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• School bus involved in Thursday morning accident

  17-11-2016 16:34
  A school bus for LCSD #2 was involved in an accident on Thursday morning, November 17, at approximately 7:40 a.m. when it collided with a pickup truck.
  According to the Lincoln County Dispatch the accident occurred on U.S. Highway 89 near The Wolf Den restaurant between Thayne and Etna.
  There were eight students on the bus according to LCSD #2 transportation director, Ryan Lyman, and no students were injured in the accident.
  An ambulance was on scene to attend to the driver of the
  
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• Kanye West’s Great American Night

  01-06-2018 16:16
  The rapper debuted his eighth album, “Ye,” on a wide-open Wyoming field, bringing collaborators, friends and the music industry together after his “shaky-ass year.”
  
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• Overlooked No More: She Followed a Trail to Wyoming. Then She Blazed One.

  24-05-2018 04:00
  The Western territory made history in 1869 by giving women the right to vote. When Esther Morris became justice of the peace a few months later, she made history as well.
  
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• Overlooked No More. She Followed a Trail to Wyoming. Then She Blazed One.

  24-05-2018 04:00
  The Western territory made history in 1869 by giving women the right to vote. When Esther Morris became justice of the peace a few months later, she made history as well.
  
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• It’s Not Just Hawaii: The U.S. Has 169 Volcanoes That Could Erupt

  15-05-2018 00:52
  There are potentially active volcanoes all over the West and Alaska as well as Hawaii, and about 50 are considered high priorities for monitoring. Here is where to find them.
  
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• Protecting America’s Last Great Animal Migrations

  23-02-2018 18:09
  These long and vital journeys by elk, mule deer and antelope are being choked off by fences, roads, housing and energy development.
  
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• Animals Are Losing Their Vagility, or Ability to Roam Freely

  19-02-2018 11:00
  A study of 57 species shows that human encroachment and development not only harm an animal’s habitat, but may affect their migration patterns and food sources.
  
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• Voices From the Women’s Marches

  21-01-2018 06:31
  Marking the anniversary of the Women’s March in January 2017, hundreds of thousands of people gathered in major cities and small towns around the globe over the weekend, marching for women’s rights from Cheyenne, Wyo., to Pikeville, Ky., to Washington to Rome on Saturday and from Paris to London to Las Vegas, Nev. on Sunday. Photographers went to rallies for The New York Times and asked marchers what their hopes were for 2018.
  
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• Voices From the Women’s March

  21-01-2018 06:31
  On the first anniversary of the Women’s March, thousands gathered in major metropolitan areas and small towns around the globe. From Cheyenne, Wyo., to Pikeville, Ky., to Washington to Rome, people marched for women’s rights on Saturday. Eight photographers went to rallies for The New York Times and asked marchers what their hopes were for 2018.
  
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• How Do You Vote? 50 Million Google Images Give a Clue

  01-01-2018 01:17
  Artificial intelligence is making it possible for Street Views to be mined for insights about the economy, politics and human behavior — just as text mining has done for years.
  
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• Flying Abandoned Animals to Safer Havens

  24-12-2017 18:13
  Flying cats and dogs from shelters where there is no room for them to places where they can find safer havens is this nonprofit’s mission.
  
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• Where Wind Farms Meet Coal Country, There’s Enduring Faith in Trump

  14-12-2017 20:59
  Hoping for more unfettered production of coal, oil and gas even as it erects wind farms, a Wyoming county sees the president as a key to job security.
  
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• We’ve Moved!!!!

  21-10-2017 00:31
  Our website has moved! Find us at SVINEWS.com!!!
   
  Janice Frye | Star Valley Independent
  
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• Funeral service for Greg Stewart

  09-10-2017 20:25
  Funeral services for Greg Stewart will take place Friday, October 13, at 12 noon in the Thayne LDS Chapel.
  A viewing will take place on Thursday, October 12, from 6-8 p.m. at Schwab Funeral Chapel in Thayne and prior to the service at 11 a.m. Friday.
  
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• Villeneuve’s ‘Blade Runner 2049’ is a visual and sonic science-fiction experience

  09-10-2017 15:00
  Josh Terry, Deseret News
  “BLADE RUNNER 2049” — 3½ stars — Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling, Ana de Armas, Robin Wright, Jared Leto; R (violence, some sexuality, nudity and language); in general release
  Fans of the first “Blade Runner” and science fiction, in general, should be awed by Denis Villeneuve’s “Blade Runner 2049,” a visual and sonic experience that stays faithful to its roots while expanding in new narrative directions.
  
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• 6 diseases that can grow in your body when you don’t sleep enough

  09-10-2017 15:00
  Kitt Wakeley, FamilyShare
  We all notice common side effects when we haven’t gotten a good night’s sleep: crankiness, faintness, muscle aches and a general inability to think or function.
  But did you know there are even more serious diseases that can develop or worsen with continued sleep deprivation?
  Each of us has faced a situation where we needed to stay up to get something important accomplished. When that habit becomes regular, however, you can find yourself dealing wit
  
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• 5 best foods to fuel your day (and 5 to avoid)

  09-10-2017 15:00
  Rachel Redford, FamilyShare
  Your body is an incredible machine. In the time it takes you to read this article (approximately five minutes) your heart will beat 400 times, your blood will travel the equivalent of eight miles and your brain will have 30 billion chemical reactions.
  All that activity and more is why it’s so important to keep your body in tip-top shape. So here are the five best foods to fuel your day and keep your body going:
  1. Water
  Although water is not techn
  
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• Erik Prince, Blackwater Founder, Weighs Primary Challenge to Wyoming Republican

  08-10-2017 15:11
  If Mr. Prince runs, he would be a high-profile contender in a fledgling drive to oust establishment lawmakers with insurgents in the mold of President Trump.
  
