Utah man dies in crash near Cokeville
On September 23, 2020, a fatal crash occurred around milepost 3 on US 30 north of Cokeville, Wyoming. At 2:08 p.m., Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers were notified of a motor vehicle collision. A 1995 Toyota Corolla was traveling northbound on…
EMS crews respond to four-vehicle accident north of Afton
Multiple sirens went off on Tuesday morning at approximately 7:50 a.m. as EMS crews from Star Valley EMS and other agencies responded to reports of a four-vehicle accident that took place on U.S. 89 where the road transitions from two…
Services for Hoopes and Rumbaugh
Funeral services for Jean Hoopes will take place Friday October 2, 2020 at 11 a.m. at the Salt River LDS Chapel. A viewing will take place prior to the service from 9-10:45 a.m. Funeral services for Beulah Rumbaugh will take…
Transportation Commission awards $62.7 million in contracts in September
The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) will pave 13 miles of Interstate 80 between Rock Springs and Rawlins to improve the surface. The Wyoming Transportation Commission awarded Interstate Highway Construction Inc., of Englewood, Colorado, a $20.8 million contract for the…
Thousand Books Before Kindergarten program now back up and running
◆ Book boxes back in local businesses. The Lincoln County School District 2 Education Foundation has reopened their 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program in the Star Valley community. Program book boxes were locked down last spring due to coronavirus containment…
Thursday second day in a row with more than 100 new coronavirus cases
By The Wyoming News Exchange A second day of increases of more than 100 in new confirmed coronavirus cases around Wyoming pushed the state’s number of active cases to new highs Thursday. The Wyoming Department of Health, in its daily…
Funeral services for Margene Warren
Funeral services for Margene Warren will take place Saturday, October 3, 2020 at 12:30 p.m. in the Afton 3rd Ward Building. A viewing will take place on Friday October 2, 2020 from 6-8 p.m. and from 11:30 a.m. to 12:20…
Gordon backs Barrasso’s Endangered Species Act amendments
By Tom Coulter Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE – Gov. Mark Gordon testified to a congressional committee in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday in support of legislation amending the Endangered Species Act that its proponents say would give…
Karli Galloway is a first grade teacher at Afton Elementary
◆ Creative a positive learning environment is key to classroom learning, Galloway says. Karli Galloway came to Lincoln County School District 2 in 2018 as a substitute for the school district while she completed her degree with Western Governors University,…