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The Wyoming Highway Patrol awarded a Utah man the Colonel’s Commendation Award for helping to subdue a suspect who was attempting to get a trooper’s gun during an altercation on Interstate 80 in May. Darren Phillips, of Taylorsville, Utah, received the award during a ceremony in Cheyenne on Aug. 13. Gov. Matt Mead, Wyoming Department of Transportation Director Bill Panos, WHP Col. Kebin Haller, and Trooper Josh Carris, whom Phillips assisted, attended the event to honor Phillips. “You saved one person from sustaining severe injuries and you s...
Fires in both Green River and Rock Springs kept area firefighters busy during the past few days. In Green River, the Green River Fire Department responded to an ATV fire Monday evening. According to information provided by the Green River Police Department, the fire was reported at 700 Shoshone Ave., at 7:10 p.m. According to Green River Fire Chief Mike Nomis, the owner said he had been riding the ATV and parked it at his residence, planning to go riding again. The ATV caught fire after it was...
Residents will have a chance to meet some of Green River’s police officers Saturday as the department hosts its annual National Night Out festivities. According to Green River Police Chief Tom Jarvie, the department has hosted National Night Out since 2004, though he admits the department hasn’t publicized the event until recently. “We’ve been doing it for quite awhile,” he said. Residents can host barbecues and block parties in their neighborhoods and register them with the police departmen...
As Kael Jasperson sees it, a lot of opportunities will open up for the Jamestown-Rio Vista area in the coming years. The area recently completed a water pump and reservoir project that has been more than 15 years in the making and one desperately needed by residents of the area. A short ribbon cutting ceremony hosted by the Jamestown-Rio Vista Water and Sewer District took place last week at the reservoir and treatment plant, which overlooks Jamestown and Rio Vista, as well as Interstate 80 and...
The famous Budweiser Clydesdales will be stopping in Green River Friday afternoon, giving residents a chance to see the horses and get a photo with them near the newly-installed mural on Flaming Gorge Way. According to Amanda Cavaz, communications administrator for Green River, the event is part of a two-day public relations campaign Western Wyoming Beverages is hosting in Rock Springs and Green River. The horses arrive in Green River at 1 p.m., at the Hitching Post Restaurant. Cavaz said the...
A Green River woman accused of beating her child with a belt will have the felony child abuse charge dismissed if she can complete her probation. Ashley L. Todd, 28, appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Richard Lavery at a sentencing hearing to the charge. She pleaded no contest to the charge, but the plea wasn’t entered. Under Wyoming Statute 7-13-301, Todd can plead no contest and the charge will be dismissed if she can complete three years supervised probation. This statute can o...
A Green River man who admitted to excessively spanking his stepchild with a belt will have a felony child-abuse charge dismissed if he can complete probation. Joshua Gautreaux, 30, appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Richard Lavery at a sentencing hearing to child abuse where he changed his plea to guilty, however the plea wasn’t entered. Under Wyoming Statute 7-13-301, first-time offenders can have a felony dismissed if they successfully complete probation. It can only be once and o...
Improvements to the Green River Recreation Center and the Greenbelt were approved by the Green River City Council Tuesday night. The council approved a bid award to R&D Sweeping and Asphalt Maintenance in Rock Springs for $58,975. The project will focus on crack seal, gap repairs and seal coating to extend the life of the paved sections of the Greenbelt. According to Brad Raney, director of the Parks and Recreation Department for the city, the project cost is about one-tenth the cost of...
The Sweetwater County School District No. 2 Board of Trustees approved their 2018-2019 budget Tuesday evening. The budget, according to Chris Dean, business manager for the district, works to align the district’s resources to student achievement. With Enrolled Act 64, Dean said the district fared better than officials expected. The act came at the end of a legislative standoff between the state House and Senate in regards to education funding. The first year of the act takes the solution provide...
A woman accused of child abuse after choking a child under 16 years of age will have the charge dismissed if she can successfully complete her probation. Joanna Stephenson, 29, of Green River, appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Richard Lavery for an order suspending proceedings pursuant to Wyoming Statute 7-13-301 to one felony count of child abuse. In this case, under Wyoming Statute 7-13-301, a no contest plea was taken, but not entered. Should Stephenson successfully complete her...
