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Highway 89 serves as a fire break Saturday evening– Firefighters tracked embers

When firefighters arrived from various parts of the country on Saturday afternoon they found the Willow Creek blaze gaining momentum and traveling in a south to southeasterly direction across the Salt River Summit. The path of fire offered a natural…

Star Valley High School Golf begins ’25 campaign

While the rest of the teams for high school sports will wait until Monday for their first official practices, the Star Valley High School Golf program along with other golfers from the state began their 2025 season this week. For…

Added day and a big purse drawing PRCA’s top talent to Afton

  Les Ohlhauser’s work year starts in January and goes through the year. As a rodeo announcer and an auctioneer, he’s “either talking slow or fast” in his words. His schedule is year round. As a rodeo announcer he works…

Changes proposed to Wyoming’s Business Ready Community Grant Program

In a recent interview on the Weekday Wake-up, Josh Dorrell, CEO of the Wyoming Business Council (WBC), discussed significant proposed changes to the Business Ready Community Grant and Loan Program, which has been renamed “Building Resilient Communities” to better reflect…

Ranch Rodeo draws huge crowd

    All summers for the Star Valley Search and Rescue are busy. But 2025 so far has been among one of the busiest. Multiple water rescues and recoveries, car accidents, even assisting in a short manhunt, there’s been more…

Officers give advice on dry conditions to start July

  Kelly Hoffman Lincoln County Fire Warden and Jay Hokanson, Lincoln County Emergency Management are asking the public to use caution going into the Independence Day holiday. Hoffman warned of the dry conditions. “We had a meeting with BLM officers…