Skinner: ‘Be bigger than your past, be bigger than your story.’
Editor’s Note: Retiring Swift Creek High School Secretary Julie Skinner was the featured speaker at the 2021 Swift Creek Graduation. The following is her address to the group she affectionately called, her “Creekers.” Greetings to the class of 2021 Bulldogs…
Harold P. Stewart Trailhead dedicated at Star Valley Ranch
The Town of Star Valley Ranch dedicated the new Harold P. Stewart Cedar Creek Trailhead June 15, 2021. Stewart is credited for creating Star Valley Ranch, which has grown from a summer home area in the early stages to…
Photo Gallery: A Day in the Life of Star Valley- 2021
SVI asked readers and listeners to contribute to the annual Day in the Life Photo Contest and submit images that they felt represented a day in the area. Here are some of those contributions for 2021.
Low statewide vaccination raise concerns of future COVID-19 spikes
By Tom Hallberg Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON – Despite the best efforts of public health officials, Wyoming still ranks 48th among states for the percentage of adults who have received at least one shot of a…
Fire Danger Has Increased to Very High
The following is a release from the Bridger-Teton National Forest – Western Wyo., June 23, 2021—The fire danger rating has been elevated to very high for Grand Teton National Park, Bridger-Teton National Forest, and the National Elk Refuge. Conditions in…
Yellowstone’s first bison goring in ’21
JACKSON (WNE) — An inglorious and painful, though hallmark, sign of Northwestern Wyoming summer passed by over the weekend near the shoreline of Yellowstone Lake. The unfortunate, typically annual event that unfolded was a Yellowstone National Park tourist being gored…
Greys River Road improved, pending arrival of road base
Pending delivery of the proper road base, gravel work will start on the Greys River Road improvements in the coming weeks. “Road crews are coordinating maintenance and grading activities to coincide with the delivery of additional gravel that will significantly…
Kemmerer’s Teryn Thatcher named Miss Wyoming Teen USA
The MISS WYOMING USA and MISS WYOMING TEEN USA Pageants took place Saturday evening, June 19, at the Natrona County High School John Welsh Auditorium in Casper. A crowd of family and friends filled the auditorium for the pageant finals,…
Black Knoll Fire near St. Anthony grows to 150 acres as firefighters work to contain it
The following story courtesy of EastIdahoNews.com. It is used here with permission. ST. ANTHONY – The Black Knoll Fire burning 10 miles southwest of Ashton is now mapped at 150 acres. Edith Raya with the Eastern Idaho Interagency Fire Center…