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Thursday, Jan. 5 Greenbelt Task Force meeting 6-7 p.m., city hall Friday, Jan. 6, Friday Night Skate Nights 7-8:45 p.m., Green River Recreation Center Saturday, Jan. 7 Float Time 1-2:30 p.m., Green River Recreation Center pool Space Mountain 1-2:30 p.m., Green River Recreation Center pool Monday, Jan. 9 Sweetwater County Library 10:30 a.m., Toddler Time Sweetwater County Library 6 p.m. Pens and Pastries -- teen writing club Tuesday, Jan. 10 City Council Workshop 6:30 p.m., city hall Float Time 7-8:30 p.m., Green River Recreation Center pool...
In 2016, one word dominated the headlines and discussion throughout local governments: funding. While the Green River City Council has dealt with decreased revenues for the past several years, the issue spread to the Sweetwater County government after a decline in the county’s valuation resulted in a 20 percent decline in the 2016-2017 budget. Wally Johnson and the other commissioners told residents layoffs would be a last resort and held true to that statement as county employees were not e...
A man accused of beating up his wife pleaded not guilty to two felonies and one misdemeanor. Darrel Lee Montez, 42, of Green River, appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Richard Lavery at an arraignment to two felony counts of aggravated assault and battery and one misdemeanor charge of domestic battery. If found guilty of the all three counts, he could face a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, six months in jail and a maximum fine of $20,750. According to court documents, on Oct. 2...
Sweetwater County might be the site for a new gun manufacturing facility. During an update given to both the Green River City Council and Sweetwater County Commissioners Tuesday, Kayla McDonald, the business development manager for the Sweetwater Economic Development Coalition, said a company plans to scout possible locations this Spring for their facility. The manufacturer, though unnamed, is looking at the county after the SEDC responded to a Wyoming Business Council lead named Project Arms. A...
Secretary of State Ed Murray visited Green River to talk about the state’s upcoming challenges and opportunities, as well as speak with local officials about Sweetwater County. Murray said he was invited to speak to members of the Green River Chamber of Commerce after attending the annual Cajun Shrimp Boil during Riverfest in August. Murray believes Wyoming at a point of reckoning, where it will have to address the boom and bust economic cycles it has dealt with during the past several d...
A man accused of kicking his pregnant girlfriend pleaded not guilty to one felony charge. Hector Jaciel Perez-Villegas, 20, of Green River recently appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Richard Lavery at an arraignment to aggravated assault and battery. If found guilty, Perez-Villegas could face a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a maximum fine of $10,000. According to court documents on Sept. 18, 2016, a Green River Police officer went to Bridger Drive to check on a possible...
Friday, Dec. 23 Christmas Holiday City offices close at noon Sweetwater County Library closed Green River Star office closed Saturday, Dec. 24 Sweetwater County Library closed Sunday, Dec. 25, Sweetwater County Library closed Monday, Dec. 26 Christmas Holiday City offices closed Sweetwater County Library closed Friday, Dec. 30 Sweetwater County Library closed Saturday, Dec. 31 Sweetwater County Library closed 2017 Senior Class Fundraiser -- 3D Archery Shoot 12-6 p.m., White Mountain Archery Barn, (FMC) Cost is $10 per adult, $5 per child New...
A well-attended contractor meeting for the $6 million renovation project at Lincoln Middle School and the Wilson Elementary School building gives the administrators hope for competitive bids. Superintendent Donna Little-Kaumo said the project is the largest school project in the state at this time. She said construction projects around the state have slowed due to the state’s economy. As a result, a number of contractors have expressed interest in the project, a situation that could be a...
For some, he’s a coach; while for many others he’s a teacher. A longtime Green River educator was recently awarded with a unique honor that comes with one of the symbols of the Cowboy State. Rick Barker, a physical education teacher at Monroe Intermediate School recently received the Pax Ricketts Award from the Wyoming Association for Health and Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. While many awards come with a plaque honoring the individual, the Pax Ricketts Award brings with it a Ste...
A Green River man accused of shooting another man pleaded not guilty to a felony charge. Ted G. Kalivas, 58, appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Richard Lavery at an arraignment to aggravated assault and battery. If Kalivas is found guilty of the felony, he could face a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a maximum fine of $10,000. According to court documents, in May of 2016, Green River Police officers responded to West Railroad Avenue for a report of two people fighting and...
A city lien on the historic Tomahawk building on Flaming Gorge Way was lifted Tuesday night, ending a months-long dispute between the city and Green River Futures. The Green River City Council voted unanimously to remove the lien, without discussion. Mike Frink, a member of the Green River Futures board, said the organization plans to sell the building. Frink said the organization also plans to install fire sprinklers if the building is purchased, effectively doubling the amount of space...
