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Year: 2022

(Video) – The Vocalist presented by Rocky Mountain Yeti

It’s finally here!  One amazing singer will be walking away with $10,000 as the 2022 Vocalist champion tonight as part of the Lincoln County Fair. Also part of the show will be America’s Got Talent winner, Darcy Lynne, who will…

KICK IT OR KEEP IT: “Stronger Than She Looks” by Matthew Wayne

Kick It or Keep It altnerates back to The Spur this week with a new song from country artist who isn’t quite yet well known. “Stronger Than She Looks” was released by Matthew Wayne on July 21. Although the song…

2022 Lincoln County Fair

See the Star Valley Independent Lincoln County Fair Special Edition here! Click in the boxes below and see what’s happening this year.

Ballard Johnson inducted into WCA Hall of Fame

◆ Currently still coaches on the football and track staffs. When Ballard Johnson started his coaching journey he did not have his sights set on being selected into the Wyoming Coaches Association Hall of Fame or anything similar. He started…

Dillon Herman Named Alpine Game Warden

JACKSON- Game Warden Dillon Herman recently transferred from Lovell to serve as the Alpine Game Warden. Herman will cover a district between Afton Game Warden James Hobbs to the south and Jackson Game Warden Kyle Lash to the north. The…

Fire south of Sundance grows to 6,500 acres

By Sarah Pridgeon Sundance Times Via- Wyoming News Exchange SUNDANCE — A fire burning in steep, rugged terrain on Iron Mountain — seven miles south of Sundance — had grown to 6500 acres by Tuesday afternoon after expanding overnight as…

Biologists set to begin grizzly bear captures for research purposes in Yellowstone National Park

Public reminded to heed warning signs BOZEMAN, Mont. – As part of ongoing efforts required under the Endangered Species Act to monitor the population of grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, the U.S. Geological Survey, in conjunction with the…

Valley’s First Electric Vehicle Charging Station Opens This Week in Thayne

Star Valley’s first electric vehicle charging station will open this week in Thayne. Joe Heward, a member of Thayne’s town council and an employee of Lower Valley Energy, said the charging station was the product of a three-way partnership. “It’s…

Motorcycle accident claims the life of Montpelier man

◆ Motorcycle and rider thrown over steep embankment. A motorcycle accident near the base of the Salt River Summit on U.S. Highway 89, Sunday evening has claimed the life of an Idaho man. The Wyoming Highway Patrol released the following…

Yellowstone plans to open northern roads by mid-October

By Mark Davis Powell Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange POWELL — Yellowstone National Park announced an ambitious goal of finishing temporary repairs of the Northeast Entrance road by mid-October and has forged a deal with the Montana and Wyoming transportation…