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SVI Radio Interview: Sen. Laura Pearson (R-Kemmerer) Legislative Report

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SVI Radio Interview: Sen. Pearson Legislative Report

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LC Tourism coordinated as one program

  • Board will be formed with town representatives Representatives from the Lincoln County’s towns, chambers and economic development groups met in a conference call this week to make plans for a unified effort to promote tourism. Lincoln County Economic…

Gov. Gordon visits Kemmerer schools to discuss RIDE initiative

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LaBarge facility receives funding for  innovative energy projects

  • $6 million given to Dry Spruce Operating for helium and carbon sequestration. The Wyoming Energy Authority (WEA) announced on November 5 that Governor Mark Gordon has approved funding for three energy projects to enhance the state’s energy sector….

Wyoming’s maternity care erosion continues with Evanston closure

  • Evanston Regional Hospital will discontinue labor and delivery services on Dec. 30, citing declining demand. It will be the fourth Wyoming unit to close in the last decade.   By Katie Klingsporn, WyoFile.com At five months pregnant, Kemmerer…

Lincoln County voters will decide on 6th Penny next week

• Additional one cent sales tax would fund municipal projects if passed Next week voters in Lincoln County will determine if a county-wide sales tax increase will go into effect. The Specific Purpose Sales and Use Tax would increase the…

Forest Service to rehab neglected 180-mile trail network in the Wyoming Range

  • Much of the range’s southern section near Kemmerer is hard to access, but zone is ‘just spectacular.’   By Katie Klingsporn, WyoFile.com The Wyoming Range parallels the state’s western border, unfurling in a spine of ridges between Jackson…

SVI Radio Interview: Trent Sobieck, South Lincoln Therapy Services

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Independent Notes: I hope our elected officials are sleepless.

The battle to save jobs and maintain a solid tax base continues in Kemmerer. Decisions here will affect all of Lincoln County. That’s why I travel to Portland with a Commissioner and the Commission’s Chief of Staff to talk about…