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Seeking improvement over break
Residents driving by Wolves Stadium Monday evening would have seen the Wolves soccer team working hard at a time when most high school students are enjoying spring break. For head coach Chris Bieber,...
New cheerleading coach chosen for GRHS
A new coach has been selected to head up Green River High School's cheerleading program. According to Tony Beardsley, Sweetwater County School District No. 2's Athletics Director, Allison Meredith...
Solid waste meeting set for April 30
A workshop meeting set for April 30 will give the Green River City Council a chance to discuss a discount for residents aged 62 and older and the future of Wyoming Waste Systems recycling program....
Developments made in burglary investigations
The Green River Police Department is making progress in investigations regarding several burglaries occurring in the city during the past few months. According to Jamie Green, spokeswoman for the...
MHSC earns CT accreditation
Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County earned a three year accreditation in computed tomography from the American College of Radiology according to a recent release from the hospital. According to...
County grant will pay for industrial site study
The Wyoming State Loans and Investments Board awarded a $50,000 grant to Sweetwater County last week to help the county create a plan to attract industrial development near the Southwest Wyoming...
Region V BOCES seeks .2 mill levy from SCSD No.2
By DAVID MARTIN Publisher Region V Board of Cooperative Educational Services, which services several school districts including Sweetwater County School District No. 2, seeks a .2 mill levy from the...
City works to fill potholes
Winter weather in Green River has created a number of potholes the city is working to address. With the weather improving throughout the last week, more potholes have appeared on city streets....
SWAT members earn many titles at state meet
The Sweetwater Aquatics Team, a group of swimmers from Green River, Rock Springs and Lyman, were declared the team champions of the winter state swim meet for USA Swimming in Laramie. The team...
Advance performance of "Bright Star" shown
A red carpet welcome awaited anyone walking into Green River High School Monday evening. The high school's theater department hosted a special advance performance of "Bright Star" which will have its...
Thoughts on a recent historical event
Given the context of our relatively short lives on this beautiful world we live on, it’s hard to think of a lot occurring within our lifetimes as being truly historic. It has been said that each gen...
Lodging tax to increase to 4%
The county’s local lodging tax is set to increase this month, up to 4 percent as a result of voter approval during the 2018 election. Jenissa Meredith, executive director of the Sweetwater County Jo...
Early Star a historical snapshot
(Publisher’s note: the following article is a teaser for the Star’s annual Historical Edition, which is found in this week’s newspaper.) The earliest Green River Star available to anyone is...
Petition was not sent by county
A double-sided sheet of paper, with one side urging residents to fight Love’s Travel Stop’s ambition to build a truck stop west of Jamestown, while the other side features a copy of the...
Genesis Alkali mine visited by U.S. senator, secretary of labor last week
The Genesis Alkali trona mine west of Green River hosted a tour for U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta Tuesday. According to Enzi, he invites the secretaries he...
Wilson sentenced Thursday
Former Green River City Councilman Allan Wilson’s plea agreement was finalized during his sentencing hearing Thursday morning. Pleading guilty to sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree,...
Ultimately, Wilson ruined himself
I remember running into Allan Wilson at Smith’s a few years ago. He had been a member of the Green River City Council for a year or so at that point. He was on his way out and I was going in to...
Strong players return to team
The Lady Wolves return to the field this year with a large group of freshmen and several returning players from last year. Head girls soccer coach Tracy Wyant said the team attracted 14 freshmen and h...
Girls find their footing at tournament
While the boys soccer team traveled to Worland for competition, the Lady Wolves had the opportunity to stay home and compete in the annual Todd Malonek Southwest Invitational during the weekend. The t...
Boys aim for state again
Practices haven’t gone as well as head boys soccer coach Chris Bieber would have liked, but the Wolves coach sees the team making another appearance at State this year. With seven returning seniors...
Boys' season starts 3-1 at Worland
While the first game wasn’t the outcome they wanted, the Green River High School boys soccer team came home with three wins after losing their game of the season. “We were still trying to figure o...
Drought conditions may improve
Local snowstorms have dumped inches throughout Sweetwater County during the past few months, but the area is still considered abnormally dry according to a report from the U.S. Drought Monitor...
Sharing a powerful story
For Cheryl James, Climb Wyoming has given her the opportunity to provide for her family and stay in a community with a great school system. James, speaking to the Green River City Council during an...
Bill allows community colleges to issue bachelors degrees
A bill signed by Gov. Mark Gordon will allow the state’s community colleges to issue bachelors degrees without input from the University of Wyoming. The bill, Senate File 111, was signed Friday....
Sales tax revenue increases in March
An increase in sales tax receipts in March led to increases in the amount collected by the state and for the Optional Fifth Percent Tax levied in Sweetwater County. According to Sweetwater County...
