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(Video) – Lady Braves Volleyball hosting Kelly Walsh

Fresh off a Pink Night sweep of visiting Preston, the Lady Braves volleyball team is hosting perennial Wyoming power Kelly Walsh on Friday night at SVHS. The Trojans are ranked #2 in this week’s Wyopreps.com Coaches and Media Poll. Join…

Fire Danger Increased to Very High

Western Wyo. – Teton Interagency Fire managers have elevated the fire danger rating to “Very High” for Grand Teton National Park, Bridger-Teton National Forest and the National Elk Refuge. When the fire danger is “Very High,” fires can start easily…

Single Vehicle Crash near Palisades Reservoir

PALISADES RESERVOIR-Idaho State Police is investigating a single- vehicle crash that occurred at approximately 2:52 p.m., on October 2, 2024, on US26 at milepost 391, next to Palisades Reservoir, in Bonneville County. A 80-year-old male, from Star Valley, WY, was…

(Video) – Lady Braves Volleyball hosting Preston for Pink Night

The annual Pink Night cancer awareness and fundraiser event is tonight at the main gym at Star Valley High School as the Lady Braves host the Preston Indians. Baked goods, a silent auction and other ways to donate will be…

LVE to hold Oct. 2 town hall meeting

• Rates will be reviewed.  Jim Webb, Lower Valley Energy CEO, invites the public to a town hall-style meeting to discuss rate changes, which will be held on October 2 at the Lower Valley Energy Office in Afton. “We’ll go…

Independent Obituaries: October 2, 2024

The following obituaries appeared in the October 2, 2024 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 William Holley John William Holley…

Crews search for survivors in North Carolina’s mountains days after Helene’s deluge

By ERIK VERDUZCO and JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press SWANNANOA, N.C. (AP) — Cadaver dogs and search crews trudged through knee-deep muck and debris on Tuesday looking in the mountains of western North Carolina for victims of Hurricane Helene, days after…

Dockworkers may have the negotiating advantage in their strike against US ports

By TOM KRISHER, WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS and TASSANEE VEJPONGSA Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — With 45,000 longshoremen at 36 U.S. ports from Maine to Texas on strike for the first time in decades, experts say the workers may wield the upper…

The US is sending a few thousand more troops to the Middle East to boost security

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is sending an additional “few thousand” troops to the Middle East to bolster security and to be prepared to defend Israel if necessary, the Pentagon said Monday. The increased presence will come…

Supplies rushed to communities isolated by Helene as death toll passes 100

By JEFFREY COLLINS, KATE PAYNE and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Desperate residents isolated by washed out roads and the lack of power and cellular service in western North Carolina lined up for fresh water Monday, days…