NEWS BRIEFS for Friday, May 24, 2019
Legal Aid of Wyoming wants to help vets regardless of income CHEYENNE (WNE) — Legal Aid of Wyoming is testing a pilot program in Laramie County to provide military veterans access to free legal assistance, no matter their income level….
UW will ask for $50 Million for Stadium, Pool
By Daniel Bendtsen Laramie Boomerang Via Wyoming News Exchange LARAMIE — The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees will ask the state to provide $49.6 million for a renovation of War Memorial Stadium’s west side stands and the Corbett Pool,…
Article Examining Farm Productivity Receives Honor
A paper examining farm productivity and innovation co-written by a faculty member in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Wyoming has received honors from the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association. Associate professor Matt Andersen in…
9-1-1 Call in Sublette County
Sublette County Sheriff’s Office responds to a call of an unresponsive male. Tuesday May 21st 2019 at 2:40pm, Sublette County Dispatch received a call of an unresponsive male near Buckskin Crossing. Sublette County Deputies and Sublette County EMS were dispatched…
Car Crash in Sublette County
Sublette County First Responders and Wyoming Highway Patrol respond to vehicle crash near White Pine Ski area. Tuesday, May 21st 2019 at approximately 10:40am, Sublette County Dispatch received a call of a vehicle crash near White Pine Ski area. The…
What does the future hold for coal mining in Wyoming?
In 1981, there were 38,500 people employed by coal companies in Wyoming. Thirty years later, that number fell to 7,000. Coal mining in Wyoming has been an important part of the state’s economy for decades, and it continues to be….
Independent Obituaries: December 31, 2018
The following obituaries appeared in the December 31, 2018 edition of the Star Valley Independent. Nancy Ann Pinkerton Schwab passed away on December 21, 2018. She was born on December 25, 1931 in Bismark, Missouri to Henry White Pinkerton…
Independent Obituaries: December 24. 2018
The following obituaries appeared in the December 24, 2018 edition of the Star Valley Independent. Louise Moser was born on October 6, 1931 in Afton to William Edward Merritt and Carrie Leana Anglesey Merritt, the third of six girls….
Independent Obituaries: December 19, 2018
The following obituaries appeared in the December 19, 2018 edition of the Star Valley Independent. Judith Elaine “Judy” Roberts, passed away peacefully on December 11, 2018, surrounded by her husband of 53 years and her loving children. After struggling…
Independent Obituaries: December 12, 2018
The following obituaries appeared in the December 12, 2018 edition of the Star Valley Independent. Craig N. Wright of Afton, Passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones on December 5, 2018 at the age of 73 in the Star…