SVHS and CHS Music groups earn high ratings at District Festival
◆ Directors commend their students for strong work ethic and excellence amidst challenges. Music students from Star Valley and Cokeville High Schools participated in the District Music Festival in Pinedale April 28-30. Choir, band and orchestra musicians from high schools…
Logging Returns to Greys River Summer of 2021
◆ Additional improvements planned to Greys River Road. After finalizing a timber sale through the Greys River Collaborative last year the U.S. Forest Service is hoping to see logging in the Tri-Basin area this summer. “We were able to work…
Making the Star Shine
◆ The plans to renovate the Star. The Town of Afton is working on plans to make the Star more visible and more accessible. About a year and a half ago, city officials for the Town of Afton had…
SVI Coming Events: May 20-June 3
© Copyright Star Valley Independent • Thursday, May 20 VETERANS NIGHT at the Thayne Community Food Bank. 6-7 p.m. All SV Veterans welcome! SV HISTORICAL SOCIETY monthly gathering at the Salt River Center in Afton. 7 p.m. It’s been 35…
Local business owner values life of hard work, integrity
◆ ‘You have to accept responsibility even when you make a mistake’ — Juan Herrera When Juan Herrera was in 4th grade in Houston, he was in class during a read-along when the teacher called on him. “The trick was…
Forest Service moves to weaken bighorn protections in Wyo Range
By Angus M. Thuermer Jr., WyoFile.com Domestic sheep could graze anew on national forest land in the Wyoming Range where conservationists bought grazing rights to separate them, their pathogens and their impacts from bighorn sheep and their habitat. The Bridger-Teton…
Avail Valley work underway on U.S. 89 South of Alpine
◆ Full-depth reclamation part of Etna North project. Contract crews with Avail Valley Construction are working their way north on the Etna North reconstruction project in Star Valley’s Lower Valley. The project will bring five lanes to U.S. Highway 89,…
Alpine boat ramp improvements underway
◆ Gravel added to parking area, boat docs placed in time for summer recreation. Improvements are underway this week at the boat ramp in Alpine, all designed to prepare the site for increased use expected with an area growing…
Lawmakers discuss funding fix for emergency communications system
By Tom Coulter Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — With money expected to run out by next summer for the state’s emergency communications system, known as WyoLink, lawmakers discussed potential ways to fund the radio system during…
Parks could see busiest summer ever
By Mike Koshmrl Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Grand Teton National Park’s new superintendent felt the inflection point come the last week of April. Visitors to the 310,000-acre park that Palmer “Chip” Jenkins oversees seemed to…