SVI Radio Interview: Lincoln County Commissioner Mel Shumway
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Former Utah Rep. Mia Love, the first Black Republican woman elected to the US House, has died
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Mia Love of Utah, a daughter of Haitian immigrants who became the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, died Sunday. She was 49. Love’s…
US holds separate talks with Russians after meeting Ukrainians to discuss a potential ceasefire
By JON GAMBRELL and ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. negotiators worked on a proposed partial ceasefire in Ukraine on Monday, meeting with representatives from Russia a day after holding separate talks with the Ukrainian…
Chomps beef sticks recalled due to possible metal contamination
An Idaho-based snack manufacturer has voluntarily recalled nearly 30,000 ready-to-eat beef sticks after customers reported metal in the product. Idaho Smokehouse Partners notified the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service that they had received two complaints from…
Independent Notes: Remembering U.S. Senator Al Simpson.
As a young 20-something editor of the Star Valley Independent, I was impressed that a U.S. Senator would give me time for an interview. Al Simpson did. He came through town and stopped by the newspaper office, now the optometrist…
Employee reductions in Kemmerer
Kemmerer Operations, LLC (“KOL”) announced today, Friday, Mar. 21, 2025, a layoff of twenty-eight employees and a shift schedule change at its Kemmerer Coal Mine. The workforce reduction is part of its ongoing efforts to align operations with current coal…
Veterans, federal workers say layoffs at VA cause chaos, limit care
By Ivy Secrest Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Former and current employees of the Cheyenne Veterans Affairs Medical Center are raising concerns about a chaotic onslaught of employee terminations induced by the Department of…
Lummis bill would redirect EV funds to support Wyoming highways
CHEYENNE (WNE) — U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., has introduced the Highway Funding Flexibility Act. If passed into law, it would free up money “stuck in accounts intended to fund Biden’s radical EV charger initiative” and direct those funds…
Former Wheatland music instructor arrested for sexual exploitation of children
WHEATLAND (WNE) — Former Wheatland Middle School and Wheatland High School band director, Evan Whitt Bradley, 34, was booked into the Platte County Detention Center on Tuesday, March 11 on charges of sexual exploitation of children. He had resigned…
Afton PD investigating after two bodies found in residence
The Afton Police Department is investigating the circumstances that resulted in the deaths of two people found inside a local residence. Police Chief Jason Romberg told SVI that at roughly 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 18, both APD and the…