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A budget for the upcoming fiscal year was approved Tuesday night and with it, a decision to seek a request for proposals from local solid waste companies to potentially privatize the city’s solid waste division. The fee schedule approved by the Green River City Council includes fee increases for the solid waste division. Rates for weekly dumping of the 90-gallon residential trash bins was increased from $25.50 a month to $31.50. A charge for a second trash container’s weekly dumping was set at...
A Green River man who admitted to having sex with a 14-year-old girl will serve time in prison. Rhett T. Burge, 20, recently appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Nena James at a sentencing hearing to four felony counts of second-degree sexual abuse of a minor and two felony counts of third-degree sexual abuse of a minor. Burge’s pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree sexual abuse of a minor, the rest of the felony charges were dismissed and Burge was ordered to serve a t...
Lily Tomlin's Ernestine the Operator was comedic gold on Rowan and Martin's "Laugh-In," which ran 1969-1973. If you don't remember it, look it up on YouTube and return to a simpler and funnier time. The character is based on the many hard-working woman employed as operators who made the telephone system work in the days before computer switching. The telephone systems in Sweetwater County had such operators, though not as snarky as Ernestine. I have been unable to find a date for the beginning o...
A new business will give residents a chance to create works of art in a social environment. Modern Makers, which will be located Next to Guild Mortgage at 541 E. Flaming Gorge Way will open Thursday. The shop will sell craft supplies, but feature several classes for people looking to learn new techniques, some of which are planned to be free. The shop will also offer space for birthday parties and science-based classes on Wednesdays, titled “Wonders of Science.” The business, owned by Ibu...
For the third time in three years, wooden pallets used by the Union Congregational Church were stolen Friday night. Duane Kerr, a representative for the church, said the pallets were used for the church’s annual Pumpkin Patch fundraiser. Of about 130 pallets stored at the church, only about 30 remain. Kerr said a member of the church living nearby contacted the Green River Police Department after observing suspicious activity near the back of the church. He said the caller was able to provide d...
A proposed solid waste rate increase died Tuesday night when the Green River City Council decided not to make a motion for its approval. The increase, according to city documents, would have increased weekly service to the standard 90-gallon residential containers from $25.50 a month to $43. Each additional container at a residence would be billed $25.50 a month, while monthly service to 300 gallon containers would be charged $75 a month. The lift rate for collections more than once a week...
A man accused of hitting another man in the head with a metal bar claims he thought he was being kidnapped. Lucas Chidester, 22, of Green River, appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Nena James at an arraignment to two felony counts of aggravated assault and battery. A jury trial has been scheduled to take place Aug. 7 at 9 a.m. If Chidester is found guilty of both felonies, he could face a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a maximum fine of $20,000. According to court...
The City of Green River has commenced efforts to control mosquito populations in town. Over the next few days, city personnel will be spraying in areas of the city using a truck mounted ultra-low volume aerosol sprayer. Spraying is scheduled to begin immediately, weather permitting, between the hours of 9 p.m. and 1 a.m. The schedule and map for residential spraying can be found on the city’s website www.cityofgreenriver.org. The city uses a spray formulation that contains the pesticide product, Biomist, to control the mosquitoes. The active i...
More water is coming from the Fontenelle Dam as releases were increased to 8,500 cubic feet per second Wednesday. Prior to the increase, releases from the dam amounted to 7,500 cfs. The increased flows started at 10 a.m., with an increase of 500 cfs. A second increase took place at 4 p.m. with another additional 500 cfs. According to Jed Parker, an engineer with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the flows were increased in anticipation of increased inflows to the Fontenelle Reservoir. Flows have i...
An officer accused of murdering a 2-year-old boy is asking the court to reduce his bond. Jacob Anglesey, 35, a Green River Police officer, who is charged with first-degree murder, is scheduled to appear in the Third District Court of Judge Richard Lavery for a bond hearing. Anglesey is currently being held on a $1 million cash or surety and is requesting the bond be reduced to $500,000 cash or surety, which is an amount he still can’t afford to pay, the court documents state. According to the mo...
