Braves eye the Russets in Zero Week clash
• Watch online at svinews.com this Friday. Another high school football season is upon us and the Star Valley Braves open up their 2023 campaign with a road trip to Shelley, Idaho to face the Russets. The two teams clashed…
Azar House brings awareness during 2023 Walk For Life
• Event had over 70 walkers from Star Valley area met at the LC Fairgrounds on August 12. Pregnancy can be, and is often, overwhelming for many women. This feeling is amplified when the pregnancy is unexpected and unplanned. The…
Circle H and Jacknife Ranches earn invitations to Best Beef contest
• Two local ranches ranked in Top 10, state-wide. Two local beef production ranches have been invited to enter the 4th Annual Rendezvous City Beef Roundup taking place Saturday, August 26 at the Central Wyoming College Ag and Equine Center…
SVXC creates a fever for their opening invite
• More Cowbell Invite is Thursday afternoon in Afton. For fans of the distance runners, they will need to be out in force this Thursday, August 24, for the program’s lone home event of the season, titled the More Cowbell…
Golf teams compete at Purple Sage
• Snake River Shootout is this week The SVHS Golf teams were back in action this past week on August 17-18 as they traveled to Evanston to play the Purple Sage Course and the Red Devil Invite. The boys team…
Band at the Barn features Flyover Town this Saturday
• Blue Ribbon Barn located on Cedar Creek road in Thayne. A local event featuring live music, food and dancing is taking place this Saturday night at the Blue Ribbon Barn located at 750 Cedar Creek road in Thayne. The…
This Saturday’s Wag and Walk fundraiser to help animals in need
• Over 60 cats and 15 puppies in need of vet care. Star Valley’s animal shelter, Lucky’s Place Animal Humane Association of Star Valley will have it’s 9th annual Wag and Walk Fundraiser on August 26 at the Star Valley…
Mounted Shooters fire at the LC Fairgrounds this weekend
• Wyoming Desperados combining with Utah club as co-hosts. For the seventh year the Wyoming Desperados Mounted Shooters will be hosting an event at the Lincoln County Fairgrounds in Afton. But this year they will be joined for the first…
Independent Obituaries: August 23, 2023
The following obituaries appeared in the August 23, 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. Robert Child Robert D. Child, 74, passed away…
WWCC class schedule available now
This is a news release from Western Wyoming Community College – Star Valley Outreach schedule of classes are now available. These easily recognized brochures may be picked up at various businesses throughout Star Valley and in each community. Of course, you may…










