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A growing Wyoming town faces a housing development crossroads
Pinedale, Wyoming, has long been a ranching and oil and gas town. It has a couple thousand residents, but still no stoplight, Walmart, or fast food chains. And it is one of the fastest-growing areas in the state. The pandemic brought in a lot of people from out of state....
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Afton moving forward with demolition of downtown building
Afton Town Administrator Violet Sanderson revealed that the town is moving ahead with plans to demolish the former Los Cabos building. “We have basically a pre-bid walkthrough for the Los Cabos building, having contractors come in and do a walk-through this month and hopefully respond to an RFP to start planning for the demolition of that building,” Sanderson said. “Our hope is that some of that can be done throughout the wintertime and early spring, so we can hopefully take advantage of having that pass-through open and available to be used next summer.”
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Tiger football’s season ends in Star Valley
A season in which the Lander Valley Tigers (5-5) exceeded the expectations of many came to a close Friday in Afton, as the Star Valley Braves (10-1) knocked off the Tigers in a semifinal match up, 49-21. Without the services of sophomore Afton Cox, who sustained a lower-body injury in...
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Thayne welcomes new fire truck
Thayne’s new Class A Fire truck was formally inducted into the Fire Department’s fleet of vehicles Saturday, November 7 with a formal push back ceremony, joined by Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon. The symbolic ceremony is a time honored tradition for fire departments when a new fire truck arrives...
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Afton weighs petition to permit cargo containers in residential districts
Afton Town Administrator Violet Sanderson recapped the town’s previous action on cargo containers in Afton. “Back in 2022 or 2023, the town council at the time had voted and approved for cargo shipping containers to be utilized in the general commercial and mixed commercial/industrial zoning districts,” Sanderson said, noting that prior to that change, “they were prohibited in every zone except for mixed commercial/industrial.”