Afton News

Various roads in Uinta, Lincoln and Sweetwater counties will be resurfaced through a Wyo-ming Department of Transportation District Three maintenance chip sealing project during July.

Lincoln County has been awarded federal funds through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for the emergency food and shelter national board program.

A flight instructor and an airplane manufacturer are pointing fingers at each other about who, or what, is to blame for an emergency landing in a field at the Fountain Valley School last month.

Afton, Wyo. - " The employees of the Bridger-Teton National Forest Greys River Ranger District sponsored a scholarship for a deserving graduating student from the Star Valley High School this year.

Attorney On April 20, 2009 Chaz Allen Lilly was convicted of Delivering a Controlled Substance and sentenced to serve three to four years in the Wyoming State Penitentiary.

A historic, nostalgic and sometimes comical look back at what made the news in the Star Valley Independent, 25, 50, 75 and 100 years ago.A The Independent has not missedA a weekly edition since February of 1901.

In 1968, the Swift Creek Hydroelectric Plant was hit by a huge snowslide, destroying the facility.A On April 30, 2009, it started churning out power once again.

As you might know, I love movies. I also love the great state of Wyoming. I may have grown up in Denver, Colorado, but Wyoming is the place I call home.

A historical, nostalgic and sometimes comical look back to the past as you can see what made the headlines of the Star Valley Independent, 25, 50, 75 and 100 years ago.

Take a historic glimpse into what made the news and the headlines of the Star Valley Independent 25, 50, 75 and 100 years ago.

Star Valley had four high quality shots either knocked away by Rock Springs' Tyler Hamilton, or had them bounce off the goal itself.A In the end, those missed opportunities cost the Braves in a 2-1 loss on their home field.

Take a historic glimpse into what made the news and the headlines of the Star Valley Independent 25, 50, 75 and 100 years ago.

Take a historic glimpse into what made the news and the headlines of the Star Valley Independent 25, 50, 75 and 100 years ago.

Take a historic glimpse into what made the news and the headlines of the Star Valley Independent 25, 50, 75 and 100 years ago.

Take a historic glimpse into what made the news and the headlines of the Star Valley Independent 25, 50, 75 and 100 years ago.

Wyoming Game and Fish personnel captured and relocated a cow and calf moose from within the town of Alpine on March 11, 2009.A The pair were successfully tranquilized and moved to a location several miles south of Alpine.

Take a historic glimpse into what made the news and the headlines of the Star Valley Independent 25, 50, 75 and 100 years ago.

Take a historic glimpse into what made the news and the headlines of the Star Valley Independent 25, 50, 75 and 100 years ago.

Ted Barber, 51, of Afton was arrested on Monday, March 2, 2009 and charged with 11 felony counts relating to the distribution of a controlled substance.

While the area's two food banks are on stable ground now, possible increased demand may change that thought.