The Green River City Council agreed to support a resolution that would seek to place a 4 percent lodging tax on the November ballot. Sweetwater County already levies a 3 percent lodging tax at its hotels and if approved by voters, will raise the tax by 1 percent. The tax funds the Sweetwater County Joint Travel and Tourism Board, which then provides operating grants to the chambers of commerce and the Sweetwater County Events Complex. Grant funding to the chambers is done to help them function... Full story
Green River residents seeking face-to-face interaction when it comes to All West Communications services will have to go to Rock Springs from now on. The Kamas, Utah-based company closed its office on East Flaming Gorge Way Tuesday morning. According to Vice President of Finance and HR Jenny Prescott, two part-time employees and one full-time employee was impacted by the decision. She said the three employees were offered severance packages. “We have come to realize that this location would n...
Sheridan Norberg knows how dangerous a tow job can be. “Dad took three trips to the hospital,” Norberg said. “I went once.” While working a car wreck outside of Rock Springs, Norberg was clipped by a speeding vehicle. He was sent over the wrecked car he was working on. The incident resulted in a concussion, his left fibia cracked, he suffered a sprained ankle and was in a cast for six weeks. “I was 18 when it happened,” Norberg said. “I had just graduated high school a few months before.” Norb...
Director of Public Works Mark Westenskow said the upcoming closure of the Second South underpass is due to the Rock Springs waterline project. Westenskow said the project has hit a snag and due to the geology of the surrounding area, they will need to open cut 50 feet of road along the street to place the waterline. “If there were a way around this, they would do it,” he said. Wesenskow said the work is scheduled to take place during a three-week timeframe, starting July 16. He does ant...
It was a scene not unlike any other Independence Day celebration. Grilled meats and soft drinks available to all. Children playing while the adults enjoyed a chance to chat. However, the purpose behind the gathering is what set it apart from every other Fourth of July festivity in Green River. They were firefighters and their families waiting for the inevitable call. The gathering is a tradition for the Green River Fire Department. As residents celebrate congressional approval of the...
Senator John Hastert, D-Green River, seeks re-election to his Senate District 13 seat on the Wyoming Legislature. The district is comprised of Green River, Jamestown and portions of Rock Springs. "It has been truly a privilege representing the families of Sweetwater County and I would be honored to serve another term in the Wyoming Senate," Hastert said in a campaign announcement. One of Hastert's largest contributions to the state is the creation and enhancement of a medication donation...
Green River lost a beloved teacher and state legislator with the passing of Bill Thompson. Thompson, 80, died Thursday at Mission at Castle Rock Rehabilitation Center. Services took place Wednesday morning. Thompson will be interned at Milburn Cemetery in Fort Bridger. “I considered Bill my mentor,” Sen. John Hastert (D-Green River) said. “I felt privileged to have served with him.” Thompson served in the Wyoming House of Representatives from 2001 to 2010. Hastert said he learned a lot from Th...
The Green River City Council approved its annual budget Tuesday night, approving a series of proposals setting fees, wages and budget appropriations for the coming fiscal year. The city’s general fund totals $16.17 million. The police department will receive $4.39 million, the fire department is set to receive $796,921, the community development department will receive $934,526, the parks and recreation department is budgeted to receive $4.42 million and the city’s general government is bud...
The cause of the Telephone Canyon Fire may never be known, but it's a wake up call to just how dangerously dry it is right now. Even with the recent rains, it's still dry out and Thursday's fire was a reminder of that. At about 1:30 p.m. residents in Green River not only heard the sirens of the fire trucks, but could see the smoke billowing out and over Mansface. The fire was located at the base of Telephone Canyon, not too far from the Green River City Water Treatment Plant. Green River Fire...
Out with the old and in with the new. This old adage holds true for many situations and so does it in this case. The city of Green River has torn down the old concrete “Welcome to Green River “sign and is going to replace it with a new metal and rock work sign. Brad Raney, Green River Parks and Recreation director, said he’s not sure how long the old concrete sign had been located at the entrance to Green River. The sign had holes in it because it had to be moved one time and its estim...
A Green River man faces prison time after an alleged scuffle over a gun. Ian Punches, 32, of Green River, was arrested June 16 on charges of possession of a deadly weapon with unlawful intent and reckless endangering. Possession of a deadly weapon with unlawful intent is a felony-level charge punishable by a maximum of five years in prison and a potential fine of up to $1,000, while reckless endangering is a misdemeanor charge and will have maximum sentence of up to one year in jail and a...
