Free school meals to continue for the entire 2020-2021 academic year
◆ U.S. Secretary of Ag announces extension of free meals program. Students and families in Lincoln County School District 2 will continue to benefit through the free school meals program. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has announced an extension…
All eight Wyoming Football games to be televised
The Mountain West Conference released the 2020 football TV schedule on Tuesday and all eight Wyoming Football games will be televised by either CBS Sports Network (CBSSN) or FS1. Wyoming’s season opener at Nevada on Saturday, Oct. 24 will be…
Fire restrictions end while fire danger remains high
Bridger-Teton National Forest Managers have made the decision to rescind the Stage 1 Fire Restriction Order effective at noon today (October 13, 2020). Despite the precipitation received over the weekend fire danger remains HIGH across much of the forest. Forest…
Independent Obituaries: October 7, 2020
The following obituaries appeared in the October 7, 2020 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. Clyde Robert Heiner was…
Yellowstone records busiest September on record
MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – The park hosted 837,499 recreation visits in September 2020. This is a 21% increase from September 2019, making it the busiest September on record. So far in 2020, the park has hosted 3,383,872 recreation visits,…
Getting down to nutrition
◆ Everything Pumpkin! By Shelley Balls, MDA, RD, LD UW Extension – Nutrition and Food Safety Educator Pumpkin is one type of winter squash that is commonly seen around fall and used for a variety of things such as decoration,…
Earthquake preparedness drill planned
◆ Great Wyoming ShakeOut set for October 15. Earthquakes are something to be expected in the State of Wyoming, according to the Wyoming State Geological Survey (WSGS). “Hundreds of earthquakes happen in Wyoming every year,” said Christina George of the…