The Green River City Council will have a major decision to make in regards to if it will continue offering residential solid waste services or if it will franchise the business to private industry. “It seems to me most cities have gone to privatization quite some time ago,” Mayor Pete Rust said. Rust said he’s received emails about the issue every day, but said he hasn’t received a lot of communication from residents regarding the issue. Also, according to Rust, the response he has received hasn...
A police officer slain during a 2014 attack in Las Vegas will be inducted into the Green River High School Hall of Fame. Alyn Beck, a 1991 graduate of Green River High School, was posthumously included as part of the high school’s 2017 hall of fame class. Beck worked as a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officer and was LVMPD academy instructor, joining the Las Vegas police force in 2001. Beck, with fellow officer Igor Soldo, were killed June 8, 2014, while at a pizza restaurant in L...
Castle Rock Ambulance Service will recognize the contributions of a longtime EMT by naming its ambulance station. During a ceremony Tuesday evening, Ambulance Director John Taylor said the station will be named after Joyce Patterson, a woman who served with the ambulance service for nearly 40 yours. Patterson died in Green River, Sept. 16, 2016. “What do you say? Joyce was a fabulous person,” Tasha Urbatsch, who worked with Joyce on the ambulance service, said. Urbatsch said Joyce took her und...
Green River High School art teacher Shane Steiss told graduates Monday night about one of the key principles for self improvement he uses in both his personal and professional lives. Chosen to address the GRHS graduating class, Steiss, the 2017 Distinguished Teacher said as an artist, he's trained to judge his work and find the imperfections that can be improved. Through each successive painting and pot he makes, he attempts to make each work stronger than the last. As a teacher, a father and hu...
A Green River man who admitted to shooting another man will serve at least three years in prison. Ted G. Kalivas, 59, appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Richard Lavery at an sentencing hearing to aggravated assault (threatens with deadly weapon.) In exchange for Kalivas’ guilty plea, he was given a three-to-five-year prison sentence and was transported to the Wyoming Department of Corrections. According to court documents, in May of 2016, Green River Police officers responded to W...
The Green River City Council decided to keep tract C of the Lincoln High School properties, keeping hope alive the city will transform the land into a park. Previously, discussion about vacating the tracts centered on requiring developers to develop tract C into a walking park, an idea originally proposed years ago. Speaking about the proposed vacation of both tracts, resident Misti Zimmerman said the previous Council promised the land would be turned into a park. The city’s parks and r...
Local teachers aim to inspire their students to think about careers in the computer science field worked with students at Monroe Intermediate School during a special Tuesday night program. Tracy Clement, a teacher at MIS, said the program shows students what they can do in different computer science fields and gives students instruction in basic computer programing and engineering through different stations spread throughout MIS. One station allowed students to build a basic video game while...
¡Yo quiero Taco Bell! Green River residents may get the chance to quote the Taco Bell Chihuahua soon as plans for the restaurant have been submitted to the city’s community development office. The restaurant would be placed between O’Reilly Auto Parts and Sweetwater Coach, facing the two buildings. Laura Leigh, director of community development for the city, said a site plan review was completed for the proposed Taco Bell location, but construction drawings or a permit application have yet to b...
It may have been a while since plans were formed to put in a new water line from Green River to Rock Springs, but the project is now underway. With construction starting, residents on Railroad Avenue, were wondering what the city was doing and why plans were in place to remove several large pines from the property. This property is the grassy area located next to the Railroad Depot, often referred to as a park. According to Mark Westenskow, the city’s public works director, back in 2013 the c...
An unidentified inmate of the Sweetwater County Detention Center attempted to harm himself during a court hearing in Green River Friday morning. According to a media release from the sheriff’s office, the incident occurred in Judge Nena James’ court at about 11:30 a.m. The inmate was removed and transported by ambulance to Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County, where he was treated for his injuries and was placed under observation. An update issued Tuesday evening stated the inmates injuries were not life threatening. Sheriff Mike Lowell sai...
A presentation given to the Green River City Council Tuesday night will have to be investigated further before the Council can act, according to Mayor Pete Rust. The Council discussed privatizing trash collection during a workshop. Rust said some Council members are concerned with current employees in the city’s Solid Waste Division and are still skeptical if the move to a private service would result in savings. Rust said he would like to see the city have representation on the Sweetwater C...
