Monthly Archives: September 2022

ROCK SPRINGS — Uprising, a nonprofit group that educates communities about human trafficking, is asking the City of Rock Springs for help in the fight against sex trafficking in Rock Springs. During a recent Rock Springs City Council meeting, Uprising Cofounder and Executive Director Terri Markham said Uprising’s mission is to educate communities about what human [...]

ROCK SPRINGS – Representatives from Uprising Wyoming made a presentation to the Rock Springs city council on Tuesday, Sept. 20. Uprising Wyoming is a non-profit organization that helps communities confront human trafficking and exploitation through awareness, education and outreach. The presentation included information regarding the issues of human trafficking in Sweetwater County and how new [...]

ROCK SPRINGS – The sounds of chatter turns into silence as a small group of students read words of abuse, written by survivors of physical and sexual violence. Objects dangle over notes as reminders of how they met their aggressive partners. The Tunnel of Oppression is a community display that addresses types of abuse and [...]

A shrewd whistle cut through the air. “There’s a white pickup pulling up,” said Natalie Perkins, from her post looking out of the hotel room’s window. The room full of people went still. The air conditioner hummed and traffic was heard from the road outside the Gillette hotel. Then a few moments later she signaled [...]

GILLETTE, Wyo.—The first buyer is 15 minutes away. He’s driving from South Dakota to Gillette to ostensibly have sex with a 16-year-old girl who advertised on a social media site. What the buyer doesn’t realize is that he’s been corresponding with a police officer, who is waiting for him in a hotel room as part [...]