Wyoming

Commuters to and from Jackson may start noticing touched up pavement markings and sign improvements starting Tuesday.

They hail from their states’ most prominent Republican families. They have been among the GOP’s sharpest critics of former President Donald Trump. And after the Jan. 6 insurrection, they supported his impeachment.

Teton County will be performing annual pathways sealcoating during the week of August 15 – August 19.

The Wyoming State Geological Survey (WSGS) published a new map depicting the structural configuration of the Precambrian basement in Wyoming.

Teton Interagency Fire managers have adjusted the fire danger rating to moderate for Grand Teton National Park, Bridger-Teton National Forest, and the National Elk Refuge following recent rainfall and cooler temperatures.

The first indoor rock climbing wall since 2014 in Teton County is coming to the Teton County/Jackson Parks and Recreation Department (TCJPRD) as part of the Recreation Center Expansion Project, and the county is seeking feedback from the public on the final elements of the wall.

Travelers in Grand Teton National Park should plan for intermittent delays and closures as road improvement projects are underway in the park.

The Jackson Hole Marathon, Half Marathon and Quarter Marathon will be held on Saturday, September 24, 2022.

Governor Mark Gordon has announced the appointment of Mark Young as Interim State Fire Marshal and Director of the Department of Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety.

Yellowstone National Park hosted 536,601 recreation visits in June 2022.

As wildfires burn in surrounding areas and wildland fire smoke settles in the valley, Teton County Health Department encourages Jackson residents to be mindful of the potential health effects caused by wildfire smoke.

Most abortions will become illegal in Wyoming on Wednesday after Gov. Mark Gordon gave the go-ahead Friday under a new state law.

Grand Teton National Park in partnership with the Grand Teton National Park Foundation are in their third year working to improve sections of the Teton Crest Trail. 

Teton County and the Town of Jackson have experienced significant wildfire seasons over the last quarter century and recent years have proved no exception.

The Bridger-Teton National Forest’s Pinedale District will be opening the gates for public access to those that have valid firewood permits July 17 and 18, 2022 for firewood collection. 

Governor Mark Gordon has announced the state’s suicide lifeline services have been expanded and improved to offer full-time, Wyoming-based coverage 24 hours a day, every day. 

The Teton County Board of County Commissioners approved the Northern South Park Neighborhood Plan during a regular meeting on July 5.

The National Park Service will resume construction activities addressing infrastructure needs in the southern portion of the Moose-Wilson Road in Grand Teton National Park on Monday, July 11, at 7 a.m.

Work is underway again on the second half of the Wyoming Department of Transportation’s (WYDOT) Jackson South reconstruction project, just north of Hoback Junction. 

Teton County, in collaboration with the Jackson Hole Airport, has completed the resurfacing of Spring Gulch Road from Sagebrush Drive to the County limits, approximately two miles to the north.

Newly updated income guidelines may help a few more families to be eligible for the Wyoming WIC Program, which is operated by the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH).

Grand Teton National Park will participate in Operation Dry Water, a nationwide awareness effort to promote boating safety, this weekend, July 2-4.

The Sandy Fire is burning on the Big Piney Ranger District of the Bridger-Teton National Forest.

The Teton County Coroner’s Office is requesting public assistance in
locating the next of kin of Michael Stephen Craig.

The Sandy Fire is burning on the Big Piney Ranger District of the Bridger-Teton National Forest.

A distress signal initially thought to be from a crashed aircraft led searchers to a backpacker who’d been mauled by a grizzly bear in a remote Wyoming wilderness, according to sheriff’s officials.

The Wyoming Department of Transportation and contract crews Lewis & Lewis, Inc. and H-K Contractors will be milling in Snake River Canyon, US 26/89 between road marker 138 and 139, just north of Astoria as part of a district-wide contract patch project.

People can again use their tents to go camping in Teton Canyon east of Alta, Wyo.

The Teton County Fair Board announced the pre-sale tickets to the 2022 Teton County Fair Kickoff Concert have sold out and are encouraging those interested in attending the concert to purchase tickets when the remainder become available on July 1.

The Wyoming Area Office of the Bureau of Reclamation in Mills, Wyo., will be lowering the water level in Guernsey Reservoir in preparation for the annual silt run.

Just before 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Teton County Search and Rescue responded to a paddling accident on the Gros Ventre River.

Governor Mark Gordon announced Norma Winder of Jackson as the 2022 winner of the Wyoming Governor’s Wild Bison raffle.

The decision to authorize the implementation of improvements included in Snow King Mountain Resort’s (Snow King’s) current master development plan (MDP) was made in March, 2021 by Bridger-Teton National Forest, Forest Supervisor Tricia O’Connor.

The Wyoming Department of Transportation and contract crews from Avail Valley Construction will begin paving operations on US 26/89 through the Snake River Canyon from mileposts 127 to 132.