Sweetwater Downs kicks off 2022 horse racing season
ROCK SPRINGS (WNE) — The 2022 horse racing season will get underway at the Sweetwater Events Complex on Saturday, Aug, 20. Hosted by Wyoming Horse Racing, the races are in their 12th year, and will bring horses and jockeys from…
Funeral services for Shirley Haderlie
Funeral services for Shirley Haderlie will take place Saturday August 27, 2022 at 11 am at the Thayne LDS Chapel. A viewing will take place on Friday August 26, from 6-8 at Schwab Mortuary in Thayne and from 9:30-10:45 am…
Independent Obituaries: August 17, 2022
The following obituaries appeared in the August 17, 2022 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. Our beautiful son Andrew Bradley…
2022 Wyoming Primary Election Results
Unofficial results from the 2022 Lincoln County Primary Election are in. Join Dan Dockstader as he discusses results beginning at 5:30 am Wednesday morning on both Swift 98.7 FM in Star Valley as well as The Spur (107.5 FM Kemmerer,…
Yellowstone hosts nearly 600,000 in July
Yellowstone National Park hosted 596,562 recreation visits in July 2022. This is a 45% decrease from July 2021 (1,080,767 recreational visits), the most-visited July on record, and a 36% decrease from July 2019 (936,062), the last pre-Covid year. On June…
Volk Wins U20 World Title
By Cobe Wastler Communications Coordinator University of Wyoming Athletics Sofia, Bulgaria (August 16, 2022) – Cowboy Wrestling True Freshman Jore Volk will be bringing some hardware back to the United States after a great performance at 57kg at the U20 Freestyle World Championships in…
Power restored after Thayne residents lose power
***UPDATE*** Power has been restored to a portion of Thayne after Tuesday morning’s accident. Lower Valley Energy crews had the issue resolved by 9 am. ——- According to Lower Valley Energy, a truck damaged several power poles just off U.S….
Coach Bohl recaps Saturday scrimmage
By Tim Harkins Associate Athletics Director for Media Relations, Public Relations and Broadcasting University of Wyoming Athletics The 2022 season opener for the Wyoming Cowboy Football team is only 11 days away on Saturday, Aug. 27 at the University of…
Girl life-flighted to hospital following motorcycle crash at Palisades
This story courtesy of EastIdahoNews.com. It is used here with permission – SWAN VALLEY – A girl is in the hospital following a crash in Swan Valley Sunday morning. Sgt. Bryan Lovell with the Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office tells EastIdahoNews.com…
3 major search and rescue operations in Grand Teton National Park in 24 hours
This story first posted by EastIdahoNews.com. By Kaitlyn Hart EastIdahoNews.com MOOSE, Wyoming — Grand Teton National Park Rangers conducted three major search and rescue operations within 24 hours this week. On Monday, Aug. 8, around 1:30 p.m., Teton Interagency Dispatch…