Alpine’s Yankee Doodle’s Cafe featured on America’s Best Restaurants
The iconic Yankee Doodle’s Café in Alpine has been featured on America’s Best Restaurants Roadshow. Host of the show, J Russell, stopped by the café this past summer. The episode posted over the weekend.
SVI Radio Interview: Dr. Ryker Kiel, Alpine E.R.
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New interest in trails for Lincoln County
• Transportation Plan comments call for more trails. As the Lincoln County Transportation Plan moves forward gathering public comments from Opal to Alpine, there is a new found interest in trails coming in with the responses. Lincoln County launched…
Lincoln County voters will decide on 6th Penny next week
• Additional one cent sales tax would fund municipal projects if passed Next week voters in Lincoln County will determine if a county-wide sales tax increase will go into effect. The Specific Purpose Sales and Use Tax would increase the…
Independent Notes: I hope our elected officials are sleepless.
The battle to save jobs and maintain a solid tax base continues in Kemmerer. Decisions here will affect all of Lincoln County. That’s why I travel to Portland with a Commissioner and the Commission’s Chief of Staff to talk about…
Search & Rescue assists injured hunter
• Person life flighted after shooting themself in the arm The Star Valley Search & Rescue was dispatched to Greys River on Sunday evening, September 22 for a report of an injured hunter. According to S&R, the hunter called…
A visual reminder of what it means to be American
• 1,500 sq. ft. Old Glory flies near Etna. Darcel Hulse has a deep love for America and in the importance of showing patriotism. He hopes the newly installed United States Flag will be a reminder to others of…
Property taxes – Money sent to schools, towns and districts
How are the property taxes in Lincoln County distributed? Based on yearly figures, July of 2023 to June of 2024, a total of 68,876,605.78 was collected. The largest portion goes to education with Lincoln County School District No. 2…
3.1 magnitude earthquake occurs north of Alpine
The United States Geological Service has report that an earthquake occurred near Alpine early Friday morning. The tremor registered as a 3.1 magnitude and took place at 4:05 a.m. The location was inside Lincoln County a few miles northeast of…
6th Penny Tax returns to ballot
• Voters county wide will approve or reject At the request of local municipalities, the Lincoln County Commissioners have approved a resolution to add a 1% special purpose sales and use tax, also known as the 6th penny, onto…