Green River Celebrates 30 Years of Arbor Day on Saturday

This year marks the 30th year for the Green River Arbor Day Celebration. Eric Roosa says that Arbor Day is a special time for Green River residents to celebrate.






Roosa says that trees will be planted, although not quite as many as he had originally planned.






The celebration will take place at 10 AM on Saturday at Expedition Island. The Girl Scouts will assist with the tree planitng, the Monroe Intermediate School choir will sing and an Arbor Day flag will be presented to the City of Green River.

Aerial Photography Takes Place Over Green River

If you saw a plane flying over Green River yesterday, it was not a spy plane. The City of Green River performed an update to its aerial photography. The photography was performed using a Cessna single engine aircraft that was flying in parallel flight paths from an altitude of 3600 feet over the City and some outlying areas throughout the day. If you have any questions about the project, you are asked to call the City of Green River at 872-6142.

Governors Refuse to Pay Money Back To Feds

Alaska's governor has now joined Governor Matt Mead in refusing to repay money to the U.S. Forest Service due to automatic federal budget cuts. Alaska has been asked to repay $800,000. Governor Matt Mead has refused to repay more than $200,000. Alaska Governor Sean Parnell, in a letter to the agency's chief, says he doesn't believe the Forest Service is authorized to demand the money back. He won't ask the Legislature to consider the request. Parnell says the amount in question includes $707,000 that's already been paid to the state and $118,000 not yet allocated. Forest Service Chief Thomas Tidwell sent 41 states letters asking for the return of $17.9 million in timber payments used to pay for schools, roads, search and rescue operations in rural counties and conservation projects. The National Governors Association has requested legal justification for the agency's demand.

Injured ice climber rescued after night outdoors

Park County sheriff's officials say a solo ice climber who spent a night outdoors after breaking both ankles has been flown to a hospital. Sheriff's office spokesman Lance Mathess says 54-year-old Kenneth Richmond fell about 15 to 20 feet Wednesday near the end of the South Fork Highway. His wife reported him overdue early Thursday. Fellow ice climbers found Richmond around 8:30 a.m. Thursday, and rescuers worked to get him safely out of the area.

Ten Wyoming Teachers Honored With Achievement Awards

Ten Wyoming teachers were the recipients of outstanding achievement award and $3500 from the Arch Coal Foundation. Nominations are made by the public and selection is made by a blue-ribbon panel of the teachers' peers, all of who have been past recipients. The recipients were Charles Franke from Wheatland Middle School, Christina Gerritts from Sage Valley Junior High in Gillette, Carla A. Itzen of Kelly Walsh High School in Casper, Pamela Kraft from Encampment K through 12 School, Liesl I. Peterson of Wheatland High School, Dory Pfister of Lusk Elementary School, Michael Riley of Cody High School, Paul G. Street of Laramie High School, Lesly Urasky of Rawlins High School and Jamie Walker of the University of Wyoming Lab School.

Green River boaters want passage at Tusher dam

Boaters on the Green River want some say about federal plans to repair a century-old dam damaged in high waters near Gunnison Valley two years ago. The Tusher diversion dam is the only man-made obstruction to boating on the Green River below Flaming Gorge Dam. The Natural Resources Conservation Service is doing a full Environmental Impact Statement before launching a $3.5 million construction project next summer, but hasn't decided whether the plans will allow for boat passage. Longtime river guide Richard Quist is among those pressing the NRCS to make the improvements boater friendly. Project manager Bronson Smart says the diversion's the only 1 of its kind in Utah, built in 1906 from cottonwood trees lashed together in a crib then filled with rocks.

Don't Forget To Register Your Information To Receive CodeRed Alerts

If you live in Green River and have not signed up yet, you will want to get your name registered with the new CodeRed system. Green River Fire Chief Mike Kennedy encourages businesses and citizens to get their information registered by going to cityofgreenriver.org.






Kennedy says that you can pick and choose the way you want to receive notifcations.






Just go to the Green River City website and click the Code Red Emergency Alert link under the heading of Residents to get your information in the system.