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Yellowstone visitation summary for 2022
The park hosted 3,290,242 recreation visits in 2022, down 32% from 2021, which was the busiest year on record.…
Continue ReadingThe park hosted 3,290,242 recreation visits in 2022, down 32% from 2021, which was the busiest year on record.…
Continue ReadingThe Wyoming Department of Transportation reports there is an avalanche on US 89 south of…
Continue ReadingThe process of training canines to detect Fentanyl has been a long, careful and deliberate one.…
Continue ReadingPlanning for the 67th Annual Teton County Fair is underway, and Fair Board Members are looking for sponsors to help make the 2023 Fair one of the…
Continue ReadingThe ceremony is open to the…
Continue ReadingYellowstone National Park released its 2023 State of the Park report, on its 151st birthday…
Continue ReadingIf you don’t live in Wyoming but like to hunt there, a major price hike could be on the way if you want better…
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Continue ReadingGovernor Mark Gordon took action on 30 bills on Monday, Feb. 27.…
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Continue ReadingThe family of a missing Wyoming woman, last seen a year ago, is imploring the state’s governor to help them find answers after months without…
Continue ReadingMotorists traveling on Ski Hill Road in Alta may notice new wildlife artwork on the side the road.…
Continue ReadingGovernor Mark Gordon signed a supplemental budget that places more than $1 billion in savings, allowing the state to keep taxes low and generate…
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Continue ReadingWyoming has been awarded $70.5 million in federal funds for broadband infrastructure in locations that lack access to adequate…
Continue ReadingGovernor Mark Gordon took action on nine bills on…
Continue ReadingGovernor Mark Gordon sent the Wyoming Senate his list of nominees for numerous state offices, boards and commissions.…
Continue ReadingThe Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), Air Quality Division has begun operating a mobile ambient monitoring station in Laramie…
Continue Readingovernor Mark Gordon has ordered both the U.S. and State of Wyoming flag be flown at half-staff statewide on Thursday, Feb. 23 in honor and memory…
Continue ReadingThe Wyoming Highway Patrol has a message for all…
Continue ReadingGovernor Mark Gordon signed a bill to advance Wyoming’s leadership on developing rare earth and critical minerals…
Continue ReadingGrand Teton National Park has closed the Gros Ventre Rd from N Highway 89 (Gros Ventre Junction) to the town of Kelly due to blowing/drifting snow…
Continue ReadingTeton County Road & Levee is placing a No Unnecessary Travel advisory on the following roads due to blowing/drifting snow, low visibility, and…
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Continue ReadingTeton Pass, WYO 22 from the Idaho State Line to Jackson, is closed in both due to winter conditions and crashes. …
Continue Readinghe Wyoming Department of Transportation has scheduled a closure of US 191/189 through Hoback Canyon for Tuesday, Feb. 21 at 7:00 a.m for avalanche…
Continue ReadingThe NFGFC will gift a state-of-the-art DON’T QUIT! Fitness Center to three Wyoming elementary/middle schools. …
Continue ReadingGovernor Mark Gordon took action on one bill on Friday.…
Continue ReadingJackson Hole Airport parking lots are at capacity before the busy holiday…
Continue ReadingThe work will cause intermediate delays for traffic of up to 15 minutes at a…
Continue ReadingGovernor Mark Gordon signed the first bills of the 2023 Legislative session during a public signing ceremony at the Capitol…
Continue ReadingGovernor Mark Gordon will hold a formal bill signing ceremony…
Continue ReadingBrian Laundrie’s mother wrote a letter to her son that included references to getting a shovel and burying a body, an attorney representing the…
Continue ReadingHow would you like to work, learn, play and grow in Yellowstone’s…
Continue Readinge proposed project will build upon the existing Teton Mobility Project and Complete Streets initiative.…
Continue ReadingThe town of Jackson has been contacted about suspicious emails going around about ‘business-holders…
Continue ReadingThe program has led to the largest relocation of live Yellowstone bison to American Indian Tribes in…
Continue ReadingTeton County Health Department is putting on a free STD (sexually transmitted disease) testing event on Saturday, Feb.…
Continue ReadingOn Feb. 4, 2023 at approximately 12:46 p.m., Wyoming Highway Patrol (WHP) Troopers were dispatched to a possible domestic disturbance in the area of…
Continue ReadingTeton County has received many questions regarding the change from the County’s current Geographic Information System (GIS) to a new platform and…
Continue ReadingTwo Wyoming students will join Senator John Barrasso and Senator Cynthia Lummis in representing Wyoming during the 61st annual United States Senate…
