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The bond for a Green River man accused of trying to kill his wife Sunday was reset at $900,000 cash or surety Wednesday afternoon during a hearing in Circuit Court Judge John Prokos’ court. Bradley Setzer was charged with first-degree attempted murder, a felony, and a misdemeanor interference with a peace officer. The charges stem from an incident where he allegedly tried to shoot his wife, Jessica Setzer, while she was at the front door of the couple’s residence on South Carolina Drive. The...
The remains of a 28-year-old Green River missing woman, Aubree Shanae Corona, have been found. Her remains were found Tuesday after the 2005 Gray Chevrolet Avalanche truck she was driving with a Honda CRF 450R red-and-white motorcycle in the back were located Sunday. According to a press release from the Sublette County Sheriff’s Office, the vehicle she had been driving was “located on a non-traveled road” in the Leeds Creek area in Fremont County on Sunday approximately 51 miles from her campsite. The press release states Fremont and Suble...
Castle Rock Hospital District is looking at ways to keep the ambulance service going. “It’s an essential service. Kind of like the police department and fire department,” Todd Toolson, Castle Rock Hospital District CFO, said. “We’re doing really well,” Toolson said. He said they can continue to operate the service because they are still in the black. What it comes down to is whether they want to keep paying the loss to operate the ambulance service or look at other ways to use the money. They...
A Wyoming Business Council grant to pay for a feasibility study regarding a second grocery store in Green River was approved by the Green River City Council Tuesday night. The grant amounts to $8,080 and will pay for a study to investigate the possible locations and development of a grocery store downtown. The store under consideration is Wild Sage Market, a natural foods co-op seeking to establish a physical store in Green River. Wild Sage Market will provide the $2,020 in matching funds for...
Two new sculptures will be unveiled during the River Festival and Art on the Green festivities this weekend. The Green River Arts Council will host the unveiling at 7 p.m. Friday at Expedition Island. One sculpture is of a fox while the other is a stainless steel trout measuring more than 30 feet in length. The sculpture reveal coincides with the 15th anniversary of Art on the Green. According to Tricia Patterson, a member of the arts council, the trout was created by Green River artist Bobby...
It's been a month since Green River resident Aubree Corona went missing, and yet it appears authorities don't have any more information than when she disappeared. Aubree Shanae Corona, 28, was last seen July 13 by her friends when she left their campsite near New Fork Lake. She was driving a dark gray 2005 Chevy Avalanche with a red and white Honda CRF 450R motorcycle in the back. Aubree is 5' 6," 194 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. Her mother, Karen Corona, said she was told Aubree had...
A memorial bench for a Green River High School student who died shortly before graduation will be placed at Expedition Island later this month. The bench will be installed to memorialize Brett McKeehan, who died May 15. According to Brett’s father Steve, the project came about after the Sweetwater County School District No. 2 Board of Trustees refused to do anything following the omission of Brett’s name from the high school graduation ceremony. Along with the city’s parks and recreation departm...
An academy operated under the Wyoming Military Department is giving teens struggling in high school another chance to succeed. A representative of the Wyoming Cowboy Challenge Academy, a military-style academy in Camp Guernsey, discussed the value of the program with members of the Sweetwater County School District No. 2 Board of Trustees Tuesday night. The accredited academy has operated in Wyoming since 2006, graduating more than 1,000 cadets. According to April Corwin, a recruiter for the...
After arriving home around 4 a.m., the last thing a Green River couple thought they would see upon waking up is an officer standing near their bed. On Sunday morning at about 8:15 a.m., Josh and Crystal House were woken up by Green River Police Department officers and Green River Fire Department firefighters. Josh said the whole experience was hazy and he’s not sure if it’s because of the gas he inhaled when their home had a gas leak, being overly tired from a long trip home or a combination of...
The Green River Urban Renewal/Main Street Agency would like to see Love’s support downtown Green River if the company is granted a conditional use permit and builds a truck stop west of Jamestown. The organization’s comments were submitted to the county’s land use department July 23 by Sherry Bushman, the organization’s chair. According to the comments, the agency was approached by businesses concerned with the proposal. They recognize the commissioners are the decision makers, but state t...
Construction began on a new clinical facility for Castle Rock Medical Center with a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday morning. According to Bob Gordon, the chairman of the hospital district’s board of trustees, the current facility is showing its age and was built when the medical business differed from what it has become. Originally, the medical center was designed to allow medical providers to rent office space from the hospital district and provide services from those offices. However, G...
Work on the Green River Transfer Station will start soon. The Green River City Council approved a bid for mechanical and electrical work at the transfer station Tuesday night. The bid was awarded to Electrical Connection, Inc., for $224,427.03. According to the city’s finance director, Chris Meats, the station should be operational after the work is completed, though a roof replacement project for the station is still needed and won’t take place until next spring. Meats said the city’s goal...
Correction: In the Aug. 1 edition of the Green River Star, the article “Police Dept. fails records audit,” the incorrect statute was listed governing the release of public documents. The statute listed, 16-4-407, pertains to public meetings and is not applicable to documents. According to 16-4-203, which governs public documents, inspection can be denied if the inspection would be contrary to any state statute (16-4-203 a,i) or federal statute or regulation (16-4-203 a,ii). Regardless of thi...
A Green River man who failed to register as a sex offender pleaded guilty to two felony counts. Colton S. Martinez, 27, recently appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Richard Lavery for a change of plea and sentencing hearing to three felony counts of failure to register and one misdemeanor charge of prohibited access to school facilities by adult sex offender. In exchange for Martinez’ guilty plea to two felony counts of failure to register, one count of failure to register and the m...
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s Green River fish management staff expressed concerns for catch and release fishing in the warmer weather in a press release this past week. The staff is concerned about the fish in our area, especially the trout below the Fontenelle Reservoir and the kokanee in the Flaming Gorge Reservoir. “Trout experience significant mortality at prolonged exposure to water temperatures greater than 75 degrees Fahrenheit and brief exposure to temperatures over 80 degrees are lethal,” Troy Laughlin, Green River Fishe...
Once again, residents are opening up their yards to the public to showcase their beautiful gardens and ponds. According to Lyneen Murphy, Green River Pond and Garden Tour director, the tour will take place Aug. 10, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. This year's tour will feature 10 homes in Green River and two in Rock Springs. "You can visit any home in any order," Murphy said. "This event is free to the public and cameras are encouraged." This year will be the 26th year for the Green River Pond and Garden...
A $57 million budget was unanimously approved by the Sweetwater County School District No. 2 Board of Trustees last week, which includes $40 million in the district’s general fund. “This is the absolute best (budget) I’ve seen in 19 years,” board member Steve Core said. “It explains it all. It’s graphed out. It was very well done.” The 2019 legislative session impacted the district’s budget, which included providing $494,348 to the district through an external cost adjustment. “The good news her...
(Note: This article is part one of two.) A recent public records audit initiated by the Green River Star reveals Sweetwater County School District No. 2 and the Green River Finance Department were extremely helpful in releasing requested information and provided assistance in helping understand the data. The newspaper’s intern, Lexi Mitchell, approached different government offices in early June and sought data available to the public through Wyoming’s public documents act. In this case, the...
The mosquitoes are in full force this summer and the city is fighting back. Green River Parks and Recreation Director Brad Raney, sent out a press release in June about the city’s plan to control the mosquitoes. The plan includes eliminating larvae to combating adults in places around the city. For areas of standing water they are using BTI biscuits. These tablets neutralize the mosquito larvae. They also sprayed the standing waters in the city limits with Vecotbac, which is naturally occurring and safe to use. As for the adult mosquitoes t...
