Etna, WY

◆ With the Community and Emergency Response Team training, you’ll have valuable skills to act in an emergency. Life would be much better if we could avoid emergencies and natural disasters altogether. Unfortunately, we can’t, especially in unexpected instances. It’s important to be prepared and have the skills necessary to be a strong asset to your family and community when emergencies inevitably happen.

In my family, we camp a lot. Where we go camping differs depending on the season, how long we have, and who we are going with. But there’s one thing that is always the same: my wife will only go if we take the camper. We call our camp...

American Legion Post 46 and VFW Post 4797 will visit cemeteries and provide military honors in Star Valley on Monday, May 30 for Memorial Day. The American Legion Post 46 will begin cemetery visits in Alpine at the Nordic Inn Memorial at 8:15 a.m. on Monday. Members of the American Legion will then travel to the McCoy Creek Bridge, with an estimated arrival time of 8:30 a.m.

◆ With the help of an angel donor, Alpine adds to their skateboarding area. Earlier this month, construction started on the Alpine Sports Park. Currently, there are baseball fields, horseshoe pits, a pump track for biking, an ice-skating rink, and a skatepark. Now, the skateboarding area will be expanded to add a skate bowl.

◆ Mark Gordon discusses local and state issues. Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon visited Star Valley on Monday, May 24, making stops at Star Valley Health in Afton and Alpine, Star Valley High School, the Afton Armory and meeting with members of the Wyoming and Star Valley Arts Councils. During his tour, SVI Media sat down with Governor Gordon to discuss his visit and current issues facing the state.

The Town of Afton has announced a fundraising campaign with the hopes of improving the historic star on the hillside at the mouth of Swift Creek Canyon. The town said the new Star project should be completed by early summer 2023 and will consist of a fabricated steel structure equipped with color changing LED lights, a live view camera overlooking Afton and underground power. The twelve-month project plan will kick off with a fundraising campaign in June 2022 and wrap up with a celebration to the honor the past and welcome the future.

◆ Everyone is invited. Veterans are offered a steak with breakfast. In celebration of the sacrifice rendered by veterans and fallen military personnel throughout Star Valley, Broulim’s in Alpine is hosting a community breakfast on Saturday, May 28 from 7 to 8:30 a.m. Everyone is invited for sausage, pancakes,...

David Wayne Coveney, 74, of Irwin, passed away May 20, 2022, at his home. Celebration of life will be held at a later date. Condolences may be sent to the family online at www.woodfuneralhome.com.

SUBLETTE COUNTY – A man stopped for speeding 80 miles an hour in a 65-mph zone pleaded not guilty to a felony drug charge and misdemeanors at his May 19 arraignment in 9th District Court. Charles E. Berner, of Thayne, was driving north on Highway 191 on March 28...

Afton Elementary School’s 2nd Grade is pleased to perform the play “Over the Bridge.” Both sessions of the performance will be streamed live in the player below. Special thanks to SVI Media and the SVHS Broadcast Club for making the broadcast possible. 12:45: Mrs. Erickson, Mrs. Frome,...

◆ Test to be conducted in Alpine on May 20. Alpine, Wyoming – In conjunction with Alpine Area Wildfire Prevention Coalition, and All-Fire Days, Lincoln County Emergency Management will be conducting a test of the CodeRED emergency notification system in the Alpine area. This test will be conducted at approximately 4:30PM on Friday, May 20, 2022 .

Last weekend, volunteers from local groups teamed up with the Forest Service to install a bridge on a section of single-track trail that crosses Bear Creek, west of Palisades Reservoir, in the Palisades Ranger District. This bridge install was the last step to a large project that began in 2020....

Members of the Afton Volunteer Fire Department as well as the Afton Police Department responded to a structure fire just west of main street. Those on site extinguished an older shed that was in flames. The call came through at approximately 8:15 am Thursday morning. More information will be added...

The following obituaries appeared in the May 18, 2022 edition of the Star Valley Independent. For more area obituaries, please visit Schwab Mortuary. For more resources including headstones, please visit the Star Valley Historical Society. LaWanna Lynn Windley-Ford, 51, of Auburn, Wyoming passed away on May 8, 2022. LaWanna was...

◆ Meetings include reception in Afton, board session in Thayne. The Wyoming Arts Council Board of Directors will bring their quarterly meeting to Star Valley, May 23-24. The visit will include a reception. The public is invited to join Governor Mark Gordon, the Wyoming Arts Council (WAC) Board, and the Star Valley Arts Council for a public reception on Monday, May 23 from 4-5:30 p.m. at the Afton Civic Center (150 Washington St, Afton, WY 83110). The public is invited meet the WAC board and staff for conversation about arts and culture in Wyoming. There will be live entertainment and refreshments will be served.