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The UP Depot continues to generate discussion amongst the Green River City Council. Tuesday night, Misty Springer, the city’s grant’s administrator and public relations specialist discussed the various options available to the city regarding the building. The city originally received the building as a donation from the Union Pacific Railroad, but leases the land it sits on under a 30-year revolving lease from UP. In May 2014, the city received an EPA grant of approximately $200,000 to cle...
A man accused of physical elder abuse against his uncle pleaded not guilty to three felony charges. Kevin Andrew McCarrie, 38, of Green River appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Nena James at an arraignment to aggravated assault and battery, and two counts of abuse, neglect, abandonment, intimidation or exploitation of a vulnerable adult. If found guilty of all three felony charges, McCarrie could face a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison and a maximum fine of $30,000. The aggravat...
Green River may see a chance for future growth with help from water and the Wyoming Business Council. Water has a lot to do with a grant the city of Green River is applying for from the Wyoming Business Council. The grant would help build a new water lift station to replace the city’s now expired one. The city plans to submit the grant by December, 2015, for a hopeful total of $1.5 million. A water lift station is used to send water throughout different areas of a town’s sewer system. The wat...
Rocky Mountain Power will be able to continue its utility work with the residents of Green River under a new contract now lasting 10 years. Rocky Mountain Power’s franchise contract of 25 years with the City of Green River recently expired, meriting a renewal. At Tuesday’s City Council meeting, the council approved an ordinance granting a franchise agreement to Rocky Mountain Power in Green River. The agreement will allow Rocky Mountain Power to continue administering their services without hav...
A woman accused of welfare fraud pleaded not guilty to one felony charge. Natasha York, of Green River, also known as Natasha Ann Crooks, appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Richard Lavery at an arraignment to public welfare benefits fraud. If found guilty of the charge, York could face a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and maximum fine of $10,000. A jury trial has been scheduled to take place Nov. 16, at 9 a.m. According to court documents, on Jan. 13, 2012, York submitted an...
A Green River man accused of hitting his daughter with a belt pleaded not guilty to child abuse. Ivan Jason Martinez appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Nena James at an arraignment to a felony charge of child abuse. If found guilty of the felony, Martinez could face a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a maximum fine of $10,000. According to court documents, on May 5, 2015, the Green River Police Department received an anonymous report of suspected child abuse. A GRPD...
No more guessing whether your child has homework or not. No more shenanigans. Parents will also easily be able to know within a few clicks or less about events going on for multiple schools, all at once. This and more will now be possible with Sweetwater County School District No. 2’s newly developed website, www.swcsd2.org, which launched Aug. 19. “We’re hoping it’s going to be very informative for parents, the community and staff alike,” Assistant Superintendent Jamie Christensen said. “We...
The Green River Police Department will get some online-based backup in the form of Leads Online. The Green River City Council approved a motion for a software agreement with Leads Online, for the investigations division of the GRPD last week. Detectives will utilize Leads Online as an investigative tool. Use of the website for a year will cost $2,848. Funding for the years-worth use of the software will come out of the regular allotted budget of the GRPD Investigations Division, and will not...
The Green River High School is asking for the communities help in making its Homecoming Carnival a success. This carnival will take place Thursday, Sept. 17 from 5-7 p.m. in the GRHS parking lot. All carnival entry forms must be turned in by Tuesday, Sept. 15 by 3 p.m. Clubs, organizations and businesses are encouraged to have a child-appropriate booth. Booths will be free to the community, however, all participants will have to pay a $15 entrance fee. These booths are also encouraged to provide prizes. Booth participants are also asked to...
Playgrounds are a place for kids, though many playgrounds are not for all kids. Often, school playgrounds and parks are not accessible for children with physical or mental disabilities. Many communities have no disability-friendly playgrounds at all. Until recently, Green River was one of those communities. Allan Demaret, the director of special services saw this as a problem. "We've noticed for a while that the traditional playground that's found on our typical schools or even in our community...
Does Flaming Gorge Way need another traffic light? This was a question posed by a city resident seeking a new traffic light on one of Green River’s busiest streets. During the citizen requests and other communications portion of the city council meeting Tuesday evening, Harris Foster, posed a concern to the council. His concern involved there being a lack of a traffic light at the intersection of Flaming Gorge way and S. 4th W., the area of town where he lives. He was also concerned about the m...
A sure sign that summer is coming to a close is the ending of the summer farmers markets. They are not over yet though. The peaches are ripe, the baked goods are plentiful, and the salsa is fresh. The Green River Farmer's Market will continue from 4-7 p.m., until Sep. 9. "We've had good success this year," Kris Weidner of Weidner Family Specialties said. "Our markets this year seem to be a little bit better than what they have been in years past. I love that it's finally up here." The Green...
The economic growth or decline can be seen through the many types of permits applied for through local planning offices. As far as permits and development goes for the city of Green River, residential permits this year and last year are at a higher level compared to years past, as well as some commercial permits as well. “For mid year, we are still higher than what we were in 2010, 2011, 2012. We’ve issued eleven single family homes, and also townhouses,” Laura Profaizer, the city’s communi...
A woman accused of hitting her autistic child with a belt pleaded not guilty to a felony child abuse charge. Jayme R. Foster of Green River appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Nena James at an arraignment to one count of felony child abuse. If found guilty of the charge, Foster could face a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a maximum fine of $10,000. According to documents, on Feb. 5, 2015, an officer was sent to an elementary school to check on a possible child abuse case....
With Green River kids already a week into the school year, many of Green River’s parks appear less visited in the evenings than they were over the summer. However, one girl was making use of the Splash Park at Evers Park Tuesday, getting some water fun in before the park is shut off for the winter. Savannah Martinez played at the park as family members enjoyed the early evening weather at the park. More children were at the Sweetwater County Library Tuesday night, utilizing the library for e...
A basement living room ignited in a fire Friday that is still under investigation. The Green River Fire Department responded to 475 Logan St. at about 3 p.m. Assistant Fire Chief Mike Liberty said 16 firefighters arrived at the scene in two fire trucks. When they arrived, smoke was coming out of the home through basement windows and the open front door. Liberty said the home’s occupants escaped and were uninjured. The fire was contained to a single room Liberty described as a living space in t...
A Green River resident alleges the city police department violated his civil rights when they responded to a barking dog complaint at his house. Green River resident Terrell Lance went out of town this past weekend. He kept his two dogs at home, with plenty of food and water in the house for them and a dog door to go in and out of the house to urinate and defecate outside, in the backyard. Saturday, at 10 p.m. an officer was called to the Lance residence for a barking dog complaint, by an anonym...
The Green River Police Department is currently investigating recent reports of vandalism to local businesses and vehicles. According to Green River Police Department Det. Luke Benson, sometime around July 27 and 28 during the night or early morning, the Walk N Run Day Care and a vehicle on the property, the Green River Recreation Center, and a vehicle on Alabama Drive were spray painted with red spray paint. Benson said the person or persons remain unknown. Some of the identifiable marks were a smiley face and the words KEMPO and Wicked. Also,...
Five years supervised probation is what a Green River man received for sexual abuse charges. Tommy R. Wheeler, entered an Alford plea in the Third District Court of Judge Richard Lavery, which is a guilty plea of a defendant who proclaims he is innocent of the crime, but admits the prosecution has enough evidence to prove that he is guilty, to a felony charge of sexual abuse of a minor in the third degree and sexual battery, a misdemeanor. Pursuant to a plea agreement, if Wheeler successfully co...
