Independent Notes: Carrying the load of public service.
I attend an endless amount of meetings. In my opinion and experience, some make a difference, and others, well, let’s just file them in the general information category. The meeting schedule keeps me hopping around Wyoming with an occasional…
D.C. Delegation — Hageman notes conservative legislation, Barrasso and Lummis want a budget plan
•Border security in the House, Senate sends a letter to Schumer. U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman reports: For the last nine months, the Republican-led House of Representatives in the 118th Congress has been introducing and passing some of the most conservative…
Faith and Blue Connects with Star Valley community
• Donations filled the valley food banks. Faith and Blue honored the work of the Wyoming Highway Patrol Oct. 7 in Star Valley with a dinner and program at the new “Gather on 89” in Afton. “Faith and Blue is…
Lifting burdens through Make-A-Wish in Star Valley
• Program assists families with difficult health challenges. Seven-year-old Aven Lancaster’s September Sunday afternoon was brightened by a visit from Cinderella. The visit, complete with about 45 family and friends gathered at the Kodiak Lodge, was part of the Make-A-Wish…
Wyoming leadership opposes BLM designation on 1.8 mill acres
• Wyoming delegation, Gov, LC Comm. oppose BLM proposal. Public comment taken. At the end of the summer the Bureau of Land Management announced a change in management policy for the agency’s land in Wyoming. In the announcement, the BLM…
Alpine opens new Pickleball facilities
Project designed to create a sense of community. Members of the Alpine community came out for an evening of Pickleball and pizza Monday night at Ferry Peak Park. They were celebrating a new court, just completed at a popular community…
Independent Notes: Gov. – “The oil and gas industry is the target”
I stand with the Governor as he criticizes the Bureau of Land Management for their Rock Springs Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Resource Management Plan. This plan will hinder, hurt and destroy our Wyoming energy resources, in addition to limiting…
RIDE — Reimagining and Innovating the Delivery of Education launched
• Former Rep. Evan Simpson on the team. Lincoln 1, Kemmerer chosen for launch. The education program is called RIDE — Reimagine and Innovate the Delivery of Education initiative. The program was announced in May of 2021 and is designed…
Wyoming G&F and Dept. of Ed come together on programs
• G&F points to classroom as ideal setting for the Wyoming programs. The Wyoming Game and Fish teamed up with the Department of Education this week to announce an initiative to take wildlife education into the classrooms of the schools…
Independent Notes: An expanded Senior Center in Thayne
This editorial appeared in the September 13, 2023 edition of the Star Valley Independent. The valley’s senior population continues to grow as exemplified by what’s happening at the Thayne Senior Center in recent years. The center serves not only Thayne…