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Green River residents may see a large, metallic structure near the Green River Post Office if a proposal to build a cell phone tower is approved. Union Wireless seeks to build an 80-foot lattice-style cell tower in a small lot next to Ace Hardware. The company has applied for a special use permit because the tower exceeds the height allowed for such towers and due to the fact the proposed style is not supported in the city’s regulations. A planning and zoning hearing regarding the proposal is sc...
A request to refund $5,000 paid as a bid security by New Peak Construction was tabled by the Green River City Council Tuesday night as city staff determine how much the company cost the city in both staff time and public notice publications regarding two tracts of land formerly occupied by Lincoln High School. The company originally bid $100,000 to purchase and develop the land for residential housing in 2017. However, in the following years, New Peak Construction was unable to develop the...
Visitors to Green River have a chance to see a couple of the regions famed wild horses at the Green River Visitors Center. Janet Hartford, a volunteer taking care of the two mares at the center, said the horses are part of the Bureau of Land Management's Wild Horse and Burro Adoption Program and can be adopted. This is the first time in several years horses are available for viewing at the visitors center. "I thought it was a shame horses weren't at the center," she said. Hartford, a former...
Members of the Greenbelt Taskforce are looking for input on what the future of the Greenbelt should look like. John Freeman, a member of the task force, said the group is preparing surveys for residents to voice their opinion with in the coming weeks. So far, Freeman said he’s heard someone propose a fishing dock and more Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant entrances to portions of the path. He also believes the Greenbelt is a prime location for a disc golf course. Freeman is not s...
The scent of coffee hangs heavy in the air as barista Lauren Lee fills an order for an iced latte at Coal Train Coffee Wednesday morning. Light coming in from a window facing Castle Rock illuminates the inside of the coffee shop, showcasing the stainless steel appliances. Everything looks new. Located in the Tomahawk Hotel, in the corner space facing Flaming Gorge Way, the coffee shop's owner, Denise Webster thinks is the perfect spot for her business. Originally, her aim was to establish Coal T...
A long-standing debt for Sweetwater County School District No. 2’s aquatics center at Green River High School ends June 15 with the district’s final payment. “We own the pool,” Steve Core, SCSD#2 chairman, said excitedly Tuesday night. The aquatics center, completed in 2014, was initially approved by voters in Green River in 2012. The addition to the high school was paid through bonds sold to fund construction costs, which were then repaid through the district’s mill levy. Voters approved...
With talk of infrastructure funding in the news, staff at the City of Green River Public Works Department are optimistic that the Flaming Gorge Way Corridor Study may elevate the status of a project they have been trying to promote for years. Public Works Director Mark Westenskow says The Flaming Gorge Way Corridor Study project was started in January 2020 through a cooperative agreement between the City of Green River and the Wyoming Department of Transportation. He says this project’s purpose has been to develop an integrated land use, t...
Rep. Mark Baker, R-Green River, spoke briefly to the Green River City Council Tuesday night, providing an update on funding from the American Rescue Plan and revenue estimates for the state. Baker, who serves in House District 60, said the city should receive the first payment from the American Rescue Plan after the state receives money for cities and towns. The city is expected to receive $1.8 million from the plan, while the county is anticipating $8.2 million. Rock Springs is expected to receive $3.4 million, with each receiving half the...
A week after arriving in Green River, Christopher Nielsen recalls feeling stressed about not having any job prospects and the possibility of being homeless. He had come to Green River from Utah to help look after his friends’ two children as they worked to establish themselves after moving to the city. Dealing with a lack of sleep as well, Nielsen told Third Judicial District Court Judge Suzannah Robinson one of the children, 5-year-old Anthony James Radcliff, wasn’t listening to him as he tri...
The Green River Police Department will receive new body cameras as part of an upgrade it plans to initiate in the coming months. Captain Shaun Sturlaugson of the GRPD said the equipment the department has is, at its oldest, a decade old – dating back to when the department first started equipping officers with body cameras. He said some cameras are newer, replacements for equipment that has broken over the years, but still relies on older technology and infrastructure. “We’re still using the o...
Residents can look forward to the annual River Festival in Green River in August. The Green River Chamber of Commerce issued a press release last week confirming the long-running event would take place this year, with several events, including the Cajun shrimp boil, scheduled to take place. “This is an important event for the chamber and for the community and we’re eager to bring something back that the community can enjoy,” The chamber’s office manager, Megan McComas, wrote in an email to the S...
Flaming Gorge Days is another year away, but a group of cornhole players are wanting to bring an event to Green River in June. Zac Page, representing 307 Cornhole, approached the Green River City Council Tuesday night, to discuss the possibility of hosting weekend tournament June 11-13. Page said plans are preliminary but anticipates the event could include other family events and musical performances. Page said the group hosted a tournament last year and attracted more than 100 competitors...
Flaming Gorge Days will be postponed for the second year in a row and local businesses are anticipating reduced traffic as a result. Downtown business owners interviewed by the Star have said they anticipate less business as a result of the move, but understand the reasoning behind it. For Ken Dickinson, co-owner of the Ponderosa Bar, said he generally sees an increase in revenue during the weekend. He said other bars near his on Railroad Avenue usually get permission to close a section of the...
An agreement signed by Mayor Pete Rust March 17 will bring more than $100,000 to the city’s police department. The agreement continues a long-standing partnership between the Green River Police Department and the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation. The agreement brings $100,610 to the department’s efforts in combatting narcotics trafficking in the community. The funds are part of a larger grant awarded to DCI through the Department of Justice’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area initiative. Funds awarded to GRPD are used to pay the s...
An error regarding travel and tourism dollars spent in Sweetwater County is being corrected by Green River’s communication administrator, Steve Core. Core initially sent a press release March 8 regarding a presentation Sweetwater County Travel and Tourism‘s Executive Director, Jenissa Meredith made to the Green River City Council, claiming tourism spending in Sweetwater County was down $87 million dollars in 2020 when compared to 2019. However, that number will not be known until the Wyoming Office of Tourism’s report is released. It was repor...
A vacant property owned by Sweetwater County will soon be sold following a meeting Wednesday afternoon. The county commissioners met to discuss both a property transaction and discuss the ongoing funding situation with county ambulance services. The property being sold is the community services building on Flaming Gorge Way. According to Garry McLean, the county’s human resources director, the county is trying to downsize the number of buildings it owns. As budget difficulties associated with ongoing downturns in the minerals industry impact l...
