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A budget for the upcoming fiscal year was approved Tuesday night and with it, a decision to seek a request for proposals from local solid waste companies to potentially privatize the city’s solid waste division. The fee schedule approved by the Green River City Council includes fee increases for the solid waste division. Rates for weekly dumping of the 90-gallon residential trash bins was increased from $25.50 a month to $31.50. A charge for a second trash container’s weekly dumping was set at...
A Green River man who admitted to having sex with a 14-year-old girl will serve time in prison. Rhett T. Burge, 20, recently appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Nena James at a sentencing hearing to four felony counts of second-degree sexual abuse of a minor and two felony counts of third-degree sexual abuse of a minor. Burge’s pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree sexual abuse of a minor, the rest of the felony charges were dismissed and Burge was ordered to serve a t...
Green River residents will likely see more contractors for the Wyoming Department of Transportation doing work on roads near the city. While workers have been busy this week repairing portions of the Uinta Drive bridge over the Green River, WYDOT’s six-year plan will focus on portions of Interstate 80, as well as Wyoming Highway 530 leading out to the Flaming Gorge Reservoir. According to WYDOT District Engineer Keith Compton, their main goal is to reduce pavement decline. However, that’s a pros...
With average precipitation and above average temperatures forecasted for the next few months, the upcoming fire season isn’t anticipated to be severe in Sweetwater County. Mike Bournazian, the Sweetwater County Fire Chief, said there’s a low potential for large-scale wildfires in the area. “It’s not alarming, it falls into what would be expected to be a mild fire season,” Bournazian said. The fire season in Southwestern Wyoming is late July through September While the heavy winter moisture...
We’ve heard a lot of talk in Green River about how Flaming Gorge Days will be different this year, with a few pessimistic voices claiming it won’t be good because the events have been relocated to Expedition Island. We think they’re dead wrong. Yes, Flaming Gorge Days will be different this year than those hosted previously, but that doesn’t mean the event isn’t worth attending. The schedule of events is, as always, jam packed with excitement. There is something for almost anyone to enjoy. The annual competitions, the three-on-three basketbal...
It seems like whenever you least expect it, life decides to hand you a bunch of lemons. For me, my turn to receive a handful of lemons was on Friday. The day started out with me waking up with a terrible sinus headache. I just took some Tylenol because I don’t like how regular allergy-sinus medications make me feel. Despite my smart thinking, I felt as though I had just taken a Benadryl. I made it to the office and there was a message about the band surprising Green River High School Band D...
Recently I heard from a woman in rural Nebraska who told me about her 76-year old father, who in late April had a lemon-size cancerous mass removed from his brain. The man chose to have his chemotherapy and radiation treatments at a hospital close to his home instead of at one of the larger hospitals farther away. Not surprisingly he wanted family nearby. Nearly two months later, in mid-June, his treatments finally began. Why the delay? His daughter told me the nearby hospital “had no record of two appointments they had made with my dad and r...
