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Jumping high
During one of the Green River Wolves halftime shows this year, a Green River Wolf Pack dancer gets some air. SweetwaterNOW photo by Brayden Flack
Green River’s Halloween parade
Despite the annual Trunk or Treat being cancelled in Green River due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the community came out in full force to celebrate Halloween with a parade that went down Flaming Gorge Way. There were plenty of floats, lots of awesome costumes, and loads of candy. SweetwaterNOW photo by Olivia Kennah
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December 23, 2020
Western Wyoming Community College art student, Mae Sota, had her artwork was chosen to be wrapped on an electrical box in Bunning Park, in Downtown Rock Springs. Western is proud of students who are able to give back to their community.
The Rock Springs Box Art committee and the Rock Springs International Day committee selected Sota’s “Japanese Culture” piece of art to be wrapped on a Rocky Mountain Power box in Bunning Park. Due to weather conditions, the box will not be wrapped until Spring of 2021.
Mae Sota is the second Western art student to have her creative piece selected to.
The arrests didn’t stop here. According to the RSPD, they also arrested Thomas Devine on a separate warrant for his suspected involvement regarding an incident that occurred around 2 am on May 24, 2020.
During this incident, officers of the Rock Springs Police Department responded to the hospital for a 32 year-old male subject that was assaulted near Bunning Park and subsequently found by a civilian in the area of Evans Street and J Street.
The victim sustained serious injuries and was transported by air to a hospital in Utah for further medical treatment where he was later released. Detectives learned through their investigation that the incident originated at the Loners Motorcycle Club House located on Evans Street and subsequently ended in the roadway at Evans Street and J Street.
ROCK SPRINGS â The artwork of Mae Sota, a Western Wyoming Community College art student, was chosen to be wrapped on an electrical box in Bunning Park in downtown Rock Springs.
The Rock Springs Box Art committee and the Rock Springs International Day committee selected Sotaâs âJapanese Cultureâ piece of art to be wrapped on a Rocky Mountain Power box in Bunning Park. Due to weather conditions, the box will not be wrapped until spring of 2021.
Sota is the second Western art student to have her creative piece selected to be displayed on a Rocky Mountain Power Box. Rose Kleinâs artwork was chosen in May 2019 for a box on Westernâs campus. These types of projects help beautify Rock Springs, and whether nor not the student chooses to stay in town, they have left a positive mark on the community, according to a Western press release.