Oil and gas lawsuit dropped
Governor Mark Gordon welcomed the announcement of the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by extreme environmental groups challenging the issuance of over 4,000 federal Applications for Permit to Drill (APD) in the Powder River Basin and in New Mexico. The…
Independent Notes: Thank you to Wyoming’s D.C. delegation for their opposition to the BLM plans in southwest Wyoming.
I commend Wyoming’s D.C. Delegation for stepping out in front of a federal agency and throwing the penalty flag. A group of us in the Wyoming Senate will hold a steady hand and an expressionless face in similar times…
Kemmerer Jr/Sr High School holding Parent Teacher Conference
In area news, Kemmerer Jr/Sr. High will be hosting Parent Teacher Conferences Thursday Nov. 2 from 4 pm to 8 p.m. and Friday Nov. 3 from 8 a.m. -12 Noon. Please sign in at the front table and pick up…
Afton Water shows clean tests at the site of the spring
• Testing included Afton, DEQ and EPA. Water tests at the Intermittent Spring showed “zero ratings” indicating clean tests for the Afton water source. This fall the Town of Afton, the Department of Environmental Quality and Environmental Protection agency gathered…
Independent Notes: Property tax relief — proposals include caps, refunds and a fifty percent reduction.
At the close of the last Legislative session in March of 2023 we found that some 18 property tax relief bills (maybe more, but not introduced) had been lost along the way. I had watched as a few of my…
Afton Airport named after Boyd L. Eddins
• Community leader recalls the history of the Afton airport. Years of service to country, state and county were honored in October when the Afton Lincoln County Airport Board named the Afton Municipal Airport, the “General Boyd L. Eddins Airfield.”…
Independent Notes: Carrying the load of public service.
I attend an endless amount of meetings. In my opinion and experience, some make a difference, and others, well, let’s just file them in the general information category. The meeting schedule keeps me hopping around Wyoming with an occasional…
D.C. Delegation — Hageman notes conservative legislation, Barrasso and Lummis want a budget plan
•Border security in the House, Senate sends a letter to Schumer. U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman reports: For the last nine months, the Republican-led House of Representatives in the 118th Congress has been introducing and passing some of the most conservative…
Faith and Blue Connects with Star Valley community
• Donations filled the valley food banks. Faith and Blue honored the work of the Wyoming Highway Patrol Oct. 7 in Star Valley with a dinner and program at the new “Gather on 89” in Afton. “Faith and Blue is…
Lifting burdens through Make-A-Wish in Star Valley
• Program assists families with difficult health challenges. Seven-year-old Aven Lancaster’s September Sunday afternoon was brightened by a visit from Cinderella. The visit, complete with about 45 family and friends gathered at the Kodiak Lodge, was part of the Make-A-Wish…