Jennifer Elizabeth Koslowski, 37, passed away Feb. 9, 2017, at Saint Vincent Health Care in Billings, Mont. She was born Dec. 27, 1979, in Rock Springs. At the age of three, she moved with her mother and brother. She lived in California, Colorado, Washington and Oregon. Because of her health, she moved back to Rock Springs in 2012 to be with her father and her family. Her greatest wish in life was to be loved and to reunite with her children, Jade and Kameron, whom she cared for dearly. She... Full story
Rex Barney, 64, of Green River passed away Feb. 18, 2017. Son of the late Sheldon and Fern Barney, he was born and is survived by brothers John, Roy, Karl, and Ted Barney; sister-in-laws Donna, Chris, Beth, and Linda; nieces Nicole, Kayla, and Greer; nephews Bryan, Jonathan, Shaun, and Judson. Rex was a skilled union ironworker and loyal friend. He loved being outdoors, camping, shooting, and fishing. He always tried to make the best of every occasion and often being the butt of his own jokes.... Full story
Janette Meese, 57, passed away June 15, 2017, at the Wyoming Medical Center in Casper following a brief illness. She was a longtime resident of Green River and former resident of England. Meese was born Jan. 6, 1960, in Seaham Harbor, England, the daughter of William Laws and Jane Bell Laws. She attended school in England and was a graduate with the class of 1978. Meese married Anthony Meese in Nottingham, England, in 1977. Her interests include spending time with her family especially her... Full story
Valgean Raddon, 72, of Rock Springs, passed away June 16, 2017, at her home. A longtime resident of Rock Springs, Raddon died following a brief battle with cancer. She was born Nov. 8, 1944, in Cedar City, Utah, the daughter of Val Marvin and Evelyn Webb Jones. Raddon attended school in West Valley, Utah and was a 1963 graduate of the Granger High School with honors. She also attended and graduated from Western Wyoming Community College with an associate's degree in medical laboratory science.... Full story
Two weeks ago, Green River’s Zac Taylor recorded his first career midget win at I-76 Speedway. He followed that up with a sprint car victory at the same track Saturday. The triumph capped a solid weekend for the teen as he garnered a fourth-place showing at Phillips County Raceway in Holyoke, Colo., on Friday. Taylor won his heat race and charged from fourth to second place in the feature before spinning. “I got anxious and missed my marks and spun out,” he said. “I was able to come back to finish fourth, but we had a car that could have wo...
The Green River Knights A Team had a strong weekend playing at their home tournament last weekend. However, facing a AA squad from Riverton resulted in a shutout 10-0 loss, ending dreams of winning their own tournament. During their first game against Price, Utah, the Knights were on fire. The team were able to not only able to get runners on bases, but capitalize on situations score runs. The Knights defeated their Utah-based opponents 7-1. The next day, the Knights faced their B team. Manager...
Father’s Day is a way for children to let their fathers know how much they appreciate them. On Friday the Golden Hour Senior Center hosted a Father’s Day barbecue. Some of the fathers were chatting with family about upcoming plans, while other fathers said they didn’t have any plans. Gene Klapel said he didn’t have an special plans because his sons weren’t going to be in town. Mike Kniffin didn’t share whether or not he had Father’s Day plans this year, but he recalled one of his favorite Father...
One could see them before they could hear their shouts. They were standing on a corner near Jackson Elementary School waiting for cars to drive by. "Lemonade. Get your lemonade for .50 cents," Dominic Hamel, Donavin Summa and Drea Summa yelled in unison. Sometimes after other kids had drank some of their lemonade, they would join in on the chant each time a car drove by. Every once in a while, a car would stop and people would get out and pay for a lemonade. Hamel said they just decided to sell...
The band, accompanied by a police escort, made its way down Monroe Avenue. On Friday, members of the Green River High School Band gathered to give their band director a final farewell. Shortly after the group found out band director Jerrid Washburn resigned from his position, after more than 15 years of teaching, they started talking about a way to give him a proper send off. They finally decided on marching over to his house and playing a couple of songs for him. Washburn was an instrumental...
For more than 10 years, St. John's Episcopal Church in Green River has been without a resident priest. Like many Protestant churches, dwindling membership meant that it became impossible to support a full-time priest. Since that time, the congregation has been served by several priests provided by the Diocese of Wyoming. This situation is about to come to an end with the ordination of a local priest. Under a program sponsored by the Diocese, the congregation has raised a new priest from its own...
Wonderful Wyoming Boys' State, which is hosted each year in June, is a chance for high school juniors from across the state to participate in a week's worth of activities to gain knowledge of their state and its governmental structure. Delegates learn first-hand how government works, experiencing what it takes to create and enact laws. Speakers usually include Governor Matthew H. Mead, United States Senators Mike Enzi and John Barrasso, and Congresswoman Liz Cheney. In the process of working...
