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A man accused of using brass knuckles to hurt another man pleaded not guilty to two felony charges. Joshua S. Moody, 31, of Green River appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Richard Lavery for an arraignment to aggravated assault and battery and burglary. If Joshua is found guilty of both felonies, he could face a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a maximum fine of $20,000. A jury trial has been scheduled to take place Nov. 14 at 9 a.m. According to court documents, on May 9,...
A daughter’s quick thinking is credited with saving her mother’s life Aug. 31. What started as a normal morning for Robyn Stoeger and her daughter CeAnna Sadberry became terrifying after a persistent cough Stoeger suffered from gradually worsened. “I felt kind of dizzy,” Stoeger said. “I was coughing because I couldn’t get air into my lungs.” As her cough worsened, Stoeger decided to go outside and get some fresh air, thinking that would alleviate the cough. Upon stepping out on to her porch,...
During the past couple of weeks, about 39 new informational signs have been strategically placed throughout the city. Project engineer Holden Wright said 22 large, metal signs at 5-feet wide by 12-feet tall, 14 small, metal signs at 5-wide and 4-feet tall and three little, metal parking signs at 2-feet wide by 31/2-feet tall were purchased; and almost all of them have been placed in the city. Wright said two more signs will go up after the street construction has been completed on East Teton...
An early morning house fire Tuesday was extinguished by the Green River Fire Department, containing it before it could cause serious damage to the home. At about 1:20 a.m., firefighters arrived to 221 East 2nd South with two command vehicles, a pumper truck and the department’s aerial fire truck, according to Fire Chief Mike Nomis. In total 18 firefighters arrived to the scene. Nomis said firefighters were able to knock the fire down quickly, isolating it to the home’s porch and overhang abo...
An unoccupied truck that rolled down a hill and into a power pole caused a power outage Thursday around noon. According to Luke Benson, Green River Police detective and public relations specialist, at around 11:55 a.m. the GRPD received a call about a truck hitting a power pole on Shoshone Avenue. The accident happened after a 1986 gray Chevy truck, which was being worked on by Green River resident Daniel Gilbert, 54, rolled 81 feet downhill into a power pole. Gilbert told officers he was...
Four years ago, there wasn’t much of an American Legion Post 28 to visit. The post, long dormant, was kept alive by infrequent meetings and a small, core group of members. It didn’t even have a physical post location. Fast forward to Sept. 4, and Post Commander Tony Niemiec is showing the newly elected National Commander of the American Legion, around their building on North Center Street. A simple blue flag with the words “Beat Navy” embroidered in the center, catches their attention. “One of...
A committee has formed to investigate how the empty portion of the Golden Hour Senior Center building should be used. Commissioner Don Van Matre said meetings have taken place involving the senior center’s board and representatives from the City of Green River regarding empty space in the center’s building. Golden Hour only takes up about half of the building’s total available space. Originally built as Roosevelt Elementary School, the county became the building’s owner after purchasing it from...
Deciding whether or not to allow for primitive camping in FMC Park is an issue the council will have revisit. During the last Green River City Council workshop, the Council gave its approval for several groups to start looking into the possibility of camping in FMC Park. Gary Wolfe, who was representing the Green River Greenbelt Task Force, Green River Parks and Recreation Advisory Board and Sweetwater Mountain Biking Association, asked the council for permission to explore camping options for...
A registered sex offender who failed to report his change of residence, which happened to be near a school, will serve time in prison. Lonnie Phillip Moffitt, 41, of Green River was convicted in 1999 of third-degree sexual assault. Since then, he is required to notify the proper authorities on his employment or residential changes, however, he failed to do so. Moffitt appeared in Third District Court of Judge Richard Lavery at a change of plea and sentencing hearing to two felony charges and...
A deer with a drooping, broken antler, that was visibly distressed was helped by a local agency. A couple weeks ago, Green River resident Stan Blake was going into his backyard when he saw an injured buck. “I knew the deer was in distress,” Blake said. The buck was laying down and I could see its antler was broken. Blake called Green River Animal Control and officer Kim Wilkens responded to the call. It only took her a couple of minutes to decide she needed to call the Wyoming Game and Fis...
It’s a sound no mother ever wants to hear. The sound of panic and fear in their child’s voice. Unfortunately, this is exactly the sound Green River resident Kymbrlee Smith heard Thursday afternoon. The Smith family and a few other families gathered at the Green River pelican beach, which is located near Expedition Island. This area is called the pelican beach because of the large pelican statue near the kayak U-drop. “My son and a couple of other boys were catching crawdads,” Kymbrlee said. A...
