Roberts Family hosts fundraiser for victims of human trafficking
• Meet Miss Wyoming. Learn line dancing. Help less fortunate young women. Along with her family and friends, Miss Wyoming, Adelaide Roberts, from Star Valley, is working to support young women in Colombia who are survivors of human trafficking. …
Wyoming courts play ping pong with abortion case
• Supreme Court wants judge to ‘narrow the issues’ first. By Kate Ready Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON —- Two weeks after being asked to weigh in on whether the state’s two abortion laws are constitutional,…
Land board skeptical it can break mine lease
• Directs state office to explore issue By Stephen Cheslik Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Bureaucratic momentum overcame public opposition Thursday as Wyoming’s State Land and Investment Board met in Casper to discuss a potential gravel pit…
10 conservation groups sue to protect wolves
By David Velazquez Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER —Conservation groups on Monday filed a suit to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over its failure to list western wolves under the Endangered Species Act. The conservation groups…
Wyoming cites law to justify secrecy about wolf’s alleged torture. But it may not apply.
• Twelve-year old law was intended to protect the identity of legal wolf hunters, and that doesn’t fit the description of a Sublette County man who broke the law by taking possession of a live wolf. By Mike…
LDS Church announces 15 new temples
In concluding the Sunday afternoon and final session of the April 2024 general conference, President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced 15 new temples to be built around the world. He said, “Here…
SVI Radio Interview: Tanner Belknap, SV Trout Unlimited
Tanner Belknap with Star Valley Trout Unlimited stepped into the SVI Radio studio on Monday, April 8 to discuss recently completed projects and upcoming projects with Trout Unlimited. Belknap also detailed the upcoming Fly Fishing Film Festival fundraiser event which…
Star Valley’s Randall Luthi named Governor’s Policy Director
The following is a press release from the office of Gov. Mark Gordon. Find a more detailed story in the upcoming April 10 edition of the Star Valley Independent. CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Governor Mark Gordon is announcing a change to his…
Law enforcement searching for missing 15-year-old Bear Lake girl
Update: The Bear Lake County Sheriff’s Office has said that Update Crawford has been located and returned safely to her family, she is no longer missing, and this agency is no longer seeking to locate her. Original: Law enforcement in…
VA health care enrollment surges
By Casper Star-Tribune staff Via Wyoming News Exchange The Department of Veterans Affairs has announced that 745 Wyoming veterans joined the VA health care system in the last year, outpacing the national average. Enrollment in Wyoming was 35.44% more than…