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In an extremely short meeting Tuesday night, the Green River City Council approved several grant requests to fund several needs within the city’s fire department, as well as transportation and swimming lessons for programs hosted by the Parks and Recreation Department. The fire department’s requests are for a new pumper/tender truck, 40 sets of turnout gear and funding to provide training. The three grant requests will be made to the 2018 Assistance to Firefighters Grant and, if all three reques...
A Green River legislator seeks to ease restrictions for patients to legally purchase CBD, an oil extract from hemp plants its proponents claim can be used to treat a variety of medical problems. Stan Blake, D-Green River, plans to submit a bill to the Wyoming House of Representatives that would allow for any physician to prescribe CBD, also known as Cannabidoil, for use in medical treatment. Currently, the law only allows for a neurologist to recommend CBD. Blake’s bill, which is in draft f...
A Green River family got to experience the excitement of being on a television game show, with the episode airing locally Monday. Mary Williams, along with her sons Stephen and Ryan, daughter Erika Johnson and her husband Joe competed on "Family Feud," the long-running gameshow hosted by Steve Harvey. The episode airs during the two-episode block starting at 3 p.m. on KUTV Mary said the process started when Erika contacted her about a audition taking place in Salt Lake City in January, 2017. At...
The Muley Fanatics Foundation is drumming up support for a legislative bill that would help create wildlife crossings through the purchase of special license plates. The bill, known as House Bill 39, would allow someone buying plates for their vehicle to opt for a special conservation place that would support conservation efforts within the state transportation system, including game fences, wildlife corridors, crossings and signage. Under the bill, anyone interested in purchasing the plate woul...
Students at Monroe Intermediate School competed with one another to determine who the best spellers were at the school last week. The school hosted its annual spelling bee Thursday, featuring students who scored high enough on a previous written exam to make the cut. "It's harder than you think," principal Anne Marie Covey said. Covey said it can be easy to students and adults to misspell even the most recognizable words because they're required to vocally spell out the word, an act that many pe...
The Wolves added two more games to the win column during the weekend, defeating the Cheyenne South Bison 46-36 Friday evening, and the Laramie Plainsmen 69-41 Saturday afternoon. The Wolves started their match against the Bison trailing behind by only one point through much of the first quarter as a result of a three-point shot by the Bison. The Wolves ultimately overcame that deficit by the end of the quarter and was able to maintain the lead for the rest of the game. One area the Wolves did...
Editor's note: Due to the graphic nature of these particular cases and a need to protect the victim's identity, even the redacted court documents supporting the charges will not be published. Green River City Councilman Allan Wilson is in the Sweetwater County Detention Center awaiting official charges. He was arrested in Sweetwater County for a charge stemming out of Lincoln County and one charge in Sweetwater County. A detention officer confirmed that Wilson is in the Sweetwater County...
Sweetwater County School District No. 2 will initiate a voluntary separation program. The district’s board of trustees voted Tuesday night to approve the voluntary separation program after a 24 minute executive session on the topic. “The bottom line is we are avoiding laying people off,” board member Steve Core said. Information regarding the program was unavailable on the district’s website prior to the meeting. According to Donna Little-Kaumo, superintendent of the school district, the pro...
An early morning commute to work Monday resulted in the rescue of a girl suffering from hypothermia. According to Stephanie Harsha, public involvement specialist for the Wyoming Department of Transportation in Rock Springs, a highway patrol trooper was dispatched to the area between mile markers 94 and 98 after motorists reported a girl walking along the eastbound lanes. When the trooper arrived to the area, a motorist on their way to work had already picked the girl up and transported her to...
Anyone passing by the American Legion Tom Whitmore Post 28 in Green River Saturday night would have heard the building barely containing the music coming from within. Inside, a packed house listened to local musicians, as well as those from Denver, Salt Lake City and Wisconsin as they hosted a benefit for veterans in the area. The American Legion hosted the fourth Music for Vets performance last weekend, which benefits the legion's Veteran's Relief Fund, a program providing cash grants to help v...
When you head up one of the world’s largest tech companies, your plans inevitably become the news. Such is the case with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who recently announced his goal for 2018 is to fix the problems that have plagued the company. The past couple of years have not been kind the Facebook. The social media platform was embroiled in controversies surrounding foreign influences using Facebook in an attempt to influence the 2016 election, questions about how its algorithms dictate w...
The annual Thoman wrestling tournament started strong for the Green River Wolves, as the team dominated the Pool A portion of the tournament. However, the Wolves slipped during the Gold Bracket, falling to Uintah High School and Rock Springs High School to take third. Green River started strong against Worland, defeating the team 49-19 in the first round. The team would see similar successes through Friday competition, defeating Evanston, Uintah 2, Mountain View and Rock Springs 2 in dominating...
The Wolves’ road trip to Cheyenne may have resulted in their first loss of the season, but the boys remained strong and held their ground against other teams competing in the Cheyenne Invite. The invite is the final tournament before the start of their conference games. The Wolves’ first game was against Laramie Jan. 4, which resulted in a 61-59 victory for Green River. The second team they faced was Sheridan, who managed to hand the Wolves their first loss of the season at the end of a tig...
