2024 Year-in-Review
January Alpine opened the year with a motion to direct $10,000 to a program to bring a new school to the community. Mora Moudy, born to Walker and Hailey Moudy on Jan. 5, was the Star Valley Health New Year’s…
Alpine prepares for improved health care
• Expansion takes place while similar hospitals eliminate services Star Valley Health is preparing for the official opening of the expanded Alpine Clinic on Friday, Jan. 11. The new addition to health care for the Star Valley community, located…
Elected officials incensed by BLM’s Rock Springs RMP decision
By Trina Dennis Brittain Rocket Miner Via- Wyoming News Exchange ROCK SPRINGS — A federal agency dismissed concerns about the Rock Springs Resource Management Plan, and leaders in Southwest Wyoming are preparing to fight. According to a news release,…
Wyoming Freedom Caucus unveils ambitious ‘Five and Dime Plan’
• Bloc of hardline Republicans pledges to pass five ‘key bills’ related to elections, immigration, education and other issues in the first 10 days of session. By Maggie Mullen, WyoFile.com As the Wyoming Freedom Caucus prepares to assume…
An emerging, chronic challenge for Jackson Hole elk
• Chronic wasting disease, which poses a grave threat to western Wyoming’s hay-fed wapiti, has been found for the first time in the Fall Creek Elk Herd. By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com Someone recreating on public land south of…
Draney, Young & Merritt earn Coach of Year honors
Three athletic coaches from Star Valley High School have been nominated by their peers to receive Fall Sports Coach of the Year honors. The Wyoming Coaches Association (WCA) announced that Ty Draney is the 2024 4A Boys Cross Country Coach…
Mackay returns to the Ford this Friday
• Christmas concert will blend rock with country Singer-songwriter Mark Mackey is returning to the Ford Theatre Friday, December 20 at 7 p.m. This full-band Christmas tour presents his award-winning lineup of music, promoting his new album, “Meant for…
Granting Madeline’s Wish
• Singing Through the Storms Provided by Make-A-Wish Wyoming Madeline (a.k.a. Maddie), a bright and talented 15-year-old sophomore from Thayne, is embracing her first year of in-person schooling after being homeschooled her whole life. Her dream of joining the…
Alpine’s Yankee Doodle’s Cafe featured on America’s Best Restaurants
The iconic Yankee Doodle’s Café in Alpine has been featured on America’s Best Restaurants Roadshow. Host of the show, J Russell, stopped by the café this past summer. The episode posted over the weekend.
Arrests made following multiple storage unit thefts in Star Valley
Two people from eastern Idaho have been arrested following a series of storage unit burglaries that occurred in Star Valley. Cody Stephen Carlisle, 30, and Marissa Annette Fronce, 26, both of Irwin, Idaho, were taken into custody following a nearly…