Week of December 18, 2025
Week of December 18, 2025
Confusion around the status of Flaming Gorge Days and the volunteer committee that was formed to take over the event has led the City of Green River and City Council Member Sherry Bushman to make clarifying statements in response to the recent announcement that the committee was dissolving their nonprofit status. The city has reiterated that Flaming Gorge Days is still expected to take place in 2026, and Bushman has given more details about her role in the planning process. Bushman explained...
The college is tightening its proverbial belt in order to form a leaner budget, and is letting go of employees to do so. Western Wyoming Community College recently laid off over 60 faculty and staff members, dissolving about half of those positions and restructuring the others. These layoffs are part of the college's budget realignment plan and were based on factors including reduced revenue from local property taxes and an effort to no longer rely on college reserves in the budget process....
Green River consistently stands out across the state, and standing out on the stage is no exception. The Green River High School Theater program traveled to the Wyoming State Thespian Festival in Laramie Dec. 4 - 6, and came away with several top finishes and high honors. Green River finished third place overall behind Star Valley in first and Riverton in second, and GRHS Instructor Melissa Skinner was awarded the Wyoming Theatre Director of the Year for 2025. Green River also placed third in...
Last weekend the Green River Wolves Swimming and Diving team traveled to Gillette for their opening meets of the season. They swam in the Gillette Relays on Friday and the Gillette Pentathlon on Saturday. Green River put together some solid relays across the board on Friday, managing to place third overall out of 12 teams. They had many relays place in the top five, with their best finish of the day being second place in the 13-14 year old 200 Yard Freestyle Relay. Freshmen Colin Lee, Isaac...
I know that there's no good way to handle layoffs and budget cuts. But I also know that there are a variety of bad ways to handle layoffs and budget cuts, which is what seems to be happening at Western Wyoming Community College. In the film "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga" there is a scene where the crazed warlord Dementus, the leader of a biker horde in the post-apocalyptic desertscape, has captured a group of hostages. He gives them the chance to survive and join his horde but tells them there is a...
