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A longtime Green River physical education teacher who is widely known for her many contributions to Sweetwater County School District No. 2 died over the holiday weekend. According to an obituary from Vase Funeral Home, Nancy Eklund died Saturday at her home. She was 67 years old. Eklund worked within the school district for decades, living in Green River for the past 47 years. She was an educator and coach during much of her career with the school district and later earned multiple awards for...
After weather forced a postponement for a home series against Rock Springs, the Green River High School tennis team traveled to Natrona County to take on both Kelly Walsh and Natrona over the weekend. While the visit would end with narrow defeats by the boys and girls from Kelly Walsh, both varsity tennis squads shut out Natrona. The non-conference meet between Rock Springs and Green River was postponed to Tuesday, with the Wolves and Lady Wolves earning the victory over their Sweetwater County...
The Green River High School cross country team started its season with what could be one of the most difficult runs they will face this season. The team hosted its annual invite competition Friday, attracting runners from Lyman and Manila to compete at a course running through Pioneer Trails Picnic Grounds north of Green River, off of La Barge Road. According to head coach Craig Leavitt, the course featured more than a mile of sand to run though. As a result of the sand and course difficulty,...
Horse racing is something I’m not inherently accustomed to. I’ve heard stories about how great my grandfather was at picking a winning horse, though I’ve come to the realization that most of the luck existing within my family was used up by my grandparents. They’ve always had stories about winning thousands in Wendover, Nev., a lucky night at bingo or a great day at off-track betting. On the other hand, I became so disgusted losing $80 during my last trip to Las Vegas that I stopped gambling and...
When the Wolves play football at home, the action is never contained to the gridiron of Wolves Stadium. While the Wolves took to the field in a scrimmage including both the Mountain View Bison and Farson-Eden Pronghorn's six-man football team, students and children alike were participating in activities throughout the stadium. The high school marching band played for fans of the three teams, the group easing itself into a schedule of performances at home football and basketball games throughout...
The bond for a Green River man accused of trying to kill his wife Sunday was reset at $900,000 cash or surety Wednesday afternoon during a hearing in Circuit Court Judge John Prokos’ court. Bradley Setzer was charged with first-degree attempted murder, a felony, and a misdemeanor interference with a peace officer. The charges stem from an incident where he allegedly tried to shoot his wife, Jessica Setzer, while she was at the front door of the couple’s residence on South Carolina Drive. The...
A meeting Tuesday night amongst community leaders regarding a potential sixth-penny improvements tax revealed the tentative list of projects seeking funding is valued at approximately $230 million. That amount would take more than 12 years to pay off at current sales-tax receipt rates, though it is unlikely a ballot initiative for the full amount would make it on the 2020 ballot. The Sweetwater County commissioners, who ultimately decide if a tax will appear on the ballot, may decide to request...
Celebrating five years in Sweetwater County, the Sweetwater Regional Cancer Center invited residents to tour the facility and celebrate with them Thursday evening. The center is a partnership between Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County and the Huntsman Cancer Institute. In its five years of existence, the radiation oncology department has had 434 patients, administering 8,599 treatments, utilizing 1,143 treatment devices and hosting 1,701 on-treatment visits and 623 follow up visits. Amongst...
Wyoming State Treasurer Curtis Meier says the state has millions in unclaimed property available to residents. Speaking to members of the Rock Springs Chamber of Commerce earlier this month, Meier said the backlog of unclaimed property amounts to $85 million. Residents can search the Wyoming.findyourunclaimedproperty.com website to see if they have unclaimed property listed. For people who don’t want to look online, Meier said they could call his office. “It’s your money,” Meier said. Propert...
The right group of people can build anything and the members of Boy Scout Troop 312 decided they would build an A-frame structure to fly their flags at the annual Spaceport Days during the Greater Green River Intergalactic Spaceport. According to Eli Thomas, who led the group in erecting the structure, the troop builds the A-frame for public events and summer camp because it looks better to fly their flags from. The troop usually builds a simpler H-frame structure for their flags outside of...
A Wyoming Business Council grant to pay for a feasibility study regarding a second grocery store in Green River was approved by the Green River City Council Tuesday night. The grant amounts to $8,080 and will pay for a study to investigate the possible locations and development of a grocery store downtown. The store under consideration is Wild Sage Market, a natural foods co-op seeking to establish a physical store in Green River. Wild Sage Market will provide the $2,020 in matching funds for...
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” is the tale of two Hollywoods: one that’s fading into irrelevance and one of a fresher version blossoming in its place. The film mostly follows actor Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his longtime stuntman and friend Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) as they struggle to make ends meet in 1969. The pair’s careers peaked with the TV western “Bounty Law” and in the years following the series’ end, find Dalton’s star fading. Dalton continues acting in various bad guy of the w...
