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Green River police are looking for a couple alleged to have stiffed a local restaurant on a $100 meal. According to information from the Green River Police Department, the incident occurred at the Krazy Moose Feb. 14 during its Valentine’s Day dinner service. A man with long hair described as wearing a turquoise shirt and woman ate a meal and left without paying. The department speculates the couple could have been passing through the area, but haven’t ruled out the possibility of the couple living locally. While somewhat rare, Krazy Moose co-...
What once was large blocks of ice became works of art depicting cartoon characters, dragons, and even a drum set. Ice carvers from throughout the U.S. came to Green River to take part in the Crystal Classic’s ice carving competitions hosted at Expedition Island. Coming in from as far as Wisconsin and Nevada, a number of carvers said they come to Green River because of its relative closeness to their locations. Marco Villareal, a carver from Las Vegas, said the Crystal Classic is much closer than a majority of carving competitions, which take p...
A Green River woman accused of trying to run over another woman with her BMW pleaded not guilty to a felony charge. Heather Ortega, 40, appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Richard Lavery at an arraignment to aggravated assault and battery. If she is found guilty, she could face a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a maximum fine of $10,000. A jury trial has been scheduled to take place May 11, at 9 a.m. According to court documents, on Dec. 15, 2014, Green River Police officers responded to a disturbance report. Upon arrival,...
Editor's note: This story was changed to reflect a correction made to a misprinted name. The original story identified Scott Varley as the treasurer for the Flaming Gorge Days Committee but, the actual treasurer is Andrew Varley. The Star apologizes for the error. After losing approximately $53,000 during the 2014 Flaming Gorge Days celebration, the committee in charge of setting up the yearly event is in a position where a similar loss this year could kill the long-running weekend of fun. “If we lose money again, we don’t believe we’ll be ab...
The hiring committee seeking a new city administrator for Green River is focusing on candidates from the city itself, according to one councilman. Ted Barney, one of the councilmen involved with hiring a new administrator, said the group isn’t looking at candidates from outside Green River. The city did receive applications from outside of the area and re-advertised the position to include experience gained from working outside of the government sector. The council engaged in a lengthy executive session last night, as they have after most of t...
Last Sunday was a strong example of the democratic process at its best when members of the Sweetwater County School District No. 2 Board of Trustees and Superintendent Donna Little-Kaumo traveled to Cheyenne to take part in a legislative forum. The local delegation made the trip to take part in a forum sponsored by the Wyoming Association of School Administrators (WASA) and Wyoming School Board Association (WSBA). Little-Kaumo said when they arrived at the forum, district members and administrators from across the state went through all of the...
After 32 and a half years as the Green River city prosecutor, Lisa Botham has decided to move on. Recently, the Green River City Council decided they were going to put the contract position out to bid. When Botham heard the news, she decided she would just leave earlier than she originally planned. “It was just time,” Botham said. Botham said she was planning on retiring at the end of the fiscal year, which would have been July 1, 2015, but she decided it wasn’t worth putting in a bid for a few more months of work. “I’ve always loved being the...
A paved runway and general aviation airport could be possible for Green River, but the city would need to address a hump on the landing strip before any work could begin. Last night, Rick Patton, an aviation planner for GDA Engineers presented the final master plan needed for any improvements the city may decide to make to the Greater Green River Intergalactic Spaceport’s runway. “You guys are unique in Wyoming,” Patton said. “You’re the largest community in the state without an improved landing strip.” Patton said Green River’s landing strip c...
Despite interest amongst council members, changing the city’s Charter Ordinance might not bring about the changes some councilmen want to make. Last night, the Green River City Council discussed language used in its Charter Ordinance, an ordinance that creates the city administrator position and outlines the powers and responsibilities the council, mayor and city administrator have. The discussion, according to Councilman Gary Killpack, is roughly eight months in the making. Killpack said he wanted to have the discussion about the ordinance s...
With the newly completed renovation at the Clock Tower Park on Flaming Gorge Way, the sound of chimes now echoes throughout downtown Green River. While a physical set of chimes isn’t installed in the clock tower itself, electronic chimes are played through speakers in the park. “I hear the chimes every 15 minutes,” Sweetwater County Historical Museum Director Ruth Lauritzen said. “They seem to make the day go by faster.” Lauritzen said she is getting used to the sound, noticing them less than...
Driving down Monroe Avenue, one can't help but notice a "Bully Free Zone" sign outside of the Monroe Intermediate School sixth-grade campus. The sign made out of red and blue dixie cups was put up last week by students and teachers after the students attended an assembly about bullying. Although the sign has since been blown apart, the school is hoping the message it gave remains alive in the school. "The kids were enthusiastic and creative in putting the design together," MIS Principal AJ Natha...
