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Month: July 2021

UW offers incentives for vaccination

GILLETTE (WNE) — The University of Wyoming is preparing for the upcoming school year by announcing an incentive program to encourage students to get a COVID-19 vaccination with a grand prize being a semester’s worth of tuition and fees. Other…

(VIDEO) – MSSA Finals

The Mountain States Stockdogs Association Finals take place in Afton at the Lincoln County Fairgrounds beginning on Monday, July 12. SVI Media is working in conjunction with the event and will be covering all four arenas. Scroll down to see…

KICK IT OR KEEP IT: “Following The Sun” by SUPER-Hi & Neeka

Kick It or Keep It alternates to the Swift 98 and Wave playlist this week with a song by a group called SUPER-Hi and featuring Neeka. “Following The Sun” was released nine months ago. The song has begun to gain…

Snake River Skydiving Wyoming to hold event at Afton Airport July 16-18

Snake River Skydiving Wyoming is holding a tandem skydiving event at the Afton Airport July 16th through the 18th. Founder of the company, Carol Jones, says her and her husband used to run businesses that took people on these high…

County leaders met with energy companies to discuss bringing a nuclear power plant to Southwest Wyoming

Government officials and business leaders from both the state and Lincoln and Uinta counties met with TerraPower and Rocky Mountain Power to discuss the opportunity to bring next-generation nuclear power to southwest Wyoming. The Naughton Power Plant is one of…

Wyoming Cowboy Challenge Academy remains open and is accepting new students

  Provided by Public Affairs Wyoming Military Department CHEYENNE, Wyo. – The Wyoming Cowboy Challenge Academy is open for business. The academy, located in Guernsey, is celebrating its 15th year in operation. The school for at-risk teenagers was among many…

Man shot by Green River police officer

GREEN RIVER (WNE) — A Green River Police Department officer exchanged gunfire with an unidentified suspect Tuesday night during a traffic stop on Barnhart Street, resulting in the suspect being wounded and transported out of state. According to a release…

Cook, Hardesty and Merritt hired to serve FFA and welding students at SVHS

◆ Horsley is pleased to welcome these highly qualified individuals to the SVHS team. Star Valley FFA, Agriculture Science and Welding students at Star Valley High School will welcome a new team of teachers to the program upon return to…

Service Before Self: Major Jake Bird is an exemplar of service, both locally and nationally.

By Breanna Call SVI Media “Service before self” is a motto Major Jake Bird lives by. He serves both our local community as a patrol officer and our country as a major in the military. His grandfathers and uncles on…

Coming Events: July 9-18

© Copyright Star Valley Independent • Friday, July 9 OLD ROCK CHURCH SUMMER THEATER. This year’s play is titled “Of Mice and Turkeys”. Continues every Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. through the month of July in the Old Rock…