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Year: 2026

KICK IT OR KEEP IT: “The Years Are Short” by Rodney Atkins

A new song by country icon Rodney Atkins is up for vote in this week’s Kick It or Keep It. If voted to be kept, “The Years Are Short” will be added to The Spur’s playlist. Vote to kick or…

Game and Fish detects chronic wasting disease on Pinedale-area elk feedground

  JACKSON (WNE) — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has detected chronic wasting disease on the Muddy Creek feedground for the first time. Muddy Creek, which is south of Pinedale, is one of three feedgrounds that serves the roughly…

(Video) – Braves face Tigers in final home match

It’s the last home match of the season for the Braves as they take on the Rock Springs Tigers with a 1 p.m. start time.

(Video) – Lady Braves Soccer host Rock Springs

The Star Valley girls host Rock Springs in the last regular-season match of the year at 11 a.m. at Braves Field. They will face Evanston in a 4A West regional play-in match next Wednesday in Jackson.

Star Valley Independent Letters to the Editor: May 6, 2026

The following Letters to the Editor appeared in the May 6, 2026 edition of the Star Valley Independent. Submit your own letter for future editions.   Editorial: A broken system is costing America trillions – I see it in Wyoming…

Independent Notes: The costs of health insurance.

  Health care continues to be a challenge across the state and for that matter, the nation. Rural areas of Wyoming are going through the challenges of keeping their hospitals open and maintaining services in cases where insurance coverage is…

Lincoln County Library Book Review: “One Golden Summer”

Review by Michelle Carollo, Lincoln County Library One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune is a nostalgic, emotional story about love, timing, and the way one summer can change everything. The novel centers on a woman who returns to a lakeside…

WHSAA considers eliminating programs, additional adjustments to activities, amid recalibration funding cuts

The following is a press release from the Wyoming High School Activities Association. SVI Media recently discussed this topic with LCSD#2 Superintendent Matt Erickson & Director of Finance JC Inskeep. Additional conversations are scheduled with Swift Creek High School Principal…

Sports Friday Interviews: Coach Chaulk and Coach Tynsky- Kemmerer Football and Volleyball

Kemmerer High School’s new football coach Sid Chaulk and new volleyball coach Corina Tynsky both called into First Bank of Wyoming Sports Friday to discuss taking over the programs and their plans between now and this fall.