Game and Fish to begin grizzly bear captures for monitoring purposes in northwest Wyoming
LANDER – As part of ongoing efforts to monitor the population of grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department will conduct capture operations in areas of northwest Wyoming beginning this spring and continuing through…
Independent Obituaries: May 10, 2023
The following obituaries appeared in the May 10, 2023 edition of the Star Valley Independent. For more area obituaries, please visit Schwab Mortuary. For more resources including headstones, please visit the Star Valley Historical Society. John Dennis (JD), age 67 was…
lincolncountyresources.com goes live to help county residents
KEMMERER, WY. —The Lincoln County Preventing ATODS Abuse Coalition in conjunction with the North Lincoln County Human Resource Council and Lincoln County Public Health is excited to announce a new community resource guide to connect the public with help and resources. The…
Bureau of Land Management updates wild horse management in southern Wyoming
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Today the Bureau of Land Management Wyoming State Office issued a Record of Decision and approved Resource Management Plan Amendment for wild horse management within the Rock Springs and Rawlins Field Offices. The amended plan resolves ongoing wild horse management…
Wyoming Shrine Bowl 2023 50th Anniversary Looking for Alumni
Executive Director Frank Selby is asking for the public’s help in finding Wyoming Shrine Bowl Alumni. “We are very excited to celebrate 50 years of Wyoming Shrine Bowl this summer,” he said. “We are asking any coaches, managers, trainers, players, officials,…
Homeland Security issues flood warnings
NWS in Riverton has ongoing Flood Warnings for the Bear River drainage, both north and south of Cokeville, as well as a Flood Advisory for the Salt River drainage. Cokeville did have a canal bank failure that caused some additional Ag…
University of Wyoming to Have New FieldTurf Surface
• Installed in Summer 2023 Cowboys rolling out FieldTurf Vertex CORE system at War Memorial Stadium Tim Harkins Associate Athletics Director for Media Relations, Public Relations and Broadcasting University of Wyoming Athletics Laramie, Wyo. (May 8, 2023) — The next…
Avalanche infrastructure work will take place May 9
Jackson, Wyo. The Wyoming Department of Transportation would like to inform drivers that WYDOT crews will be performing some maintenance on some avalanche infrastructure in the Hoback Canyon tomorrow, May 9, from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. The work will…
WYDOT will be patching pot holes on WYO 22, Snake River bridge
The Wyoming Department of Transportation will be performing roadway pothole patching operations on the WYO 22 Snake River Bridge next week on Wednesday, May 10 and Thursday, May 11 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on both days. The work…
Funeral services for Ginger Thompson
Funeral services for Ginger Thompson will take place Friday May 12, at 12 noon in the Thayne LDS Chapel. A viewing will take place Thursday May 11, from 6-8 pm at Schwab Funeral Chapel in Thayne and from 10:30-11:45 am…