Star Valley Health responds to financial challenges
• Hospital releases statements on changes, following funding shortfall in 2025 With changing factors in health care costs resulting in funding shortages at the beginning of 2025, Star Valley Health has acknowledged the need to make changes in the…
NCAA passes series of rules that sets table for schools to pay players directly
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer The NCAA passed rules Monday that would upend decades of precedent by allowing colleges to pay their athletes per terms of a multibillion-dollar lawsuit settlement expected to go into effect this summer. The nine…
Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff who ministered with a charming, humble style, dies at 88
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change,…
Determined to Succeed: Aullman battles her way back to the mat
Find this two-page feature in the April 16, 2025 edition of the Star Valley Independent. A year ago, Remington Aullman earned all-state status after advancing to the finals of the Wyoming State Wrestling tournament and finishing second. It was…
Sports Friday Interview: SVHS runner Habi Wetzel
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Wolfley selected as 2025-26 Wyoming State FFA Reporter
Star Valley FFA member Bridger Wolfley, son of Mitch and Cheyanne Wolfley and a senior at Star Valley High School, has been selected as the Wyoming State FFA Reporter for the 2025-26 season. The new officer team of nine, comprised…
Two in custody for area ATM theft
• Sheriff: ‘More arrests could be coming’ Two Texas men are in custody after a Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office investigation into a reported ATM burglary and the theft of two vehicles in the Star Valley area. Deputies from the…
Gordon appoints AG Bridget Hill to Wyoming Supreme Court
CHEYENNE (WNE) — Gov. Mark Gordon has appointed Attorney General Bridget Hill to the Wyoming Supreme Court. Hill’s appointment fills the open seat left by the retirement of Chief Justice Kate Fox. Hill has served as Wyoming Attorney General since…
Convalescing Pope Francis opens Holy Week with in-person greeting in St. Peter’s Square
By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — A convalescing Pope Francis greeted the crowd in St. Peter’s Square on Palm Sunday, wishing more than 20,000 faithful a “Happy Palm Sunday, Happy Holy Week,” in yet another reassuring public…
Nine area youth involved in head-on collision outside Cokeville
The Wyoming Highway Patrol (WHP) and other first-responders were on the scene of a head-on collision outside Cokeville on Wednesday evening involving nine area minors. According to the WHP, the incident occurred at mile post 1 on Highway 232 at…