A woman accused of choking her 15-year-old daughter pleaded not guilty to three felony charges. Andrea Kay Young of Green River appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Richard Lavery at an arraignment to three counts of child abuse. If found guilty of all three charges, she could face a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison and a maximum fine of $30,000. After pleading not guilty, a trial date is scheduled to take place April 13 at 9 a.m. According to court documents, on Nov. 14, 2014, a Green River Police officer responded to an...
He’s been a resident of Green River for nearly 40 years and for most of those years, he been an avid reader of the Green River Star. Harry Holler, who is known throughout the community for his ongoing work to bring recognition to the county’s sons and daughters serving in the armed forces, said he reads the newspaper to keep up with the political decisions being made at City Hall and the Sweetwater County Courthouse. “If you don’t know what’s going on in your community, you have no reason to gripe,” Holler said. When he first moved to the comm...
The Green River City Council voted to deny a project bid for a lift station replacement project. The planned project involves the replacement of two older lift stations located in Hutton Heights and the Collier View Estates area. The project is being funded through a combination of a mineral royalties grant and money from the state’s revolving fund loan. The sole bid for the project, submitted by High Desert Construction, was more than $400,000 higher than the engineer’s estimate, which totaled under $550,000 for the project. “That’s quite a...
The Green River City Council approved a $20,000 contract with a new fireworks vendor for the city’s annual July 4 fireworks show. The contract was awarded to Lantis Productions of Draper, Utah, a different vendor than the one used for last year’s fireworks display. Interim City Administrator Chris Steffen said the city has used Lantis for past fireworks shows. “They’ve put on good displays,” he said. Last year, the annual July 4 display was cut short due to what was described as a catastrophic failure in the electronic ignition system us...
Loud shots fired Sunday night resulted in multiple calls to the Green River Police Department, as well as a broken window at City Hall. According to a GRPD press release, calls reporting the shots started coming into the department at 10:39 p.m. and officers searching the area soon discovered a second-story window at City Hall with a bullet hole in it. The window connected to an unused office near offices utilized by the city administrator, the city’s grants manager and the Urban Renewal Agency and Main Street manager. Det. Luke Benson with t...
It’s one of the biggest decisions the Green River City Council will make in 2015, which will have an impact on the city’s employees and residents. Filling the open city administrator position is something the council has discussed extensively. Since December, the council has discussed the position and its applicants in executive sessions at the end of their regular council meetings. “We need that position filled,” Mayor Pete Rust said last week. Rust said the city’s budget review period is approaching and while Finance Director Jeff Nieters doe...
A few business owners downtown report seeing sluggish business in Green River, with one former downtown business owner saying the area is dying. Melissa Neher, owner of Kids Corner on Flaming Gorge Way, said she has a hard time getting customers through her door, saying parking along the street is very limited and is taken up by customers going to the nearby restaurant. For Neher, the problem with parking is only intensified due to the city spending money to create a park near the city’s clock tower as opposed using the space as a downtown p...
Almost a year has passed since a Green River man filed a complaint against Shopko and its pharmacy, claiming they gave him the wrong prescription for six months, which caused him to have more medical problems. On Jan. 12, 2015, a request to dismiss the case with prejudice was granted. The request was filed by Gary Alan Marlin. Marlin filed the original lawsuit on Feb. 25, 2014, in the Third District Court against Shopko Stores Operating Co. LLC and Pamida Stores Operating Co., LLC, John Does 1-4 and Jane Does 1-4. The John and Jane Does were em...
The City of Green River approved a grant request to the Wyoming State Lands and Investments board which would help pay for water system improvements ahead of a road reconstruction project scheduled to take place in 2016. A Wyoming Department of Transportation Urban Systems Project will take place in summer of 2016, starting with Hitching Post Drive from its intersection with Upland Way, north to the intersection with Iowa Avenue, rebuilding the road as it’s a heavily used collector street needing repairs. WYDOT is funding the construction as H...
Residents driving along Flaming Gorge Way last week may have noticed workers placing the faces onto the new clock tower. According to Jennie Melvin, director of the city’s Urban Renewal Agency and Main Street organization, installing the clock faces was the last portion of work needed to complete the new park. “It’s a nice completed project we can all be proud of,” Melvin said. The project opened up what was originally a closed off plaza located next to the Sweetwater County Historical Museum. A groundbreaking ceremony took place May 12 last...
On Monday Green River Parks and Recreation employees were busy removing ice off of the boardwalk next to the Green River. Parks facility project manager Erek Roosa said ice along on the Green River just continued to spread until it was pushed over the top of the boardwalk. "We definitely didn't want anyone walking on it," Roosa said. The ice continued to build up until it reach a depth of two feet. Roosa said city employees made sure the area was clearly marked as closed so residents would not w...
