Star Valley Independent

The filing period for candidates interested in serving on either the Lincoln County School District No. 2 Board of Trustees or the North Lincoln County Hospital District Board of Trustees came to a close on Monday, Aug. 23. Candidate names for both boards were released this week.

The question about sales tax in Lincoln County was answered on Tuesday, Aug. 17, during the Primary Election. Sixty percent of voters came out in support of continuing the fifth penny sales tax.

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4797 is seeking participants for the annual Patriots Pen and Voice of Democracy programs. The programs are open to all area youth.

Three additional earthquakes occurred on Aug. 5 and Aug. 6 in  Western Wyoming. Two earthquakes rattled through the region on Aug. 4.

A small earthquake rattled its way through Western Wyoming on Wednesday, Aug. 4. The quake occurred at approximately 6:04 p.m. and was felt in Teton, Park, Sweetwater, Sublette and Lincoln Counties.

The body of Joel Figarido was recovered from the Snake River by the Star Valley Search and Rescue Unit on Friday, July 30, 2010. The recovery took place at approximately 1 p.m.

A car accident on Sunday evening, Aug. 1, 2010, has claimed the life of Clint Robertson, 29. Two others, Beau Nicoll, 19, and David Crook, 19, were injured in the crash. The accident is under investigation from the Wyoming Highway Patrol.

The filing period for candidates interested in serving on either the Lincoln County School District No. 2 Board of Trustees or the North Lincoln County Hospital District Board of Trustees will begin next week. Filing dates are Aug. 4-23.

Saturday, July 24, 2010 the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department and Star Valley Search and Rescue responded to the “Lunch Counter” rapids area of the Snake River. Reports had come in that a man had been swept downstream by the river.

There is a chance that the Bridger-Teton National Forest Supervisor’s Office will move from Jackson to Star Valley. With that chance has come a wave of rumors and community discussion in both Lincoln and Teton counties.