Lured by warm temps and smooth pavement without cars, outdoor enthusiasts (and their dogs) are flocking to Grand Teton National Park.
Wyoming residents who purchase their insurance plans through the Marketplace may be able to find lower costs on Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming plans, as of the beginning of April, according to a Wyoming Press Advertising Service release.
Starting today, April 12, the START bus spring schedule will go into effect until May 28.
The Jackson Town Council will convene Monday evening for its first meeting since March 15.
Wyoming Tribune Eagle Managing Editor Brian Martin will hold a two-part online discussion about the book “Them: Why We Hate Each Other — And How to Heal” by Republican Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse, part of an effort to address deep political divisions in the United States.
Warm temperatures over the past two weeks have melted much of the snowpack from the valley floor, forcing organizers of the annual Pole Pedal Paddle race to cancel the Nordic ski leg in favor of a longer run.
Use those bins while you can, folks. Teton County Integrated Solid Waste and Recycling will temporarily suspend recycling in Teton County from April 22 to 26 to allow for upgrades to the electrical system and baler at the Recycling Center.
As the Wyoming Legislature nears the end of its general session, many bills that could have impacted Teton County have failed — taxes, mostly, but also bills about health care, highways and sales of public lands.
The Town Council at their most recent meeting voted to approve increases to a number of fees, including those for open records, a move a Wyoming public information expert says could have a suppressing effect where public information is concerned.
After serving on Teton County Search and Rescue’s first chosen crew 28 years ago — and volunteering with it since — Mike Estes now has a paid position with the county rescue outfit.
Every week Jackson Hole residents have opportunities to participate in the political process. Here are some government and volunteer board meetings in Teton County in coming weeks. Town and county meetings will be virtual. Watch them at JacksonWY.gov and TetonCountyWY.gov.
Use those bins while you can, folks.
Reactions are mixed to the Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance’s high-level financial model for northern South Park, which lays out the nonprofit’s vision for the area as a 71% deed restricted housing development with 200 acres of open space conserved elsewhere.
Why Jackson Hole Mountain Resort’s short-lived Gaper Day fire started is unknown, but an errant firework may have been the reason.
Through Monday, the Jackson Hole Land Trust is hosting the annual R Park Egg Hunt/Buesqueda de Heuevos, at R Park.
Stilson may be getting a makeover.
Local officials will likely need to pony up more money if they want to connect pathways near Jackson Hole Golf and Tennis to the pathway system in Grand Teton National Park.
Every week Jackson Hole residents have opportunities to participate in the political process. Here are some government and volunteer board meetings in Teton County in coming weeks. Town and county meetings will be virtual. Watch them at JacksonWY.gov and TetonCountyWY.gov.
With astronomical park visitation in the fourth quarter of 2020, Teton County has bucked bleaker economic trends elsewhere in Wyoming and compared to the state as a whole.
Town of Jackson staff have opened the application process for “parklets” for downtown businesses to expand their dining or retail spaces during the summer months.
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Teton County has reduced the weight limit on eight county roads.
Teton County Library wants to eliminate late fees.
The town of Jackson has wastewater capacity for the Gill family’s proposed 26-acre development in northern South Park.
Teton County has asked the Wyoming Department of Transportation to hold the speed limit on Highway 22 to a consistent 45 mph year-round, the latest move in a debate that’s played out for almost 30 years.
Regaling a room of Republicans with the story of how she found her way to the party in the 1970s, Mary Martin accepted her election Wednesday as the Teton County GOP’s new chair.
A Wyoming legislative committee unanimously advanced a bill that would prevent municipalities from doing what advocates call “zoning by sewer.” But critics called the legislation premature.
One more Jackson Hole home has been reserved for local workers.
Teton County Democrats have new leaders who want to bring younger people into the party and get more working people involved with the party’s day-to-day operations.
Whether you call it “gentrification” or its less-loaded sibling, “upscaling,” there’s little doubt the appearance of East Jackson is changing, and rapidly.
Every week Jackson Hole residents have opportunities to participate in the political process. Here are some government and volunteer board meetings in Teton County in coming weeks. Town and county meetings will be virtual. Watch them at JacksonWY.gov and TetonCountyWY.gov.
Liquor licenses are a precious commodity in Jackson and other towns across Wyoming because state law limits how many licenses each town gets.
Jacksonites accustomed to using Snow King Avenue in the areas of the Teton County Fairgrounds and Snow King Mountain Resort as a through route will need to find an alternate route as the 44th annual World Championship Snowmobile Hill Climb comes to town the latter half of this week.
The Teton County Library board opted to hire a consultant to help with its search for a new library director after it became clear it had lost the opportunity to reuse the recruitment firm that found former head Oscar Gittemeier.
Discussion at Monday night’s Jackson Town Council meeting turned contentious regarding a planned expansion of Hotel Jackson — not necessarily between council members, but rather the neighbors who could be impacted by the project on North Cache Street.
The Wyoming Department of Transportation is eyeing a unified, 55 mile per hour speed limit on a long stretch of Highway 22, but some Teton County officials and residents do not like the proposal.
Much to the pleasure of Councilor Jim Rooks — or any thrill-seeker who likes to see snowmobilers do backflips — the Jackson Town Council voted Monday to allow the freestyle snowmobiling event that normally accompanies the World Championship Snowmobile Hill Climb to go on again this year.
A forthcoming rezone of land east of Highway 390 should not immediately affect businesses in the area but could in the future if those businesses stop operating for more than a year.
People engaged with the northern South Park neighborhood planning process have homework.
After “jumping through what at times seemed an endless number of hoops,” the Town of Jackson was able to secure CARES Act funds for seven local agencies and organizations, wrote Community Engagement Specialist Susan Scarlata in an email.
The Jackson Town Council has a busy day Monday, with back-to-back workshop and regular meetings in which they will take up several issues of interest.
Senate File 157, the bill that brought the Gill family’s fight to develop its 26 acres in northern South Park to the Wyoming Legislature, advanced Thursday.
Town and county officials examining their budgets for the coming fiscal year have begun to discuss who should steer the valley’s transit agency.
When AJ Swentosky, his wife and two young children went looking for a home to buy, what they found in their price range — a 700-square-foot abode with two bedrooms and one bath — was “going to be tight.”
The Wyoming Legislature has been abuzz this week with a number of high-profile bills — and topics — filtering through the House and Senate. Some would directly impact Teton County, and others have animated conversation around Medicaid expansion, abortion rights, taxes, power generation and voting.
Dail Barbour is ready to get back to work despite what could be a tense situation when she returns to the Teton County Library Board.
Residents and visitors can expect downtown to have a look and feel similar to last summer — with streetside “parklets” and expanded pedestrian “flex space” — after the Jackson Town Council voted Monday to have staff move forward with the measures.
Every week Jackson Hole residents have opportunities to engage with the political process. Here are some government and volunteer board meetings in Teton County in the coming weeks. Town and county meetings will be virtual. Watch them at JacksonWY.gov and TetonCountyWY.gov.
Every week Jackson Hole residents have opportunities to participate in the political process. Here are some government and volunteer board meetings in Teton County in coming weeks. Town and county meetings will be virtual. Watch them at JacksonWY.gov and TetonCountyWY.gov.
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