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As leaders throughout Sweetwater County continue to move ahead with a 1% specific-purpose sales tax proposal for the 2022 ballot, Green River’s municipal government has submitted a list of all the capital projects it wants to accomplish. Totaling more than $161 million, the project list is divided into streets and infrastructure projects and a miscellaneous list including facility improvements and expansions. The streets lists has a total estimated price of $51.59 million and includes work on s...
By HANNAH ROMERO Staff Writer The Sweetwater County Fire Department will soon be a thing of the past after the Board of County Commissioners voted 4-1 to approve a plan which will close the county fire department and contract its services out to existing fire agencies in the county. “In no way is county fire (protection) going to be eliminated, reduced — if anything it will be enhanced,” Commissioner Mary Thoman said. At the last commission meeting March 1, the commissioners discussed the findin...
County employees will find themselves earning a bit more later this year after the Sweetwater County Commissioners committed to providing a 6% cost of living adjustment. The adjustment will amount to an additional $1.4 million earmarked for employee salaries during the next budget year. The group is concerned about the impacts of high inflation on employees and the fact that they haven’t seen a significant cost of living allocation in several years. Commissioner Randy Wendling said employee s...
A planned gas station near the Smith’s grocery store is on track to clearing its first hurdle after the Green River City Council voted to approve the first reading of an ordinance changing the zoning for the nearby property occupied by the United Pentecostal Church. The ordinance shifts the zoning on the property from a B-2 downtown business zone to B-1 general business in order to build a fuel and concession kiosk and gas station. The city’s planning and zoning commission recommended the Cou...
Rafael C. Gardea, 93 passed away Thursday October 10, 2022 at the University of Utah Medical Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was a resident of Green River since 1956 and former resident of Mexico. Mr. Gardea died following a sudden illness. He was born July 17, 1928 in Guillermo Prieto, Durango Mexico; the son of Fernando Gardea and Guadalupe Cardoza. Mr. Gardea attended schools in Mexico. He married Rose E. Chacon July 21, 1956 in Green River, Wyoming. She preceded him in death February 18,...
Larry Lee Strange, 79, peacefully passed away with his loving wife by his side on March 13, 2022. Larry was born April 19, 1942, in Diagonal, Iowa where he spent his early childhood years. He graduated from Princeton High School in Princeton, MO where he was a member of the basketball team and proudly wore the nickname "Hess". It was also where he met and married his first wife, Pearl (Cookie) Boyer. As a young husband and father, Larry started working in 1961 as a typesetter for the local...
Green River Police Department reports for March 4 At 7:11 p.m., officers responded to a report of a REDDI (Report Every Drunk Driver Immediately) at the intersection of Uinta Drive and East Flaming Gorge Way. Upon arrival in the area officers located the vehicle unoccupied but were able to identify the owner. Officers then located the owner on foot and met with the individual. Officers detected an odor of an alcoholic beverage emitting from their breath, and subsequently issued Rickie Maynard, of Green River, a citation for alleged public intox...
By any stretch of the imagination, $161 million is an eye-popping amount. This is especially true considering it’s the estimated cost of all the various projects and infrastructure work the City of Green River has identified in a recent list submitted to the county as part of the specific-purpose tax local leaders intend to propose to voters. It’s a high number, but it isn’t hard to see how we got here. The city has historically had a very difficult time accomplishing capital infrastructure projects without some kind of external funding. This w...
Dear Editor, To the author of the article called “Our View: Time for Wyo. to get off the Trump train” posted in the Green River Star in the Feb. 24, 2022 issue, I would have addressed you by name, but the article was not signed and I would also like to direct you to read the Star’s Mission Statement. It is directly to the left of the article in question in that issue. Here is a snippet of it: Our Mission “We strive to cover all the news and entertainment important to the people of Green River. Our entire staff takes part in the decision-making...
To the graduating class of 2022, applications are now being accepted for the Sweetwater County Commissioners Scholarship. The Board of County Commissioners will select three local students to receive a $1,000 scholarship during their May 17 meeting. Applicants can use the money to attend the University of Wyoming or any Wyoming Community College. All forms and letters of recommendation must be received no later than April 29. The application can be found on the county website: www.sweetwatercountywy.gov, under the tabs Departments, Board of...
Woman’s club hosts library director The March general meeting of the Woman’s Club of Rock Springs GFWC took place March 15 at the White Mountain Library. Lynn Mornar was the hostess for this potluck luncheon. We enjoyed listening to Lindsey Travis, the new director of the Sweetwater County Library System. She told us her journey to this point. She talked about the many services available in the 10 county libraries. She told us how the library is very relevant in many lives and will continue to look for ways to serve the community. The bus...
A program designed to help addicts receive treatment and overcome their addictions through court-ordered intervention is having a positive impact in Sweetwater County. Treatment Court is a non-profit program operated through a partnership between local law enforcement, the Sweetwater County Attorney's Office, Circuit Court and other organizations and aims to help divert people facing drug charges away from addiction and the problems addiction can cause them. For Kiesha Martinez, the program led...
Madison Dewitt of Green River is announcing the birth of her son Maeson Anthony Dewitt. Mason was born Feb. 20 at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County. Joshua and Madori Ward of Green River are announcing the birth of their daughter Emersyn Sydney Ward. Emersyn was born Feb. 25 at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County. Korey Wilson and Katie Gillett of Green River are announcing the birth of their son Grayson Charles Wilson. Grayson was born Feb. 25 at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County. Hunter Keierleber and Bralynn Heuck of Rock...
The Green River High School girls basketball team may not have won any games at state last weekend, but they fought hard to finish a competitive season. In both state games the Lady Wolves played they had three good quarters but one quarter where they struggled, which kept them from ultimately catching up, according to Coach Rick Carroll. Green River’s first game was against Thunder Basin, which they lost 47-38. “In that game I think we played three really good quarters,” Carroll said. “We got i...
Every year, the high schools in Green River and Rock Springs face off in a friendly competition to see which school can donate the most pints of blood. Students and community members show up to "bleed green" or "bleed orange," showing their school allegiance and giving life-saving blood donations. Green River and Rock Springs are not the only Wyoming high schools to host blood drives at the beginning of the year and compete to see who can donate the most. Nine other schools throughout Wyoming...
CASPER — Legislative leaders have asked a Senate panel to consider whether to launch a formal investigation into allegations recently brought against Sen. Anthony Bouchard, R-Burns. The request for an investigation comes days after the Senate voted to remove Bouchard from his committee assignments for a “long pattern” of misconduct, said Sen. Larry Hicks, R-Baggs. “The subcommittee must determine if the factual situation is sufficient to warrant a reasonably prudent person to believe that you committed misconduct,” Senate President Dan Docks...
SHERIDAN —Around a quarter after nine Friday evening, a loud cheer echoed through the Capitol building. “Well,” Sen. Mike Gierau, D-Jackson, said from his seat in the Senate chambers. “They must have figured out redistricting.” Indeed, after a week of negotiations, the joint conference committee for redistricting came to a compromise in the final hours of the final day of the legislative session. Within an hour of the cheer’s echo through the Capitol, the bill had been approved by both the House and Senate. It was approved on a 44-12-4 vote in...
