Property Tax Refund Program
• Wyoming issuing refunds, applications due June 2 Jerry Greenfield, Lincoln County Treasurer, recently joined the Weekday Wake-Up to discuss the state’s sponsorship of this year’s property tax refund program. According to Greenfield, “The state is sponsoring another year’s…
Leaders work on rules to allow firearms in state facilities
By Carrie Haderlie Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Officials are getting closer to approving streamlined rules allowing members of the public to carry concealed firearms in state-owned public buildings. In late February, after nearly a…
SVI Radio Interview: Mike Hunsaker, Star Valley Health & current financial status
Mike Hunsaker, Chief Operating Officer for Star Valley Health, stepped into the SVI Radio studio to discuss the current financial status of the hospital and promote an upcoming Telephone Town Hall. Hunsaker touched on other common concerns brought up by…
2nd Annual Gala for the Arts fundraiser is Saturday
• All proceeds go towards restoration of the Ford and programming for that space. Salt River Arts is hosting the 2nd Annual Gala for the Arts on Saturday, May 3 from 7 p.m. to midnight at the South Exhibit…
Star Valley Trades Fair planned for Afton Civic Center
• Workforce Services invite businesses to participate, May 7 in Afton Star Valley area businesses and organizations are invited to participate in a trades fair program designed to give high school age students and others insight into potential job…
Star Valley Health positioning hospital for the future
• Telephone Town Hall scheduled for May 8 With Star Valley Health facing a 3.5 million shortfall, associated with bad debt and a computer accounting error, the district owned hospital is laying out plans for the year. “Star Valley…
Labor advocates: Most lethal state in the nation for workers ignores blue-collar plight
• It’s Workers Memorial Day. Yet Wyoming elected officials mostly silent in wake of yet another alarming report of workplace carnage, advocates say. By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com In 2023, a worker died after falling through a skylight on a…
Conclave to elect a new pope will start on May 7 as cardinals get to know one another
By NICOLE WINFIELD and COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals on Monday set May 7 as the start date for the conclave to elect Pope Francis’ successor, delaying the secret voting for two days so they…
Friendship- binding the fabric of our lives
*This feature appeared in the April 23, 2025 print edition of the Star Valley Independent • Quilt blocks embroidered in 1949 emerge from an attic in Turnerville True friendship – It’s an irreplaceable and tender memory for every young…
Bridge updates at SVR: Hardman Bridge replaced
Star Valley Ranch continues with road and bridge improvements in 2025. Mayor Ru Rock reports, replacement of the Hardman Bridge on Cedar Creek is underway and continues to move forward this week. “The prefabricated concrete bridge pieces have already…