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Facing another round of budgetary cuts from the Wyoming Legislature and declining enrollment in its elementary schools, a Green River school was recommended for closure Tuesday evening. Superintendent Donna Little-Kaumo recommended closing Jackson Elementary School to the Sweetwater County School District No. 2 board, saying a combination of the building’s condition and the lower student population make it the best candidate for closure. A final decision won’t occur until November, with the dis...
What to do with the Carnegie Library was something the Sweetwater County Commissioners discussed last week. During the commissioners’ meeting last week, they spoke with a representative from Alliance for Historic Wyoming. The alliance has been around for 12 years and is funded through membership fees and federal and state grants, Alliance executive director Carly-Ann Anderson said. “We were originally founded to do national historical trails protection across the state of Wyoming of Wyo...
A late change of plea hearing Friday morning resulted in a trial for George Maestas being cancelled. His trial was scheduled to start Tuesday. Maestas, 68, pleaded no contest to two counts of aggravated homicide by vehicle and one count of driving while under the influence of a controlled substance resulting in serious bodily injury. The three charges combined could result in a maximum sentence of 50 years in prison and a maximum fine of $25,000. Maestas plead without making a plea agreement...
One hundred fifty years is a milestone worth celebrating and the Sweetwater County Historical Museum, with help from the Sweetwater County Commissioners, are commemorating the county’s inception Oct. 17. The county was originally known as Carter County, named for Judge William Alexander Carter, by the Dakota Territorial Legislature. When the Wyoming Territory was formed in 1869, the legislature changed its name to Sweetwater County, named for the Sweetwater River. The county’s original bou...
A new police K-9 and some upgraded extraction equipment were possible through $5,000 donations from the Green River Assembly of God Church. Pastor Nathan Bloomfield said the church’s board of directors wanted improve the community in some way. He said the church already had the funds available and sought places to make donations. The day he walked into the Green River Police Department was considered divine intervention by Chief Chris Steffen. Steffen said Bloomfield approached the department sh...
Update: George Maestas appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Nena James this morning, Friday, Oct. 6, and changed his plea to no contest on all three charges. For complete details on the hearing, grab an Oct. 11 Green River Star. A man accused of driving through a home with his vehicle and killing two people inside doesn’t want a plea deal. George Maestas, 68, of Green River, recently appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Nena James at what was supposed to be a change of plea hea...
A Green River Parks and Recreation Department employee died after a work-related incident at the Green River Recreation Center last week. Dave Hyer, a maintenance worker at the recreation center, was hospitalized after a lift Hyer was using tipped over at the recreation center’s gym Sept. 14. According to city administrator Reed Clevenger, Hyer was working on a motor used to raise the basketball hoops in the gym using a lift. While working on the motor, the hoop near the lift started to raise, t...
Anyone trying to look at information on the city of Green River’s website was greeted with an unfamiliar sight Monday. The website was replaced by a message the domain had expired, cutting off access to the website. According to the city’s IT specialist Brandan Corthell, the city’s domain registration had lapsed. A web domain is essentially the name of a website. People and businesses running their own websites often have to register their web domain to operate the website and ensure no one e...
Following an executive session taking place during the Green RIver City Council meeting Tuesday night, the Council voted to continue negotiations with Wyoming Waste Management and prepare an employee severance package should the Council vote to privatize its solid waste service. Prior to the start of their scheduled meeting, the Council hosted a workshop to hear an update about solid waste department. City Administrator Reed Clevenger said the city issued a request for proposal and selected two...
A proposed ordinance dealing with how alcohol is served in Green River has the American Legion Post 28 concerned with how it would impact its functions. The ordinance adopts changes to state liquor laws enacted by the Wyoming Legislature earlier this year and deals with access minors have to businesses serving alcohol to their customers. The issue impacting the American Legion, as well as the Eagles, is a change in how a dispensing area is defined by the ordinance. According to Mary Seppie, who...
