Independent Obituaries: June 19, 2019
The following obituaries appeared in the June 19, 2019 edition of the Star Valley Independent. Barbara Gayle Lampe passed away peacefully in Yuma, Arizona on April 6, 2019 from complications associated with a hip fracture. She was preceded in…
Lummis Files for Possible Run for Enzi’s Senate Seat
By Steve Knight Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE – Former U.S. Rep. Cynthia Lummis on Thursday filed information with the Federal Election Commission that could be a precursor to a run for retiring Sen. Mike Enzi’s…
Oil, Gas Companies appeal Sublette assessments
PINEDALE (WNE) – Eight oil and gas companies with 38 different property accounts are appealing their 2019 Sublette County tax assessments, setting up the County’s Board of Equalization, comprised of the county’s five commissioners, for a lengthy hearing process. All…
Volunteers Teach Horse Sense at Annual 4-H camp
For two days in Thermopolis this month a fifth H was added to the 4-H’s of head, heart, hands and health. Horses. Young Kayden Light spoke softly to her horse, Julie, too quietly for an interloper to hear the words…
NEWS BRIEFS for Thursday, June 20, 2019
Capitol committee approves $2 million expense CHEYENNE (WNE) — The committee overseeing the Capitol Square Project has approved the use of just over $2 million worth of a contingency fund set aside by the 2019 Legislature to complete three areas…
TEXT-IN TOPIC RESPONSES: Do you support new tax districts for 6th penny vote?
A group of local municipal leaders across Wyoming recently discussed a proposal that would create new tax districts in Lincoln County for the effort of passing a 6th penny tax in certain communities. Kemmerer City Administrator recently spoke with SVI…
WYDOT Public Meeting Scheduled, Requests input on Projects
The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) will be hosting a public meeting this Monday on June 24, from 10 a.m. to noon at the South Lincoln Training and Events Center, 215 WY-233, in Kemmerer, regarding the 2019 State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP)….
Enzi applauds New Rule to Replace Clean Power Plan
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., applauded the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for releasing the final version of the Affordable Clean Energy rule to replace the Obama-era Clean Power Plan. “I am glad the EPA is replacing the…
Two Wyoming high school students named U.S. Presidential Scholars
CHEYENNE, Wyo.– Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon announced today that a pair of Wyoming high school students have been selected as 2019 U.S. Presidential Scholars. Lillian Brazil of Jackson (Jackson Hole High School) and Scott Nicholas Orton of Afton (Star Valley High…
NEWS BRIEFS for Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Yellowstone superintendent credited with saving man’s life JACKSON (WNE) — Mike Pence was singing Yellowstone Superintendent Cam Sholly’s praises in a speech delivered to 100-some colleagues last week when he squeezed in a remark that earned some perplexed looks. The…