SV Health nurse recieves The DAISY Award For Extraordinary Nurses for January 2023
◆ Angela Turner was nominated by her patient and friend. According to The DAISY Award website, “Nurses are nominated by anyone in the organization – patients, family members, other nurses, physicians, other clinicians and staff – anyone who experiences or…
Nic Housley Talks Kemmerer Little League Registration
Anyone with any little ones out there interested in playing baseball this coming spring and summer in the southern part of the county can register with Kemmerer Little League through this Saturday at Kemmererlittleleague.com with the season hopefully beginning in…
SVHS All-American Wrestler Shaely Kunz Discusses Accolade
Shaely Kunz had a terrific season for the Star Valley Braves during the winter season taking home a bronze medal for the Braves at the Wyoming State tournament and then had the honor to be invited to the All-American women’s…
Craig Bollerjack Talks Utah Jazz
Last Friday, Craig Bollerjack of Sportsnet Rocky Mountain and play by play voice of the Utah Jazz called in to the SVI studio to talk to Duke and Aaron about the Jazz season in 2022/2023 and looking ahead into the…
Is Your Name Among Wyoming’s Favorites for New Babies?
Noah was the king of the hill among male names for Wyoming’s newest residents with Charlotte leading the pack for female babies in 2022, according to Vital Statistics Services (VSS), part of the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH). For newborn…
NWS confirms another broken snowfall record in Star Valley
The National Weather Service has confirmed that the weather monitoring station in Bedford has also broken a winter snowfall record this year. The NWS – Riverton Office reported that total winter snowfall for Bedford, from October 1-April 7, stands at…
Bradshaw returning to Cowgirls
After leaving with one year of eligibility remaining to serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, former Lyman High School superstar and Wyoming Cowgirls leading scorer McKinley Bradshaw is headed back to Laramie. The announcement…
Former high school basketball coach charged with rape expected to plead guilty
The following story is courtesy of EastIdahoNews.com. It is used here with permission – SODA SPRINGS — A former girl’s high school basketball coach has agreed to plead guilty to two counts of rape. Wade Lee Schvaneveldt, 52, has reached…
L.C. Assessor: “Real estate market not down, keeping property taxes up”
• LC property values climb in 2022, setting new values in 2023. “The real estate market did not come down as people were thinking between 2021 and 2022,” Lincoln County Assessor Debbie Larson said in a radio interview with SVI…
Independent Obituaries: April 12, 2023
The following obituaries appeared in the April 12, 2023 edition of the Star Valley Independent. For more area obituaries, please visit Schwab Mortuary. For more resources including headstones, please visit the Star Valley Historical Society. On Tuesday April 4, 2023, Steven…