Idaho cancels remainder of school year
The following is a statement from Superintendent Gary Brogan, Bear Lake County School District Yesterday the Idaho State Board of Education extended the soft closure that we are currently under through the rest of the academic school year. They did however,…
April 8: Silver Star Communications
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April 8: Pastor Doug Hollen, Easter Services Broadcast
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Area wide snowpacks remain above median as April arrives
◆ Water levels looking positive as snowmelt begins. Moisture levels in Western Wyoming are looking positive, according to information provided by the Natural Resource Conservation District. “The water content in area wide snow packs are slightly above median for the…
Forest Service and BLM approve Simplot’s Dairy Syncline Mine Plan
◆ Project safeguards 250 mining jobs, 187 service jobs. Wednesday, April 8 the Bureau of Land Management Idaho Falls District and Caribou-Targhee National Forest released Records of Decision approving the Dairy Syncline Mine and Reclamation Plan. The Dairy Syncline phosphate…
Hospital faces some financial struggles in light of COVID-19
◆ Economic impact of pandemic is widespread. Life in a pandemic requires a lot of adjustments for area families and businesses. Star Valley Health is not exempt, according to CEO Bren Lowe. “The current crisis has impacted all of us…
SVI Media, local health officials coordinate on COVID-19
BY JULIE DOCKSTADER HEAPS Getting educated about COVID-19 and community protocols may not only help slow the spread of the virus. You may also help mitigate a surge in a pandemic that has taken but 2 ½ months to…
Game and Fish to non-residents: please wait to come as COVID-19 spreads
BY JULIE DOCKSTADER HEAPS Usually this time of year, hunters and other recreationists – including non-residents – are itching to get out on the waterways and mountains of Wyoming. But this spring with COVID-19 spreading across the country, officials with…
Case numbers at 221, face masks now recommended
Compiled from Wyoming News Exchange newspapers The number of coronavirus cases in Wyoming reached 221 on Tuesday with the diagnosis of nine new cases in four counties. Meanwhile, state health officials followed the lead of the Centers for Disease Control…