The Star Valley Independent has been covering the many communities of the area for over 110 years without missing a single edition. Do you ever wonder what made the news this week a long time ago Continue reading
By Dahl Erickson on Apr 25, 2012 in Featured, News, Outdoors, Wyoming Area riders participating in the 2012 Rocky Mountain Snowmobile Hillclimb Association (RMSHA) completed their final event at Schweitzer Mountain in Sandpoint, Idaho over the weekend. Many used the last race to buoy their final points standings and in some cases catapulted them to a points championship Continue reading
By Dahl Erickson on Apr 30, 2012 in Afton, Featured, Lincoln County, News, Wyoming The Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, in a letter to Afton Mayor, Loni Hillyard, has requested a variance to the Afton Zoning Ordinance for property located at Hwy 89 and Skyview Lane. The letter confirms the future location of the Star Valley Temple which was discussed in the Independent two weeks ago Continue reading
By News Release on Apr 23, 2012 in Featured, News Governor Matt Mead, First Lady Carol Mead and Wyomings Adjutant General, Major General Luke Reiner, traveled to Kosovo to visit Wyoming Army National Guard members serving in Kosovo and in Bosnia. They arrived in Kosovo Friday afternoon and left very early Sunday morning. The 24 Wyoming National Guard Soldiers provide aviation maintenance and deployed on September 22, 2011 Continue reading
By Dahl Erickson on Apr 20, 2012 in Sports Despite being outshot 33-14, the Lady Braves forged a 1-1 tie with the visiting Jackson Lady Broncs Friday afternoon in Afton. Star Valley fell behind in the 17th minute after a goal from Pam Arland, but knotted things back up in the 29th minute with a blast from junior Abby Nicoll. The two teams then played a scoreless game from there but it was far from dull Continue reading
By Dahl Erickson on Apr 23, 2012 in Entertainment, Sports The Lady Braves used three first half goals to control the match with visiting Worland on Saturday afternoon and claim their fifth win of the season to stand at 5-2-2 overall. On the guys side, the #3 Warriors ran away with the victory 4-0. Lady Braves: 3 Lady Warriors: 0 Sophomore Jessica Woodford scored her tenth goal of the season in the 14th minute off of a deft pass from Ashley Hall as the Lady Braves jumped out to the 1-0 lead. Continue reading
Shallaki without a prescription , Funeral services for Bob Johnson will be held Saturday, April 28, at 11 a.m. Continue reading
By Dahl Erickson on Apr 20, 2012 in Featured, News, Sports After losing more than 200 pound and battling back to try and make his third Olympic Games, 2000 gold medalist and 2004 bronze medalist, Rulon Gardner, was five pounds over the maximum allowable weight for his Greco-Roman heavyweight division of 264.5 pounds. USA Wrestling complimented Gardner on his efforts and how it has been a positive impact for the team during the process Continue reading
By Dahl Erickson on Apr 7, 2012 in Education, Featured, Outdoors, Sports After more than two weeks without a match, both the Braves and Lady Braves resumed their seasons on the pitch as they shut out Pinedale on their home field. The ladies used four, second-half goals to roll to a 5-0 victory while the guys had one goal in each half for a 2-0 win. Continue reading
