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SVI Radio Interview: Rep. McKay Erickson (R-Afton) Legislative Session Summary

Rep. McKay Erickson (R-Afton) from House District 21 stepped into the SVI Radio studio on Tuesday, April 1 to provide a summary and recap of the 2025 state legislative session.  

April Fools’ Day is celebrated with pranks and hoaxes worldwide

By HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press From France to Iceland to the United States, April Fools’ Day will be celebrated on Tuesday with practical jokes and elaborate hoaxes, so make sure to triple check viral posts and don’t leave your back…

Tariffs met with mix of hope, trepidation and uncertainty

  By Hayden Blackford  Cody Enterprise Via- Wyoming News Exchange CODY — Leading up to “Liberation Day,” President Donald Trump’s tariff policies have changed several times, but uncertainty can cause strife, especially for crop producers. The United States Department of…

A stroke survivor speaks again with the help of an experimental brain-computer implant

  By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer Scientists have developed a device that can translate thoughts about speech into spoken words in real time. Although it’s still experimental, they hope the brain-computer interface could someday help give voice to those…

Wyoming to appeal ruling on education funding

• Finding the Wyoming Legislature unconstitutionally underfunds schools, a judge ordered the state to adjust education spending in a February decision.   By Katie Klingsporn, WyoFile.com Wyoming will appeal the February court decision that found the state unconstitutionally underfunded public…

Simpson’s integrity, humor and humility honored at celebration of life

    By Noah Zahn Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Honoring the life of his younger brother, 94-year-old Pete Simpson stood from his wheelchair to deliver a speech as the hundreds in attendance stood and applauded…

Pope’s willingness to show his frailty provides an example to young and old alike in aging world

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis’ frailty was on full view as he left Rome’s Gemelli hospital last Sunday after five weeks battling pneumonia that nearly killed him. He could barely lift his arms to bless…

Myanmar quake death toll rises to 1,644 as resistance movement announces partial ceasefire

By GRANT PECK and JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A unilateral partial ceasefire to facilitate earthquake relief efforts was announced on Saturday by Myanmar’s shadow National Unity Government, which coordinates the popular struggle against the ruling military. The…

(Podcast) Retirement Roundup with Tim Hale: Rod Jensen talks tariffs

This week on The Retirement Roundup, Tim Hale invites Rod Jensen, President of the Bank of Star Valley, onto the show to discuss tariffs. The Retirement Roundup can be heard every Saturday morning at 10:00 a.m. on Swift 98.7 FM…