SVI-NEWS

Your Source For Local and Regional News

Slider

Slider

Month: March 2022

Heather Ezell Named New Cowgirl Basketball Head Coach

Kevin DeVries Athletic Communications Coordinator – Tennis, Volleyball and Women’s Basketball University of Wyoming Athletics University of Wyoming Director of Athletics Tom Burman announced Friday afternoon that Heather Ezell will be the eighth Head Coach of the Wyoming Cowgirl Basketball…

Lincoln County Library System Book Review: “How Not To Fall In Love”

By Cassidy Brandt Library Assistant La Barge Branch Library “How Not To Fall In Love” is a super sweet read about a girl named Harper, who is skeptical about love and has her guard up after she experiences a terrible…

First ever Back Country Jam coming to Afton at Lincoln County Fairgrounds June 17 & 18

A special music festival called Back Country Jam is coming to Afton for the first time June 17 and 18 at the Lincoln County Fairgrounds. Organizer of the event, Kaitie Vigna, says she wanted to put this on because we…

National Rifle Association sponsored Youth Hunter Education Challenge event coming to Star Valley June 3rd and 4th

A National Rifle Association (NRA) sponsored event is coming to Star Valley June 3rd and 4th called the Youth Hunter Education Challenge (YHEC). This is a shooting competition for kids from ages eight to 18. The NRA sponsors this for…

KICK IT OR KEEP IT: “Go The Distance” by Peyton Parrish

A rock cover version of a popular song from a 90’s Disney movie is up for vote in this week’s Keep It or Keep It on SVI Radio. “Go The Distance” is a song from the 1997 move Hurcules. A rock…

(Watch Live) Soccer: Jackson(WY) vs. Rock Springs (WY)

Rock Springs traveled to Jackson for soccer matches on the 26th. Varsity coverage below: Boys: Girls:

UW professor dies in avalanche while skiing

CHEYENNE (WNE) — A 61-year-old University of Wyoming professor has died after being caught in a backcountry avalanche while skiing in western Wyoming near the Idaho border. Jay Norton, a UW Extension soil fertility specialist, was skiing March 17 in…

Man killed in police shooting identified

GILLETTE (WNE) — Daren Lee Henle, a 57-year-old Gillette man, has been identified as the suspect killed in a police shooting in Gillette Monday afternoon. Campbell County Coroner Paul Wallem said Tuesday afternoon that Henle died of multiple gunshot wounds…

Bouchard slams misconduct allegations

By Jasmine Hall Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Facing a deadline today to provide a written response to allegations of misconduct, Sen. Anthony Bouchard, R-Cheyenne, is not backing down from defending himself and criticizing some colleagues….

Lincoln County leads state in population growth

By Ellen Gerst Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Wyoming’s population is growing faster than the country’s. The state’s population grew by 1,536 people between July of 2020 and 2021, according to data from the census bureau. That’s…