Longtime prosecutor leaves city

After 32 and a half years as the Green River city prosecutor, Lisa Botham has decided to move on.

Recently, the Green River City Council decided they were going to put the contract position out to bid. When Botham heard the news, she decided she would just leave earlier than she originally planned.

“It was just time,” Botham said.

Botham said she was planning on retiring at the end of the fiscal year, which would have been July 1, 2015, but she decided it wasn’t worth putting in a bid for a few more months of work.

“I’ve always loved being the prosecutor,” Botham said. “I’m...