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Month: August 2024

LC  students named to Sheridan College’s 2024 honor rolls

Provided by Sheridan College SHERIDAN, Wyo. – Sheridan College is pleased to recognize students named to its honor rolls for the spring 2024 semester. Sheridan College has three honor roll lists: the President’s Honor Roll, Vice President’s Honor Roll, and…

Emergency Management urges residents to sign up for emergency notifications through CodeRED

  Lincoln County, WY – As we reach the middle of Summer, we again see wildfires dotting the western states, and filling the air with smoke. In the past two weeks, there have been at least two fires in Lincoln County that…

Afton Food Pantry/Thayne Food Bank receive grant

  • Funds distributed by the Wyoming Hunger Initiative Both the Afton Food Pantry and the Thayne Food Bank are recipients of financial support from the Wyoming Hunger Initiative. The Initiative, led by Wyoming’s First Lady Jennie Gordon, allocated $118,400…

SVR’s Patricia Naumoff named State’s Top Volunteers Over Age 50

CHEYENNE –  AARP Wyoming named finalists from Star Valley Ranch, Cheyenne, and Sheridan for its coveted Andrus Award on Friday. The award is named after AARP Founder Dr. Ethel Percy Andrus and goes to the state’s top volunteer over the…

After getting caught fabricating quotes, Cody reporter resigns 

  • Writer’s submissions appeared to have been manufactured by AI   By CJ Baker Powell Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange POWELL — A reporter at the Cody Enterprise resigned on Friday, after the Powell Tribune confronted him with evidence…

Rocky Mountain Power wants to hike rates again, this time by $123.5 million, or 14.7%

  • The request by Wyoming’s largest monopoly electricity provider is mostly due to investments in renewables, interstate transmission lines and wildfire liability.   By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com Fresh off a regulatory defeat, and amid ongoing legal battles and skyrocketing…

Congressional staffers visit Lincoln County

  Congressional staffs from the office of U.S. Representatives and U.S. Senators toured Southwest Wyoming this week as part of an effort to help the Washington D.C. based operations better understand Wyoming. Lincoln County Commission Chairman Kent Connelly was among…

Walk for Life 2024

  • AZAR House invites community to participate in Saturday’s free event. Sarah Collins with AZAR House is excited to share that the 2024 Walk for Life will be Saturday, August 10 at 5 p.m. The race begins and ends…

Second earthquake in a week occurs near Alpine

According to the United State Geological Survey (USGS) a 3.1 magnitude earthquake occurred nine kilometers northeast of Alpine at 8:21 a.m. Friday morning. Information from the tremor indicated that the depth was at 6.9 kilometers.  This is the second 3.1…

SVI Radio Interview: KSL’s Sam Farnsworth, live from Paris Olympics

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