SVMS Student Council places benches on Star Hill
• The project took three days to complete. This Fall, Star Valley Middle School’s Student Council placed four benches on Star Hill above Afton. The service project included placement of two benches along the trail to the Star on…
SVI Radio Interview: Bryan Drollinger, local health & weight loss coach
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2024 General Election Results
• Canvassing Board meeting Wednesday, Nov. 13 to certify. A total of 10,940 votes were cast in Lincoln County for the 2024 General Election. 2,161 as Absentee ballots and 8,779 on Election Day, according to the Lincoln County Clerk’s…
Death of 399 prompts discussion on expanding grizzly territory
• Concerns and solutions evaluated as human-wildlife conflicts increase. In a recent update from the Game and Fish Department, Director Anji Bruce addressed the ongoing challenges surrounding grizzly bear populations in the region. A significant incident involving grizzly bear…
Star Valley Health preparing for ER service in Alpine
• Open house planned for Saturday, Jan. 11. When Dr. Ryker Kiel, DO, learned of Star Valley Health plans for expansion of the Alpine Clinic he welcomed the opportunity to help. His interest was emergency room care for a…
Independent Obituaries: November 13, 2024
The following obituaries appeared in the November 13, 2024 edition of the Star Valley Independent. For more area obituaries, please visit Schwab Mortuary. For more resources including headstones, please visit the Star Valley Historical Society. Jane Andersen Laural Jane…
Wall Street makes wagers on the likely winners and losers in a second Trump term
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is already making big bets on what take two for a White House led by Donald Trump will mean for the economy. Since Election Day, investors have sent prices zooming for stocks of banks,…
Teen’s killer pleads guilty
CASPER (WNE) — On a dreary Friday morning, more than a dozen people gathered outside Courtroom 1A of the Townsend Justice Center to witness the end of the prosecution of the killer of 17-year-old Lene’a Brown, who was shot…