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The Sweetwater County School District No. 2 Board of Trustees went though an eventful year in 2018. The board saw new members join its ranks while saying goodbye to a few familiar faces, closed a school and continued dealing with the fallout from decisions made by the Wyoming Legislature, which would impact its funding. Early in the year, school board members expressed disappointment after a meeting with legislators from Sweetwater County, who told board members the legislature was more...
A motion hearing for Green River City Councilman Allan Wilson turned into a change of plea hearing when he pleaded guilty to the charge of sexual assault of a minor in the second degree Monday morning. The plea is part of a plea agreement that would see the other charges he faces, sexual abuse of a minor in the first degree, sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree and sexual abuse of a minor in the third degree dismissed. The count he plead guilty to involves an incident that occurred in...
Snacks, newspapers, hats, Christmas cards and more were stuffed into the care packages. Whatever could fit, went in and was sent to troops overseas Tuesday afternoon by volunteers from VFW Post 2312. According to Jim Shoemaker, Commander of the post, the VFW sent 125 boxes to servicemen all over the world. Shoemaker said any serviceman not stationed in the continental United States were eligible to receive a care package, saying some of the boxes were sent to locations in Hawaii and Alaska....
As the water and ice started to pour onto the property, the owner just looked on in terror. Not knowing what do or who to call, he just stood there shocked and wondering if he and his wife would lose their home. The nightmare for Jamestown residents Susie and Todd Heslep started Thursday afternoon when the Green River started having an ice jam. This jam pushed water and ice onto their property engulfing the septic system and leach pond and coming within several feet of their house. “The ice j...
The Sweetwater County Emergency Management Agency can’t blow up ice jams in the Green River even if a home is being threatened. Jamestown residents Todd and Susie Heslep called emergency management hoping they would break up the ice jam, which is causing flooding on their property, but didn’t get the response they were hoping for. “It’s not our policy to break up the ice jam. We prefer for nature to run its course,” Emergency Management coordinator Judy Roderick said. “We can help with sandba...
The traffic signal at the intersection of Flaming Gorge Way and N. 1st E. Street will be taken down. The Wyoming Department of Transportation switched the traffic signal to flash Monday afternoon, the first step in the signal’s dismantlement. According to Darin Kaufman, the District Three Traffic Engineer for WYDOT, the signal’s removal is based on several federal regulations and criteria used to determine if the signal is needed. Kaufman said there wasn’t enough street traffic to warrant the s...
Three streets have still not had improvements completed to them that are covered by the sixth-penny sales tax and one resident wanted to know why. During the Green River City Council meeting last night, questions arose from Green River resident Kevin Kinney as to just how much money the city still had of the 6th-penny tax and why certain improvements hadn’t been made yet. Finance director Chris Meats addressed these questions saying the city has about $3 million of the 6th-penny tax that will b...
Playing an instrument is what allowed 13 Green River students to make their way across the country to perform in front of massive crowds and see national landmarks and monuments. Members of the Green River High School band who are also members of the Wyoming All-State Marching Band recently made their way to New York and Pennsylvania. "My students had the opportunity to play with other high-school musicians from around the state and represent the state of Wyoming on a national level," GRHS band...
Determining what to do with the old Carnegie Library is something the county is hoping a grant can help out with. During a recent Sweetwater County commissioners meeting, the board unanimously approved a resolution allowing the county to apply for one or multiple grants so a structural engineering firm can assess the structure. Human Resources director Garry McLean said the facilities committee has been reviewing its master plan for county-owned structures and is trying to figure out what to do...
The Green River City Council approved a request to increase residents solid waste bills from Wyoming Waste Management Tuesday night. The move allows the company to charge an increase to residents based on an increase in a 12-month rolling consumer price index. The CPI increased by 2.3 percent, which is the increase that is expected to amount to 72 cents per month. Councilman Gary Killpack said the increase is minuscule compared to the increases the city projected if it continued operating its...
