Election Day is three week away. This week I focused on two more two county commissioner candidates: Democrat Natalia D. Macker, an incumbent, and Republican Peter Long.
With less than a month until Election Day, I asked Christian Beckwith and Greg Epstein, two candidates for Teton County Board of County Commissioners, three questions. Voters will fill two open seats from a field of five candidates.
This is a continuation of last week, when I asked candidates for Jackson Town Council three questions.
I am asking all Town Council and County Commission candidates three questions. This week the spotlight is on council hopefuls Jessica Sell Chambers and Devon Viehman.
Nov. 3 is Election Day. Absentee voting begins Sept. 18. I asked our mayoral candidates, Jackson Hole natives Hailey Morton Levinson and Michael Kudar, three questions.
Over 60 years ago, 14 ranch women met at the home of Martha Hansen and organized the Jackson Hole CowBelles.
The new Astoria Hot Springs is getting ready to open.
I think it’s great when local kids can come back to Jackson to live and flourish after college graduation. Paige Byron Curry did just that. She is instrumental in bringing back the beloved Astoria, which will open soon.
Once a year I “circle the square” and ask friends about their pet peeves — something that aggravates or irritates them. This is what folks shared with me this year.
This pandemic is making me feel irritable. I seem to have a shorter fuse than usual. Life as an immune-compromised senior is stressful.
It has been 40 years since a fire ravaged The Wort Hotel. I remember that summer evening of Aug. 5, 1980, like it was yesterday. My two daughters and I were headed east down Broadway, after having dinner at The Wort, when we heard the sirens. A bird’s nest sitting too close to a transformer …
I don’t know very many 12-year-olds, and I was curious about what today’s kids of that age are thinking about and what they are interested in. Annabelle Erskine agreed to an interview. I found her to be interesting, thoughtful and confident. Mostly I was impressed with her sense of humor.
“Connie, you may be opening a can of worms by writing a column on this topic.”
Most people who have lived in Jackson Hole have stories about local watering holes. Here are some from the days of yore.
The impact of the coronavirus pandemic has been profound. For many of us it has engulfed our entire life.
We all have had some embarrassing moments in our life. Some we would rather forget.
Officer Thomas Raab moved to Jackson two years ago to take a job with the Jackson Police Department. He is the handler for the department’s latest K9 member, a 2-year-old Labrador retriever named Homer. The supervisor of Jackson’s K9 team is Officer Phillip Smith. Jackson Hole’s K9 auxiliary…
Back in the day it was common practice for the entire class of high school seniors to skip a day of school, typically during the last week or so of the school year. That tradition continues today.
Robert Watsabaugh, a Jackson Hole High School alum, has been named head boys basketball coach at Evanston High School.
In honor of the state we love so much — and of National Wyoming Day, which was May 24 — I compiled some interesting facts about the Equality State.
In last week’s column I wrote about a barn quilt that is assumed to be the first barn quilt in Teton County. If you don’t know its designer, Diana Karns Brown, read on.
The barn quilt, assumed to be the first in Teton County, is called the “Wyoming Star Block.”
The Snake River between Jackson and Wilson runs swift.
On Sunday we will celebrate the special women who are mothers. In honor of the occasion I asked the children of four Jackson Hole women to tell us about their moms, who are admired and loved in our community.
Joey was a foster dog who was so social and fit in so well that she now lives permanently at the Living Center.
I recently combed through seven years of Circling the Square columns, about 350 of them. I came up with these short stories in hopes of brightening your day.
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