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• Courts Thwart Administration’s Effort to Rescind Obama-Era Environmental Regulations

  06-10-2017 12:00
  The legal reversals reflect how aggressively opponents are challenging the Trump administration’s efforts to rescind regulations. But the battle is hardly over.
  
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• 197 pounds of marijuana seized

  06-10-2017 06:26
  A traffic stop on I-80, nine miles west of Cheyenne resulted in the seizure of 197 pounds of marijuana, according to the Wyoming Highway Patrol.
  According to a WHP report, a state trooper observed a 2011 Dodge pickup, pulling a horse trailer, traveling east with no registration displayed on the pickup. The trooper stopped the vehicle for the registration violation. The report continued, A Wyoming Highway Patrol drug detection K-9 was deployed during the stop and the K-9 alerted the of
  
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• Hospital board meeting is Monday, October 9

  05-10-2017 19:51
  According to Elaine Newcomb, Secretary of the North Lincoln County Hospital District Board of Trustees,
  “Notice is hereby given that a Special Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the North Lincoln County Hospital District, d.b.a. Star Valley Medical Center will be held on Monday, October 9, 2017 commencing at 5 p.m. in the Star Valley Medical Center Greys River Room for the purpose of personnel. There will be no other business considered.”
   
  
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• (Audio) – Jayne Hartwell discusses conference with Beth Moore at Morning Star Baptist Church

  05-10-2017 16:50
  
  
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• Star Valley Chamber Report: Broulim’s expansion

  05-10-2017 16:07
  By Janet Erickson
  Broulim’s Fresh Foods in Afton has begun expansion of their store.  To offer increased product variety and better service, the store will nearly double in size, and receive a facelift between September 2017 and Spring of 2018.
  Harold Jones, Store Manager, told SVI Media in a radio interview on Sept. 19, that Broulim’s had purchased the lot just north of their store, and began demolition of the old King’s Discount store on Sept. 9, 2017.  Th
  
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• Getting around is cheaper today, but it’s not clear why

  05-10-2017 15:00
  Jay Evensen, Deseret News
  Sometimes, it’s hard to stay on top of changing trends.
  We’re spending less money on transportation, but it’s hard to understand exactly why.
  It’s not as easy as saying the young’uns aren’t driving. In fact, that doesn’t appear to be true.
  A new data analysis report by Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle of the University of Michigan Sustainable Worldwide Transportation group compared the percentage of income Amer
  
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• Las Vegas shooting survivor says she owes her life to ‘guardian angel’

  05-10-2017 05:30
  Herb Scribner, Deseret News
  A survivor of the Las Vegas shooting says she met her “guardian angel” during the night of gunfire.
  Gail Davis told CBS News that she witnessed the terrifying event, at which 59 people were killed and more than 500 were injured.
  She said she heard “four little pop, pop, pops, and everybody looked around and said, ‘Oh, it’s just firecrackers.’ And then we heard pop, pop, pop, and it just kept going and going, and my husband
  
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• Tax reform: inside, outside, up and down

  04-10-2017 15:00
  Boyd Matheson, Deseret News
  Congress contorted itself and its members into mental pretzels during its third failed attempt at health care reform. Next on the agenda is the equally complex and challenging issue of tax reform; another example of why Washington isn’t working is on the way. American philosopher Wayne Dyer wrote, “If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” It is time to change the way we look at Washington and the way Washington looks
  
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• Have You Seen This? 2-year-old’s rant about going to the gym goes viral

  04-10-2017 15:00
  Mary Dalrymple, KSL.com
  LEG DAY — If going to the gym isn’t quite your cup of tea, 2-year-old Mila Stauffer can relate.
  “My mom was like, ‘Hey Mila, want to hit the gym?’ and I was like, ‘Who’s Jim? What’d he ever do to you?'” Mila says in this video posted to Instagram Sept. 29.
  In the video, Mila shares what she really thinks of going to the gym, and if you’ve ever decided to stay at home on the couch instead of hitting the
  
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• Funeral service for Mike Olsen

  03-10-2017 15:41
  Funeral services for Mike Olsen will take place on Saturday, October 7, 2017 at 1 p.m. in the Afton LDS Tabernacle.
  A viewing will take place on Friday, October 6, from 6-8 p.m. at Schwab Mortuary in Afton and from 11 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. prior to the service at the Tabernacle.
  
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• Funeral service for Lawrence Hemmert

  03-10-2017 15:38
  Funeral services for Lawrence Hemmert will take place on Friday, October 6, 2017 at 12 noon at the Grover Ward LDS Chapel.
  A viewing will take place prior to the service from 10-11:45 a.m.
  
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• At least 50 dead, over 400 injured after massacre on Las Vegas strip

  02-10-2017 15:45
  At least 406 people have been taken to hospitals following a massacre on the Las Vegas Strip overnight, police said.
  At least 50 people were killed in the shooting rampage during a Jason Aldean concert. An off-duty Las Vegas police officer was among those killed, the police department said.
  Authorities say the suspect, 64-year-old Stephen Paddock of Mesquite, Nevada, fired from the 32nd floor of the nearby Mandalay Bay hotel. Officers found at least eight weapons, including multiple lo
  
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