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Sweetwater County will be home to a historic byway recognizing the area’s trona industry. The Trona Trail Historic Mine Byway will get recognized May 30 during a dedication ceremony at 1p.m., at Centennial Park in Green River. The byway is the latest route included in the Historic Mine and Byway Program managed by the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office. The program started in 2005 with approval from the Wyoming Legislature. The Sweetwater County Historical Museum approached the Wyoming Monuments and Markers Advisory Committee to c...
The city will host its annual Spaceport Days event June 19 and 20 according to a grant application approved by the Green River City Council Tuesday. The event will be the third annual event to bring attention to the city’s airfield south of town. It earned its unique name as a result of a publicity stunt inviting displaced residents from Jupiter to Green River after the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet collided with the planet in 1994. The spaceport has been the subject of renewed interest by both the city and a dedicated group of pilots interested in i...
Green River residents will no longer have a video store to go to when they want to rent movies. Danera and Scott Smith, Hometown Video owners, recently announced their intent to close the business. On Thursday, Danera was hosting a sale to try and sell as much merchandise as possible. Several customers, although sad, were taking advantage of the sale and stocking up on all the DVDs and Blu-ray discs they wanted. Many walked to the counter with their arms full; and patiently waited as employees...
Some city employees will have an opportunity to retire a little sooner than usual through an early retirement program approved by the Green River City Council last night. The program is targeted to specific employees who have a full time position at the city with 20 or more years of full time employment and are eligible for full-time retirement through the Wyoming Retirement System. The program gives the city an opportunity to reduce its workforce and evaluate positions to determine if specific jobs can be cut. The program also gives the city...
Joseph R. "Joe" Jaramillo, 79, of Green River, passed away May 14, 2015, at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County. A lifelong resident of Green River, Jaramillo passed away suddenly. He was born in Ft. Garland, Colo. July 12, 1935, the son of the late Emilio Jaramillo and Rosenda Herrera. Jaramillo attended schools in Green River and Rock Springs, graduating from Lincoln High School with the class of 1953. He also attended Western Wyoming Community College for two years and Wyoming Law...
Rena Lee Jewkes, 70, of Green River, passed away May 18, 2015 at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County. She was a long-time resident of Green River and former resident of Springville, Utah. She was born on Oct. 26, 1944 in Spanish Fork, Utah, the daughter of the late John and Vera Lowe. Jewkes attended schools in Springville, Utah and was a 1962 graduate of Springville High School. She married Robert Louis Jewkes in 1978 in Las Vegas, Nev. Jewkes was employed at Geneva Steel for many years....
Elon Musk probably didn’t make a lot of friends in the energy industry when he recently unveiled his company’s new line of residential and commercial batteries. The Tesla Motors and SpaceX CEO’s Powerwall batteries solve a critical problem for people wanting to remove themselves from the power grid using residential solar and wind generators; the problem of what to do when the wind stops and when the sun goes down. So far, preorders of the Powerwall batteries have outperformed their projections, selling out through the middle of next year....
I truly do love books and reading. At one point in time, however, I was on the fence about eBooks. I liked “real” books, physical books. Now, however, I read more eBooks than physical books. You may wonder what changed, and when it comes down to it, it was convenience. I can read an eBook while using my treadmill. I can take eBooks on vacation without weighing down my bag. I can check out eBooks from anywhere. And, quite frankly, I’ve discovered that I have the same experience reading an eBook as I do reading physical books. For those of you w...
Memorial Day weekend is almost upon us. What does a three-day weekend have to do with the City of Green River? Perhaps looking at the history of Memorial Day can help answer that question. Throughout the history of mankind, various people have visited the final resting site of their loved ones and family. Memorial Day in the United States has its beginnings with the Civil War. In the early 1860s various groups of people began a yearly observance to honor the fallen veterans by placing flowers on their graves. Some were war widows remembering th...
