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2024 Spring Music Festival Brings Visiting Musicians to Jackson

  • Cathedral Voices presents East Meets West. Provided by Cathedral Voices Chamber Choir JACKSON, WY. Cathedral Voices Chamber Choir is pleased to announce its biennial Spring Music Festival is making its return to Jackson, Wyoming, May 4-5, 2024 at…

Gordon criticizes proposed EPA rule on methane emissions

CHEYENNE (WNE) — In comments submitted Tuesday, Gov. Mark Gordon criticized the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed rule establishing a waste emission charge for methane discharges from oil and gas facilities. Gordon stressed that states like Wyoming are effectively addressing methane…

An aging Wyoming presents big housing challenges

  • Older residents tend to buy houses from the state’s limited stock, leaving few options for the workers they’ll depend on for care as they age.   By Madelyn Beck, WyoFile.com– Wyoming faces an array of future affordable housing…

Court rules against BLM on oil and gas lease sales

By Zak Sonntag Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — A federal court has ruled the Bureau of Land Management cannot move forward on a large oil and gas lease sale in Wyoming after concluding the agency did not…

Thomas named ‘King of Kings’ in Hill Climb World Championships; locals perform well on Jackson hill

The World Championship Snowmobile Hill Climb took place in Jackson over the weekend and several Star Valley riders were among the best of the crowd who challenged the hill on Sunday’s finals.  First in the 900 Stock category, Luke Rainey…

Vote called for a special session

By Hannah Shields Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — A “straw poll” vote conducted this week on whether the Wyoming Legislature should hold a special session met the necessary 35% threshold to trigger a formal vote, but…

Local singer to release first country western single

• ‘John Wayne’ is about ranching life, love. “It seems like every girl is looking for a cowboy” — the beginning words to a country western single being released by local artist Jamie Nield. The native of a ranch outside…

Dino-Light comes to Star Valley 

• This Saturday, March 30 at 7 p.m. Dino-Light, a production by Lightwire Theater that has been seen on America’s Got Talent, is coming to the SVHS Auditorium Saturday, March 30 at 7 p.m. The program features glow-in-the-dark images that…

State’s unemployment rate steady at 2.8%

  CASPER (WNE) — Wyoming continues to have one of the lowest unemployment rates in the nation according to new numbers from the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services and federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.  The Research & Planning section of…

Parsons finishes top five at Wyoming State Spelling Bee

• Two additional SVMS students finished in the top 12 – Emmet Barnes placed 6th, and Elsje Boogaard finished 12th. Calvin Parsons, an 8th grade student at Star Valley Middle School, placed fifth at the Wyoming State Spelling Bee in…