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.
Developers aim to have a King Street housing project underway by spring, but they must first figure out whether the current plans for the property are legal.
The Grove is officially full after Habitat for Humanity on Thursday announced it had selected the development’s final eight buyers.
A new report outlines the steps local officials could take to promote historic preservation and ensure that future development around Town Square fits with Jackson’s Western atmosphere.
In an email sent Wednesday, Teton County Library announced it would hold a special board meeting Friday.
Despite a dearth of snow just two weeks from opening day, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort predicts another robust winter. That may be a mixed blessing — skiers likely haven’t forgotten the swarms that descended on the slopes last year.
Teton County planning commissioners voted to scale back updates to the Jackson Hole Golf and Tennis Club’s master plan Tuesday, after hearing a litany of concerns from neighbors.
Increasing summer traffic on South Highway 89 is evidence, and a warning, that widening highways won’t solve congestion, at least according to the transportation consultant hired by the town and county.
Jackson Hole officials are preparing to travel over 400 miles next weekend to testify on a bill that could unravel Teton County’s affordable housing program.
Following the climate conference last month that drew representatives from dozens of mountain towns to Park City, Utah, officials there are asking their peer communities to commit to — at least — exploring ways of reducing their carbon footprints.
Dennis Broz noticed long ago that during Jackson’s annual Veterans Day celebrations, something was missing: flags.
A proposal to change the Jackson Hole Golf and Tennis master plan is pitting neighbors against Vail Resorts, the management company that owns the club.
After serving nearly six months as interim town attorney, Lea Colasuonno is now the permanent leader of Jackson’s legal department.
As Snow King and Jackson officials chart the future of development on the Town Hill, some major details of the resort’s obligations — and how to fund them — remain undecided.
After deliberation about how developers should pay for parks, Teton County commissioners approved a change to the way they pay fees to provide public services Tuesday, and an increase in the amount given to the school district.
County commissioners narrowly rejected a request for $25,000 to help fund startup costs for a new workforce housing program.
Town planning commissioners will inspect Snow King’s latest update to its master plan today, restarting a public review process that fizzled earlier this year when elected officials and resort representatives failed to reach a compromise.
About four months after it applied, the Center for the Arts announced that its tax-exempt 501(c)(3) status has been reinstated by the Internal Revenue Service.
A planning manager from Vail starts Tuesday as the new Teton County planning and building director.
It’s election day for the specific purpose excise tax, which collects one penny of sales tax for town and county projects, if approved by voters.
Grandchildren of a co-founder of the Jackson Hole Historical Society and Museum are trying to kick the museum out of its 105 N. Glenwood St. location.
A political action committee advocating for a $4.4 million ballot measure to buy the Jackson Hole Historical Society and Museum a permanent home raked in the most cash this election cycle, totaling $25,010.
The Teton County Planning Commission approved a Teton County School District No. 1 request to update how fees from developers are handled and, in the process, increase the amount the district receives.
Teton County planning commissioners are recommending that Teton Village businesses be able to use dormitory-style units to satisfy employee housing requirements.
After about a year of searching and four interim directors, Teton County has officially hired a planning and building director, it announced Tuesday.
Starting Friday, drivers are prohibited from parking vehicles on town streets overnight.
In a service bay at Auto Detail of Jackson Hole, where an air compressor occasionally interrupted the conversation, some two dozen skeptical business owners met with town officials on a recent night to gauge how a proposed Gregory Lane remodel would impact their livelihoods.
Discounted drinks. $77 million in ballot measures. People dressed up as sewer infrastructure.
Town and county officials agreed Thursday to pay up to $1.29 million in loans to fix failing roofs at Melody Ranch Townhomes.
County commissioners are taking a step toward adopting a portion of Squaw Creek Road, after voting 4-1 on Monday to ask staff to work on acquiring easements for the road.
Traffic tensions erupted at a public meeting Thursday about the impending expansion of Teton County’s busiest highway.
The Jackson Town Council has unanimously approved a letter asking state lawmakers to respect local control over affordable housing policy, but it wants other local groups to sign on before it is sent.
Jackson Hole Mountain Resort is asking for changes to Teton County rules that would allow for dormitory-style housing units to satisfy employee housing requirements.
Amy and Jack Robinson raise cattle in the Gros Ventre and drive them over Teton Pass to Tetonia, Idaho, for processing at Rammell Valley Pack.
Since Jackson’s grocers and major retailers moved their last plastic bags in April, the hundreds of smaller businesses throughout town have been exempt from the ban that rid the largest stores of single-use sacks.
The town’s new liquor laws will drastically reduce penalties for selling alcohol to minors, but they’ll also require all alcohol servers to take classes that will, hypothetically, prevent underage sales in the first place.
Every week Jackson Hole citizens have various opportunities to engage with the local political process. Here’s a list of town, county and state meetings scheduled in Teton County in the coming week:
Wednesday, Oct. 23
• ECW: Energy Conservation Works board meeting, 9:30 a.m., Lower Valley
For the second time in two weeks, since first lady Melania Trump’s visit earlier this month, an unlikely congregation of red ball caps appeared on Town Square.
Some stakeholders have “heartburn” over a Wyoming Department of Transportation study that dismisses bus and carpool lanes, saying that decision will thwart efforts to get cars off the road.
A conference on climate change earlier this month gave Jackson Hole officials new ideas about how to curb the region’s impact on the environment, just weeks after updated data revealed a rise in carbon emissions in Teton County.
Lower Valley Energy is pursuing a rezone to allow the utility company to build employee housing for its staff.
As officials face an impasse on an affordable housing project at 440 W. Kelly Ave., one option back on the table is for the town to take it over.
With what seems to be the last major hiccup out of the way, developers say one of Jackson’s largest housing developments in years may be underway before the snow flies.
An audit of how Teton County is doing on its goals has revealed “the community is generally on track.”
The electronic fare system that START purchased a year ago has been offline for three months due to defective software.
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.
Eastbound trailers will be outlawed on Teton Pass starting Tuesday, a month earlier than usual due to safety concerns along the steep grade.
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