Independent Obituaries: May 15, 2024
The following obituaries appeared in the May 15, 2024 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. Ed Thomas Max Edward (Ed) Thomas went to meet…
LCSD No. 2 Board meeting recap: May 8, 2024
The Lincoln County School District (LCSD) No. 2 Board of Trustees met in their regular meeting on May 8, 2024. Some of the items that were discussed included: The completion of a home constructed by area students in the Honeybee…
Wyoming’s average gas prices back up 4.1 cents a gallon in past week
CHEYENNE (WNE) — Average gasoline prices in Wyoming have risen 4.1 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.31 per gallon on Monday, according to GasBuddy.com’s survey of 494 stations in Wyoming. Prices in Wyoming are 0.5 cents per…
Altobell named as National Merit Scholarship winner
• SVHS senior one of four Wyoming students to earn the award A Star Valley High School student has been named as a winner of the 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program. Anna Altobell was one of four Wyoming students named…
Harriet Hageman Blasts Rule Mandating Chipping and Tracing of U.S. Livestock
Washington, D.C. – Rep. Hageman issued the following statement regarding the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s (APHIS) final rule mandating electronic identification (EID) eartags for bison and cattle moving interstate. “This rule is a solution in search of a problem….
SVI Radio Interview: Superintendent Teresa Chaulk, LCSD1
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Wyomingites may be skeptical of Obamacare, but many use it for health insurance
• Among 10 farm states, Wyoming had the highest insurance premiums, benefited the most from tax credits and used the federal insurance marketplace the most. By Madelyn Beck, WyoFile.com Wyoming leaders have repeatedly rejected Medicaid expansion, but a…
SVI Radio Interview: Budd Allen, Kemmerer area Boy Scout Troop
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TEXT-IN TOPIC RESPONSES: BSA name change to “Scouting America”
Listeners to SVI Radio’s Weekday Wake-Up morning show texted in their opinions to a name change to the Boys Scouts of America Organization. On Tuesday, May 7 the BSA released a press release announcing they would change their name to…
Jury finds Marler guilty of murder and child abuse
At roughly 3:30 p.m. on Friday, May 10 it was read in a Lincoln County Courtroom in Kemmerer that the jury had found Cheri Lynn Marler guilty of one count of first degree murder and one count of child abuse…