Pancake fundraiser planned for Kemmerer family
A fundraiser aiming to help a Lincoln County family battling cancer has been set for Wednesday October 24 at the Kemmerer Events Center. The event will take place from 6:30-8:30 p.m. and will be for the Angie Hagler family who,…
SVI Sports Recap: Oct 19-20
Football – • The Kemmerer Rangers punched their ticket for the post-season with a 12-0 victory over the Lovell Bulldogs. KHS eliminated Pinedale due to the head-to-head victory earlier in the season and earned the #4 seed from the 2A…
Tim Haberberger Honored as the International Groomer of the Year
Tim Haberberger of Alpine has been honored as the 2018 International Groomer of the Year by the International Snowmobile Hall of Fame. He is the first Wyoming snowmobile trail groomer to receive this prestigious award which was presented during Hall…
Funeral service for Robert Tolman
Funeral services for Robert Tolman will be held Monday, Ocgtober 15, at 1 p.m. at the Salt River Ward LDS Chapel. A viewing will be held prior to the service from 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
SVI Sports Recap: Oct 12-13
Here’s a look at how the teams under the SVI Sports umbrella competed over this past weekend. Cross-Country Star Valley – It doesn’t get much closer than the outing between the Star Valley Braves and the Jackson Broncs this past…
Westmoreland Enters into Restructuring Support Agreement with Members of Ad Hoc Lending Group; WMLP Simultaneously Files Chapter 11 to Sell Assets
By Dan Dockstader, Star Valley Independent Westmoreland Coal Company, with a mining operation that employs nearly 280 people in southwest Wyoming announced a filing for bankruptcy and restructuring on Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018. The company supplies the Naughton Power Plant…
Lincoln County fire ban lifted
Colder temperatures and wet conditions including the first real snow fall of the season has aided in the decision to lift the fire ban in Lincoln County according to the county commissioners office. A resolution was released stating that “the…
Independent News Previews: October 10, 2018
The latest edition of the Star Valley Independent is out and in the pages of the local paper, publishing since Feb. 13, 1901, you’ll find a report on how a Freedom man was taken into custody in the foothills of…
Freedom man taken into custody near Idaho Falls
Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputies took a Freedom, Wyoming man into custody near Idaho Falls Tuesday morning, Oct. 9, 2018, following an all-night search in the eastern Idaho High country. Jason F. White, 41, Freedom, Wyoming, was taken into custody without…
(Video) – Carol Jones of Star Valley Medical Center
Carol Jones, a Registered OB Nurse with Star Valley Medical Center, spoke with SVI as part of a SVMC Health Topics Tuesday.