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An update from the Golden Hour Senior Center at Tuesday’s city council meeting revealed the center is in a time of need. The center’s attendance is at an all-time high, their meal count is up, classes and activities they provide is up, seniors they serve are up, low-income seniors serviced is up, but funding from the state legislature is down. During the Wyoming Legislature’s session in February, the Wyoming tax refund for elderly and disabled programs was cut. “We know that we served at leas...
The candy was plenty and ready as hundreds of kids with their parents descended upon the grassy hillside. There were 7,500 plastic Easter eggs filled with candy, hidden and dispersed throughout Indian Hills Park in Green River Saturday. Approximately $2,500 in candy was available to the mob of excited kids. The children raced onto the field that afternoon, split into age groups and separate areas of the park. The children dispersed with Easter baskets in hand, grasping at their hand-sized candy...
By LILLIAN PALMER Staff Writer The Green River Fire Department extinguished a garage fire last week, which resulted in one person being transported to the hospital. An unidentified man was working in his garage on Logan Street March 23 when something caught fire in his garage. Officers arrived on scene at 10:44 p.m. to find the homeowner outside spraying water on the flames in his garage with a garden hose. Officers helped the man get away from the structure. He was taken to Memorial Hospital...
Green River High School wrestlers are honing their skills in the off season. Nine Wolves who will participate in the upcoming 2016-2017 wrestling season traveled to Denver, competing in the Rocky Mountain Nationals tournament March 19-20. Wrestlers from Green River competing in the tournament were Justin Flores, Nathan McCann, Devon VanValkenburg, Ira Dickinson, Payton Tucker, Jordan Tucker, Cameron Kessner, Trevor Scicluna, and GRHS assistant wrestling coach Mikel Hoopes. "All wrestlers...
The city is moving forward with plans to replace the aging wastewater treatment system in Green River. Much of the current treatment equipment is reaching 30 years old, the end of their feasible life. There are some structural concerns as well. The biggest issue, according to the city’s engineer, Mark Westenskow, is the inability for the plant’s technology in the lagoons to meet the removal requirements for nutrients. An excess amount of the nutrients nitrogen and phosphorus can lead to exc...
By LILLIAN PALMER Staff Writer The Green River High School cheer squad are state champions. The Wyoming State Spirit Competition was March 9, and the Green River team came home with three trophies. Green River won first place in the cheer non-stunt division. They won second in girls-stunt division, and won third in the co-ed stunt division. Every school in the state was represented at the state competition; 1A to 4A. Green River competes in 4A, against other larger Wyoming cities like Cheyenne...
There is a row of long vertical wooden frames that line the hallway in the Hospice of Sweetwater County office. Within the frames are lists of names, separated by years. The names are the people, every patient that hospice has had in its service over the years, dating back to their first patient in 1983. "Every patient has been important to us somehow," hospice nurse Susan Arguello said. "I remember every person on there," a second hospice nurse, Christa Miller, said. Every hospice nurse travels...
My journey with hospice started about two years ago, long after the word “cancer” became part of my family’s regular vocabulary; long after my dad was diagnosed with brain cancer. No doubt, when hospice came into our lives, it was a difficult time. Thinking about it, it’s hard to put down in words. Even though we knew his death would come, I was not ready for it. In my mind, I don’t think I really fully accepted the fact that he would pass, or thought it really would happen, but it did. When...
“I tried really hard, but still didn’t do everything I wanted to,” Wyoming state representative John Freeman said at last week’s Sweetwater County School District No. 2 board meeting. He described it as a rough legislative session. Green River’s representatives thought the money was going to be there for the upcoming biennium after last year’s recalibration, but then it wasn’t and was taken out. Freeman said the money was put back by the governor, and then lastly taken out again by the Joint...
Boy Scouts from Green River made their report to Gov. Matt Mead at the end of February, national scout month. Each February, Scouts across the nation present a report to the governor of their state. Select scouts are also picked to present a report to the U.S. President as well. Green River's Boy Scout Troop 312 and eagle scouts recently spent the last day of boy scout month in Cheyenne during Wyoming's recent legislative session. The report presented to the governor entails the progress of...
Gotta catch’ em all! Pokémon players or “trainers” have been catching and battling Pokémon for 20 years now. Pokémon celebrated it’s 20th birthday on Feb. 27. I heard word of it recently being Pokémon Day and of it being a big anniversary for the Pokémon franchise. So I decided to make a google search on the topic. I found out a lot about Pokémon that I didn’t know before. My search even prompted me to buy an old Pokémon game that had originally been released on the Nintendo 64, titled “Hey...
As winter's chill melts away, residents of Green River come out to play. The sun was shining and the weather was warm Friday afternoon in Green River. Even though it's not quite spring time on the calendar, conditions were prime at Green River's Area 51 Skate Park, and people are enjoying it. Kids of all ages frequent the skate park throughout the warmer Wyoming months, and some even do while there is still snow on the ground. The skate park has been a place of enjoyment, betterment and escape f...
