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Looking at a $1.6 million cut for next year, Sweetwater County School District No. 2 is seeking places to trim its budget, with student activities being one of the areas under investigation. Rumors regarding layoff notices issued to staff were communicated to the Green River Star Wednesday morning, but Superintendent Donna Little-Kaumo said those rumors are not true. Little-Kaumo said discussions with support-level staff have occurred, but layoffs notices were not issued Wednesday morning. The...
A Green River woman said she’s finally able to start the grieving process after her brother was murdered and dismembered. Jennifer Stone was willing to open up about her brother Phillip Brewer’s murder and the mutilation of his body. Brewer, 33, of Green River and his lifelong friend Jody Fortuna, 38, were allegedly murdered by Michael Montano, 37, of Gillette, in September of 2016, in Gillette. According to a Gillette News and Record article dated Oct. 11, 2016, “Man accused of killing two, cut...
Tragedy struck a Green River family when a vehicle drove into their home Friday morning, claiming the lives of a one-year-old girl and her great-grandmother. The driver, George Maestas, 68, of Green River, faces two counts of aggravated homicide by vehicle and driving under the influence of a controlled substance, causing bodily injury. Aggravated homicide by vehicle carries a potential prison sentence on up to 20 years, as well as a maximum $10,000 fine. The driving under the influence charge...
Increased runoff into the Green River has resulted in more particles in drinking water treated by the Joint Powers Water Board, triggering an EPA violation. Water treated at the Joint Powers Water Board facility in Green River recently violated EPA drinking water standards, according to a notice provided by the board. Water sampled on March 13 contained higher than permitted levels of turbidity, a measurement of cloudiness in the liquid. Water sampled was shown to have 1.49 units of turbidity,...
It’s likely Green River residents will see an increase of $5 to $10, or even more, for the trash collection services provided by the city. At the Green River City Council workshop Tuesday night, the Council had the opportunity to ask city employees any questions they wanted to about proposed solid waste rate increases, shutting down the landfill and opening the transfer station. During the conversation about the rate increases, at first $5 to $10 amounts were mentioned, but later on in the w...
A vote to approve a bid for construction of the solid waste transfer station was postponed Tuesday night after Green River City Council decided to mull over a request to increase rates before the end of the fiscal year. The vote would have approved a $1.97 million bid to build the transfer station building, with construction slated to begin in March or April. Tabling the decision does not impact the bid proposal, which is good for 60 days. According to Chris Meats, the city’s finance d...
A vehicle drove into a Green River residence Friday morning. According to a release from the Green River Police Department, officers and emergency responders were dispatched to the residence at 695 Evers Street at 10:13 a.m., Friday after a vehicle had driven into the home. Four adults and a child were in the home when the crash occurred. Three of the adults and the child were transported by ambulance to Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County while the fourth adult drove their vehicle to the...
It's been about a week since 20 inches of snow dumped on Green River and the city is still trying to dig the community out. Streets supervisor Randy Koloff said this past Thursday and Friday were just really hard on the crew, the equipment and residents alike. "There's more snow than we can handle," Koloff admitted. The city has a snow-removal plan it uses and was in the process of following this plan when they had to stop what they were doing and start clearing staging areas for vehicles...
County residents may get a call from someone seeking donations and claiming to be from the Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office, but the caller is a swindler according to the sheriff’s office. In a media release issued Wednesday, Sheriff Mike Lowell warns residents about a scam involving callers seeking donations from county residents, typically seniors. “These calls are bogus; no one from the sheriff’s office is making calls to solicit funds, and never will,” Lowell said in the release. Reports to the sheriff’s office indicate callers, bo...
A Powerball ticket purchased at Maverik turned out to be a $100,000 payday for a lucky Mills resident. Curtis Reid purchased the ticket Feb. 21 while in Green River. Reid is a truck driver for Food Bank of the Rockies, a program supplying food to food banks in Wyoming. Reid thought he might be a winner after listening to the numbers on his radio and realizing his ticket shared some of the numbers of the $435 million jackpot-winning ticket. After checking his numbers four times using Wyolotto’s online number checker, his lucky purchase dawned on...
