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Month: September 2019

Rescuers respond to vehicle rollover on the Greys River road

• Alpine Fire, Alpine EMS and SV paramedics worked to extract occupant. Crew members from the Alpine Fire, Alpine EMS and paramedics from Star Valley Health responded to the scene of a accident in Greys River on Saturday, September 7….

Cold, rain slow Fishhawk Fire

By Zac Taylor Cody Enterprise Via- Wyoming News Exchange CODY — The Fishhawk Fire – 11,171 acres as of Monday morning – is expected to smolder until enough snow falls on it, but fire managers are no longer seeing it…

Group proposes changes to migration corridors

By Camille Erickson Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Throughout the summer months, an eight-person team has been stewing over how to preserve two key pillars in Wyoming — economic growth and migratory ungulates.  After laboring over the…

(Video) – Star Valley Health Positive Living Conference

* Health Topics Tuesday is a sponsored segment by Star Valley Health This week Star Valley Health is focusing on promoting the upcoming Positive Living Conference which will feature keynote speaker Thurl Bailey.

Rocky Mountain Power may shut down Naughton Units 1 and 2 in 2025

Lincoln County Commissioner Kent Connelly says Rocky Mountain Power may shut down Naughton Units 1 and 2 by the year 2025 and convert Unit Three to full-time natural gas. He says the plan originally was 2022 and the power company…

Star Valley FFA promoting gun raffle to raise funds for trip to Indianapolis

The Star Valley FFA is promoting a gun raffle in an attempt to raise funds to send students to Indianapolis, Indiana for the FFA Nationals. The public can enter now until September 30 by purchasing a raffle ticket for $5….

Wyoming News Briefs: September 9, 2019

SVI Media is part of the Wyoming News Exchange. These stories come courtesy of the WNE.   Wyoming schools ranked sixth best in nation JACKSON (WNE) — Wyoming may be small, but its schools pack a punch. That’s according to…

110th fatality of 2019 occurs near Thermopolis

* The following is a release from the Wyoming Highway Patrol On September 6, 2019, a fatal crash occurred around milepost 134 on US Highway 20 near Thermopolis, Wyoming.  Around 4:45 p.m., Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers were dispatched to the…

Committee approves bill to boost funding for weed, pest control

By Michael  Illiano The Sheridan Press Via- Wyoming News Exchange SHERIDAN — The Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Agriculture Committee voted to sponsor a bill that aims to generate more funding for weed and pest management programs last week which could aid…

Legislators form committee to look at coal bankruptcies

By Nick Reynolds Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Wyoming lawmakers voted last week to create a committee specifically focused on addressing the negative effects of a rash of coal bankruptcies across the state over the past several…