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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...
A few tricks were reported by county residents as costumed trick-or-treaters made their way throughout their neighborhoods Monday evening. According to the Green River Police Department, officers responded to an undisclosed address in reference to a report of a larceny. The reporting party told officers they watched two juveniles steal their inflatable Mickey Mouse decoration. The person also reported several pumpkins that had been smashed on their property. A detailed vehicle description was given and officers gave the description to other...
An unattended burning candle was the cause of a Green River house fire. Last Thursday, around 3 p.m. the Green River Fire Department responded to 2265 Hitching Post for a report of a fire. GRFD Chief Mike Nomis said the volunteer fire department had a quick-response time for that time of the day, which was when all of the schools were being let out. Due to the quick reaction of the firefighters, the fire was contained to the living room. The living room was pretty much burnt up, but the rest of...
The decision to release a lien on the Tomahawk Hotel was tabled again as the city waits for assurance it will receive a $100,000 payment if the building is sold. A legal question regarding two agreements Green River Futures Inc., the owner of the building, made with the city is at the center of the issue. In 2009, the city entered into one agreement with the economic-development organization to utilize funding from the Wyoming Business Council to buy and renovate the historic hotel. That...
Students, parents and teachers walked into the high school gym, many of them with shocked looks on their faces. A few had tears in their eyes as they hugged and reminisced, wearing camouflage out of respect for their friend. Green River High School hosted a remembrance for Maicy Braden, the 17-year-old student killed in a vehicle crash in Green River last Monday morning. Students filled the bleachers as they listened to Principal Darrin Howard and welding teacher Tom Wilson speak to the...
Surrounded by her students, Jackson Elementary School Principal Stacey Court waited for the inevitable. The students, armed with cans of silly string, let her have it. In a few short moments, Court was covered in webs of neon colored sting. What some may consider the ultimate way of getting back at the principal was actually a reward for students meeting fundraising goals during a recent Jackson PTO sales drive. Students were tasked with selling items to friends, family and neighbors, with the p...
Survey questions about whether or not the city should start a deer-culling program were passed onto the Green River City Council for its review. Green River city administrator Reed Clevenger said the 20 survey questions city employees put together have been sent to the City Council for it to consider. “We are just waiting to get the green light on it,” Clevenger said. Once the questions are finalized, this will be the second time Green River residents will be asked to answer questions about whe...
A 17-year-old Green River High School student died in a crash on Flaming Gorge Way Monday morning According to the Wyoming Highway Patrol, Maicy Braden was driving a 2002 Chrysler 300 at the intersection of Flaming Gorge Way and Uinta Drive. Braden was traveling south and attempted to drive through a red light when her vehicle was struck by a 2006 Volvo commercial truck driving west on Flaming Gorge Way, driven by 38-year-old Travis Holcombe, of Wisconsin. Another vehicle, a 2001 Ford van...
New principal at Monroe Intermediate School, Anne Marie Covey, recently took charge of a renovated building with a history that is close to her heart. The school originally opened in September of 1963 under the administration of Tony Katana, who happens to be Covey’s grandfather. Katana, who passed away in 2013, was a well-respected educator and administrator who spent 20 years as principal at Monroe. Covey is proud to carry on the heritage of her grandfather who, she says, was, “a humble man, but a great man who had a huge impact on his tea...
For Donna Little-Kaumo, Thursday presented her with something she hadn’t faced during her 10 years in Green River. Thursday morning, the state received an email detailing a wide-reaching bomb threat involving multiple state and local government buildings, as well as unnamed schools. “There are 50 pounds of RDX and PETN plastic explosives hidden across 40 Wyoming schools, and 10 schools have had their fire sprinkler systems filled with napalm,” the anonymous email stated. “Today Wyoming will be...
