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School district welcomes 18 new educators 23 Aug 2013 | 09:38 pm
Teachers and classroom aides headed back to school this week in preparation for the 2013-2014 School Year. The year will begin with 18 new educators in the district. Robbie King will teach Music in C...
Depth will be key for 2013 Braves 23 Aug 2013 | 09:29 pm
Back in 1928, C. Newell Peterson could have hardly imagined just how the game of high school football would grow across the nation and in Star Valley, but it was 85 years ago that he became Star Valle...
LCSD #2 supports Westmoreland Coal 23 Aug 2013 | 09:17 pm
The board of trustees for Lincoln County School District No. 2 has agreed to support Westmoreland Coal Company in their request to have the Environmental Protection Agency reconsider the impacts of t...
Park rangers use Taser on seasonal employee 23 Aug 2013 | 12:06 am
MOOSE, WY — Late Thursday evening, August 15, Grand Teton National Park rangers deployed a Taser during the arrest of Edwin Matthew Schmidt, a 47-year-old seasonal concession employee and resident of ...
Services for Hepworth 22 Aug 2013 | 11:27 pm
Funeral Services for Tane Hepworth will be held Saturday, August 24, at 11 a.m. at the Cottonwood Ward LDS Chapel. A viewing will take place on Friday, August 23, from 6-8 p.m. at Schwab Mortuary and...
Bridger-Teton fire danger raised to “Very High” 20 Aug 2013 | 11:30 pm
Teton Interagency Fire managers announce that the fire danger rating has been elevated to ‘Very High’ for the Bridger-Teton National Forest, Grand Teton National Park and National Elk Refuge as of Tue...
New ADM figures released to Wyoming schools 20 Aug 2013 | 11:10 pm
The Wyoming High School Activities Association (WHSAA) is constantly discussing reclassification due to the state’s small population combined with its rural set up. It is for this reason one of the p...
Cottonwood Lake road to be closed Aug 26-30 20 Aug 2013 | 10:59 pm
Afton, Wyo. – The Greys River Ranger District of the Bridger-Teton National Forest will be placing crushed rock on the Cottonwood Lake road from August 26 to August 30, 2013. The Ranger District will...
Independent Obituaries: June 26, 2013 20 Aug 2013 | 10:41 pm
The following are obituaries and death notices that appeared in the June 26, 2013 edition of the Star Valley Independent. For more historical obituaries, visit the Star Valley Historical Society’s pa...
“Minor” injuries reported from accident north of Afton 20 Aug 2013 | 10:36 pm
Various organizations responded to a report of an accident approximately five miles north of Afton at approximately 10:45 a.m. August 20. Unofficially, a report of a blown tire caused a sedan to veer...