The Green River Animal Shelter will host its biannual discounted vaccine clinic Saturday. The clinic will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the shelter on 80 E. Teton Blvd., and will be cash-only payment. The Green River Animal Shelter is partnering with Castle Rock Veterinary Center for the event. Veterinarian Kevin O’Neall and his staff will administer the vaccinations. Vaccinations for cats and dogs will be done at the clinic and horse vaccinations will be available for purchase as well. All v...
The Green River High School boys basketball team's season came to a close Thursday, after losing the opening regional tournament game against Evanston High School, 66-38. Green River started the game in the lead, when Sophomore Gavin Heiser made the first score in the game, 1 of 2 from the foul line. The Wolves were able to keep Evanston at bay for a while. After four possessions, Evanston started earning points. Evanston improved well enough during the season and through the course of the...
Green River will soon be hearing "Grease" and many other favorite songs when Green River High School performs the high-school version of the Broadway musical stage hit, "Grease." Performances of the musical will be April 7-9, at GRHS. Before the curtains rise on opening night though, there is much work to be done, sets to be built, and songs and dances to be practiced. All work and preparations done by the students is for the audience in Green River to enjoy the show. "It's a student-driven...
Residents will see some changes in their city utility rates in the future. Last night, the Green River City Council approved a city-wide rate study, which is expected to start at the end of April. The study will determine what future water, garbage and sewer rates will be for the city. The study will be carried out by NewGen Strategies and Solutions for the amount of $48,330. The city chose NewGen Strategies and Solutions out of six other proposals for the job of the study because the group has...
People driving over the bridge on Uinta Drive during the past couple nights may have noticed a very brightly lit train sitting in the Green River rail yard. It may even have resembled city building lights or a row of street lights they were so bright. What it was, was the Loram rail grinder train coming through town, grinding and maintaining the main rail lines as it goes through Green River and on toward Denver. The rail grinder comes through Green River about once a year. So if residents didn'...
The Green River High School wrestling team wrestled to the top at the state championship this weekend. Last time Green River took state was in 2002. It's been a long time coming for Green River, but the Wolves are back on top as state champions. "It is so great for these kids, the program, and the community to be back on top again," head Coach Marshall Rhodes said. "Coach Hodges, Coach Hoopes, and all the wrestlers have helped the program so much and worked very hard for this moment and I am...
The Wolves fought neck and neck against Natrona High School on Friday. “The game with Natrona was close from start to finish,” head Coach Laurie Ivie said. “We played the best game of our season.” The Green River High School boys varsity basketball team fought a tough, back-and-forth fight against Natrona throughout the game. There were nine lead changes between the two teams during that Friday-night game. With six minutes left on the clock, the game was tied. It wasn’t until toward the end when...
Saturday afternoon was a lively time at Mission at Castle Rock, filled with shuffling feet, twirling skirts, and smiles all around. The Sashay Pardners square dance group put on a performance for the residents there. Their spectators were delighted with smiles on their faces and some even clapped along to the songs. It was the first performance the group had there in a few years, though they have actively danced since the 1970s. While there are a few younger dancers in the crowd, the majority...
Small businesses that stand the test of time in Green River have truly proven the loyalty of its Green River patrons. Get Real Coffee regularly brings in customers from Green River, Rock Springs, and Bridger Valley. Within the guest book, there are names written from people from across the country and back. Get Real Coffee has been in business since 2006. It will be a complete decade on Thanksgiving of 2016. Victoria Shaw-Newsham, owner of Get Real Coffee said as a small business, you have to ri...
Some may like the ice cream, while some might enjoy the burgers, but one thing proven by their sales is, Green River loves its Arctic Circle. Green River's Arctic Circle sold approximately 15,000 ranch burgers and 60,000 shakes in 2015. June of last year, their busiest time of year, they sold 2,000 gallons of ice cream, 2,500 pounds of Black Angus Beef and used 200 gallons of fry sauce. The Green River location was fifth in sales in 2015, out of 60 stores. "What's unique about our store is it's...
Green River High School wrestlers are well on their road to victory and are headed to Casper for the state tournament. The wrestling team competed at the regional tournament Friday and Saturday, at Kelly Walsh High School, also in Casper. Green River won the tournament with 264.5 points. "As a team we wrestled about as good as we can and I am excited about that," head coach Marshall Rhodes said. Green River finished in first, followed by Natrona with 201 points, Evanston; 174, Riverton; 166.5, R...
Green River played in a rough game against Rock Springs Thursday. Rock Springs grabbed the lead early in the game and held it throughout the night. The Tigers took a commanding lead at the end of the first quarter, extending the point deficit to 12 in favor of the Tigers, 19-7. “We played probably our worst game of the season,” head Coach Laurie Ivie said. “We did not play well from start to finish.” Once the Tigers got a large lead over the Wolves, it was a difficult obstacle to overcome. It wa...
Two burglaries occurred within four days at the Family Dollar on Uinta Drive. The two reported burglaries are currently under investigation by the Green River Police Department. Officers arrived on scene at about 10:50 p.m., after the store's alarm sounded Tuesday night. The glass door leading into the store was broken into. Family Dollar's surveillance camera showed an image of a person wearing tan-colored pants and a blue-green turquoise hooded sweatshirt inside the store at the time of the...
