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A group seeking input for the state’s proposed computer-science standards for K-12 received criticism for not including local industry in conversations to create the standards. The State Board of Education will host five meetings this week, with meetings in Green River, Buffalo, Meeteese and Douglas already taken place. The meetings are aimed to generate public input about the proposed 2019 Wyoming Computer Science Content and Performance Standards. In 2018, the Wyoming Legislature passed S...
Half a million dollars will be added to the city’s budget to provide seed funding for economic development. Tuesday night, the Green River City Council approved a mid-year budget amendment to provide additional funding to city budgets, with the $500,000 earmarked for economic development taking up the lion’s share of the $725,000 approved. According to finance manager Chris Meats, sales-tax revenue received by the city was larger than anticipated, allowing the city to provide additional fun...
Green River's Shopko Hometown store will close May 12, according to a closure schedule released by the retail corporation. The schedule lists the Green River location as one of six Wyoming Shopko Hometown stores closing in the state. Other stores set to close are in Mountain View, Greybull, Thermopolis, Lander and Worland. Overall, Shopko operates 13 Hometown stores in Wyoming. According to information on Shopko's website, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Jan. 16, to...
A resolution approved by the Green River City Council last week marks the start of an internal project aimed at streamlining the city’s development rules and codes. According to Laura Leigh, director of community development, the department will start work on a Unified Development Code. Leigh said she’s creating a steering committee tasked with helping develop the code. So far, Mayor Pete Rust and Councilman Jim Zimmerman have been tapped to join the committee. Zimmerman currently works as a c...
Green River’s city prosecutor and judge were awarded raises when their contracts were renewed by the Green River City Council Tuesday night. Municipal Court Judge Jason Petri’s contract was approved, along with a $3,492 salary increase from $76,508 in fiscal year 2017-2018 to $80,000 in fiscal year 2018-2019. City Prosecutor Bobby Pineda received a $1,693 raise in his contract renewal, with his salary increasing from $66,307 in fiscal year 2017-2018 to $68,000 in fiscal year 2018-2019. Both con...
It's a building that has been a part of Green River for more than a century, providing education and later justice to the city's residents. However, now the Green River Carnegie Library building stands vacant and problems with the building have become more severe. The Green River City Council approved the acceptance of a $12,000 grant from the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office to fund a structural study of the building. The matching portion of the grant comes from $3,500 in cash...
The number of building permits issued by the city’s community development department sharply decreased compared to 2017 and 2016 according to a report released from the department. The decrease brings the number in line with 2014 and 2015. According to Laura Leigh, director of community development for the city, the decrease is due to work repairing citywide damage from a hail storm in 2016 being completed. According to the report, 380 permits were issued throughout 2018, compared to 906 p...
With the Federal government still shut down many organizations are starting to feel the trickle effect of that shut down. However, Linda Martin, Sweetwater County School District No. 2 nutrition services director, said the free and reduced lunch program is not being impacted by the government shut down nor does she expect it to be. “We have enough funding to get through March,” Martin said. Even if the government were to impact the free and reduced lunch program the worse case scenario is the...
A statewide snowstorm brought several inches of snowfall to Sweetwater County Monday evening. According to Geri Swanson, a meteorologist from the National Weather Service office in Riverton, a weather observer in Green River reported receiving 8 inches of snow during the storm. So far, the area has received 15 inches of snow since the beginning of the month. Mark Westenskow, public works director for Green River said the snow removal crews were ready for the storm, but heavy snowfall postponed...
Residents living near West Flaming Gorge Way found themselves without water for a few hours Monday as city crews worked to repair a broken water main. According to Public Works Director Mark Westenskow, the breakage was reported at about 7:30 a.m., Monday morning. A resident had called the public works department, reporting an section of the street with an unusual amount of moisture on it. Westenskow said at this time of year, seeing streets with unexplained and liquid water on the surface can...
A suggested amendment to the city’s historic Green River Ordinance was suggested during the Green River City Council meeting Tuesday evening, resulting in Mayor Pete Rust calling for a workshop meeting to discuss the potential change. Green River resident Rachelle Morris approached the Council to speak about the city creating a list of residences that do not want to be solicited to. Morris said she recently had a suspicious person visit her house while no one was home. Seeing the person on her d...
While the Green River URA/Main Street organization continues to finalize its plans for the new year, there is one event it hopes will continue public support for a downtown property. Jennie Melvin, administrator for the organization, said it plans to host a dinner at the Union Pacific Depot building in May. Melvin said she hopes the dinner will help convince residents and potential businesses the building would be a viable location for commercial development. “The whole point is to showcase t...
A power outage shut down Green River High School Friday and students were released early. Around 7:40 a.m., shortly after school started, the power went out. GRHS principal Darren Howard said the main breaker at the high school went bad. He said the main breaker was the original breaker put in when the high school was built in 1997. The back up generators kicked in, but the generators only run the lights, not heat. "I've got to compliment our maintenance crew," Howard said. They were at the...
Concerns about the potential construction of a truck stop west of Jamestown continue to grow after a zone change was approved by the Sweetwater County Commissioners last month. During the commissioners’ meeting Tuesday, Clerk of District Court DonnaLee Bobak, a resident of Jamestown, told the commissioners the area’s residents were mostly unaware of interest in building a truck stop. She said she realizes the Jamestown-Rio Vista Water and Sewer District approved the proposal, but stated the boar...
A Friday afternoon program at Green River High School is credited with helping students improve their academic skills and grades. According to the high school’s principal, Darren Howard, the interventions program has helped students climb from D and F grades. During a presentation Tuesday night, Howard said the program has resulted in a 34 percent reduction in the number of D grades given to students and a 10.5 percent reduction in the number of Fs. Howard said the program operates through a l...
A 21-year-old man was charged with a felony after he allegedly punched a 15-year-old boy in the face. Chance D. Wood, of Green River, was arraigned in the Third District Court of Judge Nena James for felony child abuse. He pleaded not guilty and a jury trial is set to take place March 4 at 9 a.m. If he is found guilty of the crime, he could face a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a maximum fine of $10,000. According to court documents, on July 31, 2018, at around 8:39 p.m. two Green...
Not much remains of a trailer that burnt on Dec. 22. All that is left is a hollowed out shell, which once was the home to a family of five. The cause of the fire is still undetermined and the investigation is ongoing, Green River assistant fire chief Austin Rider said. Around noon on Dec. 22, the Green River Fire Department was dispatched to 700 Schultz No. 36 for a mobile home fire. Rider said firefighters arrived within 3 minutes from receiving the call, but the damage had been done. The...
A scuffle over a bag of chips and some dip has left one mother with probation. Cory E. McCoy, 31, of Green River appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Nena James sentencing hearing to two counts of child abuse. In exchange for McCoy’s guilty plea to one felony count of child abuse, the other was dismissed. Under Wyoming Statute 7-13-301, McCoy’s guilty plea will not be entered and the charge will be dismissed if she successfully completes three years supervised probation. However, if...
The past year will be remembered as a landmark year for the city of Green River. The city celebrated its 150th anniversary in September, marking the occasion with a daylong festival on Railroad Avenue, near the historic U.P. Depot building. Residents had the opportunity to participate in several contests reminiscent of activities popular in the 1800s. Several volunteers, including members of the Sweetwater County Historical Museum and the Hole in the Wall Gang, dressed in period clothing to add...
