Independent Obituaries: April 7, 2021
The following obituaries appeared in the April 7, 2021 edition of the Star Valley Independent. For more area obituaries, please visit Schwab Mortuary. For more resources including headstones, please visit the Star Valley Historical Society. Our beloved mother Bonnie Joyce…
Helping the Hungry: How Food Needs Were Met During the Pandemic
Sierra Mitchell, President of the Afton Food Pantry and Regional Director of the Wyoming Hunger Initiative, delivers an entire beef to the Food Closet in Piney. Photo Credit: Wyoming Hunger Initiative ◆ Local and Statewide Community Stepped Up to Fill…
Balow warns K-12 funding could still collapse
By Kathryn Palmer Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — During the final days of the 2021 legislative session, Wyoming State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jillian Balow expressed both praise for an imminent K-12 school funding deal and…
Janet Erickson
Contact Me Janete@svinews.com About Janet Janet Erickson enjoys writing to a fault. Once she starts, she can’t stop. Raised by a high school English/Journalism teacher father and a music/theater enthusiast mother, she determined by age 16 that she wanted to…
Wyoming jobless rate increases slightly
CASPER (WNE) — Wyoming’s unemployment rate ticked up in February, reversing a downward trend experienced by the state after last year’s pandemic-related closures were lifted. The Equality State ended February with a 5.3% jobless rate, up from 5.1% in January…
Chamber of Commerce Highlight: Hale Financial Solutions
On the surface, financial planning sounds like a numbers thing. You take a paycheck, apply it to your budget, pay off debt, perhaps save a little. Maybe you plan for retirement. But for Tim Hale, financial and investment management is…
Sublette County home lost to fire as firefighters battle snow covered roads
A home in the Hoback Ranches area of Sublette County was lost in a fire Friday, April 2, as firefighters battled snow covered roads and limited access. Sublette County Unified Fire reports that they were dispatched to the location on…
April 6: Kenneth Dietz, New Cokeville Principal
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