Candidate filing period for public office now open — Star Valley Independent

17 May 2012, 4:20 pm

Star Valley’s local paper for over 100 years! This week Wyoming Secretary of State Max Maxfield announced the candidate filing period for the 2012 Primary Election.... Read More »

Cable Management Invention Creates Jobs for People with Disabilities

17 May 2012, 6:04 am

John Thorn designed a cable management device out of frustration, and ended up supporting local manufacturers and creating jobs for people with disabilities.Jackson, WY (PRWEB) May 17, 2012 When John Thorn was inspired to create a novel cord management solution helping a community of disabled adults... Read More »

US Attorney’s Office Activity

15 May 2012, 11:55 am

The following is the sentencing activity released by US Attorney Christopher A. Crofts office of the Department of Justice’s District of Wyoming -- 2011-12... Read More »

Game and Fish to hold public meeting

10 May 2012, 4:06 pm

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) will hold a public meeting to address a number of topics, including changing population objectives for two central Wyoming elk herds and creating a new mountain lion hunt area in the northwestern Black Hills with an unlimited harvest quota.... Read More »

Tyson connected to animal abuse accusations

8 May 2012, 11:56 am

The Humane Society of the United States released undercover video footage revealing cruel treatment of animals and inhumane conditions at a Wyoming pig breeding facility owned by a supplier for Tyson Foods. The HSUS has notified local authorities.... Read More »

WY man dies in southeastern Idaho ATV crash

8 May 2012, 6:56 am

Officials in southwestern Wyoming say a 49-year-old Wyoming man died of injuries suffered in an all-terrain vehicle accident in Caribou County, Idaho over the weekend.... Read More »

In memory of Ruben

7 May 2012, 4:19 am

It was early in the morning on Sept. 6, 2010, when University of Wyoming freshman linebacker Ruben Narcisse was killed in a car accident between Laramie and Fort Collins, Colo.... Read More »

CRMC and WMC sign letter of intent

26 April 2012, 2:15 pm

Cheyenne Regional Medical Center and Wyoming Medical Center have signed their letter of intent in moving Wyoming health care forward.... Read More »

Wyoming Governor Proclaims Environmental Stewardship Day

25 April 2012, 12:03 pm

Governor Matt Mead honored Wyoming's agricultural families through the proclamation of Environmental Stewardship Day during a ceremony at the State Capitol April 24. The ceremony included recognition of the Sommers family, recipient of the 2012 Leopold Conservation Award in Wyoming. The award is... Read More »

Alabama's Hankerson Jr. transfers to Wyoming

23 April 2012, 2:16 pm

Laramie, WY - University of Wyoming head basketball coach Larry Shyatt announced Monday that Charles Hankerson Jr. has signed a scholarship offer and will transfer to UW from the University of Alabama. He will sit out the 2012-13 season to fulfill NCAA transfer rules, and will have two years of elig... Read More »