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Update: Judge Richard Lavery denied Jacob Anglesey's motion to withdraw his initial no contrast plea to aggravated homicide Friday afternoon. The decision issued by Lavery details his reasoning to deny his motion. "... the court concludes that Mr. Anglesey has not shown a fair and just reason to allow him to withdraw his plea," the document states. For more details, look in the Dec. 20 issue of the Green River Star. Jacob Anglesey wants a trial, but a district court judge has yet to decide on...
A trio of dominant victories opened the Green River High School boys basketball season during the weekend. The boys traveled to Lyman for early season tournament action. The boys played hard, defeating Kemmerer Friday afternoon 86-24, followed by Saturday victories against Mountain View 60-42 and Wind River High School 82-43. “The boys played as a team, and worked extremely hard on both ends of the court,” head coach Laurie Ivie said. Working a program around the poker term “all in,” Ivie sa...
Employees working for the city of Green River will receive a monetary thank you from the Green River City Council later this month. The council voted unanimously to approve a tiered stipend for employees Tuesday night. Full-time employees will receive $1,200, while part-time employees with more than 1,000 hours worked during the year will receive $750, part-time employees with between 500 and 1,000 hours worked will receive $500 and employees with under 500 hours worked will receive $250. Green...
Lines of empty boxes filled the room at the Fraternal Order of Eagles Sunday afternoon. The boxes, which would be filled with Girl Scout cookies, candy, Christmas cards, letters and a host of other treats and items, were sent off to soldiers overseas Tuesday morning. VFW Post 2321 Vice Commander Jim Shoemaker said they'll send off any donation they receive. "If we can do it, they'll go," he said. Earl McDonald, District 4 Commander and Commander of VFW Post 2321 in Green River, said the VFW...
Dear Sen. John Barrasso, Sen. Mike Enzi and Rep. Liz Cheney: Wyoming’s delegation should not support the Federal Communication Commission’s proposed changes to rules commonly known as net neutrality. Should Congress allow this to proceed, the end result will allow a few massive corporations control of how the internet is utilized by customers and businesses and will harm economic competition, stifling new ideas and innovations. For customers, the proposed changes could drastically change how the...
Head coach Dan Hansen is excited for the upcoming indoor track season at Green River High School. The program was on the chopping block earlier this year, along with the wrestling cheer program and spring tennis. The programs were eventually saved by the school district’s board of trustees, something Hansen is grateful for. Unlike other sports, the indoor track season doesn’t begin until mid-January, with the team’s first meet taking place at Weber State University in Utah. Another diffe...
The back-to-back state championship wrestling team seeks their third state title under a new coach. Head wrestling coach Josh Wisniewski said he's excited to take over the successful wrestling program at Green River High School after spending the previous seven years coaching middle school wrestling. "I'm very excited to work with such a great group of wrestlers," Wisniewski said. With a group of 37 wrestlers, including seven seniors, Wisniewski said he has a good mix of student athletes to...
A pair of Sweetwater County softball players signed letters to play for Colorado Northwestern Community College next year. The two, Green River's Aaliyah Brady and Rock Springs' Maygen Stassinos signed their letters of intent Monday evening. Brady played for the Green River Chaos softball team before switching to the Rock Springs Storm, where Stassinos plays. Brady said she initially set up a recruitment profile through the Next College Student Athlete website, where the CNCC found her. While...
A middle school diving record set in 1987 was broken over the weekend by a seventh grader from Lincoln Middle School. Braxton Cordova earned a score of 156.95 in the five dives event during a swim meet in Rawlins, breaking Green River's middle school record of 156.20 set by Neil Hutchins. "I wasn't sure at first," Cordova said about breaking the record. "I feel like I did my best." Cordova's diving coach, Rick Barker, said he was impressed with Cordova's performance, saying Cordova continually...
An interim police chief has been appointed in the GRPD and many will recognize him for the years of service he’s given to the police department and city. Tom Jarvie was recently sworn-in as the city’s interim police chief and will lead the department until a permanent chief is named. Jarvie said he wanted to be a police officer when he was a small child, but admits to changing his mind once he entered middle school. After graduating from high school, he tried his hand at newspaper jou...
Elysha Cook will be the new face and owner of the Allstate Insurance office at 351 Uinta Drive. Cook, an 18-year resident of Green River, officially opens her office Dec. 1 with a ribbon cutting hosted by the Green River Chamber of Commerce at 5 p.m., and a chili cook-off. Cook has worked in insurance for eight years, starting with Allstate Insurance. She decided to work in real estate and property titles for a short time before returning to the insurance field at State Farm, then going back to...
The first day was simply known as Black Friday, a day of early morning sales the Friday after Thanksgiving. The term “Black Friday” allegedly comes from a day noted for workers calling in sick after Thanksgiving to have the four-day weekend. The term took a darker turn in the 1960s when police in Philadelphia used Black Friday and Black Saturday to describe days where police would be called in for traffic and crowd control as shoppers made their way to shopping centers. Of course, now peo...
