Sweetwater talks trash

Changes could come to the Green River landfill, seen in this 2007 file photo, if local solid waste managers decide to move to a regional landfill system in southwest Wyoming. (Jeff Gearino/Star-Tribune file)

Rock Springs jumps in

The sun sets along the banks of the Flaming Gorge Reservoir in southwest Wyoming last week. Rock Springs city officials decided during a meeting Tuesday to join a coalition that aims to fight a proposal to divert water from the reservoir and move it by pipeline to Colorado's Front Range. (Jeff Gearino/Star-Tribune)

Soda ash wars

Steam rises from the boilers at General Chemical's trona mine and soda ash plant located west of Green River in Sweetwater County. The company is one of four multinational corporations operating soda ash facilities in the Green River Basin. (Jeff Gearino/Star-Tribune)

Fisheries on the rise in infamous Bitter Creek

The Bitter Creek meanders through downtown Rock Springs during the summer of 2007 in this file photo. Game and Fish biologists found an array of fish species in the creek during a fish trapping project this spring. (Jeff Gearino/Star-Tribune)

Officials file charges in horse killings