good therapy, he got better, except he acquired a new dry hacky cough. Initially he did what he should have and stopped going to wor...
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...
Going to State for the first time since 2009, the boys basketball team will face the Campbell County Camels in the first round Thursday. The Wolves showed they were one of the toughest teams in the 4A West Conference last week, taking second at the conference tournament. The tournament featured a third meeting between the Wolves and their rivals, the Rock Springs Tigers, at the start, with Green River winning 55-38. The second round would see the Wolves take on the Evanston Red Devils, a team th...
The Lady Wolves basketball team knew they had to win at least two games at regionals in order to advance to state. They won three and took third place at the 4A West Regional Basketball Tournament in Cody this weekend. On Thursday, the Lady Wolves started off their first game playing against their biggest rivals, the Rock Springs Lady Tigers. Rivalry aside, both teams wanted the win to increase their chances of making it to state. The Lady Wolves came out on top with in this one, 45-36. “It was...
Ed Taliaferro remembers finding his son Ramsey often wanting to play catch when Ed came home from work. After hearing a radio advertisement announcing tryouts for the Casper Rockies baseball team, Ed said Ramsey wanted to try out for the team. Ramsay was about four or five years old at the time. When the Taliaferros moved from Farson to Green River when Ramsey was eight years old, Ed said he thought it was a dream come true for his son, who finally had the opportunity to play organized...
The girls and boys indoor track team made the long trip to Gillette to compete at their State meet, competing with more than 20 other Wyoming teams in their final indoor track meet of the season. There were few surprises as those that have led the team all year continued to do so with most of the competitors close to or exceeding their seasons best marks. For the girls in the 55-meter dash, Ellie Kettering defeated nearly a third of the field as she took 24th out of 67 sprinters at 7.98. Also in the 200-meter dash, E. Kettering led the way for...
The Green River High School Hall of Fame’s 2019 list of inductees include a beloved swimming coach, GRHS’s first undefeated football team and a man who helped create the Lincoln High Mirth and Missives newsletter. The hall of fame committee announced its list of inductions Tuesday morning, along with the schedule of Hall of Fame Weekend events. Longtime Green River swim coach Randy Walker will be inducted this year. Walker is a former head high school swimming coach and was inducted into the Wyoming Coaches Hall-of-Fame. He earned nom...