While Monday was the official start of the winter sports season at Green River High School, high school students are not the only ones gearing up for a competitive season. Practices also started for the Green River Middle School boys swim team, who took to the pool prior to their high school counterparts Tuesday afternoon. Head coach Randy Walker said the team is more inexperienced than previous middle school teams, but said the kids are eager to learn and work hard to improve. "They're...
An All-State Lady Wolves swimmer intends to continue competing in the pool, signing on with the University of Wyoming's swim team. Avery Otto recently signed her letter of intent to compete for the Cowgirls swimming and diving team. Otto, a senior at Green River High School, has had a very successful four years in the pool. During her last season, Otto took the state championship in the 100 butterfly and set conference records in the 100 butterfly and 50 freestyle, also setting a state record...
An ordinance eight months in the making passed its first reading at the Green River City Council Tuesday night. The ordinance addresses issues regarding cellular communication towers within city limits. According to Laura Leigh, director of community development, the city does not have rules in place dictating the placement of communication towers. While many people may think of the large structures generally used to transmit signals, Leigh said technology advancements have resulted in smaller a...
A lifeguard's quick thinking and action is credited with preventing tragedy at the Green River Recreation Center Nov. 4. The lifeguard, Andrea Uhrig, was recognized by the Green River City Council Tuesday night. Katie Blood, recreation supervisor for the city, said Uhrig had spotted a distressed child in the pool during the center's popular iceberg event. Blood said the child, who was an inexperienced swimmer, was swimming with a more experienced relative at a deeper portion of the pool. Uhrig,...
Residents will have the opportunity to watch two one-act plays performed by Green River High School students Monday evening, giving them a glimpse at what the high school's theater students will perform at the Wyoming State Thespian Festival in Casper Dec. 1-2. The plays, "The New Medicine Show" and "Down Came the Rain," will start at 7 p.m. at the GRHS Theater. According to ticket information at www.showtix4u.com, seating in the orchestra section is $4 per ticket, preferred seating is $5 a...
Jackson Elementary School will close. Members of the Sweetwater County School District No. 2 Board of Trustees voted 6-1 in favor of the elementary school’s closure Tuesday night, after additional data and parents’ opinions were presented to them. Board member Steve Core was the only vote against the closure, saying he thinks a school closure should be the last option, not the first. Core thinks the district could tap into its $7 million in revenues to offer an early retirement program, whi...
A school bus driver who is known for her colorful hair and positive demeanor says she’s floored by the continual support from her coworkers and the community. Tiffany Herren was diagnosed with an aggressive breast cancer May 31. The cancer, despite appearing to be a common form, wasn’t fueled by hormones and required 16 rounds of chemotherapy, an unusual amount for a stage two cancer. Herren underwent a double mastectomy Tuesday and awaits a final pathology report to determine what the next cour...
A voluntary plan to help mitigate ozone levels in northern Sweetwater County was met with some resistance from one county commissioner, claiming the ozone amounts are fabricated numbers. The Ozone Contingency Plan approved in a 4-1 vote by the county commissioners, deals with days when ozone levels surpass an amount of 70 parts per billion. The agreement states the county will not operate road maintenance equipment or let vehicles idle during days where ozone levels are elevated past acceptable...
When he signed up, Colton Minard wasn't a high school athlete, or even a student at Green River High School. "When we recruited Colton, he was running on the side of the road," GRHS cross country coach Craig Leavitt said. Minard, then a sophomore, was a student at Expedition Academy. Two years later, he would turn down an opportunity to graduate early from EA and transfer to GRHS for a final year, continuing to run and train with the high school cross country and track teams. Graduation isn't...
The recent unveiling of a statue of Kenny Sailors, inventor of basketball’s jump shot, at the Arena-Auditorium in Laramie has a few residents believing the university fouled on a beloved Green River artist. The statue, located at the Arena-Auditorium’s new entrance, displays a young Sailors making a jump shot at Madison Square Garden in New York, during the 1943 NCAA basketball championships. It was sculpted by Jay Warren, an Oregon-based artist. Warren wasn’t always the first selection for t...
With two votes, the Green River City Council effectively ended its solid waste division and contracted with Wyoming Waste Systems for its solid waste disposal. The Council voted unanimously to contract with Wyoming Waste Systems, followed by unanimous approval of a severance package for employees in the city's solid waste department. For residents, the switch to a private solid waste company means a monthly garbage bill, which Mayor Pete Rust said would be $31.50 for basic services. According...
The county may bill the Union Pacific Railroad over costs associated with fighting a wildfire east of Rock Springs. Two weeks ago, the county fire department was dispatched to fight a fire near Tipton Road, which was caused by UP employees grinding rails as part of maintenance work on nearby tracks. The fire quickly expanded to more than 450 acres before being contained. Damages included power poles owned by Rocky Mountain Power, as well as railroad ties and some fencing. While giving his...
While school districts in the county grapple with the possibility of funding cuts, the cities are breathing a sigh of relief. Since June, sales tax revenues collected has increased from previous months. At the beginning of May, collections for the 2012 specific purpose sales tax, commonly referred to as the sixth penny tax, were listed at $1.06 million. In June, those receipts increased to $1.3 million and remained at that level throughout the summer months. Revenues jumped to $1.8 million at...