With events such as the UW swim meet coming to Green River Saturday and the State Speech and Debate Meet in 2017, local businesses and the city could see a profit as a result. With the events come visitors who spend money on meals and hotel rooms, which would help ease the city’s continued revenue problems. The city earns much of its revenue through sales taxes in Sweetwater County. For several years, the city has dealt with declining revenues, which have resulted in budget cuts each year. C...
A man who unlawfully entered a home and used brass knuckles to hurt another man will serve time in prison. Joshua S. Moody, 31, of Green River appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Richard Lavery for change of plea and sentencing hearing to aggravated assault and battery and burglary. Joshua was charged with a burglary felony because he without authority, entered or remained in a building with the intent of committing a felony. This charge was changed to unlawful entry into an occupied...
Visitors to the Sweetwater County Historical Museum will have a chance to view its long-awaited New Studio exhibit Friday, as well as a Christmas exhibit featuring a portion of the museum’s collection of ornaments. Amanda Benson, curator at the museum, said the New Studio exhibit at the museum features different photos than the traveling exhibit in Rock Springs. While the exhibit will showcase some photos from the Rock Springs area, Benson said it will have more of a focus on Sweetwater C...
With the recent snow and ice accumulating on Green River’s streets, police have ended up responding to more crashes in the past few weeks. On Thanksgiving Day, the department, assisting Castle Rock Ambulance Service, the Green River Fire Department and Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office, responded to a vehicle that left the road on Highway 530 one mile south of Green River. The vehicle drove into a ditch and struck a snowbank. The ambulance service transported the driver to Memorial Hospital of...
A fugitive on the run out of Utah has been captured in Green River. Sheriff Mike Lowell said Kayla Briane Porreca, 26, was wanted by Salt Lake County authorities on at least five separate warrants for a multitude of charges including aggravated assault, assault, driving while suspended, driving without interlock, fail to stop for police, joyriding, hit and run and driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs. Earlier this week, detectives assigned to the Sheriff’s Narcotics and Arrest Group (SNAAG), a specialized unit of county d...
Get into the holiday spirit by attending Green River’s tree lighting ceremony. Green River residents are encouraged to join Mayor Pete Rust at the Mayor’s Tree Lighting ceremony Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at the clock tower downtown. URA/Main Street administrator Jennie Melvin said groups in the community are coming together to help out with this event. The American Legion is providing the hot chocolate for all of those who attend, while Sweetwater County Library employees are handing out free boo...
The next three months will be very telling as far as what the City of Green River’s budget will look like. Finance Director Chris Meats said the year-to-date average for the city’s sales tax revenue is down 22 percent from prior years, resulting in the city sitting at about 6 percent under their budget for the year. “The outlook is not, unfortunately, great,” Meats said. Meats said the fiscal outlook from the state also suggests revenues will continue downward. However, one silver lining to that...
A Green River man who head butted his stepson may have his felony charge dismissed. Michael Wayne Wright, 48, appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Nena James at a change of plea and sentencing hearing to a felony charge of child abuse. In exchange for Wright’s no contest plea to the felony charge, he was placed on probation pursuant to Wyoming Statute 7-13-301. Under the provisions of 7-13-301, a first-time offender is placed on probation. If Wright successfully completes his p...
Green River will have two new people joining the city council. Robert Berg and Tom Murphy will assume their responsibilities in January at the first council meeting of the year. Murphy defeats Kenny Ball to replace Mark Peterson, who lost a bid for Sweetwater County Commissioner during the Primary Election in August. According to unofficial results from the Sweetwater County Clerk’s Office, Murphy earned 956 votes to Ball’s 766. “He’s a nice young man, I’m happy he did as well as he did,” Mur...
No more concerts at Stratton Myers Park. That’s the decision the Flaming Gorge Days Committee made as a result of declining ticket sales to the weekend concerts. Scott Sager, the chairman of the committee, made the announcement Tuesday night while addressing the Green River City Council. Sager said the concerts were a financial drain on the committee, being the most expensive events funded during the weekend. During the 2016 concerts, the committee struggled with selling tickets to the evening e...
A Green River man who admitted to having intercourse with a 14-year-old girl was sent to prison. Marshall L. Mechling Jr., 21, of Jamestown, appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Richard Lavery at a change of plea and sentencing hearing to second degree sexual abuse of a minor. In exchange to Mechling Jr.’s guilty plea to second-degree sexual abuse, he was given a four to 10-year prison sentence with credit given for four days pre-sentence confinement. This sentence is to run c...
