Independent Obituaries: July 16, 2025
The following obituaries and death notices appeared in the July 16, 2025 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. DeVonna Frasier DeVonna Rae (Campbell)…
SVI Radio Interview: Chad Baldwin, University of Wyoming
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Ground broken for new District Court in Lincoln County
Space for judicial proceedings will be expanded in Lincoln County over the next year as a groundbreaking ceremony was held for a new district court in Kemmerer Tuesday, July 15. “This is creating a larger district court for future…
Star Valley Health provides update on accounting and EMS
A $3.5 million shortfall at Star Valley Health in the past two months was related to accounting procedures, CEO Dan Orydna explained in an update interview, carried on SVI’s Weekday Wake-Up program. “To make sure that there’s accuracy, the…
Bridger-Teton opens comment process in Star Valley
The Bridger-Teton National Forest management team was in Star Valley this week to roll out plans for the draft assessment and ultimately the management plan that will guide the 3.4 million acre forest. The B-T hosted a two hour open…
Dry conditions reach critical levels in Lincoln County
As the dry summer continues, moisture levels in vegetation continue to decline. According to Kelly Hoffman, Lincoln County Fire Warden, moisture levels have reached critical status in most vegetation on county land. Hoffman stated that studies done on a variety…
Las Vegas man sentenced for stealing gold and silver from Lincoln County home
Michael Reps was sentenced to between four and four-and-a-half years in prison for his part in stealing both gold and silver items from his father’s home valued in the millions of dollars. As part of the sentencing, Reps was also…
SVI Radio Interview: Lxi Weber, Star Valley Arts Council
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(Video) Year after rock slide, Afton mayor says trail to Intermittent Spring is in its best shape yet
Back-to-back slides — first mud, then rock — hit the Intermittent Spring during the summers of 2023 and 2024, forcing the closure of the trail to its mouth. Now, over a year after the last slide, Afton Mayor Jeff Jensen…
SVI Radio Interview: Lincoln County Commission Chief of Staff Stephen Allen on Septic Dumping
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