Articles from the August 3, 2023 edition
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Taylor Jones sworn in
Taylor Jones took his seat among the Sweetwater County Board of County Commissioners this week after being appointed and sworn in at the end of Tuesday's meeting. Jones fills the vacancy on the board...
Council approves permits for 'Buck N Badass' event
After being the subject of much discussion during the last City Council meeting, the open container permit and catering permit for an event by Badass Brews and the Buck N Bar were approved during Tues...
To protect and serve
Mike Bond was sworn in as a new Green River Police Department officer at City Hall on Monday morning. Bond is from Rock Springs and is currently a Staff Sergeant for the Wyoming National Guard. Green...
BLM seeks public input on Sweetwater Carbon Dioxide Sequestration Proposal
The Bureau of Land Management Kemmerer Field Office is seeking public comment on a right-of-way for the proposed Sweetwater Carbon Storage Hub CO2 Sequestration project. If approved, Pond Field, LLC would sequester carbon dioxide (CO2) in up...
Grabbing on by the horns
Contestants in the Red Desert Roundup Rodeo had the chance to grab life by the horns, metaphorically and literally. The rodeo took place at the Sweetwater Events Complex last Friday and Saturday...
Raymond Lewis Pecolar
Raymond Lewis Pecolar, 84, passed away Friday, July 14, 2023 at the University of Utah Medical Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was a life-long resident of Rock Springs, Wyoming. He died following...
Bill Merle Martin
Bill Merle Martin, 80, passed away Sunday, July 23, 2023, in Ivins, Utah. He was born January 21, 1943, in Blackfoot, Idaho to Ennis Berkley Martin and Dorothy Lou Peterson Martin. He was married to...
Evelyn Mae Moore
Evelyn Mae Moore, 77, passed away Wednesday, July 26, 2023 at Mission at Castle Rock Convalescent Center. She was a resident of Rock Springs, Wyoming for the past eight years and former resident of Gr...
Dawna Louise Williams
Dawna Louise Williams, 86, passed away Friday, July 7, 2023 at Mission at Castle Rock Convalescent Center in Green River, Wyoming. She was a longtime resident of Rock Springs, Wyoming and a former...
Lewis Carl Atkinson
Lewis Carl Atkinson finally retired July, 29, 2023 in Rock Springs, Wyoming. Lewis was born December 19, 1935. A viewing will be held from 10am-12pm, Saturday August 5th at Fox Funeral Home, 2800...
Jeanna O. Steadman
Jeanna O. Steadman, 75, passed away late in the evening on July 26th at her home in Green River after a short battle with cancer. She was born on October 6, 1947, in Sonora, California, the only...
Stephen Andrew Larson
Stephen Andrew Larson, 72, passed away Saturday, July 29, 2023 at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County in Rock Springs, Wyoming. He was a resident of Rock Springs for 47 years and was a former...
Our View: Good luck, Commissioner Jones
The Sweetwater County Board of County Commissioners welcomed a new member, Taylor Jones, to the board this week. We want to congratulate Commissioner Jones for being chosen and wish him and the rest of the commissioners luck moving forward. We also w...
Remembering summertime when the livin' was easy
Summertime, and the livin’ is easy Fish are jumpin’ and the cotton is high Oh, your daddy’s rich and your ma is good-lookin’ So hush little baby, don’t you cry. -- From Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin, 1934 What is it about summer that ma...
Green River Police Department reports for July 25 - 28
Green River Police Department reports for July 25 At 9:28 a.m., CSOs responded to a report of nuisance property. Officers made contact with the property owner who advised they would get the property cleaned up. Officers completed a report of the...
A celebration of who we are: Wyoming's Big Show returns, adds new attractions
Wyoming's Big Show is a long-standing summer tradition in Sweetwater County, and this year's fair is bringing back classic attractions and new entertainment. The fair started at the beginning of the...
Golden Hour Senior Center August Schedule
GHSC will be celebrating National Senior Citizens Day on August 21 with special Hawaiian-themed festivities. The fun will start at 11:30 a.m., with tropical drinks and a special lunch of Hawaiian chicken, coconut shrimp, corn on the cob, tropical...
Five local artists gather their work at the CFAC
What happens when four photographers and a painter take a trip together? Five different viewpoints of the beauty of southern Utah's landscape. The Community Fine Arts Center in Rock Springs is...
Knights end their season at State Tournament
The Green River Knights showed up on the field ready to take on the Douglas Cats during their first game of the Wyoming Legion "A" State Tournament on July 26. The game took place at the fields at...
Barrasso, Lummis host talk about upcoming farm bill
CASPER — U.S. Senator John Boozman sat opposite a group of more than 20 Wyoming farmers, ranchers, government officials and nonprofit leaders in a cold conference room on the third floor of Casper’s Thyra Thomson State Office Building....
Judge: Sweetwater County lawsuit likely fails to show broad parental rights violations
CASPER — The Sweetwater County parents suing a southern Wyoming school district for allegedly concealing their child’s gender identity and contributing to their child’s “social transitioning” have updated their lawsuit after a judge’s...
How much is too much?
CASPER — About a dozen people spoke at a Rock Springs meeting earlier this month about a historic rate hike proposal brought by Rocky Mountain Power — Wyoming’s largest electricity provider. Though more than 70% of Rocky Mountain Power’s...
