Christiansen wins Lagoon in June
Cameron Christiansen of Afton is this year’s winner of SVI Media’s Lagoon in June giveaway! Christiansen’s name was drawn out of hundreds of entries from Star Valley, Kemmerer and Montpelier. Cameron (right) and her daughter Anna (left) picked up their…
Editorial: A Bright Future for Wyoming Energy
By Senator Dan Dockstader Wyoming is fortunate to be blessed with an abundance of natural resources and energy knowledge, which has rightfully placed our state as an energy leader. Our capabilities, coupled with both traditional and renewable energies, has led…
Star Valley & Cokeville listed among schools with no ejections
The Wyoming High School Activities Association has released the list of Wyoming high schools who did not have a single coach or player ejected from an athletic event during the 2022-2023 school year. Both Star Valley and Cokeville High School’s…
Wednesday is final day of “Dyer’s Woad Week”
Provided by the Wyoming Weed & Pest Council For nearly 20 years, the Lincoln County Weed and Pest District has held the annual “Dyer’s Woad Week,” when children 18 years and younger can pick Dyer’s Woad plants and trade it…
Tornado strike causes severe damage at nation’s largest coal mine
• Six were hospitalized for injuries, and a ‘massive’ cleanup job remains at Peabody Energy’s North Antelope Rochelle mine. By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com Hundreds of workers escaped serious injury, though six required hospital treatment, when a tornado ripped through the…
Wyoming leaders battle Biden for gun rights
By Sarah Elmquist Squires Lander Journal Via- Wyoming News Exchange LANDER — Last week, U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis fired back against a Biden administration Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) rule governing pistol braces. The senators joined…
Yellowstone National Park’s Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel to open July 1, 2023
MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – Yellowstone National Park’s Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel and Cabins will open July 1, 2023. The hotel closed immediately after the historic 2022 flood because of damage to the area’s wastewater system. The hotel gift shop with sandwiches, snacks…
State’s proposed sage grouse protections anger local ranchers
By Jonathan Gallardo Gillette News Record Via- Wyoming News Exchange GILLETTE — Jimmy Mankin’s worried about the future. The Mankin Ranch, located about 20 miles south of Gillette west of Highway 50, was established in 1939. He has cattle and…
It’s Dyer’s Woad Week in Lincoln County
Monday, June 26 though Wednesday, June 28 is Dyer’s Woad Week in Star Valley. The Lincoln County Weed & Pest is once again paying 50 cents per pound for anyone age 18 and under to bring in the noxious plant…
Swift Creek Canyon Open
Swift Creek Canyon has been opened after the Town of Afton cleared a mudslide that had blocked the trail to the intermittent spring and exposed the town’s water line. Afton Mayor Jeff Jensen said crews were able to clear enough…