Independent Obituaries: June 5, 2024
The following obituaries appeared in the June 5, 2024 edition of the Star Valley Independent. For more area obituaries, please visit Schwab Mortuary. For more resources including headstones, please visit the Star Valley Historical Society. Dan Hyde Dan Nield Hyde,…
Lawmakers ask Jackson officials about housing crisis solutions
By Hannah Shields Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — County and city officials insisted on Thursday that the issue of affordable housing can only be regulated at the local level. A running joke during the Legislature’s…
Officials: 2024 wildfire season will be ‘average to normal’
By Alyssa Crutcher Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Forestry and public land officials said Friday that they expect Wyoming to experience an “average-to-normal” wildland fire season, with the north-central part of the state experiencing the…
SVI Radio Interview: Dir. Brian Nesvik, Wyoming G&F
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SVI Radio Interview: Alpine Mayor Eric Green
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Forest plans to implement prescribed fire within Hams Fork Vegetation Project area
The Kemmerer Ranger District of the Bridger-Teton National Forest is planning multiple prescribed burns throughout the spring and early summer. The following prescribed burns could begin in early June and be implemented at any time until mid-July. Smoke impacts should…
Woman gored by bison in Yellowstone National Park
According to a news release from officials at Yellowstone National Park, an 83-year old woman from Greenville, South Carolina, was gored by a bison on June 1 near the Storm Point Trail at Yellowstone Lake. Park officials stated “the bison,…
Wyoming’ Ryan Yarborough Named to 2025 College Football Hall of Fame Ballot
• He was a Two-time First Team All-America selection in 1992 and 1993 The National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame announced today the names on the 2025 ballot for induction into the College Football Hall of…
Wyoming officials side with Trump
By David Velazquez Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Wyoming’s elected officials are standing with former President Donald Trump after he was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records in a New York case. Trump,…
Could Wyoming water get piped to Colorado? A decades-old plan resurfaces
• Project has a number of hurdles, including pending federal and state authorizations and wildlife concerns, but the process was set in motion last winter. By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com A gas exploration company with Florida ties is pursuing plans…