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A public discussion regarding a proposed Love’s Travel Stop west of Jamestown drew more than a dozen concerned residents, many of whom asking about how the truck stop would impact nearby air quality. The county’s land use department hosted the discussion, with Kym Van Dyke of Love’s real-estate division on hand to answer questions about the proposal, as well as ease concerns about what a truck stop could bring to the Jamestown area. “I’m here to listen to you,” Van Dyke said. The company ant...
City and county residents will have a chance to have their voices heard about a proposed Love’s Travel Stop during an open house meeting with company representatives Friday. The area west of Jamestown has garnered interest in the past year due to increased water availability following improvements to the Jamestown-Rio Vista water system. Interest in commercial development has also increased, with two parcels of land near Interstate 80’s Exit 85 recently converted from agricultural use to com...
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...
The pursuit of a sensible public policy for wind power in Wyoming has become an unsettled, decade-long saga. Most other states in the region have already figured out how to appropriately regulate and tax wind resources, but it seems Wyoming inherently deals with a more complex set of circumstances. We can trace this, in large part, to the perceived conflict between wind and the state’s primary breadwinner — the mineral industry. Coal, oil and natural gas together have combined as the basic economic engines and financiers of public services in...
One more week and two more games before the Wolves travel to Cody for Regionals. Before that trip, the Wolves will face Rock Springs and Star Valley, with the Star Valley game being the final night the Wolves will play at home. Last week, the Wolves broke even, losing at home against Evanston, but returning from an away game in Jackson with a win. With Evanston, head coach Laurie Ivie said the team played sluggishly during the first half, being out rebounded 21-7 by the Red Devils. The boys...
David Mitchell is a man with a mission. He is determined to stitch together a movement that will finally smash the power of the pharmaceutical industry and bring pocketbook relief to millions of Americans who need expensive drugs. Mitchell, a 68-year-old former Washington, D.C., communications executive, was diagnosed eight years ago with multiple myeloma, a blood cancer. Until recently, the disease has been held in check by drugs costing $325,000 a year. Medicare and a good Medigap policy have covered most of the expense. In 2016 Mitchell...
A leader for the Green River High School football team will become a Minot State University Beaver after graduating this May. Anthony Mitchell signed a letter of intent to play football in Minot, N.D., Monday afternoon. "It seemed like the program needed me," Anthony said. He is a two-time All-State and All-Conference selection for the Wolves. According to statistics maintained by Wyopreps.com, Anthony was the Wolves' leading defensive player with 116 defensive points during the 2018 season. He...
The Wolves have had tremendous success in two games during the weekend. Green River scored two wins, a 62-41 victory over Riverton Feb. 8, and a 70-43 win over Cody a day later. These wins come after a mixed week for the Wolves, suffering a 64-52 defeat at home from Kelly Walsh and a 83-51 win over Rock Springs. “We have played well our last four games and have put together four, solid quarters each game,” head coach Laurie Ivie said. “The consistency has been something we’ve really been focusin...
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...
For gamers in their late 30s and early 40s, one of the most memorable aspects of the games released on the Nintendo Entertainment System is their brutal difficulty. The concept of “Nintendo hard” didn’t come about until years after the game system’s original run, when players wanting to play the games their older siblings and parents played sat down and discovered the games were unforgiving. Part of this is due to how games are developed and released now as opposed to 30 years ago. Games on thos...
It was a Monday morning that will stick with Sweetwater County Sheriff John Grossnickle for the rest of his life. Standing in front of friends, family and otherelected officials, Grossnickle recited his oath of office Jan. 7. “It was an overwhelming and humbling experience,” Grossnickle said. In the weeks following the oath, Grossnickle’s attention has primarily focused on reorganizing the office. Grossnickle said the reorganization has taken longerthan he anticipated, describing it as the b...
To be honest, I’ve never cared about winning awards for my work. I won’t argue that it doesn’t feel good to have our work recognized by our peers. It does. I also won’t argue against how good it feels to walk to a podium and accept those awards. However, I’ve always been of the opinion that while the awards and kudos that comes with them is nice to have, it does not and should not be the main reason for me to get out of bed and come to work. Ensuring people are accurately informed, working t...
The Green River Wolves are looking to bounce back following a narrow defeat in Star Vally over the weekend. The boys traveled to Star Valley Saturday, but lost to the Braves 68-65. The Wolves slip to 1-2 in conference play and 7-6 overall. Slow starts continue to plague the Wolves in their games, with the Wolves finding themselves down 21-13 at the end of the first quarter. Head coach Laurie Ivie believes the problem could cost the team future games if it continues. "We played a good second...
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...
A man was injured after being hit by a Wyoming Department of Transportation snow plow last week. According to Sgt. Jeremy Beck of the Wyoming Highway Patrol, a semi had gotten stuck on Wyoming 530, 9 miles south of Green River Monday morning. The truck was headed northbound and stuck in the southbound lane during a time when WYDOT had issued a no unnecessary travel restriction on the highway. The driver was outside his truck and placing chains on the tires with the help of another motorist who h...
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...
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...
Changes are coming to the Green River Star, and we’re definitely excited about what the future holds. The change readers will likely notice this week is new titles given to Stephanie Thompson and myself. Starting this week, I will now serve as the Green River Star’s publisher, while Stephanie will be the newspaper’s chief editor. It brings me great joy to announce Thompson as the Star’s new editor and to see her climb as my own career progresses. She has always been a wealth of informa...
A chance to play at home greatly benefited the Wolves when taking on the Jackson Hole Broncs Saturday. While an away game against Evanston didn’t end their way, losing 59-52 in a close game against the Red Devils, the Wolves came away with a huge victory, beating Jackson 71-44. For head coach Laurie Ivie, the chance to play at home was a great change of pace for her team. “We’ve been on the road a ton since the beginning of the season,” Ivie said. “It was so nice to be home and not to be travel...
On frigid, snowy days like Monday and Tuesday, a program at Golden Hour Senior Center helps check on homebound residents to ensure they’re safe. The home delivered meals program at the center provides 82 seniors in the Green River and Jamestown areas with hot meals. According to Melynda Lenling, program coordinator, they didn’t have problems delivering meals Tuesday, despite snow-covered residential streets. “We didn’t have any challenges,” she said. On a day where Sweetwater County School Distr...
A lot of blood, sweat and years went into the fight to remove state sales taxes from groceries in Wyoming. It finally happened in 2006. Former State Rep. Ann Robinson (D-Casper) spent eight years bringing bill after bill to the Wyoming House before finally seeing the food tax exemption pass as a state budget amendment. This session, though, the exemption faces its first serious threat in 13 years, and she’s not happy about it. “It’s a bad idea,” she said, correctly in my view. “It doesn’t speak well of the Legislature that they would even...
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...
