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Month: July 2022

Lady Braves Volleyball competes at UVU Camp

◆ Team looking to build around four returning seniors. The Star Valley High School Lady Braves Volleyball team recently spent time in Orem, Utah as they competed in the Utah Valley University Camp. Coach Brian Toomer spoke about their efforts….

High-altitude balloon over Laramie sparks an online buzz

LARAMIE (WNE) — Accounts of people looking up at the sky and seeing a spaceship flying high above might seem like a chapter out of a science fiction novel or, since the weekend, just another day in Laramie. The object…

$800K jackpot won at Evanston’s Horse Palace

  EVANSTON (WNE) – A player hit it big with a $798,549 jackpot on Sunday, July 17, at the Evanston Horse Palace. The Evanston Horse Palace player, who wishes to remain anonymous, won the massive jackpot Sunday evening while playing…

Suicide Prevention Lifeline has New Number

◆ 988 will handle mental health emergencies nationwide. A new number for mental health emergencies went on- line last week, and service will be more localized to Wyoming residents according to Governor Mark Gordon. “Wyoming citizens experiencing a mental health…

Nichols wins 1st in MSSA National Finals Novice Division

◆ Other locals place well in nation’s top stockdog competition. A local handler won first place in the Novice Division of the Mountain States Stockdog National Finals, held July 11-16 at the Lincoln County Fairgrounds. Bryan Nichols and his dog…

SVR Fire Protection Update

◆ Mid Valley Fire District Board rejected SVR’s proposed contract. Another contract has been rejected in the ongoing negotiations for fire protection services for Star Valley Ranch. This time, by the Mid Valley Fire District Board. The Mid Valley Fire…

The Most Important Benefits of Quality Water

If you’re wondering about how water can affect your well-being, check out our brief explanation of how quality drinking water can benefit you.

Pinedale woman charged in decades-old murder of newborn

PINEDALE (WNE) — A Pinedale woman remains in custody at the Sublette County Jail following her July 12, 2022 arrest for a felony homicide charge stemming from a 25-year-old cold case out of Mackinac County, Michigan. Nancy Ann Gerwatowski, 59,…

Titus Swen Selected to Doak Walker Award Watch List

Award is Presented to the Nation’s Top College Running Back By Tim Harkins Associate Athletics Director for Media Relations, Public Relations and Broadcasting University of Wyoming Athletics Laramie, Wyo. (July 20, 2022) – University of Wyoming junior running back Titus…

Three more weeks for canyon construction

Major road construction projects have hampered commuters and tourists alike this spring and summer as crews work to try and battle through supply and manpower issues. On US 89 through the canyon between Alpine and Hoback, Avail Valley Construction has…