Jackson Hole is deeply tied to its ranching heritage. Protecting our remaining working lands and supporting the families who steward them is essential if we wish to maintain open space, wildlife, and local food systems that make this valley such an incredible place to live, work, and play. T…

If you look at me you would never know.

At times like these it’s important to keep in mind that no matter who wins a presidential election, we the people will still have a fight on our hands.

The formation of snowflakes, the delicate, complex crystals of ice that will hopefully soon blanket mountain slopes and provide days of gliding joy, winter escape and alpine adventure, can be modeled using fractals.

As an older guy I sometimes step back to take a broader look, beyond the time horizon of the daily news cycle. The population of the earth has tripled during my lifetime (I passed this eerie personal milestone on Dec. 5, 2019, by my calculation). The first tertile of that growth took some 50…

Before the pandemic uprooted normalcy, I attended the regularly scheduled “Manels” at St. John’s Episcopal Church. Once a month local men, and sometimes visitors, came together to talk about the effects of pervasive, toxic masculinity on our community.

A few versions of the Comprehensive Plan ago this community committed to housing at least 65% of our workforce locally. Since then the county’s population has nearly doubled and the number of workers residing locally has dropped from 85% to 57%. To date, housing groups have constructed upwar…

Highway 390 has one of the highest rates of collisions between motor vehicles and moose of any road in the contiguous United States. The all-too-frequent photos of dead animals are heartbreaking. The high speeds along 390 are also a hazard for people — from toddlers to retirees — who cross t…

The latest crevasse incident on Teton Glacier brought long-gestating thoughts to the fore. Apparently, recreationists are becoming more and more detached from their surroundings. They seem to forget where they are and the attendant forces that can act upon them. I say this through decades-lo…

Something odd is happening in one of our national parks. Trained hunters — or more recently, not-so-well-trained amateurs — are shooting mountain goats in Grand Teton National Park. That’s not the only thing that’s odd: There’s been little to no protest surrounding the shooting.

Please support the proposed one cent increase in Teton County’s sales tax rate.

There is a dark movement afoot designed to weaken your right to know what your local government does and how it spends your money. This movement is funded 100% by taxpayer dollars with zero accountability to the taxpayers.

The Teton County Commission voted “no” on the Gills’ upzone proposal on Sept. 29.

As someone who has written extensively about (and experienced) sexual violence in Jackson, I was disturbed and saddened to see that our mayor faced a rape accusation in 2018. Charges were never filed, and the way in which the initial reports became public was problematic, maybe illegal. As t…

Last spring, after acknowledging the pandemic, dozens of people reached out to agencies, organizations and neighbors asking how they could help. What emerged were drives for food and volunteer shoppers, pattern exchanges and tips for making masks and recognizing that we are in this together.…

We have three perfect examples of white, liberal privilege on display last week in both the actions of some and, more importantly, in the silence of others.

Over 40 years ago, Teton County’s first comprehensive land use plan recognized the threat that mismanaged wastewater and poorly functioning septic systems posed to our valley’s water. A related study conducted at that time identified high groundwater and coarse soils in many areas of the cou…

Through an unfortunate series of political pressures prevailing over science and effective wildlife management in Grand Teton National Park, the first volunteer hunt of invasive mountain goats is now underway within park boundaries. While we must remove this invasive species that is harming …

Grand Targhee Resort announced it wants to expand its existing “Special Use Permit” area to include two areas known as the Lightning Trees and South Bowl in Teton Canyon. These two areas total 1,200 acres.