As discussion continues about the future of solid waste service in Green River, Mayor Pete Rust said a decision won’t likely come until the spring. Rust said solid waste is the most talked about topic in regards to the proposed fee increases the city may implement. Solid waste specifically is projected to increase by about $10, the most of any other fee increase, and will experience the greatest change to the service. The city’s landfill will close, requiring the construction of a solid waste tr...
While some portions of the state are experiencing flooding from increased precipitation, flooding in Green River isn’t a concern. According to data from the National Weather Service, Sweetwater County received between 1 and 2 inches of precipitation in the last 60 days, with the Green River municipal area receiving between 2 and 4 inches. On average, 10 inches of snowfall is calculated as 1 inch of liquid precipitation, though the ratio can change depending on the type of snow falling as p...
A few Sweetwater County School District No. 2 board members are feeling frustrated at how the legislative session in Cheyenne is going. Board chair Brenda Roosa said she’s disappointed and believes legislators have already made up their minds regarding school funding, which could receive a cut of up to $91 million from school spending. School board members were prohibited from giving testimony in person during hearings, which board member John Malone said is the reason they go to Cheyenne. R...
A sibling fight is the reason for one woman being placed on probation. Misty R. Mares, 25, of Green River appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Richard Lavery at a change of plea and sentencing hearing aggravated assault and battery, which was reduced to a misdemeanor charge of reckless endangering. Mares pleaded no contest to the charge and was given a one-year suspended jail sentence and one year of unsupervised probation. According to court documents, on Aug. 17, 2016, officers...
The U.S. Forest Service has abandoned its presence in Green River after the previous employee found new work. Tuesday night, Rebecca Eusek, director of the Green River Chamber of Commerce said the forest service has left the visitor center with one less person to work during the summer travel months. “For summertime, we’ve lost one full-time employee,” Eusek said. “This is an issue.” The forest service subleases the visitor center as a location to greet people traveling to the Ashley National...
Residents will receive a yellow paper with their water bill detailing projected rates over a five-year period the city may charge for utilities. The estimates stem from a utility rate review commissioned by the city. Contracting NewGen Strategies and Solutions, the city council sought to create a long-term rate strategy and estimate if current rates matched expenses within different utility services offered by the city. The estimates cover rates charged for water, sewer, solid waste and storm wa...
A Green River Police officer, who is accused of murdering a two-year-old boy, has had his jury trial rescheduled. Jacob Anglesey, 35, was placed on administrative leave, after he was indicted for a first-degree murder charge on Feb. 3, 2016, in the Third District Court of Judge Nena James in front of a grand jury. At that time, the jury convened to determine whether or not there was enough probable cause to charge Anglesey with first-degree murder, which stemmed from the 2009 death of Konnor All...
Building permits in Green River during 2016 resulted in an increased annual construction valuation for the city. According to a report from the city’s Community Development Department, the construction valuation tallied in 2016 totalled $20 million, approximately $13.5 million higher than the 2015 valuation, $6.5 million. A severe hail storm during the summer is the main reason for the boost in valuation. Laura Leigh, director of community development, said the city issued 1,163 permits during 2...
During the past week, the Green River Police Department has dealt with a few calls regarding residents feeding deer, an activity against city ordnance. Feeding deer was a controversial topic in the past. The city council banned the feeding of deer in 2011 due to increased conflicts between residents and wildlife living in the city, with some residents reporting deer charging them as they walked outside their homes. Others believed it wasn’t an issue as the deer already live in the city and enjoyed looking at the wildlife walking through t...
City department heads and council representatives will start working on the new budget at the end of the month and already face a few challenges. The Green River City Council approved the placement of Gary Killpack and Lisa Maes on the city’s budget committee Tuesday night. For Killpack, his placement is a chance to be both a liaison to the rest of the city council, as well as have a small part in crafting the budget. Killpack served on the committee last year and hopes they will have enough f...
