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The UP Depot continues to generate discussion amongst the Green River City Council. Tuesday night, Misty Springer, the city’s grant’s administrator and public relations specialist discussed the various options available to the city regarding the building. The city originally received the building as a donation from the Union Pacific Railroad, but leases the land it sits on under a 30-year revolving lease from UP. In May 2014, the city received an EPA grant of approximately $200,000 to cle...
A man accused of physical elder abuse against his uncle pleaded not guilty to three felony charges. Kevin Andrew McCarrie, 38, of Green River appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Nena James at an arraignment to aggravated assault and battery, and two counts of abuse, neglect, abandonment, intimidation or exploitation of a vulnerable adult. If found guilty of all three felony charges, McCarrie could face a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison and a maximum fine of $30,000. The aggravat...
The Green River Fire Department responded to an unoccupied vehicle on fire near Wild Horse Canyon Monday evening. The department was called to the scene at about 4:30 p.m., according to Assistant Fire Chief Mike Liberty. The department responded with one firetruck, manned with four firefighters. Liberty also responded to the scene in a command vehicle. An additional 12 firefighters responded at the fire station for potential backup as well. The city fire crew left the scene at about 6:20 p.m. Th...
Local officials got a chance to see how a railway incident involving spent nuclear fuel would be handled last week. Thursday, officials gathered in Granger to witness a derailment drill involving a sealed nuclear transport container. Between two and four times a year, spent nuclear fuel from the U.S. Navy is transported from Newport News, Va., to the Idaho National Laboratory for study into making more efficient nuclear fuels for military application. The containers, officially named the "M-290...
Green River may see a chance for future growth with help from water and the Wyoming Business Council. Water has a lot to do with a grant the city of Green River is applying for from the Wyoming Business Council. The grant would help build a new water lift station to replace the city’s now expired one. The city plans to submit the grant by December, 2015, for a hopeful total of $1.5 million. A water lift station is used to send water throughout different areas of a town’s sewer system. The wat...
No doubt a wide swath of Wyoming’s residents breathed a collective sigh of relief Tuesday when sage grouse was officially excluded from the Endangered Species List. People ranging from Wyoming Governor Matt Mead to workers in the oil and gas industry probably felt a weight lifted from their shoulders with the announcement. The decision not to list sage grouse is one that will benefit Sweetwater County and other energy-producing counties in the state. The decision allows the state to move forward with its core habitat strategy in mitigating impa...
Fall is here! Has anyone else noticed that we are more than halfway through September? How did that happen? Starbucks has been selling Pumpkin Spice lattes for three weeks. I am sad to see summer go, as I am every year, but autumn always brings much to look forward to. If you ask me, fall is a great time of year – if we are graced with a few weeks of it. The library is abuzz with school children again, story times are filled with tiny listening ears belonging to kids who are eager to learn, and adults are gearing up for Ghost Walks and other g...
The leaves are starting to change colors, school has been in session for most local kids for well over a month now, the holiday season is just around the corner, and Art on the Green is well behind us. Painting with a Twist will be back once again on Sept. 26, so with more artistic activities on the horizon, let’s revisit a question I posed a little more than a month ago, “why art?” From the perspective of a municipality, art is a subject worth probing. Public art has been a part of communities dating back to the early Mesopotamians and has r...
Monday night, I went to the video and discussion event, “Century of Women,” at Western Wyoming Community College. The video titled “Image and Popular Culture” was the last installment of a three-part series event celebrating Wyoming Council for Women’s Issues’ 50th anniversary. The WCWI was started in Wyoming by Governor Clifford Hanson in 1965 to “improve the quality and equality of life for women in Wyoming.” It was a time when there were many women’s issues to contend with. Education for wom...
Last winter Tammy Fogall, a reader in Colorado, told me about her family’s “troubled summer vacation,” as she called it. A visit to relatives in Ohio had turned into a medical nightmare that left the family struggling with a $12,000 bill plus a ringside seat to observe what happens when doctors and hospitals make mistakes. Shortly after they arrived in Chillicothe, her 43-year-old husband, a retired Army National Guard staff sergeant, suffered a burst appendix that neither doctors at a local VA clinic or a small regional hospital where he wa...
While a number of homecoming events change with each new class at Green River High School, one event that remains is the annual homecoming bonfire. Each year, students gather at the GRHS parking lot to witness a huge flame supervised by both the Green River Fire Department and faculty from the high school. "You got to show support for your school," Hannah Braithwaite, a freshman, said. Others voiced similar opinions about homecoming with a few saying it helps bring students together. "It's a...
The parking lot was packed at the Golden Hour Senior Center for it Caregiver Conference, which took place last Thursday. About 170 community members enjoyed a $2 chicken fried steak dinner, which was served by students from Expedition Academy, while listening to presentations, which were presented by the Sweetwater County AARP Community Advocacy Team. “We had four speakers and tons of resources available,” GHSC activities coordinator Megan Brown said. “It was a very busy, well-attended event...
Hearing stories about the past is one thing, but to actually have a chance to see some artifacts from the past gives one a whole new perspective. This was true for Deer Trail Assisted Living residents who ventured from Rock Springs to Green River Friday afternoon. Their destination -- the Sweetwater County Museum. Connie Cudney, Deer Trail Life Enrichment Director, said Sweetwater County Museum representatives, including exhibits coordinator Dave Mead, were always visiting with the residents...
During the recent Green River High School Class Reunion for the classes of 1979 and 1980, members of Boy Scout Troop 719 could be found splashing about in the Green River, nets in hand, making sure they caught the ducks that just a few minutes earlier they had let go further upstream. About 120 western themed rubber duckies made their way down the river to the cheers of those classmates who had purchased them in an attempt in a win a prize. Those watching would hear people "Here they come" as...
The Green River High School Varsity Boys’ Tennis Team came away from this weekend’s conference matches with high rankings, earning number two and three doubles teams to be seeded at number one for regionals this weekend. Doubles teams number two, twins Patrick and Gregory Marchal, and number three, Evan Carollo and Cody Lee have been undefeated for the last seven matches against conference opponents. “That will help them for sure,” Tennis coach Phil Harder said. “If you’re seeded high, it de...
Despite tough play on both sides of the ball, the Wolves (1-2) fell to the Torrington Trailblazers 21-31 at the end of Friday night's homecoming football game. At the start of the game, the Wolves' offensive machine came out of the gate firing on all cylinders. On the third play of the game, a pass from quarterback Tyler Vendetti to Chance Hofer resulted in an 89-yard touchdown for the Wolves. The following extra point placed the Wolves in the lead 7-0 with 10:57 left in the first quarter. It...
Green River High School’s varsity volleyball team is on a roll after defeating both Kelly Walsh and Natrona County High School last week. The Lady Wolves won both matches in four sets. Against Natrona, the Lady Wolves won their first set against 25-22, but lost their second set, 23-25. The Lady Wolves came back in the final two sets, beating Natrona 25-23 and 25-20 to end the game. During Saturday’s match against Kelly Walsh, the Lady Wolves dropped their first set against their opponents, 23-25. Green River came back in the following thr...
The Green River High School Girls Swimming Team continues to improve its times in the pool, head coach Coleen Seiloff said. The team has qualified one new swimmer for the state competition in Gillette during the invitational hosted at the Green River High School Aquatics Center Thursday. The girls won the invite, beating Rock Springs, Kelly Walsh, Natrona and Evanston. Seiloff said girls cut time across the board, calling the event the best meet of the season. In diving, Seiloff said both...