Green River residents are once again being asked what their stance is on the deer population. After hearing from numerous residents at a Green River City Council workshop on the deer population in the city, the Council decided to have residents complete a second survey regarding whether or not they would support thinning the deer population through culling. This would be the second survey sent out to residents on the same subject. According to Green River Police Chief Chris Steffen, the first...
Green River will have a new fire chief, but it will not be a new face or name for the community to remember. This week, the city of Green River announced Green River Fire Department Capt. Mike Nomis, of Green River, as its new fire chief. For the past 25 years, Mike has volunteered for the GRFD; and has been in the captain's position since 2010. "It's been a lifelong dream that I wanted to be fire chief," Mike said. Mike said, his father, George Nomis, was also the GRFD chief. "My whole life my...
One person Green River residents have become accustomed to seeing at the River Festival's Cajun Shrimp Boil is United States Senator John Barrasso, R-Wyo. This year's shrimp boil was no different. Despite the chilly and windy conditions, hundreds of residents, along with Sen. Barrasso attended the shrimp boil. While at the boil, Barrasso was put to work shoving the shrimp down to members of the Green River High School cheerleading squad who were placing the shrimp in styrofoam containers. "I...
Residents should get comfortable with detours if they frequently use the Union Pacific Underpass. The underpass closed Monday, with all traffic being rerouted down Flaming Gorge Way. The project, paid for through sixth-penny sales taxes, will include the replacement of the road surface, as well as curb, gutter and sidewalk for 950 feet from South 1st West Street to the UP driveway. A 12-inch water line will also replace an aging 12-inch asbestos-cement pipe. Reopening the road to traffic is expected to take place in mid-October, with...
The hail may have melted, but the damage still remains. The impact of an early June hail storm is still being felt by residents in Green River, as work continues on building repairs throughout the city. A storm of that magnitude is unusual for the area, so it came as a big surprise to residents, insurance agencies and contractors alike. Owner of Drinkle Insurance, Laurie Drinkle, has been working in insurance in Green River for 38 years and has never seen a storm cause this much damage. “This kind of stuff doesn’t happen here,” Drinkle said. “T...
A Jamestown woman got quite a scare Monday afternoon when a semi truck veered off Interstate 80 and drove through a portion of her property. The truck later caught fire, threatening a building at the residence at 13 Oxbow Drive in Jamestown. Tara Boling was watching TV at the time of the crash, saying she heard a loud pop coming from the interstate. Boling said the sound isn't unusual as tires do pop as vehicles drive along the interstate. "Next thing I know, I see a semi driving through our...
Green River residents cast their votes yesterday and the results are in. With Lisa Maes running unopposed in Ward II, and Brett Stokes and Robert Berg both automatically advancing to the general election for Ward III, all eyes were on the Ward I results. The two candidates moving on are Tom Murphy and Ken Ball. Murphy received the most votes, 315, while Ball received 280 votes. Richard Baxter received the least amount of votes with 225 votes, making up 27.44 percent of the vote. As the race took place between three candidates, the top two in...
Nonpartisan filing for school boards and special districts started last week, attracting a few candidates for various board seats. For the Sweetwater County School District No. 2 Board of Trustees, four candidates have filed, including two incumbents. The four will vie for four seats available on the board of trustees. Brenda Roosa and, Steve Core have filed for re-election while Corina Tynsky and Mark Sanders have also filed to run. Another board, representing Castle Rock Hospital District,...
Sweetwater County School District No. 2 revealed its 2016 PAWS scores last night and while there were many improvements, district officials admit more work is needed in areas. The district’s third graders continue to chase the state testing average in reading, but have improved over the 2015 numbers. Meanwhile, fourth graders excelled past the state average and have shown drastic improvements over the 2015 averages. Students in fifth, sixth and seventh grades also made improvements, but c...
A woman accused of abusing a child, who was her ward, was placed on one year of probation. Malonie L. O’Toole, 47, of Green River appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Richard Lavery at a sentencing hearing to three counts of child abuse. In exchange for O’Toole’s guilty plea to a reduced misdemeanor charge of reckless endangering, all of the other charges were dismissed. O’Toole was given a one-year suspended jail sentence and placed on one year of unsupervised probation. Accordi...
