Aug. 30: Alex Ivie, Putz Golf in Etna
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Lower Valley Energy considers solar operations for Star Valley
• Survey shows positive response to solar power. Lower Valley Energy (LVE) CEO Jim Webb says the company is considering building a solar project in Lincoln County which customers can eventually subscribe to. He says they are working with Energy…
New Afton Star underway, volunteers needed
• Old material has been removed, holes prepped to stabilize Star. The old material for the Star on the east hill above Afton has been removed with the help of 20 volunteers and a bulldozer provided by DNS Excavation. The…
Nonprofit sees outpouring of donations for the unhoused
JACKSON (WNE) — An event last week at the Teton County Library to support people who don’t have housing went so well that a nonprofit had to stop accepting donations 90 minutes in. After moving the event inside due to…
Appeals court sides with Wyoming and PacifiCorp on haze pollution
By Aedan Hannon Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — A panel of judges sided with Wyoming and the state’s largest electric utility in a battle over haze pollution last week finding that the Environmental Protection Agency erred and…
Independent Obituaries: August 30, 2023
The following obituaries appeared in the August 30, 2023 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. Bill Bort William S. Bort, 69, of Roseville,…
Aug. 29: LCSD2 Superintendent Matt Erickson
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Three people injured following UTV accident near Indian Creek
Three people and a dog were injured in a UTV accident on Saturday, August 26th in central Lincoln County. The Lincoln County Search and Rescue in Kemmerer/Diamondville said they were called to the area at approximately 6:00 p.m. Three occupants…