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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...
The 11th annual Art on the Green is this weekend, starting Friday, with a new event; an art battle. It’s a no contact battle, unless the contact between paintbrush and canvas counts. The Battle on the Green is a live art competition where the artists competing have to create a piece of art in each round of the competition. The art battle was a suggested idea to the art council Jeremy Gomez of the Green River Arts Council said. Each round is 45 minutes long, each round narrowing down the pool of...
The 14th Annual River Festival will provide lots of family fun as summer comes to a close. The festival will take place Friday and Saturday at Expedition Island. Both days are filled with fun activities, and there is something for everyone to enjoy. “The festival is a fundraiser for the chamber so we appreciate any help from the community,” the Green River Chamber’s Public Relations and Marketing Specialist Destinee Rael said. Rael said the festival provides great entertainment for the community. The Micro Brew Gardens will kick the festi...
Ever want to meet a U.S. Senator? While residents of many more populous states don’t have the opportunity, Wyoming’s low population allows residents to see and meet their Washington D.C. representatives more commonly than residents of other states. Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., is scheduled to appear during the Cajun Shrimp Boil at Expedition Island Friday evening. Barrasso attends the event yearly, spending time to talk to people at the island, as well as to partake in the yearly shrimp feast....
Imagine waiting in emotional agony for days, waiting for blood work results for your sick furry, four-legged family member. This family member has been your beloved pet for many years. It would break your heart if anything bad were to happen to your beloved pet. Now imagine mailing out your monthly bill payment on the usual day you send it out to get there in time. Only this time, it’s much too late and you receive a late fee for the bill in the mail weeks later. The bill keeps rising. Now f...
A Green River woman who pleaded guilty to one charge of falsifying bacteriological reports sent to the Environmental Protection Agency was sentenced. Margaret R. Jones appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Richard Lavery at a sentencing hearing to five felony forgery counts, which come from five separate incidents. Pursuant to a plea agreement, in exchange for Jones guilty plea on one count of forgery, she will receive a four-to six-year suspended prison sentence, a 30-day jail sentence...
What once was a place of worship and reverence has become a place for learning. Construction on Expedition Academy’s new home on Upland Way completed and the school district celebrated with a ribbon cutting ceremony Monday. Steve Core, chairman of the Sweetwater County School District No. 2 Board of Education said the completed school is a “win, win, win, win” for the United Methodist Church, the state, the district and the community. The building originally originally served as a church, which...
Sweetwater County was the scene for two deadly vehicle crashes during the last week. According to the Rock Springs Police Department, 44-year-old Stacey McPherson, of Green River, died in a motorcycle crash on Railroad Avenue, near N Street, in Rock Springs early Saturday morning. The department responded to the scene at 3:28. a.m. after receiving calls regarding two people laying in the road. An unidentified man was taken to Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County with injuries, while McPherson...
