Elk populations ‘above objective’ as hunting season heats up
By Angus M. Thuermer Jr., WyoFile.com Elk are plentiful in Wyoming as the state’s famed elk hunting season gets underway, according to Game and Fish Department estimates. The agency early this year estimated populations to be 29 percent above objective…
Wyoming News Briefs: September 12, 2019
SVI Media is part of the Wyoming News Exchange. The following stories are courtesy of the WNE. Mistaken identity leads to Yellowstone gate closure POWELL (WNE) — With guns drawn, Yellowstone National Park law enforcement officers stopped two visitors…
Hemp investors look to buy space in Greybull
By Nathan Oster Greybull Standard Via- Wyoming News Exchange GREYBULL — A group of investors who are looking to get in on the ground floor of the nascent hemp production industry has agreed to the terms of the purchase of…
State law now allows for expanded enforcement of red light violations near school buses
This week the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office issued a reminder to drivers to pay attention and be sure to stop for school buses. According to Sheriff Johnson, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office takes red light violations very seriously. When a…
Coming Events: September 12-30
© Copyright Star Valley Independent To add to the list of Coming Events, please e-mail amandan@svinews.com or call the SVI Media office at (307) 885-5727. Thursday, September 12 BLANKET SERVICE DAY AT SV Health. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. in the SV…
UW search committee hosts first ‘listening session’
By Daniel Bendtsen Laramie Boomerang Via- Wyoming News Exchange LARAMIE — The search committee tasked with finding 12 candidates for the University of Wyoming’s presidency hosted its first of three “listening sessions” at the Wyoming Union on Monday afternoon. The…
Study shows antelope pushed out of Anticline by drilling
By Mike Koshmrl Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Jackson Hole pronghorn’s critical winter range doubles as one of the largest natural gas fields in the U.S. But new research shows that the native tawny-and-white residents are…
Rescuers respond to vehicle rollover on the Greys River road
• Alpine Fire, Alpine EMS and SV paramedics worked to extract occupant. Crew members from the Alpine Fire, Alpine EMS and paramedics from Star Valley Health responded to the scene of a accident in Greys River on Saturday, September 7….
Cold, rain slow Fishhawk Fire
By Zac Taylor Cody Enterprise Via- Wyoming News Exchange CODY — The Fishhawk Fire – 11,171 acres as of Monday morning – is expected to smolder until enough snow falls on it, but fire managers are no longer seeing it…
Group proposes changes to migration corridors
By Camille Erickson Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Throughout the summer months, an eight-person team has been stewing over how to preserve two key pillars in Wyoming — economic growth and migratory ungulates. After laboring over the…