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SV Chamber gearing up for shop at home holiday campaign 2019

The Star Valley Chamber of Commerce will kick off the 2019 Shop at Home Holiday Campaign on Small Business Saturday, November 30. The shop at home has campaign has three primary goals. • First, to encourage area families to spend…

131 turkeys and trimmings distributed from Cokeville to Alpine

Thursday, November 21 was a busy night at the Afton Food Pantry. Community volunteers from across the valley gathered to pack and deliver Thanksgiving dinners to area families in need. “We delivered 131 Thanksgiving Dinners to families from Cokeville to…

Wyo gas revenues down 74% in ‘new reality’

By Angus M. Thuermer Jr., WyoFile.com As leaders scramble to prop up the state’s troubled coal industry, a “new reality” threatens from another key sector: Declining natural gas production has cut Wyoming’s annual gas tax income 74% in 12 years….

Wyoming State Supreme Court Upholds District Court Opinion on Revenue Bonds

Jackson, Wyoming – The Wyoming Supreme Court issued a ruling today that affirmed the District Court of Teton County, and held that the Jackson Hole Airport Board may use revenue bonds to purchase the assets of Jackson Hole Aviation, the Airport’s…

Governor Gordon to Proclaim December 10 Wyoming Women’s Suffrage Day

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Governor Mark Gordon will officially proclaim Wyoming Women’s Suffrage Day with a ceremony at the Wyoming State Capitol at 9 a.m. on December 10. The ceremony will commemorate the 150th anniversary of the passage of the first law…

Valladay’s fifth straight 100+ yard game buoys Wyoming in the Border War

LARAMIE, Wyo. — Xazavian Valladay ran 27 times for 154 yards to help Wyoming beat Colorado State 17-7 on Friday night. Cooper Rothe’s 48-yard field goal capped a drive that took nearly six minutes and made it a two-possession lead…

(Op-Ed) – Explaining and revising Net Metering

By Rep. Danny Eyre Rep. HD 19 As a member of the Corporations Committee, one of the issues I have been working on is a revision to the electric utility statutes dealing with net metering. Under the current net metering…

WYDOT expresses appreciation to Barrasso

Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) officials are pleased with the work U.S. Sen. John Barrasso and other federal lawmakers did to protect highway funding. Congress repealed the $7.6 billion rescission of federal-aid highway contract authority this week that would have…

Wyoming falls to #23 Colorado in Las Vegas, 56-41

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (Nov. 24, 2019) – Despite holding the #23 Colorado Buffaloes to just 15 points in the first half, Wyoming could not overcome a slow start in the second half in a 56-41 loss on Sunday evening in…

Taylor leads Wyoming rout of Detroit Mercy

LARAMIE, Wyo. (Nov. 19, 2019) – Sophomore Trevon “TJ” Taylor recorded a career-high 22 points on his 21st birthday, as the Wyoming Cowboys raced past Detroit Mercy by a score of 76-49 on Tuesday evening in the Arena-Auditorium. It marked…