Annual Search & Rescue Ranch Rodeo caps Independence Day festivities
Star Valley’s Search and Rescue unit is offering its annual Ranch Rodeo on Saturday, July 4 at 7 p.m. at the Lincoln County Fairgrounds in Afton. Gates open at 6:30 and all proceeds benefit the SAR as they work to…
The Wall That Heals coming next week
• July 9-12 at Star Valley Middle School Star Valley residents are encouraged to cheer on the escort as The Wall That Heals opens for free public tours July 9–12 at the middle school. Lisa Grimsley and Jay Conley…
Alpine celebrates charter school opening with ribbon cutting
Prior to cutting the ribbon, Dave Jenkins, who serves as Chairman of the Alpine Board of Education, expressed gratitude to board members of the Alpine Education Foundation and the Alpine Board of Education, Town of Alpine officials, legislators, subcontractors,…
Teton County Search and Rescue rescues 5 stranded rafters
JACKSON (WNE) — Teton County Search and Rescue plucked a family of five off the Snake River on Wednesday evening after a woman was separated from her family. The group included an adult man, an adult woman and…
(PHOTO GALLERY) – Afton Junior Rodeo
The Afton Junior Rodeo took place over this past weekend where the annual summer tradition lives on. Here are a few shots from the day. Full size images can be purchased here.
Yellowstone bison gores 12-year-old near Mud Volcano
JACKSON (WNE) — A bison injured a 12-year-old Yellowstone National Park visitor Friday. The child is the first person to be injured by one of the free-roaming ungulates this year. Almost every year, bison injure, or “gore,” at least…
LSO: Wyoming schools face additional $3.9M activities gap
By Marit Gookin The Ranger Via- Wyoming News Exchange RIVERTON — Not every Wyoming school district lost out in the recent school finance recalibration’s changes to the funding model. But for those that did, one of the areas that…
Wyoming Sees Swift Increase in Elderly Population, Outstripping Most Other States
CHEYENNE – The elderly population (age 65 and over) in the state grew 2.9 percent between July 2024 and July 2025, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates. In comparison, Wyoming’s total population only grew 0.3 percent during the year. The…
3 firefighters killed in Western wildfire were trying to shield themselves from flames
By TY ONEIL, MATTHEW BROWN and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — Three firefighters killed over the weekend in a wildfire along the Colorado-Utah border were trying to shield themselves from flames by deploying tent-like shelters when…