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🌱 Green River tunnels get funding for major safety upgrades

Green River, Wyoming Patch AM: a 4 min read

Greetings Green River! We’re your go-to source for what’s happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Green River tunnels get funding for major safety upgrades
  • Green River's Kaylin Uhrig makes it three straight All-State honors
  • Where does Sweetwater County fit in Wyoming's Libertarian landscape?

Also on today's calendar: Bingo For Birds and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 60 and low of 28 degrees.
  • Thursday: Sunny, temps: high: 61, low: 30.
  • Friday: Partly sunny, with a high of 57 and low of 35 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Wyoming to upgrade 60-year-old Green River tunnels on I-80 (ttnews.com) — A $6.7 million federal grant will help upgrade safety systems in Green River's I-80 tunnels following the fatal February 2025 crash. Plans include hazard warnings, improved emergency communications and fire suppression. Construction is expected to begin in spring 2028, with some traffic temporarily diverted through town.
   

2. Green River's Uhrig Earns Third Consecutive All-State Honor (sweetwaternow.com) — Green River senior Kaylin Uhrig earned her third consecutive All-State swimming honor after taking second in the 100-yard breaststroke at the state championships in Gillette. Her Nov. 7 finish was Sweetwater County's best individual result, helping the Lady Wolves place ninth overall.
   

3. By The Numbers: Wyoming's Most Libertarian Counties Are Natrona And Fremont (cowboystatedaily.com) — Green River's election of Libertarian Marshall Burt in 2020 doesn't necessarily make Sweetwater County a party stronghold, the former legislator says. An analysis combining voter registration and congressional election results ranked Natrona and Fremont highest, with Sweetwater third when 2022 results were included. Burt argues many libertarians register Republican to influence primaries.
   

4. Hundreds Rally Along Roadway For Sweetwater County WE Soda Workers (cowboystatedaily.com) — Hundreds rallied outside WE Soda’s Sweetwater County plant Monday to support roughly 350 workers facing layoffs, with incoming Green River Mayor Stan Blake joining them. Cuts are set to begin in early 2027 as the company shifts toward solution mining. The workers’ union wants the transition slowed and negotiations over the decision itself.
   

5. Union Pacific 5511 Undergoes Steam Test, on Track to Operate in 2027 (railfan.com) — A steam locomotive once stored in Green River has passed its first steam test during restoration in Illinois, putting a summer 2027 return to operation within reach. Union Pacific 5511 served as a stationary boiler in Green River and remained there until 1968. Mechanical work, inspections and trials still lie ahead.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Green River

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