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Green River Star -   April 8, 2021 Flaming Gorge Days is another year away, but a group of cornhole players are wanting to bring an event to Green River in June. Zac Page, representing 307 Cornhole, approached the Green River City Council Tuesday night, to discuss the possibility of hosting weekend tournament June 11-13. Page said plans are preliminary but anticipates the event could include other family events and musical performances. Page said the group hosted a tournament last year and attracted more than 100 competitors from seven states, saying they were able to host the event while ...

Green River Star -   March 10, 2021 Green River will be the first city in Wyoming to receive a police therapy dog following an approval by the Green River City Council last week. The Council approved a $6,000 grant to purchase Buddy, a black Labrador retriever, who will serve as the department’s therapy dog. Tom Jarvie, chief of police for Green River, said the department received several donations for the therapy dog, including a $1,250 from Jason Barrera, a nine-year-old child. “The community has really latched onto this program and the department is grateful for the support,” Ja...

GREEN RIVER – The Green River City Council were told tonight that they will have to help fund county-wide ambulance services or else Sweetwater Medics will no longer have the funding to respond to 911 calls. Sweetwater County Commissioner Jeff Smith presented the Council with a letter that requests the City of Green River and the City of Rock Springs provide 50 percent of the funding, while the County covers the other half. Green River would be responsible for one-third of the cities’ portion of the funding while Rock springs would be responsible for two-thirds. The request from the ambu...

Green River Star - February 24, 2021 Anyone wanting to attend a Green River City Council meeting in person will be able to do so starting with the Council’s meeting next week. Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Council decided to host its meetings virtually when COVID-19 infection rates began to spike in Sweetwater County. Prior to that, meetings were hosted at City Hall, with Council representatives and spectators being socially distanced. “I think everybody prefers face-to-face,” Mayor Pete Rust said. “I think it’ll be OK.” Rust said the decision wasn’t influenced b...

GREEN RIVER — The Green River City Council unanimously authorized the Green River Police Department (GRPD) to seek a children’s trust fund grant for a therapy canine program during their meeting Tuesday night. GRPD Juvenile Detective Martha Holzgrafe identified programs in other states that utilize a therapy canine to assists victims during interviews and later court testimony and decided she wanted to initiate a program here in Green River. This therapy K9 program will be the first program in Wyoming. Ninety percent of Detective Holzgrafe’s caseload involves kids who are either a vict...