Heart of Star Valley dedicated in Thayne
• Simpson and Heward offer comments A new visitor stop in Thayne will include opportunities to share memories on important dates in a locket and key process in what is called Heart of Star Valley. Mayor Devin Simpson said, “I…
Road and water improvements at Star Valley Ranch
• Farmer’s Market returning Summer improvement projects continue at Star Valley Ranch. • Bramble Berrry Road will be repaved. “It’s a busy part of town, lot’s of families and commuters use it and now they have a nice road…
Afton Heritage Hall of Fame 2024
• Hemmert and Sutter join Hall of Fame. The Afton Heritage Hall of Fame, located in the Afton Civic Center inducted two people during a July ceremony. They included George Howard Hemmert, 1897-1961 and Charles “Chuck” Frederick Sutter,…
Hink maintains the skills of a blacksmith
• Hink crafts tomahawks, popular at Mtn. Rendezvous events. The art of developing metal into a tool or for art, features the unique sills of a Blacksmith. Few have those skills today, but one person is working to keep the…
Independent Notes: Miraculous road repairs, successful traditions with community celebrations.
This week a few notes from local events that are worth mentioning. First, standing up on Teton Pass last week and looking over that pass that had to be re-constructed in such a short time to keep commerce open…
‘Ladder 1 is now in service’
• Alpine Fire District conducts a formal push in ceremony for new truck — Ladder 1. Using the traditional fire department celebration of accepting a new fire truck, Alpine’s Fire Fighting team rolled the new massive ladder truck back into…
Kelly Shackleford – Sothebys wins Star Valley Rotary Chili Cook Off
• Winning cook, Maria James for first place team. The Star Valley Rotary Club Annual Chili Cook Off at Alpine Mountain Days featured winners from Alpine and Thayne Saturday, June 22, 2024. Honors were announced for the top three…
Independent Notes: Great-grandparents and Nuclear power.
On Monday, just outside of Kemmerer, I watched as they turned the first shovelfuls of dirt for the TerraPower Natrium Reactor 1 Demonstration Project. My mind was on my great-grandparents, not necessarily on nuclear power. I was thinking about…
(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 Notes: ‘Call Jack.’
Over the years I have found some incredibly talented and well educated people in Star Valley. You know, the kind that you find it an honor just to call them friend and neighbor. Jack Hales and his wife Susan…