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Star Valley FFA promoting gun raffle to raise funds for trip to Indianapolis

The Star Valley FFA is promoting a gun raffle in an attempt to raise funds to send students to Indianapolis, Indiana for the FFA Nationals. The public can enter now until September 30 by purchasing a raffle ticket for $5….

Clean up from Roosevelt Fire still in process; looking for volunteers

Many know about the Roosevelt Fire which took place last year, but the clean up efforts are still on-going with the blaze that burned over 57,000 acres. Andrea Sramek is leading the volunteer efforts for the last spots she says…

Former Utah Jazz great Thurl Bailey to be keynote speaker at Positive Living Community Conference

Former Utah Jazz great and current basketball analyst for the team, Thurl Bailey, will pay a visit to Star Valley September 28th to be the keynote speaker at the Positive Living Community Conference. Bailey says he travels around a lot…

Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon focused on current and future state of coal

Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon’s Chief Energy Adviser, Randall Luthi, says the administration is focused on the current and future state of coal and what that means for the people in the industry. “Those who have dedicated their lives to seeing…

Greys River Forest collaborative meeting set for Thursday in Etna

Lincoln County Commissioner Robert King says timber sales objectives will be discussed in the upcoming Greys River Forest collaborative meeting in Etna Thursday. He says the purpose of the meeting, led by the Star Valley Conservation District, is forest health and…

Utah Jazz announce alternate mountain logo

The Utah Jazz announced Wednesday it will bring back the the purple mountain logo in the 2019-2020 season that has always been connected to the team’s NBA Finals runs in 1997 and 1998. There were several rumors spreading about the…

State treasurer’s office works to overhaul aspects of accounting system

Wyoming State Treasurer Curt Meir says the office has overhauled aspects of the accounting system continuing the work of those before him. For the last three years the office had no way of tracking where to get money and where…

Lincoln County Commission to meet with Rocky Mountain Power

The Lincoln County Commission will meet with Rocky Mountain Power September 5 in Salt Lake City as they will discuss the plans the company will present to the Public Service Commission. This will be an opportunity for members to make…

The history of the Lander Trail in connection to Star Valley

The Lander Cut-Off of the Oregon Trail was originally established in the mid 19th century to easily connect California to the Union. This was the first road the U.S. Congress funded out west for location and construction and the trail…

First Utah Jazz head coach Tom Nissalke passes away

When the Jazz franchise moved to Utah it had to hire a new coach and that person was Tom Nissalke. The Utah Jazz announced he passed away Thursday at his home in Salt Lake City at the age of 87….