2024-25 High School Rodeo Season Begins
• Locals compete in Montpelier, ID The 2024-2025 high school rodeo season began on Saturday for local athletes. The season, which includes fall and spring events, opened up with a double header on Saturday, August 14 in Montpelier. High…
SVHS teams top Pinedale Invite
The Star Valley golf teams competed at Rendezvous Golf Course in Pinedale last week with both taking the top spots in the team race. The Lady Braves were not challenged as they finished by more than 130 strokes in…
Etna’s JACZ Drive-In featured in Jeff Foxworthy Segment
A local Star Valley business found themselves in part of a television segment with comedian Jeff Foxworthy on Wednesday. Jeff Roper with KIFI Local News 8 in Idaho Falls had Foxworth on the air. The two were doing a segment…
Gunman in Trump assassination attempt saw rally as ‘target of opportunity,’ FBI official says
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The gunman in the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump searched online for events of both Trump and President Joe Biden, looked up information about explosives over the last five years and eyed…
Supreme Court rebuffs Biden administration plea to restore multibillion-dollar student debt plan
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday kept on hold the latest multibillion-dollar plan from the Biden administration that would have lowered payments for millions of borrowers, while lawsuits make their way through lower courts. The justices rejected an…
FAA grounds SpaceX after rocket falls over in flames at landing
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer SpaceX launches are on hold after a booster rocket toppled over in flames while landing Wednesday. The Federal Aviation Administration grounded the company’s Falcon 9 rockets and ordered an investigation following the predawn accident off the…
Mining company needs $500 million to get rare earths to market
By Zak Sonntag Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — American Rare Earths, the mineral exploration company whose Halleck Creek mine in Albany County is believed to be one of the largest critical mineral deposits in the world,…
State releases Wyoming Economic Indicators report
CHEYENNE (WNE) — The latest issue of the Wyoming Economic Indicators report contains the Wyoming Economic Health Index, which is designed to provide a current assessment of the state’s economy. Highlights from this month’s issue include the following: The…
Braves quest for 3-peat starts Friday
• Hosting the Russets this Friday at 7 p.m. The Star Valley Braves football team enters the 2024 season as a near-unanimous vote as the top team in Wyoming’s 3A classification. The program returns five All-State players and has…
2nd Annual ‘More Cowbell’ Invite this Thursday in Afton
• Girls start at 4:45 with boys to follow. For a generation 50 years ago, Christopher Walken is an accomplished actor. For today’s people 40 and under, he is probably best well-known as the “More Cowbell” guy from a…