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The Sweetwater County Emergency Responders are hosting the fourth annual Battle of the Badges Blood Drive from June 11–14 in both Green River (June 11-12) and Rock Springs (June 13-14). This event is part blood drive, part competition. This year, the need hits close to home as a Jacob Carlson, a police officer in Casper, was critically injured this month in an officer-involved shooting. Carlson was shot five times and required a significant amount of blood due related to his injuries and multiple surgeries. He is still fighting for his life. T...
During the past week, Sweetwater County residents have stepped up and filed to campaign for local office. Filing ends June 1. Green River In Ward I, three residents have declared an interest to represent the area on the Green River City Council. Terry Leigh joins Jim Zimmerman and Sherry Bushman in seeking election to the council seat currently held by Allan Wilson. The two candidates receiving the most votes during the Aug. 21 primary election will move on to the general election Nov. 6. For...
The names of five firefighters were added to the memorial walls at the Wyoming Fallen Firefighter Memorial in Riverton over the weekend. Fifty nine surviving family members of thone named attended to lay a rose at the memorial and an estimated 100 firefighters were in attendance. Casper Professional Firefighters Pipes and Drums played at the memorial and U.S. Sen. John Barrasso served as a keynote speaker. Representing Green River Fire Department at the memorial were volunteer firefighters Tom Murphy, Bryan Carpenter, and Jaime Walgren and had...
Students from throughout Sweetwater County came to the Sweetwater County Historical Museum to learn about the county's past The museum hosted its annual history fair last week and along with a tour of the museum, children were taught how to churn their own butter and pan for gold. Amanda Benson, curator of the museum, said the weeklong fair replaces the school tours the museum used to host, which would take place over the course of about two months. She said the fair, with its added interactive...
Falling short of their goal to take the state title this year, the Green River High School boys soccer team still showed they were a strong squad in Jackson. The boys took third at State, finishing behind Cheyenne Central and the championship team from Natrona County High School. The Wolves started the tournament with an explosive 4-0 win over Cheyenne East, the fourth-seeded team from 4A East. Cheyenne Central would earn a hard-fought shootout victory over Kelly Walsh, leading to a...
Green River City Councilman Allan Wilson waived his right to a preliminary hearing Tuesday morning minutes prior to when the hearing was scheduled to take place in Rock Springs. Wilson is charged with second-degree sexual abuse of a minor in Sweetwater County and faces a charge of first-degree sexual abuse of a minor in Lincoln County. After waiving his preliminary hearing, his Sweetwater County charges were bound over to Third District Court in Green River. His charge in Sweetwater County...
The city’s parks and recreation department is ramping up its continual battles against mosquitoes. Tuesday night, the Green River City Council voted unanimously to accept emergency insect management funding from the state. The funds, provided through a grant from the Wyoming Department of Agriculture, total $8,913. The city also received $50,150 in matching funds from the department’s Emergency Insect Management Committee. However, both award amounts were not the full requests made by the city,...
It’s National Police Week and a great time to show appreciation for our police force. The history of National Police Week began in 1962 when President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation designating May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day and the week in which that date falls as Police Week. This year, Green River’s Mayor, Pete Rust, signed the National Police Week Proclamation observing May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day and calling all Green River residents to observe May 13-19 as Police Week. In recognition of National Police Week, law...
A tough weekend of competition, ending with a nail-biting conclusion against the Rock Springs Tigers, saw the Wolves take the regional championship Saturday evening. The Wolves earned the first seed at the tournament, giving them a bye Thursday and a chance to watch Jackson and Natrona duke it out for the opportunity to play them Friday. Natrona earned that shot and took on the Wolves Friday evening, falling short to Green River’s squad 1-0. For Green River’s rivals from Rock Springs, the Tig...
For many, spring is synonymous with baseball. Throughout Green River, people can see children and teens practicing and playing the sport at almost any park with a ball field. Some of the youngest children to play are members of the Green River Little League Tee-ball teams. Children, some as young as three years old, pick up the basics of baseball. Running to a base after a hit, trying to catch the ball after it's hit and other simple concepts are passed down. A score isn't kept and everyone has...
Without a doubt, Jackson is the most expensive town in Wyoming. Hotel rates are high, the cost of a meal is high -- the town is a Mecca for tourists and businesses know it. That alone should not be enough to disqualify the town from hosting either regional or state tournaments. However, a policy amongst hotels used by high schools attending these events should cause officials at the Wyoming High School Activities Association to have second thoughts about using Jackson as a venue for those...
Every year brings new attacks on the rights of gays, lesbians, bisexuals and the transgendered in Wyoming. I’m sick and tired of it. Wyoming claims it’s the “Equality State,” a place where people value individualism and respect the rights of others to live their lives as they please, unencumbered by the state or by their neighbors. I’d love to live in that Wyoming, but it doesn’t exist. I live in a state where voters keep re-electing legislators who try to pass bills that curtail the rights of the LGBTQ population. It’s a state where lawmake...
