Alpine WG&F presentation, ‘Living in bear country’
• Urges caution ‘when recreating around Alpine and across the state.’ Western Wyoming’s backcountry is a natural setting for bears, resulting in a presentation from Mark Aughton with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. Aughton is the Large Carnivore…
Big Boy makes a Kemmerer stop
As the old steam engine rumbled out of Kemmerer, and continued on to the next stop in Granger, Union Pacific’s Heritage Equipment Manager told SVI, “You’ve been enjoying a once in a lifetime experience with a 1941 Big Boy.” The…
New permanent road coming to Teton Pass
“This is a temporary repair,” Wyoming Department of Transportation Resident Engineer Bob Hammond said of the Teton Pass reconstruction process this summer in an interview with SVI Media. “We started right after the land slide and got it done in…
Independent Notes: A life of service
Saturday I invited two of my grandsons, from Wyoming and Texas to join me for the Cokeville Parade. SVI Media had a float for the event, but after making the Osmond Corner with the decorated flatbed, we must have…
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…