Cokeville News

By Chuck Young At Monday evenings South Lincoln Hospital board meeting, board members voted unanimously to close the Cokeville clinic.

The Evans Construction proposal to expand a gravel pit in the Etna area has been tabled until the January 2010 Lincoln County Planning and Zoning meeting.

November 15th is America Recycles Day. Now is a good time to remind everyone what Lincoln County recycles and where to recycle.

By Diana Mackinen The City of Kemmerer has passed on first reading new ordinances relative to a oeDriving While Under the Influencea and a oeMinor Under the Influence.a Chief of Police Steve Dillree and City Attorney Joe Bluemel recommended the changes to the City of Kemmerer.

By Diana Mackinen The Kemmerer City Council met in its regular session following a workshop on Monday, October 12, 2009.

By Diana Mackinen The Diamondville Town Council announced at their regular meeting that Ashley Greenfield has been hired as the new police officer for the Town of Diamondville.

A Jackson woman was killed on US 30 about 1:30 in the afternoon last Wednesday 19 miles south of Cokeville.

The Star Valley Independent has not missed a weekly edition since February of 1901.A Take a look back as what made pages of the newspaper 25, 50, 75 and 100 years ago.

The Star Valley Independent has been producing a weekly newspaper for well over 100 years.A Take a look at what made the headlines 25, 50, 75 and 100 years ago.

Only a few items were included on the latest sheriffa s report for this end of the county.

A Little Buckaroo Rodeo will be held in Kemmerer Saturday, July 11, at 1 P.M. at the Kemmerer arena two miles north of town.

Federal fire managers are cutting a fire break around a subdivision south of Cokeville in southwestern Wyoming to protect homes from wildland fires.

The sheriffa s log and incident report for this end of the county lists seven items between May 27 and June 4. On May 27, officers investigated a battery that occurred in the jail.

A group of missing travelers from Nevada that never made it to their destination Thursday were found safe.

The latest log and incident report from the sheriffa s office for this end of the county lists eight items the S.O. has looked into.

Stewart Peterson, star of the original movie "Where the Red Fern Grows," was the grand marshal for the Tractor Parade during the Red Fern festival Saturday.