Commissioners approve budget for fiscal year 26-27
• Roughly $1.5 million less than previous year Lincoln County Commissioners approved a more than $27 million budget during the county commission meeting on Tuesday, July 21 in Kemmerer. The total proposed budget is $27,023,981.22, down from the…
SVI Radio Interview: Commissioner Kent Connelly
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SVI Media hosting candidate forum July 30
• Listen or watch live from 7-9 a.m. SVI Media has scheduled a candidate forum for the morning of Thursday, July 30. The forum will take place live during SVI Radio’s Weekday Wake-Up morning show. There will also be…
Commissioners deny proposed ISD on split vote
• Lincoln Star Improvement Service District fails 1-1 A controversial improvement service district proposed for southern Lincoln county has been denied by commissioners following a 1-1 split vote. The vote occurred on Tuesday, June 16 during the regular…
SVI Radio Interview: Lincoln County Commissioner Kent Connelly
Lincoln County Commissioner Kent Connelly stepped into the SVI Radio studio on Monday, June 1 for the monthly report from the commission. Chairman Connelly discussed the recent 2-1 vote to deny the creation of an EMS tax district in Star…
Commission discusses streaming county meetings
The Lincoln County Commissioners discussed the possibility of streaming county meetings during the regularly scheduled County Commission Meeting on Tuesday, October 21. The discussion was held in response to resolutions signed by the Alpine and Thayne Town Councils and the…
Local Forest Service Rangers respond to fire mitigation concerns
As the Willow Creek Fire has been extinguished south of Smoot, concerns have ignited over suppression efforts performed by contracted workers for the U.S. Forest Service. These concerns arose following a since deleted Facebook video that showed a large…
Roadless Rule rescinded, commission responds
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced during a meeting of the Western Governors’ Association in New Mexico this past June, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is rescinding the 2001 Roadless Rule. The USDA reports rescinding this rule…
Officials seek answers as layoff rumors swirl at southwest Wyoming coal mine
• Without confirmation from the ‘asset management company’ that acquired the mine last year, locals prepare for the unknown. By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com Officials in Lincoln County are pressing the owners of the Kemmerer coal mine for more details…
Commission to discuss Etna storage units next week
• Petitioners ask for moratorium. The Lincoln County Commission will take up a discussion next week regarding a large storage unit complex that has been proposed in the Etna area. The 138,100 square foot facility, which would be the…