Star Valley Independent

The Lady Braves bounced back from a semi-finals loss to Cody by defeating Pinedale and Torrington to bring home the third place finish from Casper on Saturday.  It was the first trophy for the program since a string of five straight title game appearances dating back to 2006.  Star Valley defeated Pinedale Saturday morning in [...]

According to the most recent study by the American council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), Wyoming is one of the ten states in the most need of reevaluating their energy needs.  In fact, Wyoming ranks number 50 out of 51 slots based on a criteria of utility policies, appliance standards, building codes, clean distributed generation, [...]

The battle of where lines in Star Valley will be drawn for new house and senate districts is heating up.   Star Valley experienced enough growth in the last decade to exceed its current Wyoming House and Senate districts. And, while it is known that the valley voters will be divided, exactly how the district lines [...]

The latest financial report for Wyoming shows oil production in the state increasing, but natural gas production decreasing.  The report comes from the Wyoming Consensus Revenue Estimating Group and is referred to as the CREG report.  Gov. Matt Mead released a statement this week advising that the state will need to “live within its means [...]

Funeral services for Kim V Titensor will be Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 11 a.m. in the Evanston 4th Ward Chapel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, located at 1224 Morse Lee. Family will greet friends on Tuesday, Oct. 25, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Crandall Funeral Home in Evanston and [...]

Funeral services for Dale Marie Bagley Vanscoyk will be Monday, Oct. 24, at 11 a.m. in the Fairview Chapel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Family will greet friends from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. at the church, prior to the service. The family has requested that in lieu of flowers, please make [...]

After an opening round win over Jackson and a five-game loss to host Lander, Star Valley had to dig deep to avoid elimination on Saturday.  The Lady Braves outlasted Lyman 19-25, 25-20, 25-20, 20-25 & 15-8.  The five-game win then put pressure on Star Valley who had to play back-to-back as they were able to [...]

Hailey Ricks won the 4A state cross-country title as a sophomore in 2010 and then repeated as the champ with a 3A state title on Saturday.  Ricks was the only girl to break 20 minutes on the Douglas course, running  19:54 to win the title, outpacing Anne Brinegar of Cody by 15 seconds.  Brittney Nethercott [...]

On the football field, Star Valley weathered a Jackson advance to end the first half and to begin the second half en route to a 34-0 victory on Braves Field Friday evening.  Ridge Hillyard became the first Star Valley player to rush for 1,000 yards in a career and pass for over 1,000 yards in [...]

When it comes to the program of Cross-Country in Star Valley, it has definitely had to build its own following.  From the early days of residents asking why the need for an additional sports program to the internal questions and ponderance when they wondered why anyone would want to come out and voluntarily run so [...]