National Weather Issues Affecting COVID-19 Vaccine Shipments to Wyoming
National weather issues are temporarily preventing some shipments to Wyoming and other states of vaccines intended to help prevent future COVID-19 illnesses, according to the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH). WDH is not expecting any Moderna vaccine doses to be…
Lincoln County Seniors Could Lose Home Services
County-by-County Data Suggests Nearly 2,000 To Lose Services CHEYENNE – According to Wyoming Department of Health data, 53 older Lincoln County residents risk losing services through The Wyoming Home Services Program without a funding commitment for the program from the…
Bonneville County assists with overdue Alpine Snowmobiler
Over the last three days Bonneville County Sheriff’s Deputies and Search and Rescue personnel have responded to three separate incidents of lost snowmobilers in our back country. Alpine area: The first of those in the McCoy Creek area on Monday…
Governor Signs Temporary Order for Propane Deliveries
Gov. Mark Gordon signed an executive order recently that temporarily puts in place emergency rules for the Wyoming Department of Transportation that allows drivers to make extra propane deliveries to homes and businesses. The order is effective February 17 through…
Feb. 18: Sam Gertsch, Ultimate Angler
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Feb. 18: U.S. Senator John Barrasso
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Afton FD and EMS respond to accident in Osmond
The Afton Volunteer Fire Department and Star Valley EMS responded to an accident on Highway 241 in the Osmond area on Thursday morning at just after 8 a.m. No injuries have been reported but airbags were deployed so emergency crews…
The Best Exercises for Older Adults
We know that getting older can be tough. You don’t feel as spry as you used to, and your body has probably picked up a few new fun quirks that make it difficult to perform certain physical movements and tasks….
Braves escape with a pair of road wins; push win streak to nine
◆ Brant Nelson makes back-to-back game-sealing plays. The longest road trip of the season coincided with one of the winter’s most significant stretches of cold and snow in Wyoming but that didn’t stop the teams from competing at both Natrona…
Independent Obituaries: February 17, 2021
The following obituaries appeared in the February 17, 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. Patricia Ann Peterson of…