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Month: June 2020

Wyoming Small Business Development Center advisers assist agribusinesses

◆ Funding available through economic disaster loans. Provided by UW Ag News Wyoming Small Business Development Center advisers across the state can help agribusiness owners applying for Economic Injury Disaster Loans. SBDC state director Jill Kline said advisers are helping…

Interviews

May 5: Karl Sundberg, CEO South Lincoln Medical Center

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Kemmerer J.C. Penney store to stay open as company lists initial closures

A total of 154 stores will close in the first wave of activity after J.C. Penney declared bankruptcy on May 15. Not on that list is the original Kemmerer, Wyoming store which has served as a cornerstone for the town…

Business Council launches $50M grant relief program at 10 a.m. on June 8

The Wyoming Business Council will open applications for the Wyoming Business Interruption Stipend at 10 a.m. on Monday, June 8. The program offers grants of up to $50,000 to independent Wyoming businesses who, as of March 31, 2020, employed 50 or fewer full-time employees.   Visit wyobizrelief.org Monday after 10 a.m. to apply. The web…

Early Birds adjust to Coronavirus

◆ SVHS Football players use what they have to “make it hurt a little.” The end of a school year isn’t just the commencement of graduates and the start of new adventures, it also serves as the last chance teachers…

LDS October Conference to be held virtually

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released a letter from the First Presidency on Thursday June 4 stating that the semi-annual conference of the church would be held virtually once again as it was in April. The letter…

Governor instructs state agencies to prepare deeper budget reductions

  CHEYENNE, Wyo. – In response to Wyoming’s significant revenue shortfalls, Governor Mark Gordon has instructed state agencies to immediately take action to further reduce spending and prepare for deeper cuts in the coming months. The reduction plan requires agencies to…

Grizzly sighted near Kemmerer

KEMMERER (WNE) — Earlier this week Game and Fish personnel verified through remote camera pictures a grizzly bear in the southern Wyoming Range, northeast of Viva Naughton Reservoir. The pictures were obtained by a private individual who reported them to…

Clash of wolves, cattle continues near Jackson

By Mike Koshmrl Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Russ Lucas first noticed in mid-April that an unwelcome neighbor — wolves — were back on his family’s Spring Gulch cattle ranch. The hindquarter of a calf, he…

Independent Obituaries: June 3, 2020

The following obituaries appeared in the June 3, 2020 edition of the Star Valley Independent. For more area obituaries please visit Schwab Mortuary. Another resource for area obituaries is the Star Valley Historical Society. Darla Mae Nelson passed away peacefully…