Lummis, Barrasso Congratulate Hageman following U.S. House win
Wyoming’s two U.S. Senators congratulated Harriet Hageman following her win over incumbent Liz Cheney for Wyoming’s lone U.S. House of Representatives seat. Hageman collected a total of 113,025 votes, compared to Cheney’s 49,316. Following the election, U.S. Senator Johns Barrosso…
Independent Obituaries: August 17, 2022
The following obituaries appeared in the August 17, 2022 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 beautiful son Andrew Bradley…
Unsportsmanlike Conduct: Fantasy Football Draft Season Is Here! (and Aaron doesn’t like Tom Cruise)
Aaron and Dahl discuss updates with Roquan Smith, the Dylan Cease vs Justin Verlander matchup, their upcoming fantasy football league season, and then tangents about movies and which state has the worst drivers? Spotify: Podbean: Youtube:
2022 Wyoming Primary Election Results
Unofficial results from the 2022 Lincoln County Primary Election are in. Join Dan Dockstader as he discusses results beginning at 5:30 am Wednesday morning on both Swift 98.7 FM in Star Valley as well as The Spur (107.5 FM Kemmerer,…
Single vehicle accident knocks out power to Thayne area residents
Lower Valley Energy customers were without power for a short time on Tuesday, August 16 after a single vehicle accident knocked down a power line. The responding officer with the Wyoming High Patrol told SVI News that the accident occurred…
Man in custody after fleeing scene of accident in Afton
The Afton Police Department has a man in custody after he fled the scene of an accident. Afton PD Chief Jason Romberg said the suspect fled the scene after driving into two power poles on 2nd Avenue in Afton at…
Yellowstone hosts nearly 600,000 in July
Yellowstone National Park hosted 596,562 recreation visits in July 2022. This is a 45% decrease from July 2021 (1,080,767 recreational visits), the most-visited July on record, and a 36% decrease from July 2019 (936,062), the last pre-Covid year. On June…
Volk Wins U20 World Title
By Cobe Wastler Communications Coordinator University of Wyoming Athletics Sofia, Bulgaria (August 16, 2022) – Cowboy Wrestling True Freshman Jore Volk will be bringing some hardware back to the United States after a great performance at 57kg at the U20 Freestyle World Championships in…