A summer lifeguard was credited with saving a swim student earlier this year. The lifeguard, Ayden Powers, was recognized by the Sweetwater County School District No. 2 Board of Trustees last week for making the save at the Green River High School Aquatics Center. According to the Aquatics Center’s manager Mike Moody, the high school’s pools are utilized by city swim classes throughout the summer. The youngest students are taught the basics at the center’s therapy pool as the shallow depth is us...
The Sweetwater County School District No. 2 Board of Trustees approved its contracts with Superintendent Donna Little-Kaumo and Assistant Superintendent Jamie Christensen Tuesday night. The board added a discussion item prior to an executive session for personnel. Board member Steve Core said having the contract approval finalized in November was a big change to how business was conducted with the board. Core, calling the situation a transparency issue, said the contracts had traditionally been...
While the city has done great things with streets like Hitching Post and Second South, a lot more work remains according to Mark Westenskow, director of public works for the city. Westenskow said the city is wrapping up its sixth-penny tax funded streets projects next year with work on Knotty Pine, Evans and part of Railroad Avenue. The improvement tax was passed in 2012, with the city working on East Teton Boulevard first. Westenskow said the tax allowed the city to address pavement problems...
Lincoln Middle School students wearing placards with names of veterans filled two sides of the auditorium, while the center seats were reserved for Veterans and family members. On Monday, LMS sixth-grade students, the LMS band and choir put on a special Veterans Day program as a way to show local veterans how thankful they are for their service. During the program, the band played the “Star Spangled Banner,” while the choir sang. Green River City Councilman Ted Barney recited President Don...
Green River residents might see a garbage bill in 2019 if the city council approves a request from Wyoming Waste Systems. A vote on the increase was listed on the Council’s agenda Monday night, but it was removed at the start of the meeting in favor of being added to a workshop discussion next week. According Council documents, Wyoming Waste Systems makes the request through an escalation clause in their contract with the city, allowing Wyoming Waste Systems to adjust its pricing in a...
Both the Green River City Council and the Sweetwater County School District No. 2 Board of Trustees will have some new blood coming in. While Mayor Pete Rust and Councilman Gary Killpack will receive another term in office, Jim Zimmerman and Michael Shutran will join the Council in January. For the school board, Ashley Castillon will join Rachelle Morris and incumbent Robin Steiss in December. Rust defeated challenger Mark Peterson by 1,700 votes, receiving 2,771 votes to Peterson’s 1,077. In W...
Editor’s Note: Stephanie Thompson, the Star’s People Editor, is a member of the Region V BOCES Board, representing the Sweetwater County School District No. 1 Board of Trustees. The entrance doesn’t look too different from last year. However, new motivational posters hang from the walls, showcasing the Wyoming’s code of ethics and the idea of “ubuntu,” a word describing the value of having compassion for all members of a group. A portrait of President Andrew Jackson is still prominently displaye...
A cooperative program between Green River High School and Western Wyoming Community College aims to help students complete their first year of college by the time they graduate. The middle college program at GRHS allows sophomores to take college-level courses throughout the remainder of their time at GRHS, allowing them to complete the first year. According to Coty Nikont, a career counselor at GRHS, the program is offered to the top 20 academically-performing sophomore students at the high...
With a dry hole dug and a contract for the elevator in place, work continues on the historic Tomahawk building in downtown Green River. Marty Carollo, a representative of Green River Opportunities Wyoming (GRoWYO), the building’s owner, said the group continues making progress with improvements. He said the group is proceeding at a slow pace to ensure the building is renovated appropriately. Carollo said improvements to the building’s electrical system and a complete rebuilding of the Tom...
It’s been about one month since a bin fire at the Green River Solid Waste Transfer Station took place and the city isn’t sure when the station will be up and running. Public works director Mark Westenskow said he’s just waiting for the insurance company to process the claim so the building can be repaired. Even though the Green River Fire Department firefighters kept the fire from spreading out of the bin, the heat from the blaze caused interior damage to the transfer station. The facil...
