Teton County’s network remained offline as of Friday afternoon, likely due to the failure of old parts, officials said.
Although housing wasn’t on its agenda, a legislative committee decided last minute to advance a bill that could gut Teton County’s affordable housing program.
Public art officials are fine-tuning a policy that would establish a new means of funding for them, adding to their repertoire of strategies for beautifying Jackson’s community spaces.
An empty patch of land on South Glenwood Street was the talk of the Town Council on Monday.
Seasonal flooding is threatening the county’s pathway bridge across the Gros Ventre River north of town.
Jackson Hole Airport’s Board of Directors has signed off on a long-term contract extension and a raise for its top employee, Jim Elwood.
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Jackson Hole Mountain Resort announced today that it will now use exclusively renewable energy to power its operations, following in the footsteps of other major Jackson Hole organizations in recent years.
A state legislative committee is in Jackson this week talking party affiliation rules, coal-fired power plants and wind farm development.
The Teton County/Jackson Parks and Recreation Department’s top priorities for the next couple of years will include expanding the Recreation Center — if voters approve funding for it in November — and planning at Karns Meadow and Phil Baux Park.
Reade Dornan didn’t have time to move the firewood from in front of her house, but she did drag in the wooden deck furniture.
County commissioners officially agreed Monday to raise rents at the county’s employee housing units up to “fair market rates,” per U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development standards.
A luxury condo complex about the size of Teton Mountain Lodge — with plans for a private sushi bar and virtual golf room — is in the works for Teton Village.
It’s no secret that working parents have long struggled to find day care for their children in Jackson Hole, but no one knows the full extent of the problem. Teton County is about to find out through a child care assessment.
The town and county still can’t agree on the future of a controversial housing project, hamstringing efforts to accommodate local workers and calling into question the viability of the process officials are using to address the housing shortage.
Debate persists over how much to charge Teton Village businesses for START bus service, but elected officials did agree on one thing: They want it to be tied to the cost of providing that service.
The plan that envisions the future of transportation in Teton County is due for a fine-tuning.
Every week Jackson Hole citizens have various opportunities to engage with the local political process. Here’s a compiled list of town, county and state meetings scheduled in Teton County in the coming week. For complete and up-to-date agendas, check the website referenced with each entry.
Wednesday, July 17
• Airport: Jackson Hole Airport Board meeting. 9 a.m., Jackson Hole Airport administrative building. JacksonHoleAirport.com/Administration.
Two Teton County women will soon join the Wyoming Council for Women’s Issues, boosting the county’s representation on the group and adding the first elected official.
County commissioners are hiring a third-party firm to survey Teton County workers about organizational culture and management.
After a month and a half of indecision, elected officials will meet Monday in search of a path forward for an embattled housing project near the fairgrounds.
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The results of the Old Bill’s Fun Run for Charities are just what you’d expect, with Samantha Diaz taking first in the women’s category for the 10K race, and Matt Chorney in the men’s.
Teton County commissioners approved $5,000 in funding Tuesday to go toward crafting new regulations to protect historic artifacts like old barns.
Janine Teske was tidying up her Saddle Butte home, preparing to host the neighborhood’s Labor Day barbecue, when she got the call from a neighbor: East Gros Ventre butte was on fire again.
Scott Coombes, his wife and their three kids have started looking for a new place to live after receiving notice of a rent increase at their county-owned employee housing unit.
In a compromise with those who denounced the idea of displaying battle scenes on the Town Square, the American Legion designed its new veterans monument with “human moments” instead.
One of Jackson’s key housing projects has switched hands, as the Jackson Hole Community Housing Trust takes over development of workforce units downtown.
Habitat for Humanity of the Greater Teton Area is tapping a wilderness medicine business operations manager from Lander’s National Outdoor Leadership School to serve as its new executive director.
Every week Jackson Hole citizens have various opportunities to engage with the local political process. Here’s a compiled list of town, county and state meetings scheduled in Teton County in the coming week. For complete and up-to-date agendas, check the website referenced with each entry.
Wednesday, July 17
• Airport: Jackson Hole Airport Board meeting. 9 a.m., Jackson Hole Airport administrative building. JacksonHoleAirport.com/Administration.
A bundle of Mylar balloons tangled with power lines and created an electric arc that started the 255-acre Saddle Butte Fire, investigators confirmed Monday night.
Town staff are advising elected officials to tag in the Jackson Hole Community Housing Trust to advance a beleaguered downtown project.
A long-awaited environmental study urges officials to tread lightly in developing a park in Karns Meadow, saying it could easily upset an ecosystem already hemmed in and strained by human activity.
As officials grasp for a way to develop affordable housing on West Kelly Avenue, one commissioner has pitched yet another idea: a partnership with Habitat for Humanity.
Dunking samples of metal lockers into sulfurous water comes with the territory when building new hot springs pools.
Snow King officials have formally submitted a new application to overhaul the resort’s master plan, resetting the process of review after another attempt faltered earlier this year.
Months after receiving recommendations from parking consultants in April, elected officials are still wrangling over whether paid parking is essential to curbing congestion on Jackson’s streets or if low-key policy changes could have the same effect.
Planning Manager Susan Johnson is leaving the Teton County Planning Department Sept. 6 after 16 years helping guide development in Jackson Hole.
Despite commuter complaints that Teton County’s roads are especially packed this summer, traffic counts haven’t jumped significantly over the past few years.
Pouring Dixie cups of sparkling Welch’s grape juice, Teton County commission chair Natalia Macker said she’s probably going to throw a party celebrating women’s suffrage every year.
Every week Jackson Hole citizens have various opportunities to engage with the local political process. Here’s a compiled list of town, county and state meetings scheduled in Teton County in the coming week. For complete and up-to-date agendas, check the website referenced with each entry.
Wednesday, July 17
• Airport: Jackson Hole Airport Board meeting. 9 a.m., Jackson Hole Airport administrative building. JacksonHoleAirport.com/Administration.
Construction work to rehabilitate the Old Pass Road pathway is scheduled to begin next week.
The town of Jackson has hired a consultant to update regulations for building on steep slopes and unstable soil.
A grape juice toast will celebrate women’s suffrage Monday at a brown bag lunch hosted by the Wyoming Women’s Action Network.
Major changes to housing requirements enacted a year ago are beginning to reshape development decisions in Jackson Hole.
Trips on START bikes last month skyrocketed 90% over July 2018.
A campaign urging voters to approve funding for land for the Jackson Hole Historical Society and Museum is underway.
At the center of Jackson’s efforts to provide homes for local workers, there are two housing projects. In the past month both have become mired in political and financial complications.
There’s a new political action committee in town, which formed to promote all 10 specific purpose excise tax projects up for a vote Nov. 5.
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