YELLOWSTONE NORTHERN RANGE — The excitement all unfolded shortly after daybreak, John Marzluff recounted.
Just a couple of years ago, the future of the historic downtown block that is home to the Van Vleck home, now Cafe Genevieve, was up in the air: Developers had targeted the valuable parcels for another new hotel, though they had left the door open for someone to pony up to save 1910 home of …
Admit it. It’s your favorite time of year.
When St. John’s Health held its grand opening, or “homewarming,” for its new Sage Living senior center a few weeks ago, staffers who that day served as tour guides were eager to point out the many works of art that adorn the walls.
When Shelly Greene was a toddler in Utah 41 years ago her father, Kim, would ask her and her siblings whether they wanted to go to Disneyland or the Bar J Chuckwagon.
Finn the Labrador retriever was tuckered out, and her master, Lauren Wendt, knew it.
It’s that time of year again when fraternity boys and bison alike get hot and sweaty trying to crack the code of female attraction.
Michelle Roundy looked out over the class.
PAINTBRUSH DIVIDE — Soaked in sweat after a long, sunny day’s hike, Brock Foster surveyed a section of the Teton Crest Trail that’s become all too familiar during his tenure at Grand Teton National Park.
On Feb. 1, Missoula, Montana, natives Kurt and Stephanie Jagielow were glued to the Recreation.gov reservation page, anxiously tapping the refresh button for a chance at a Jenny Lake campsite.
Naturally, we drifted toward the longest line and the people awaiting dressed-up corn on the cob, because the longest lines always mean the best, right?
There were all sorts of fun and games at this year’s Teton County Fair, but anyone who went into the livestock barn between Wednesday and the weekend — especially during Friday night’s livestock auction — could clearly see that a lot of fair entrants were all business.
Even when the rides are turned off and the main stage lies empty, the fair keeps humming. Ravioli and Sparkles (the in-house clowns) walk around cracking jokes; the 4-H shows go on; vendors keep the funnel cake frying.
When Shelly Greene was a toddler in Utah 41 years ago her father, Kim, would ask her and her siblings whether they wanted to go to Disneyland or the Bar J Chuckwagon.
Finn the Labrador retriever was tuckered out, and her master, Lauren Wendt, knew it.
It’s that time of year again when fraternity boys and bison alike get hot and sweaty trying to crack the code of female attraction.
Michelle Roundy looked out over the class.
PAINTBRUSH DIVIDE — Soaked in sweat after a long, sunny day’s hike, Brock Foster surveyed a section of the Teton Crest Trail that’s become all too familiar during his tenure at Grand Teton National Park.
On Feb. 1, Missoula, Montana, natives Kurt and Stephanie Jagielow were glued to the Recreation.gov reservation page, anxiously tapping the refresh button for a chance at a Jenny Lake campsite.
Naturally, we drifted toward the longest line and the people awaiting dressed-up corn on the cob, because the longest lines always mean the best, right?
There were all sorts of fun and games at this year’s Teton County Fair, but anyone who went into the livestock barn between Wednesday and the weekend — especially during Friday night’s livestock auction — could clearly see that a lot of fair entrants were all business.
Even when the rides are turned off and the main stage lies empty, the fair keeps humming. Ravioli and Sparkles (the in-house clowns) walk around cracking jokes; the 4-H shows go on; vendors keep the funnel cake frying.
Meg Forelli held her place in the front row, dancing and singing along, sometimes arm in arm with friends, as the Jamestown Revival serenaded fairgoers Wednesday.
Youth of all ages learned the chops of dog showing and demonstrated their canine knowledge Friday.
Around 50 spectators gathered in the rodeo arena early Saturday morning as the Teton County Fair put on its annual team ranch sorting competition.
Emely Sanchez and her mom, Francisca Moreno, have been doing it for 13 years. Michael Schrotz for 25 years. Zia Yasrobi for 36.
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the famous Hayden Expedition, a trek that captured the imaginations of the American public and played an essential role in establishing Yellowstone as a national park.
Dressed in her brown Carhartt overalls, and decked out in friendship bracelets and a colorful beaded crown, Jackson Hole Children’s Museum’s Education Director Anna Luhrmann shouted over the sound of whirring drills and hammers, leading her campers in her call-and-response chant signaling fo…
Tyler Hartz, a firefighter of 16 years and a Wilson Chicken Fry veteran, looked at the line of people wrapped around Stilson parking lot in astonishment. “I’ve never seen the line this long before,” he said. “And this is probably my 12th or 13th chicken fry.”
These aren’t the coffee-fetching intern tales you might hear in the Big Apple; summer internships in Jackson Hole offer high school students access to sunshine, sports and service to the community.
Teton County is celebrating its 100th anniversary of incorporation this year. The News&Guide and Teton County Library recently hosted a writing contest for people to envision what Jackson Hole would look like in 100 years. Here are excerpts from some winners.
Jackie Coca grew up going to the Jackson Hole Fourth of July parade. So she couldn’t wait to share the tradition with her 2-year-old niece and nephew, R.J. and Alara.
Boy Scouts, pancakes in the park and a 40-year-old hot air balloon festival round out the corners of Independence Day in the Tetons. There’s always a little bit of adventure cresting Teton Pass and peering behind the Spud Curtain, an affectionate way to describe the potato fields that still …
Jackson locals poured through the Rose’s doors wearing flashy colors, glitter and Pride flags to show support for the bar’s LGBTQ Pride-themed night. Partygoers celebrated Pride Month and danced the night away alongside fire breathers and drag queens.
For decades girls have sold cookies and been labelled “Brownies,” relegated to more domestic fun while their brothers and boy classmates earned badges for survival skills.
It would be easy to label the Class of 2021 as the class of the pandemic.
The Jackson Hole Classical Academy had just three graduating seniors this year, the first students to ever graduate from the private Christian school.
Excited graduates celebrated the completion of their high school careers at the Mountain Academy of Teton Science Schools graduation June 2.
If you were anywhere near the Center for the Arts, you couldn’t miss the Jackson Hole Community School graduation.
One day after Kevin Johnson moved to Jackson in 1985, as he was helping a friend paint a house across the street from Snow King, he wondered how he could ski for free in the valley. The project’s contractor happened to be a volunteer patroller for the mountain that loomed above them, and he …
On the sunny Saturday before Memorial Day, Elizabeth Carlson and her 17-year-old son William arrived at the base of Snow King to tend to graves at Aspen Cemetery.
The documentary begins with the first haunting notes of Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit” played over a grainy still of a lynching. Images of a Black man’s back, scarred by whipping, Ku Klux Klan members watching a cross burn and Black sharecroppers follow.
Ann Ramsay woke up in the middle of the night and decided to donate nearly $2 million to the 4-H program in Jackson.
Teton County started a century ago with a big debate.
A stone’s throw from Yellowstone National Park sits the small border town of West Yellowstone, which is usually either buried in snow or swarmed by tourists. But at the end of April, the streets are quiet and locals can peacefully read newspapers on coffee shop porticos.
“Watch out for badger holes,” said naturalist Joe Lieb on the National Elk Refuge, “and does anyone have bear spray?”
The sound of splashing water and laughter filled the small kitchen as Isadora played with a rubber ducky during bath time. Her mother, Nara Souza, would wear an apron to protect herself from the splashes, but somehow she always managed to come away with at least one part of her soaked.
Hole Food Rescue has new leadership, but operations haven’t missed a beat.
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