Alpine celebrates western heritage with annual Mountain Days
Alpine’s annual Mountain Days celebration is scheduled for June 20-22 at the Don Wooden Civic Center and the Marge Grover Memorial Park. As the 35th anniversary of the Mountain Days tradition, this festival offers attractions for families and individuals…
Bridge construction affecting Star Valley drivers
The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT), in partnership with Reiman Corporation, has launched a district-wide bridge rehabilitation project. Crews are focused on the Narrows Bridge at mile marker 95.15 along US 89. Next week, work will transition to the bridge…
Lawmakers seek to eliminate account, boost transparency
By Hannah Shields Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Wyoming lawmakers will try again to eliminate the state’s Strategic Investments and Projects Account in a continued effort to make the state’s budget process more transparent for…
Carnival argument shooting kills 3 in an unusually violent weekend for Salt Lake City area
By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press A 16-year-old boy shot five people in a confrontation between two groups at a carnival in a Salt Lake City suburb Sunday, killing three of them including an 8-month-old infant, police said. The shooting in…
Wyoming lawmakers move to increase state’s share of gambling revenue
By Hannah Shields Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Wyoming lawmakers moved Thursday to capture a larger portion of some gambling revenue after learning current taxation on online sports wagering is lower than in other states….
Body of missing Afton man found and recovered from Swift Creek
The body of a missing 93-year-old man from Afton was found and recovered by Star Valley Search Rescue Thursday afternoon. Commander Matt McMurdo said Ned Eddins was found deceased in the river up Swift Creek Canyon. According to a family…
Swift Creek Canyon search continues into day three for Ned Eddins of Afton
Star Valley Search & Rescue continues looking for Ned Eddins, 93, of Afton who was last seen on Saturday, June 7. Eddins was reported as missing to police on Tuesday, resulting in a search up Swift Creek Canyon east of…
Authorities searching Swift Creek Canyon for missing elderly man from Afton
Authorities are searching for a missing 93-year-old man up Swift Creek Canyon east of Afton. Ned Eddins was reported as missing to police on Tuesday. On Wednesday morning a family member told SVI News that Eddins has been missing since…
Savvy 13-year-old Teton wolf almost breaks all-time age record
• Gray male, the oldest Wyoming wolf ever documented, lived a mysterious existence amid human development, perched in the mountainsides overlooking Teton Valley, Idaho. By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com Biologist Ken Mills sensed a shrewdness and smarts in Wolf…
Trump sends Marines and more National Guard members to Los Angeles
By LOLITA C. BALDOR, TARA COPP, JASON DEAREN and TIM SULLIVAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Another 2,000 National Guard troops along with 700 Marines are headed to Los Angeles on orders from President Donald Trump, escalating a military…