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…
Wyoming leadership opposes BLM designation on 1.8 mill acres
• Wyoming delegation, Gov, LC Comm. oppose BLM proposal. Public comment taken. At the end of the summer the Bureau of Land Management announced a change in management policy for the agency’s land in Wyoming. In the announcement, the BLM…
Alpine opens new Pickleball facilities
Project designed to create a sense of community. Members of the Alpine community came out for an evening of Pickleball and pizza Monday night at Ferry Peak Park. They were celebrating a new court, just completed at a popular community…
Independent Notes: Gov. – “The oil and gas industry is the target”
I stand with the Governor as he criticizes the Bureau of Land Management for their Rock Springs Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Resource Management Plan. This plan will hinder, hurt and destroy our Wyoming energy resources, in addition to limiting…