Governor Matt Mead pledges help with Porcupine slide
The office of Governor Matt Mead has pledged their support in whatever form that may take in a letter to the Bridger-Teton National Forest. Acknowledging the economic impact to the county, Governor Mead sent the following: The Porcupine Slide is…
Graveside service for Raeone Smith
Graveside services for Raeone Smith will take place on Monday, May 7, at 4:30 p.m. at Fairview Cemetery.
Funeral services for Dorothy Skinner
Funeral services for Dorothy Skinner will take place Saturday, May 5, at 11 a.m. at the Bedford Ward LDS Chapel. A viewing will take place on Friday, May 4, from 6-8 p.m. at Schwab Funeral Chapel in Thayne and from…
Yellowstone visitor tossed by local bison
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK — A grumpy bison apparently decided not to share the local trail with a visitor who unfortunately got a little too close. Park rangers report that on Monday, Virginia Junk, 72, of Boise was walking the trails…
Independent Obituaries: April 25, 2018
The following obituaries appeared in the April 25, 2018 edition of the Star Valley Independent. For more local obituaries please visit Schwab Mortuary online. On April 19, 2018, Farrell E. Jenkins left this mortal existence after 92 busy and happy…
Netflix: What titles are being added and dropped in May?
Another month has come and gone, which means scores of new titles will come and go from Netflix’s streaming lineup in the near future. Netflix will add 93 and lose 49 titles in its lineup in May, according to The…
Utah & Wyoming biggest beneficiaries of increased National Park numbers
Star Valley and U.S. Highway 89 are a main artery for visitors of Grant Teton National Park and Yellowstone National Park. Visitors have increased spending in America’s National Parks by more than $3.5 billion over the last five years, fueling…
Historic Opal store to be ammunition factory
By Michelle Tibbetts Kemmerer Gazette, Via Wyoming News Exchange OPAL — The Historical Opal Mercantile building has been vacant since 1987, but will soon be buzzing with activity when the doors reopen with the Opal Ammo Company in June. It’s…
Idaho teen dies after saving girlfriend from river
This story courtesy of Yvette Cruz, KSL.com LAVA HOT SPRINGS, Idaho — An Idaho teen drowned Saturday after rescuing his girlfriend from a current that had pulled her underwater in the Portneuf River, officials confirmed. The Bannock County Sheriff’s Office…
