A new website for Teton County went live over the weekend, representing the completion of a project that has been in process for over a year. Following staff training in August, final adjustments and …
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Peter Cook Ends Service @ LVE
After almost 33 years serving on the Lower Valley Energy Board of Directors, Peter Cook resigned his District 6 seat at the August board meeting last week. Cook left the Board for health reasons. A …
Continue readingCrossways On Snowcross
Fans and foes of Snow Cross ISOC will have another chance to weigh in on the winter-time event that was shot down by a majority vote of the Jackson Town Council last Monday. That’s because …
Continue readingZinke Directs Aggressive Action to Prevent Wildfires
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke directed all Department of the Interior bureaus, superintendents, and land managers at all levels to adopt more aggressive practices, using the full authority of the Department, to prevent …
Continue readingFishing Bridge to Indian Pond Reconstruction Approved in Yellowstone
On September 8, 2017, Intermountain Regional Director Sue Masica approved a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) based on an environmental assessment (EA) recommended by Yellowstone National Park superintendent, Dan Wenk. The EA assessed plans …
Continue readingLight the Town Pink on October 3
Breast Cancer Awareness Month will launch on Tuesday, October 3 at 5:30 pm, with “Light the Town Pink” on the Jackson Town Square, marked by pink lights on the southeast antler arch. The evening …
Continue readingBusiest. Ever.
The park hosted 916,166 visits in August 2017. This was the busiest August on record, up 8.93 percent from August 2016, which saw 841,036 visits. The second busiest August was in 2015 and saw 854,408 …
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Trump First President To Give Tribes Emergency Declaration
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke today thanked President Trump for signing a Presidential Emergency Declaration for the Seminole Tribe of Florida, which was hard hit by Hurricane Irma last week. The tribe made …
Continue readingInternational Crimestoppers, Inc. Donates For Decoy
I Photo: Lucy Wold, WGFD GREEN RIVER— Wyoming Game and Fish Department Mountain View Game Warden Allen Deru received some good news from the International Wildlife Crimestoppers, Inc. (IWC) recently in the form of a …
Continue readingGrizzly Bear Research Trapping to be Conducted
Visitors Reminded to Stay Out of Posted Areas Biologists with the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team will conduct grizzly bear research and trapping operations within Grand Teton National Park Tuesday, September 19 through November 15. …
Continue readingFire Forces Glacier Park Evac Order
An evacuation WARNING has been issued by Glacier National Park and the Flathead County Sheriff’s Department. With the forecasted weather change tonight, and its potential effects on fire behavior, the Flathead County Sheriff, Glacier National …
Continue readingNational Bison Range Postpones Annual Bison Roundup Due to Smoke and Fire Risk
Citing safety concerns, the National Bison Range (NBR) announced today that its annual bison roundup is postponed indefinitely. The event was previously scheduled for October 2 and 3, 2017. Significant amounts of smoke, combined with …
Continue readingBlustery
A large early Autumn storm will sweep southeast toward Northwest Wyoming during the next few days. This storm bring much colder weather then the recent summer months. This will result in the first cold widespread …
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