SWEETWATER COUNTY The Sweetwater Economic Development Coalition (SEDC) recently submitted a County wide marketing proposal to the executives of TerraPower and PacifiCorp to aide in the selection process of recruiting the Natrium Nuclear Facility to Sweetwater County.
SEDC presented this proposal to the Sweetwater County Commission Tuesday. SEDC Economic Development Specialist Kayla McDonald said they made sure to highlight all of the benefits of Sweetwater County.
“We captured everything from quality of life, education, and healthcare, into recreation and our community profile,” McDonald said.
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Additionally, they highlighted the available properties within the county, which could be used for storage, headquarters, or other purposes for interested businesses.
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July 22, 2021
Rock Springs resident Joe Barbuto will be the next Sweetwater County Treasurer, filling the remainder of Robb Slaughter’s term.
The Sweetwater County Commissioners voted 4-1 to appoint Barbuto following public interviews they conducted with candidates recommended by the Sweetwater County Democratic Party.
Barbuto started his term Wednesday.
Slaughter announced plans to retire in June, with his final day as the county treasurer being July 1. Because the elected position is partisan and Slaughter is a Democrat, the Sweetwater County Democratic Party was tasked with providing three candidates for the Commissioners to chose from. Joining Barbuto in vying for the job were Meghan Jensen and Mike Masterson. Of the three, two are ranking members of the Democratic Party, with Barbuto being the chairman of the Wyoming Democratic Party and Jensen being the chairperson of the Sweetwater County Democrats. Masterson is a longtime Democrat and a retired
ROCK SPRINGS Years of discussion about a dream to locate a Single Engine Air Tanker (SEAT) base in Rock Springs has finally become a reality.
The Rock Springs Bureau of Land Management (BLM) SEAT Base, located at the Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport, opened toward the end of June and they have already responded to wildland fires throughout its coverage area.
The facility is located on the northwest side of the airport and is right in the middle of the general aviation facilities for the airport, Airport Director Devon Brubaker said.
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“The BLM has been developing this project for about two years with the Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport,” Mark Randall, BLM Wyoming High Desert District Unit Aviation Manager, said.
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Cora doesn’t like being in the car.
Green River resident Teresa Eaton, the owner of Quality Resources and Case Management, drives to Rock Springs every day for work and her young daughter is quite vocal about how much she doesn’t like the trip.
“I start and end my day with 30 minutes of crying,” she said.
Wanting to find a home closer to work and hearing about how it is a good time to sell a home in Sweetwater County convinced Eaton to place her house on the market.
She didn’t have to wait long for an offer. By the end of the first day the house was for sale, Eaton had two offers on her home. The offer she took ended up falling through as it was a contingency offer. Not having found a new place to live and being busy with caring for her mother in Salt Lake City, Eaton decided not to sell. However, between driving Interstate-80 during construction season and listening to Cora’s displeasure about being in the car, Eaton decided to relist the hou
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Hannah Romero
Steve Leavitt gets a closer view of the landscape in Firehole Canyon while on a tour of the Flaming Gorge area hosted by Sweetwater County Travel and Tourism. There s plenty of open space out here for you to explore and get off the beaten path, Lucy Diggins-Wold told a tour bus full of people Friday.
A tour group had a taste of those open spaces during a tour of the Flaming Gorge area hosted by the Sweetwater County Travel and Tourism. Lucy, the tour guide for the trip, hopes that taste will be enough to create a connection that will keep people coming back.