A former Green River resident on the Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office most wanted list was arrested in Montana for probation revocation on original charges of conspiracy to commit aggravated kidnapping and conspiracy to commit felony theft. The sheriff’s office announced the arrest of 18-year-old Hayden Anthony Riggs Tuesday evening. Riggs was involved in an attack on a worker at the Sweetwater Youth Crisis Center which left the employee tied up and injured. The worker was treated for injuries to her throat after the attack. Riggs and his...
The state of Sweetwater County School District No. 2 was discussed in a far-reaching presentation Tuesday night. Superintendent Donna Little-Kaumo said enrollment trends throughout the district have remained stable during the past several years. As of Tuesday, the total number of students enrolled was 2,611, making the district the 10th largest in the state. Of that group, Little-Kaumo said 17.5 percent are on an individual education plan, 2.2 percent are homeless, 3.2 percent have limited...
No contest. That’s the plea Jacob Anglesey made during an 11th hour change-of-plea hearing Friday afternoon, a few days prior to the scheduled start of his first-degree murder trial. “We were set to go to trial on Monday,” Third District Court Judge Richard Lavery said. As part of a plea agreement, Anglesey changed his plea to no contest to a reduced charge of voluntary manslaughter in the 2009 death of two-year-old Connor Allen. No contest is a plea made when a defendant does not admit or de...
An Idaho man who robbed Wyochem Federal Credit Union was sentenced recently for the robbery. Donald Sample, also known as Donald A. Sheriff, 60, of Pocatello, Idaho, was sentenced to serve 30 years in federal prison for bank robbery and use of a firearm. He was ordered to pay $178,375 in restitution in addition to his sentence. Sample was convicted after a jury trial June 30 in U.S. District Court and was sentenced Sept. 5. He was sentenced to 23 years for the bank robbery and seven years for...
Despite having funding cuts from both cities and the Sweetwater County Commissioners, the Sweetwater County Transit Authority continues to report more riders utilizing the service. Speaking to the Green River City Council Tuesday night, Judy Owens, director of STAR, said they provided 1,212 additional rides during the 2016-2017 fiscal year, bringing the total number of rides provided by the transit authority to 44,251 during the fiscal year. Of that number, 14,727 originated in Green River...
A water main break on Flaming Gorge Way impacted businesses Thursday morning as city workers rushed to repair the pipe. According to a Facebook post from city administrator Reed Clevenger, the break occurred beneath the intersection of Flaming Gorge Way and North 1st East Street at about midnight Thursday morning, with water flooding down nearby streets. The break occurred when a 2 1/2 foot cast iron pipe burst beneath the street. “It took some time to find the leak due to the difficulty of l...
With less than two weeks until the start of Jacob Anglesey’s trial in the 2009 death of Connor Allen, his defense sought a postponement due to concerns of not receiving everything on file at the Sweetwater County Attorney’s Office. A motion filed to postpone the trial was denied by District Court Judge Richard Lavery, keeping the Sept. 11 date to start the trial. However, the judge also said the county attorney’s office would have to file affidavits certifying that all information perta...
It’s official. The Mission at Castle Rock Villa Assisted Living is now open to those who need assisted living. On Saturday, the Villa hosted an open house to allow residents and potential clients a chance to tour the facility. “It’s already up and running,” Villa director Susan Crofutt said. The Villa is mainly for people who need a little bit of help, but aren’t ready to go into a nursing home, Crofutt said. This facility is for those who may need help going to the bathroom, while taking a...
Residents will see more sixth-penny tax work going on throughout Green River. According to a media release from the city, the intersection of Hitching Post Drive and Shoshone Avenue will close Sept. 5 for the next phase of construction work on Hitching Post Drive. Residents are recommended to use West Teton Boulevard and Monroe Avenue to get around the construction work. Residents can also expect to see the intersection of Crossbow Drive and Hitching Post Drive to open the same day. The project consists of replacing a 12” water main and adding...
A Green River Police officer who has been charged with murder after a two-year-old boy in his care died, has until Friday to make a plea deal. Jacob Anglesey, 35, who was charged with first-degree murder, was going to change his plea in the Third District Court of Judge Richard Lavery at a change of plea hearing in June, but when it was time for the hearing, it was announced a deal hadn’t been reached after all. Since then, an order after pretrial document has been filed in the Third District C...
