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Month: June 2024

(Video) – Afton monitoring the spring, water flowing

(Video provided by Mayor Jeff Jensen) • Unsafe to move equipment up to the rock slide. The Town of Afton continues to monitor a week-old rock slide at the mouth of the Periodic Spring in Swift Creek Canyon. The slide…

Independent Obituaries: June 12, 2024

The following obituaries appeared in the June 12, 2024 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.   Brandon Bailey Brandon Walter Bailey, 40,…

Fundraiser event for Libertas International Friday

• Mrs. Star Valley has organized the event, which will help victims of human trafficking Rowena Buehler, who is currently serving as Mrs. Star Valley, has organized a fundraising event to benefit Libertas International in the fight against human trafficking….

WYDOT offers Teton Pass slide update

This information was released from the Wyoming Department of Transportation on Tuesday evening, June 11. – Teton Pass remains closed as crews continue constructing an interim detour for the Big Fill landslide at milepost 12.8 and repairing the mudslide at…

(Video) Aerial look at the road collapse of WYO 22 over Teton Pass

Video provided by the Wyoming Department of Transportation – 

SVI Radio Interview: Rowena Buehler, Mrs. Star Valley

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Travelers dealing with jam-packed Snake River Canyon

With the collapse of the roadway on Wyoming Highway 22 over the weekend, commuters from Driggs, Idaho and other communities who relied on the route to make their way to Jackson, Wyoming for work are now left with no other…

First confirmed 2024 wildland fire in Yellowstone National Park

Parkwide fire danger LOW On June 9, the first confirmed wildland fire of the season in Yellowstone National Park was detected by a motorist driving on Highway 191, located on the west side of the park. The .1-acre lightning-ignited Milepost…

What Injuries Are Tourniquets Best Used For?

Tourniquets can save peoples’ lives, but what types of injuries should you use them for? In this post, we’ll cover those in great detail for you.

(Video) TerraPower breaks ground on Kemmerer Nuclear Plant

TerraPower celebrated the start of construction on the Natrium Reactor 1 Demonstration Project with a groundbreaking ceremony on Monday, June 10 a few miles south of Kemmerer. This marks the first advanced reactor project to move from design into construction….