Wyoming Game and Fish Commission approves 2023 hunting seasons
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission met in Casper April 17-18 to approve the annual hunting season regulations and quotas. After hearing season presentations and reviewing public comments, the Commission passed the 2023 hunting season regulations and quotas. As a…
Funeral services for Durk Lowe
Funeral services for Durk Lowe will take place Saturday April 12 at 12 noon at the Osmond LDS Chapel. A viewing will take place on Friday April 21 from 6-8 pm at Schwab Mortuary and from 10:30-11:45 prior to the…
Independent Obituaries: April 19, 2023
The following obituaries appeared in the April 19, 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. Christopher David Johnson was born March…
Fox31 Sports Taylor Kilgore Joins Sports Friday To Talk Nuggets Postseason Hopes
The Denver Nuggets to the surprise of many across the American sports landscape, locked up the #1 seed in the western conference heading into this years postseason and with their opponent in round 1 to be determined tonight in the…
Food Bank of Wyoming Mobile Pantry Program Wraps Up Record Snowfall Year Supplying Wyoming Communities with Food
After experiencing a challenging winter driving on Wyoming’s roads, Food Bank of Wyoming and their Mobile Pantry drivers are looking forward to warmer weather and dryer conditions. Wyoming received record snowfall this winter with Casper, the location of Food Bank of…
Ozone levels still high in Upper Green River Basin
PINEDALE (WNE) — The Upper Green River Basin’s ozone levels continued to peak from April above the federal standard of 70 parts per billion, with the highest reported 1-hour level of 86 ppb on April 11 at the Pinedale Gaseous…
Star Valley Track and Field Coach Ty Draney On How “Omaha” Has Shaped This Track Season
“We have our best plans and idea of how we want the season to go and then Mother Nature has other ideas” a quote from Coach Draney right off the bat during the interview in regards to how the season…
Rare ‘inverted’ snowpack magnified winter’s heavy toll on wildlife
• Precipitation and water content in the mountain snowfields were just above average, but not extraordinary, in most of western Wyoming. At low elevations, though, the snow depths shattered records — and killed tens of thousands of ungulates. By Mike…