Competition and emotions heated up quickly at Jackson Elementary School last week as third, fourth and fifth graders competed in the annual spelling bee.

If Snow King Mountain Resort’s unsung heroes are its groomers, its unsung hazard for late-night skiers is the winch cat, a groomer supported by a high-tension cable.

The deadbolt clicked on the front door Friday evening.

Construction workers have better taste than Tyra Banks.

The largest group of Eagle Scouts the county has ever seen was inducted Jan. 29 at Teton County Library.

For some people it was like a dream come true.

What’s old is new again.

While skiers sleep, the unsung heroes of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort work all night to create pristine, glistening corduroy with no lumps and hard bumps.

New York City may have Times Square and the dropping of the New Year’s ball, but Jackson celebrates New Year’s with an iconic half-century-old tradition that thrills the entire town.

There are a lot of things Jackson is known for — the mountains, the skiing, the billionaires — but there’s also some old-fashioned Jackson that comes to our neighborhoods and the Town Square at Christmastime, highlighting the spirit of the season.

Christmas exploded at the Virginian this past Sunday as Soroptimist of Jackson Hole held its annual Christmas tree auction and brunch, one of their biggest fundraiser of the year.

Construction workers have better taste than Tyra Banks.

The largest group of Eagle Scouts the county has ever seen was inducted Jan. 29 at Teton County Library.

For some people it was like a dream come true.

While skiers sleep, the unsung heroes of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort work all night to create pristine, glistening corduroy with no lumps and hard bumps.

New York City may have Times Square and the dropping of the New Year’s ball, but Jackson celebrates New Year’s with an iconic half-century-old tradition that thrills the entire town.

There are a lot of things Jackson is known for — the mountains, the skiing, the billionaires — but there’s also some old-fashioned Jackson that comes to our neighborhoods and the Town Square at Christmastime, highlighting the spirit of the season.

Christmas exploded at the Virginian this past Sunday as Soroptimist of Jackson Hole held its annual Christmas tree auction and brunch, one of their biggest fundraiser of the year.

Taxidermied elk to his rear, Jack Payne, 25, looked at the plate full of nosh in front of him and decided it stacked up pretty well.

Low-budget shopping options have all but disappeared in Jackson. But there remains a place where Marmot Gore-Tex ski pants are $26, and designer-name handbags like Marc Jacobs and Coach sell for $25.

The following photos are an installment of photographer Ryan Dorgan’s series “The Wasting Sickness of Jackson Funk,” which will be shown at the Teton County Library next summer.

On a frigid night nearly 100 valley residents came to together at The Virginian Lodge to celebrate all things Jackson Hole. The theme for this year’s 49’er Ball — the oldest and longest running community event in Jackson — was “Act Like a Local.”

Gangsters and flappers gathered en masse at the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar Saturday to try their luck at craps, roulette and blackjack while listening to big band music. It was the Rotary Club of Jackson Hole’s annual Casino Night, the group’s biggest fundraiser, to sponsor as many as 40 scho…

The fairgrounds on Saturday was a trick-or-treater’s Shangri-La — the one time it’s OK to accept candy from a stranger’s truck.

Let’s face it: We were lucky this fall.

Black, empty and earsplittingly quiet, the fairgrounds at 5:45 a.m. are no place for a 9-year-old.

With the full moon, the clear skies and late-summer temperatures, this week was a favorite for many locals. Foliage peaked, decorating the valley with reds, yellows and oranges with a soundtrack of elk bugling and fox yips. With just a few more weeks until a fresh coat of paint, our photogra…

Buried between the shouts of little ones, Atticus Walters’ voice could be heard from a mile away.

A character. One of a kind. Kind of eccentric. A quick wit.

When the Rev. Jimmy Bartz spoke to parishioners at St. John’s Episcopal Church on Sunday morning, his dog, Rooster, was not only by his side but was also incorporated into the sermon.

The first frost has come and gone, and with it, Zone 4’s short three-month growing season comes to an end.

A race for the fastest paintbrush in the West was on Saturday morning.

Some call Burning Man a lawless festival of debauchery — one that serves tech execs who try acting poor for a week, or aged adults who spend more time dancing to DJs than doing taxes, or whimsical hippies who dream of the day they can photosynthesize, or Instagram influencers who seek to fre…

It was the Wyoming way: all you can carry.

As students enjoy the final throes of summer, new educators with the Teton County School District navigated their own first day of school jitters.

Once host to hundreds of Boy Scouts throughout the summer months, the Treasure Mountain Boy Scout Camp, located in Teton Canyon, surrendered its permit this summer with the Caribou-Targhee National Forest Service, ending an 84-year-old tradition.

A bearded man in a suit played electronic Klezmer music from the bed of a jacked-up truck, while dozens of Hasidic Jewish residents danced the hora down Broadway.

From best cookies to team roping to pie eating, Teton County came out in droves to compete for ribbons at the fair. Some came from as far away as Kentucky and Wisconsin (see the horse pulls). Some kids just kept showing up again and again. (See English horse show results.)

The county’s biggest party roared back to life last week after two year years of muted festivities. The Teton County Fair had a huge turnout, and fair organizers were able to add more programming after sponsors poured money at the event.

Last summer, Teton County Fire Station 1 on Pearl Avenue set a record with 18 calls in a 24-hour period. The county emergency management system averages 10 calls a day, and most come to Station 1. Most are ambulance calls.

The breeze picked up ever so slightly, catching a handful of dandelion seeds and spinning them into the summer sun. As people gathered on the quiet side of the Tetons under a white tent under a bright blue sky, four professional musicians found their seats just behind the Alta Branch Library.

If you are called to sun-soaked grass that smells of barbecue sauce and silver-haired people playing the fiddle, look no farther than the Jackson Hole Hootenanny.

Some 12-year-olds are busy learning TikTok dances. Grace Pickering is busy learning Norse and Greek mythology.

Perhaps it’s obvious, but the success of a Shakespeare play — whether the playwright’s immortal words rend the heart or wring belly laughs — depends a lot on the performers.

Each year the National Newspaper Association honors the best in community journalism in the Better Newspaper Editorial Contest and the best in community newspaper advertising in the Better Newspaper Advertising Contest. The BNEC and BNAC, together, make up the association’s Better Newspaper …

With no natural disasters and no major holidays, Saturday was the perfect bluebird day to head to Town Square and take a lap, or two, at the first Jackson Hole Farmers Market this season.

The Art Association was celebrating its 57th annual Art Fair Jackson Hole this past weekend but also its first fair in the Center for the Arts park.

It’s been a big week of loud and proud celebration, public declaration, and rainbow sophistication.