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SWEETWATER COUNTY — During Tuesday night’s Green River and Rock Springs City Council meetings, both Councils approved the formation of the Sweetwater County Water Users Coalition which is replacing the Communities Protecting the Green Committee. Both Councils approved the dissolution of the Communities Protecting the Green Committee before approving the cooperative agreement between Sweetwater County, and the cities of Green River and Rock Springs to form the Sweetwater County Water Users Coalition. The Sweetwater County Commission approved the formation during its April 20 meeting. Ad...

The Council will meet Tuesday at 7 p.m. at city hall. For years, Communities Protecting the Green has been keeping a watchful eye on the Green River, ensuring no water is diverted to any other states. During the last Sweetwater County Commission meeting, Chairman Randy Wendling said the primary reason for the creation of the committee was to take legal action if water ever was to be diverted from the Green River. Advertisement - Story continues below... However, Wendling said recent recommendations argued against putting money into a committee for injunction purposes, as there are several pr...

ROCK SPRINGS — Under the proposed preliminary budget, the city of Rock Springs will need to move about $6.1 million to its operational reserves to cover the projected shortfall. During the Rock Springs City Council meeting Tuesday, May 4, at 7 pm, at city hall, the Council will review its preliminary budget for fiscal year 2021-2022. According to a letter from Matthew L. McBurnett, Director of Administrative Services, the city will transfer about $6.1 million to its operational reserves to cover the budget deficit the city is currently facing. Last fiscal year 2020-2021, the city made budg...

Green River Star -   April 22, 2021 There are a lot of thirsty eyes looking at the Flaming Gorge Reservoir. Some of them are our neighbors in Wyoming. Nearly 14 years have passed since the idea of a trans basin water diversion was first presented to the residents of Sweetwater County and thankfully the project proposals tossed around by people like Aaron Million never took flight. We are as opposed to the idea as we have ever been, as there is not situation involving trans basin diversion we could conceive that would benefit the residents of Sweetwater County. We’re also happy to have se...

Green River Star - It all started with one man’s dream and the entire county’s opposition to that dream. When water pipeline developer Aaron Million initially pitched his idea to divert water from the Flaming Gorge Reservoir to Colorado’s Front Range, it was met with opposition from all sides in Sweetwater County and resulted in the formation of Communities Protecting the Green, a committee tasked with monitoring various proposals like Million’s and filing a lawsuit challenging a proposal if it clears the various regulatory hurdles needed to begin work. Now, the people on the Communi...