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Swift Creek High School to honor student with special graduation ceremony

Swift Creek Principal, Tyler Jack, announced this week that Swift Creek High School will be honoring one of its students, Mike Stewart, in a special individualized graduation ceremony Tuesday June 8, 7:00 p.m. at Swift Creek High School.  SCHS staff…

Six tips to a healthier and more peaceful mental state

Provided By Star Valley Health – Star Valley Health is highlighting #Tools2Thrive – what individuals can do throughout their daily lives to prioritize mental health, build resiliency, and continue to cope with the obstacles of COVID-19. The pandemic has had…

Avoid Summer Diseases Spread by Insects

◆ Tips to help keep you safe. Provided By Wyoming Dept. of Health As the weather around the state beings to warm, the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) is offering simple advice to help families avoid some potentially serious insect-related…

Coming Events: June 4-12

© Copyright Star Valley Independent Saturday, June 5 Reggae in the Rockies music festival. Saturday and Sunday at Melvin Brewing in Alpine, 12 to 8 p.m. Visit ReggaeInTheRockies.com for tickets. Spring Arts Fair and Farmers Market. at Kearsley Nursery in…

Star Valley Arts Fair, Farmers Market offer sundry goods, crafts

◆ Organizers hope to foster ‘spirit of community’. The manager at Kearsley’s Nursery in Thayne is hosting this year’s Star Valley Arts Fair and Farmer’s Market for more reasons than “just good business.” She wants to rekindle a COVID casualty…

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Text-In Topic Responses: Agree or disagree with nuclear power in Wyoming?

In a historic announcement Wednesday, June 2, Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon said Wyoming, in partnership with PacifiCorp and TerraPower, would build a first of it’s kind nuclear power facility. The Natrium reactor nuclear power plant will replace one of Rocky…

Photos: Memorial Day 2021

The following photos were taken on Monday, May 31, 2021 as both the American Legion Post 46 and the VFW Post 4797 honored soldiers who died while serving their country. (Photos taken by Dan Dockstader)

Smoke near Fairview part of prescribed burn

The following is a Facebook post from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office – “Caribou County Forest Service is doing a prescribed burn in the area of Crow Creek, Elk Valley, South of Smoot above the Fairview Cemetery. This burn is…

Alpine Fire Department already battling calls from careless campers

The following is a release from the Alpine Fire Department and Chief Mike Vogt: On June 1, a brush fire was started by an abandoned campfire on Indian Creek camping site adjacent to Palisades Reservoir. The fire spread fast in…

The One-Legged Wonder: Metge family continues adjusting to life two years later.

  Two years ago, Abbie Metge lost her leg in a tractor accident. Since then, she and her family have learned to overcome tragedy with the help of the community. It was on Memorial Day weekend of 2019 when Abbie,…