We live in an age of unparalleled convenience. With a tap on a cell phone screen, we can summon a driver, order carryout delivery or have our groceries shipped right to our front doors. Don’t want to go through Amazon? Grocery stores allow people to shop on your phone, with the items bagged and ready for pickup within a few hours. We’re living in an age “The Jetsons” couldn’t imagine -- though I still want the flying cars. However, what does this convenience cost us? I started asking myself th...
Two new sculptures will be unveiled during the River Festival and Art on the Green festivities this weekend. The Green River Arts Council will host the unveiling at 7 p.m. Friday at Expedition Island. One sculpture is of a fox while the other is a stainless steel trout measuring more than 30 feet in length. The sculpture reveal coincides with the 15th anniversary of Art on the Green. According to Tricia Patterson, a member of the arts council, the trout was created by Green River artist Bobby...
A memorial bench for a Green River High School student who died shortly before graduation will be placed at Expedition Island later this month. The bench will be installed to memorialize Brett McKeehan, who died May 15. According to Brett’s father Steve, the project came about after the Sweetwater County School District No. 2 Board of Trustees refused to do anything following the omission of Brett’s name from the high school graduation ceremony. Along with the city’s parks and recreation departm...
An academy operated under the Wyoming Military Department is giving teens struggling in high school another chance to succeed. A representative of the Wyoming Cowboy Challenge Academy, a military-style academy in Camp Guernsey, discussed the value of the program with members of the Sweetwater County School District No. 2 Board of Trustees Tuesday night. The accredited academy has operated in Wyoming since 2006, graduating more than 1,000 cadets. According to April Corwin, a recruiter for the...
The Green River Urban Renewal/Main Street Agency would like to see Love’s support downtown Green River if the company is granted a conditional use permit and builds a truck stop west of Jamestown. The organization’s comments were submitted to the county’s land use department July 23 by Sherry Bushman, the organization’s chair. According to the comments, the agency was approached by businesses concerned with the proposal. They recognize the commissioners are the decision makers, but state t...
Construction began on a new clinical facility for Castle Rock Medical Center with a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday morning. According to Bob Gordon, the chairman of the hospital district’s board of trustees, the current facility is showing its age and was built when the medical business differed from what it has become. Originally, the medical center was designed to allow medical providers to rent office space from the hospital district and provide services from those offices. However, G...
Work on the Green River Transfer Station will start soon. The Green River City Council approved a bid for mechanical and electrical work at the transfer station Tuesday night. The bid was awarded to Electrical Connection, Inc., for $224,427.03. According to the city’s finance director, Chris Meats, the station should be operational after the work is completed, though a roof replacement project for the station is still needed and won’t take place until next spring. Meats said the city’s goal...
Correction: In the Aug. 1 edition of the Green River Star, the article “Police Dept. fails records audit,” the incorrect statute was listed governing the release of public documents. The statute listed, 16-4-407, pertains to public meetings and is not applicable to documents. According to 16-4-203, which governs public documents, inspection can be denied if the inspection would be contrary to any state statute (16-4-203 a,i) or federal statute or regulation (16-4-203 a,ii). Regardless of thi...
A meeting last week initially intended to be a simple gathering of the county’s mayors to discuss the sixth-penny tax process became a special Rock Springs City Council meeting to discuss specific needs, according to Green River Mayor Pete Rust. The meeting took place Tuesday and featured presentations from some groups and cities about specific needs and dollar amounts they would like to request. Rust believes the problem came down to a miscommunication, saying the meeting he wanted to call w...
A $57 million budget was unanimously approved by the Sweetwater County School District No. 2 Board of Trustees last week, which includes $40 million in the district’s general fund. “This is the absolute best (budget) I’ve seen in 19 years,” board member Steve Core said. “It explains it all. It’s graphed out. It was very well done.” The 2019 legislative session impacted the district’s budget, which included providing $494,348 to the district through an external cost adjustment. “The good news her...
(Note: This article is part one of two.) A recent public records audit initiated by the Green River Star reveals Sweetwater County School District No. 2 and the Green River Finance Department were extremely helpful in releasing requested information and provided assistance in helping understand the data. The newspaper’s intern, Lexi Mitchell, approached different government offices in early June and sought data available to the public through Wyoming’s public documents act. In this case, the...
In 1994, Disney released “The Lion King,” an animated film widely considered to be one of the crown jewels of the so-called Disney Renaissance period from the late 1980s to late 1990s. Exactly 25 years later, Disney releases “The Lion King,” a remake of its landmark film, featuring draw-dropping computer animation and a new cast in retelling the tale of a young lion rediscovering his role in the Circle of Life. The 1994 is superior to the soulless remake that will likely earn Disney even mo...
The Green River Knights may have lost their last two regular-season games in Cody, but the team secured the No. 2 seed in their conference for the upcoming state American Legion baseball tournament in Douglas next week. The Knights were defeated 9-4 in their first game, then were swept 8-0 in the second half of the doubleheader Tuesday. According to head coach Benjamin Lail, the Knights held the Cubs to four runs until the sixth inning, when Cody’s squad picked up an explosive lead. While he a...
