Mountain States Stockdog Association returns to Star Valley
◆ An auction helps raise funds for the Lincoln County 4-H program.The Mountain States Stockdog Association returned this week, but with an expanded venue, bringing in more teams and officials to compete and judge in a series of arenas at…
Snake River Skydiving Wyoming to hold event at Afton Airport July 16-18
Snake River Skydiving Wyoming is holding a tandem skydiving event at the Afton Airport July 16th through the 18th. Founder of the company, Carol Jones, says her and her husband used to run businesses that took people on these high…
County leaders met with energy companies to discuss bringing a nuclear power plant to Southwest Wyoming
Government officials and business leaders from both the state and Lincoln and Uinta counties met with TerraPower and Rocky Mountain Power to discuss the opportunity to bring next-generation nuclear power to southwest Wyoming. The Naughton Power Plant is one of…
Cook, Hardesty and Merritt hired to serve FFA and welding students at SVHS
◆ Horsley is pleased to welcome these highly qualified individuals to the SVHS team. Star Valley FFA, Agriculture Science and Welding students at Star Valley High School will welcome a new team of teachers to the program upon return to…
Service Before Self: Major Jake Bird is an exemplar of service, both locally and nationally.
By Breanna Call SVI Media “Service before self” is a motto Major Jake Bird lives by. He serves both our local community as a patrol officer and our country as a major in the military. His grandfathers and uncles on…
Coming Events: July 9-18
© Copyright Star Valley Independent • Friday, July 9 OLD ROCK CHURCH SUMMER THEATER. This year’s play is titled “Of Mice and Turkeys”. Continues every Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. through the month of July in the Old Rock…
NWS issues Red Flag Warnings to portions of Wyoming
Temperatures across much of Wyoming will be between 90 and 100 degrees for several days and the National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Fire Warning for Cody and the surrounding area. To be considered a Red Flag area,…
Austin Graham will advance to August Vocalist performance
◆ Graham advances to $10,000 Vocalist Competition on Aug. 9. Three talented contestants competed on The Vocalist stage Friday night, July 2, as part of The Vocalist Wildcard Concert held in Thayne. On the line was the opportunity to advance…
June the driest on record for Star Valley
◆ Star Valley and most of Wyoming below average. A few passby showers and thunderstorms in early July have been well received by many after last month was the driest on record for most of Star Valley, according to local…
Fire restrictions announced for Lincoln County
The Lincoln County Commission noted the “extreme danger” from drought conditions in the announcement released just after 12 Noon. “Effective, July 7, 2021, at 12:01 a.m., until further notice of the Board, Stage one Fire Restrictions, including any open fire…