Grand Teton speedster reverses course on appealing sentence
JACKSON (WNE) — An Idaho man caught driving 132 mph in Grand Teton National Park in March and sentenced to 90 days in jail is no longer pursuing a federal appeal of his case. Jessie Perry filed a notice of…
Annual Holiday Craft Bazaar happening this weekend in Afton
◆ Proceeds go towards helping a variety of individuals in need throughout the year. Star Valley’s Annual Holiday Craft Bazaar is scheduled for Saturday, November 19 in the South Exhibit Building of the Lincoln County Fairgrounds in Afton. Doors open…
GOP poll watchers: Wyo election ‘smooth,’ no funny business
By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com Marti Halverson was posted up kitty-corner to the election judges’ table over the course of a long day Nov. 8 at the Star Valley Community Complex. The former state representative, who chairs an election integrity-focused Wyoming…
In the Rockies, goats beat bighorn sheep
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON —It doesn’t take much to get a mountain goat’s goat. They go from “passive to aggressive really fast,” said Joel Berger, the Barbara Cox Anthony University Chair of Wildlife…
Independent Obituaries: November 16, 2022
The following obituaries appeared in the November 16, 2022 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. Rodger Petersen Crook passed…
Small earthquakes rattle near Cokeville Wednesday morning
A small cluster of mild earthquakes struck northwest of Cokeville along the Wyoming/Idaho border Wednesday morning. The USGS reports the quakes were near Border Junction, with the largest being a 3.6 magnitude. The earthquakes took place between 2:00 a.m. and…
Lincoln County Dispatch understaffed to meet demand of calls
Lincoln County Dispatch Coordinator Maryanne Christensen says the office is understaffed to meet the demand of calls the department is receiving. She says she started tracking the number of calls in 2012. That year it received 15,000 calls. In 2021 it…
Revenue Committee addresses property taxes
◆ Property Tax relief bills will be considered. The Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Revenue Committee will meet Monday and Tuesday Nov. 21-22 at the State Capitol Extension in Cheyenne. Three property tax bills will be considered, 23LSO-0032, residential property taxation amendment;…
VIDEO: Kemmerer Decarbonization Works public meeting
The City of Kemmerer and Town of Diamondville hosted a public meeting on Thursday, November 10. Leaders with Kemmerer Decarbonization Works presented at the meeting and took questions form the public. The company is looking to build a new facility…
Graveside services for Nord Wilkes
Graveside services for Nord Wilkes will take place Monday, November 21, 2022 at 1 pm in the Afton Cemetery.