I’ve been teetering for years on the possibility that one day I might lose my mind. While it may not be of a surprise to anybody who knows me, I think that day has finally taken place. When I made the decision to purchase a paper, I knew it would be a difficult task. And it has been. I’ve been fine with all of the news stuff, but the business part of things has been a lot to learn. There has been billing, postal regulations, picking up the paper from the printer and delivering it and a mul...
Sitting at my desk, I look out the front windows of the Green River Star and I see the Golden Hour Senior Center, the building where Roosevelt Elementary School once was; my elementary school. Some of my first memories were made across the street from where I now sit at my desk. It is where I learned to communicate with peers and write my name, first in print then cursive. There is something very nostalgic to me about moving back to my hometown and writing for my hometown newspaper after living...
Students throughout Sweetwater County put on their caps and gowns and crossed the stage, receiving their high school diplomas or college degrees. For all of them, regardless of if it was high school or college graduation, the event marks the beginning of a new chapter in their lives. High school graduates in Green River expressed interest in going to college, joining the armed forces, or getting a job. "It's a happy time for them (the graduates)," GRHS Assistant Principal Dennis Freeman said....
The Green River girl's soccer team once again finished on top of the regular season standings in the 4A West Conference. With two victories last week, the Lady Wolves finished with a terrific 8-0-2 record in conference play and were 12-3-2 overall. After opening the week with a 1-1 tie in the makeup May 13 match against Kelly Walsh, Green River picked up a 2-1 road win Thursday over Evanston and wrapped up their regular season Friday with a 10-1 senior night thumping of Riverton. Head coach...
It was quite a week for the Green River High School boy’s soccer team. The Wolves wrapped up the 2015 regular season with three wins in three days, including a 6-4 win over second-ranked Riverton Friday. Head coach Chris Bieber lauded his team for being able to get the three wins. “It shows their focus and passion for not only the game, but winning as well,” he said. Green River (10-6-1, 6-4 4A West) opened the week Wednesday with a 3-2 win over Kelly Walsh. The game was played four days after...
The Green River High School track team had a plethora of solid finishes at last week’s 4A West Regional meet in Evanston. “We had a successful regional meet, 11 boys and 11 girls qualified for the state meet. That was seven or eight more than we were expecting,” head coach Steve Boyd said. “Tyler Vendetti had prequalified for state in the long jump and didn’t compete this weekend.” Competing in miserable weather; Boyd said it was cold and windy both days. “The weather obviously had an impact on some of the times and distances, but that is n...
The Killdeer Wetlands west of Green River was recently identified as an Important Bird Area by the National Audubon Society. The Killdeer Wetlands became the 44th Important Bird Area in Wyoming, of a total list of about 8,000 such locations worldwide. Originally known as Alkali Flats, the wetlands dried up after the Fontanelle Dam was built. In 2009, the city and its Greenbelt Task Force started diverting water into the area. The designation was awarded to the wetlands last year and is...
After 31 years of teaching preschool children, Green River Co-op Preschool teacher and director Debbie Varley will retire. Varley, better known as “Miss Debbie,” started helping out in the classroom when her oldest child was in preschool. She said the preschool was truly a co-op preschool because parents were encouraged to assist and teach in the school. Varley continued to help in the classroom on a regular basis. Before long, the opportunity to become a substitute teacher presented its...
Students at the Green River High School learned how the effects of alcohol can impair their driving and why texting and driving is so dangerous. On Monday and Tuesday, Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers visited with students about common infractions students receive; and he explained how even the smallest amount of alcohol can change a person’s life. “You can have two drinks and be over the limit,” Trooper Mitch Kannier said. “No matter how old you are If you are not used to alcohol, it’s going to...
A flag originally flown during the Battle of Khe Sanh during the Vietnam War was flown one last time before being put on permanent display at the American Legion Tom Whitmore Post 28 in Green River. During a solemn ceremony Saturday morning, veterans gathered to show their respect for those who have died while serving their country. "We're all comrades in arms," Ted Barney, Green River city councilman and chaplain for Post 28, said. "We all took time out of our lives to serve our country." Tony...