The Wolves are in a great spot heading into regionals. Ending a four-game road series with four wins, the Wolves are top seed coming into the tournament this weekend. With that, they're given an automatic berth into the state tournament next week in Jackson. However, the Wolves' focus right now is with regionals, which takes place on their home turf. "We're very excited for regionals," head coach Chris Bieber said. The Wolves will get a bye in the tournament's first round. Their first opponents...
The Green River High School tennis team had the chance to play their last few matches of the season under clear skies and warm weather last week. Playing Rawlins Thursday afternoon, the Wolves had a number of first-place finishes. Jarrett Atkins took first in Boys A Singles division, while Caeden Grubb and Conner Friel took first in the Boys A Doubles, Laura Donate placed first in Girls Singles and Kaitlynn Sharp and Anna Kimball took first in the Girls Doubles. Others taking top spots against...
The Jackson Elementary School building will see continued life under a lease to Region V BOCES. Sweetwater County School District No. 2 trustees voted in favor of leasing the building Tuesday night. The elementary school is scheduled to close at the end of the school year due to declining enrollment within the district. The move, described by Superintendent Donna Little-Kaumo as a win-win for both the district and Region V BOCES, will lease five classrooms in the lower portion of the building....
Green River’s draft budget calls on the city fully funding requests made by community organizations, should the budget remain unchanged when the city council adopts it next month. The city’s fiscal year starts July 1 and ends June 30. The council is in the process of revising the budget. The council appears poised to approve the requests, as meetings to allow representatives of those organizations to speak with the Council in person have been cancelled. “We’re in a much better position than we...
A legal notice published in this week’s Green River Star signals the city’s intent to allow the Wyoming National Guard to make improvements on the landing strip at the Greater Green River Intergalactic Spaceport. The notice states the improvements will include grading on the runway, taxi areas and an approach road. The improvements made will create better drainage at the site and make the area safer for aviators using the spaceport. The runway work would be done as a training exercise. Green Riv...
Residents driving along Second South may have noticed some of the lights along the street not working properly. It’s a problem that’s undergoing trouble shooting, according to Public Works Director Mark Westenskow. He said the troubleshooting process started with easier fixes and moves to more difficult repairs. The lights were placed when the street was repaved as part of the sixth-penny tax infrastructure improvements originally approved in 2012. Westenskow said they believe the issue ste...
The Green River City Council approved a resolution allowing horse race wagering in Green River last night. The motion was not unanimous, with Gary Killpack voting against the measure, Robert Berg abstaining and Allan Wilson absent from the meeting. The resolution is not the final word on if wagering on races will be allowed in Green River. The Sweetwater County Commissioners will also be asked to approve the measure before the Wyoming Downs board decides if it will approve the request, which ini...
The morning of the NFL Draft, a few ghosts of Josh Allen’s past came back to haunt him. Tweets Allen had made as a teenager using racist language started circulating that morning and became a major story in both national and international media. Allen quickly apologized for the tweets and the University of Wyoming quickly followed up with a short statement from the Cowboys’ head football coach Craig Bohl backing Allen up. “I know Josh has apologized for the Twitter comments he made while in hi...
While much of the excitement surrounding spring sports in Green River focuses on soccer and outdoor track, the Green River High School tennis team also had their chance to shine during the season. The tennis team's five-week season wraps up this week with home matches against Rawlins, Natrona County High School and Kelly Walsh. The Wolves' meeting with the Rawlins Outlaws takes place Thursday, starting at 2 p.m. Their final matches against the Casper-based high schools take place Saturday, with...
The Wolves notched up two more wins over the weekend, defeating both Evanston and Jackson on the road. The Wolves shut out the Red Devils 2-0 Friday evening, then came home and hit the road again to defeat the Broncs 2-1. Head coach Chris Bieber said previously the road trip would be tough on the team, as the amount of time they would be spending on the road could impact their ability to play in Jackson, but their victory waved away any doubts. The team is hitting the road once more this...
Anyone driving along Shoshone Avenue, behind Lincoln Middle School, would have seen the appreciation of a sport being passed along to a new generation. On a breezy Monday evening, a group of children were practicing baseball in a field near Wolves Stadium. A Little League team, the Royals, were busy both with batting and catching practice. While the kids get a chance to enjoy being outside, their parents also get something from the evening. "Watching the kids outside, having fun, is my biggest...
Two Green River police officers were recognized and awarded medals for their role in saving a resident's life last month. Police Chief Tom Jarvie said officer Korey Thompson and Sgt. Brad Halter were instrumental in saving a resident who suffered cardiac arrest March 18. Jarvie said the two were the first to arrive at the scene and found the resident unconscious, initiating CPR and keeping passing information along to firefighters and ambulance crews responding to the address. "It was a team...
It’s said revenge is a dish best served cold, but for the Wolves soccer team, it’s served with a couple of screamers sent into a goal. The Wolves sent the Rock Springs Tigers home with a loss Saturday after overcoming their squad in a 3-2 win. In their last meeting, the Tigers shut out the Wolves in a 4-0 victory in Rock Springs. “It felt good getting that win,” head coach Chris Beiber said. “We showed up to fight ... the whole second half we pushed forward.” While the team earned their victo...
