Search continues following crosswalk accident
• Contact Afton PD with information. Law enforcement continues to look for a vehicle and driver involved in an Afton crosswalk accident that sent one person to the hospital Thursday night, Nov. 9. The Afton Police Department reports a 13-year-old…
D.C. Delegation: U.S. border and Rock Springs BLM management
• Hageman has bill to stop BLM Draft Plan, Lummis says every state a border state and Barrasso travels to the border. U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis The Biden administration’s open-door policy at our southwest border has not only jeopardized our…
New additions for Osmond and Afton
• Classrooms will accommodate growing student populations in the Afton/Osmond areas. The new additions to the Osmond and Afton elementary schools are ready for occupancy. The three new spacious rooms at Osmond Elementary were scheduled to accommodate students this week,…
Lincoln up 16 jobs, Teton up by 935 jobs in Second Quarter
Dan Dockstader SVI Media/SV Chamber Workforce Serv. The Research & Planning section of the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services reported today that from second quarter 2022 to second quarter 2023, total employment in the state rose by 6,814 jobs…
Oil and gas lawsuit dropped
Governor Mark Gordon welcomed the announcement of the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by extreme environmental groups challenging the issuance of over 4,000 federal Applications for Permit to Drill (APD) in the Powder River Basin and in New Mexico. The…
Independent Notes: Thank you to Wyoming’s D.C. delegation for their opposition to the BLM plans in southwest Wyoming.
I commend Wyoming’s D.C. Delegation for stepping out in front of a federal agency and throwing the penalty flag. A group of us in the Wyoming Senate will hold a steady hand and an expressionless face in similar times…
Kemmerer Jr/Sr High School holding Parent Teacher Conference
In area news, Kemmerer Jr/Sr. High will be hosting Parent Teacher Conferences Thursday Nov. 2 from 4 pm to 8 p.m. and Friday Nov. 3 from 8 a.m. -12 Noon. Please sign in at the front table and pick up…
Afton Water shows clean tests at the site of the spring
• Testing included Afton, DEQ and EPA. Water tests at the Intermittent Spring showed “zero ratings” indicating clean tests for the Afton water source. This fall the Town of Afton, the Department of Environmental Quality and Environmental Protection agency gathered…
Independent Notes: Property tax relief — proposals include caps, refunds and a fifty percent reduction.
At the close of the last Legislative session in March of 2023 we found that some 18 property tax relief bills (maybe more, but not introduced) had been lost along the way. I had watched as a few of my…
Afton Airport named after Boyd L. Eddins
• Community leader recalls the history of the Afton airport. Years of service to country, state and county were honored in October when the Afton Lincoln County Airport Board named the Afton Municipal Airport, the “General Boyd L. Eddins Airfield.”…