It’s never easy saying goodbye; and for Sweetwater County Assessor Pat Drinkle, she’ll say goodbye to her staff Feb. 3. Drinkle announced her intent to retire Tuesday morning, submitting a letter to the Sweetwater County Commissioners and in a press release to area media outlets. “We’re just going to enjoy life,” Drinkle said about her future plans. “You never know what will happen ... I don’t want to just not take advantage of spending time with my family.” Drinkle has served as county assessor...
The Green River Chamber of Commerce’s Board Directors fired former CEO Irene Parsons after a closed meeting was hosted to discuss her job performance. The chamber issued a press release stating Parsons would no longer be employed with the chamber Dec. 21. The Green River Star requested emails sent and received by Allan Wilson, a Green River City Councilman who serves on the chamber’s board. According to those emails, the board hosted an executive session, to discuss Parson’s job perfo...
The Green River has slowly backed up over the last week as ice has hindered the river's flow. Water from the river has risen and froze portions of Riverside Park, as well as submerging sections of the Greenbelt. Brad Raney, Director of the Green River Parks and Recreation Department, said there isn't a lot the city can do, but monitor the situation. "We don't have anything in our department to deal with (the ice,)" Raney said. "We hope that it clears up." Raney said the department has closed...
The Green River City Council approved a retail liquor license Tuesday night for a bar and grill set to open in the city in early February. The license is for the Town Bar and Grill, which will be located at the old OT’s Sports Bar location at 95 East Railroad Drive. Buckley Hubert, the proprietor, said he aims to bring a nonsmoking, pub-like restaurant to Green River. He anticipates the restaurant to open Feb. 1. Hubert said he picked the location because it’s already an established loc...
Jacob Anglesey, once a highly regarded officer with the Green River Police Department, will go to prison. At the end of a two-day sentencing hearing Thursday, Anglesey was sentenced to spend 16-20 years in prison, with credit for 679 days served, for aggravated homicide in the death of two-year-old Konnor Allen in 2009. The maximum sentence for aggravated homicide is 20 years of imprisonment. Allen died after sustaining severe injuries while in Anglesey’s care, which the Sweetwater County A...
For Green River’s municipal government, 2017 was a year of change and cautious optimism. The biggest change came when the City Council decided to close the solid waste division and contract with Wyoming Waste Services to manage the city’s garbage collection. The decision came as the city prepares to close its landfill. Stricter regulations from the Wyoming EPA has caused a shift from municipal landfills to regional landfills across the state, which locally has caused the city to build a tra... Full story
The Wolves had a number of successes throughout 2017, but they’ve also had a few departures along the way. Football The Green River High School football team, while not making it to the state championship, still had a lot to be proud of this season. Ending the season with a 7-3 record, the Wolves, powered by offense from Chance Hofer, Devin Love, Candon Croft, Kyle Ivie and others. A few players were named All State. Hofer, Croft, Love, Chance Anderson, Anthony Mitchell and Cole White were n...
Movement toward eventually building a new wastewater treatment plant started Tuesday evening after the Green River City Council approved a proposal by Burns and McDonnell Engineering Company, Inc., for design work. The total amount approved was $970,291 and the design is anticipated to be completed in a year. Mark Westenskow, director of public works for the city, said the city had been turned down on a few of the grants they applied for, which was initially intended to pay for the design work....
An ordinance creating zoning rules for the construction and placement of wireless communications towers passed its final reading before the Green River City Council Tuesday night, with some clarification regarding what the ordinance does and does not allow. Citing incorrect information published earlier this week, Laura Leigh, director of community development for the city said the ordinance does not allow telecommunications companies to take privately owned property to build their...
Jacob Anglesey is stuck with his no contest plea to aggravated homicide. Anglesey’s plea, initially entered through a plea agreement with the Sweetwater County Attorney’s Office, dismisses the original charge of first-degree murder in the 2009 death of two-year-old Konnor Allen. Anglesey’s attorneys attempted to convince Third District Court Judge Richard Lavery to allow Anglesey to change his plea last week, citing a desire to change their defense strategy as a result of recently uncov...
The Green River High School boys basketball team continue their undefeated streak after competing in the Flaming Gorge Classic over the weekend. The team competed in three days of basketball action, taking on Westside High School from Dayton, Idaho, Thunder Basin High School from Gillette and Rawlins High School. The Wolves defeated Westside 75-60, Thunder Basin 60-54, and Rawlins 71-51. "Finishing strong at the Flaming Gorge Classic was a confidence boost for our guys," head coach Laurie Ivie...
The Sweetwater County School District No. 2 Board of Trustees decided to redraw the district’s elementary school boundaries to place Jackson Elementary School students at Monroe Intermediate School next year. The decision comes a month after the board voted to close Jackson in a cost savings move in anticipation of decreased revenue from the state. Prior to the vote, Jackson PTO treasurer Irish Kreis, said she hoped the board would decide to redraw the boundaries as it would allow the PTO to c...
