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Mothers urge change to law regarding adults stalking minors

  By Chase Vialpando Glenrock Independent Via- Wyoming News Exchange GLENROCK —Two Glenrock mothers who allege their teenage children were harassed and stalked for over a year by another parent within the community took their concern for their kids all…

A new thermal steam vent is grabbing attention in ever-changing Yellowstone National Park

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — A new thermal vent spewing steam in the air at Yellowstone National Park is gaining attention, mainly because it’s visible from a road rather than any significant change in the park famous for its…

SVI Radio Interview: Lincoln County Commissioner Mel Shumway

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SVI Radio Interview: Star Valley Ranch Mayor Ru Rok

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Wyoming Insight reports decrease in tax collections, mining but increase in employment

  CHEYENNE (WNE) — Wyoming’s total sales and use tax collections have decreased year-over-year and mining collections continue to fall, according to the latest edition of Wyoming Insight, which serves as an energy index and business indicators report for the…

US holds separate talks with Russians after meeting Ukrainians to discuss a potential ceasefire

By JON GAMBRELL and ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. negotiators worked on a proposed partial ceasefire in Ukraine on Monday, meeting with representatives from Russia a day after holding separate talks with the Ukrainian…

Chomps beef sticks recalled due to possible metal contamination

An Idaho-based snack manufacturer has voluntarily recalled nearly 30,000 ready-to-eat beef sticks after customers reported metal in the product.  Idaho Smokehouse Partners notified the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service that they had received two complaints from…

(Podcast) Retirement Roundup 3/22/25: Tim Hale with Josh Williams-Avoid Tax Pitfalls

On the debut episode of the Retirement Roundup, Tim Hale of Hale Financial Solutions is joined with Josh Williams from H&R Block to discuss tax pitfalls to avoid during the tax season. The Retirement Roundup can be heard at 10:00…

LVE restores power after major outage

Lower Valley Energy experienced a major transmission outage from their power supplier, Bonneville Power according to information reported by the company. The transmission path to the southern end of the LVE system to Jackson lost power to over 1,200 customers…

Independent Notes: Remembering U.S. Senator Al Simpson.

As a young 20-something editor of the Star Valley Independent, I was impressed that a U.S. Senator would give me time for an interview. Al Simpson did. He came through town and stopped by the newspaper office, now the optometrist…