Continue ReadingA new photo of Gabby Petito was released Tuesday by the law firm representing her…
Continue ReadingOn Saturday at approximately 2:20 p.m., a Laramie Trooper and a large tow truck were parked on Interstate 80 at milepost 288 with emergency lights…
Continue ReadingTickets are sold on a first come first serve…
Continue ReadingA retired U.S. Marine who lived in Jackson Hole in early 2000 working as a ski instructor at several mountain resorts was killed doing humanitarian…
Continue ReadingAnny Malo won Stage Five, a 35-mile out-and-back trail along the Upper Green River near…
Continue ReadingFifteen Native American tribes will get a total of $580 million in federal money this year for water rights settlements, the Biden administration…
Continue ReadingThe Yellow Bib which has rested on Anny Malo’s shoulders every stage except one since last year, dramatically moved to Alix Wednesday.…
Continue ReadingThe project will support the retention and creation of nearly 200 high-paying jobs in the…
Continue ReadingCool temperatures and hot finishing times Tuesday.…
Continue ReadingWyoming’s graduation rates have remained statistically strong – above 80% since…
Continue ReadingThe Wyoming Department of Transportation and contract crews from Ames Construction, Inc., will begin extracting gravel and clearing trees in…
Continue ReadingThe mother and father of a woman killed by her boyfriend in 2021 joined Utah lawmakers to lobby for the passage of a law to require police statewide…
Continue ReadingPedigree Stage Stop Race — Stage Three, hosted by the town of Pinedale, was postponed Monday due to adverse weather conditions.…
Continue ReadingAnny Malo turned in a winning time of 2:26:02 to finish Sunday’s 35-mile out-and-back course ahead of Cathy Rivest (2:30:17) and Alix Crittenden…
Continue ReadingWith the bitterly cold temperatures and damage to power infrastructure, LVE is dealing with high loads on the system.…
Continue ReadingOn Friday Evening, at approximately 6:40 p.m., a Douglas Trooper was parked on Highway 59 at milepost 46.5 with emergency lights activated, assisting…
Continue ReadingThis year marks an important era for the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ).…
Continue ReadingThis program is essential to helping service members and their families navigate the added challenges they are often presented…
Continue ReadingWyoming could join a handful of states that have begun paying homeowners and businesses less for surplus electricity from their rooftop solar panels…
Continue ReadingThe Wyoming Department of Transportation has scheduled a closure of Teton Pass for Friday, Jan. 27 at 2 p.m. for avalanche control.…
Continue ReadingThe Wyoming Summer Food Service program for kids offered through the Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) served thousands of meals last summer to…
Continue ReadingThe Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), in coordination with Teton County, Wyoming, the Wyoming Department of Transportation and the U.S. Forest…
Continue ReadingA series of crashes caused by a wrong-way driver on Interstate 80 killed five people and seriously injured others in south-central…
Continue ReadingOn Sunday a fatal crash occurred at milepost 219 on Interstate 80 east of Rawlins, Wyoming.…
Continue ReadingOn Sunday, a fatal crash occurred at milepost 33 on Interstate 80, east of Evanston, Wyoming.…
Continue ReadingOn Saturday, a fatal crash occurred at milepost 67 on Interstate 25, north of Chugwater, Wyoming.…
Continue ReadingDue to the Teton County/Jackson Recreation Center Expansion Project construction, areas of the Recreation Center will be temporarily closed in…
Continue ReadingGovernor Mark Gordon has received results of a COVID-19 test that showed he is positive for the virus.…
Continue ReadingOn Wednesday, a fatal crash occurred at milepost 29.5 on Highway 26, west of Fort Laramie, Wyoming.…
Continue ReadingState Superintendent of Public Instruction Megan Degenfelder has named Karen Wheeler as the Boards and Commissions Coordinator for the Wyoming…
Continue ReadingTeton Interagency Dispatch Center (TIDC) received an emergency call at approximately 11:30 a.m. on Monday 6 notifying them a snowboarder was injured…
Continue ReadingGovernor Mark Gordon has announced the appointment of Kelly Norris as…
Continue ReadingWe are expecting a good push of snow showers into the region here starting in the overnight to early morning hours that will continue through much of…
Continue ReadingThe Wyoming Highway Patrol (WHP) is excited to offer an exceptional opportunity to become a Wyoming State…
Continue ReadingGovernor Mark Gordon has ordered both the U.S. and State of Wyoming flag be flown at half-staff statewide on Sunday, January 15 in honor and memory…
Continue ReadingHighlights include the return of oil and gas production to pre-pandemic trends, the resumption of oil and gas lease sales by the Bureau of Land…
Continue ReadingMost local ski resorts are welcoming in lots of snowboarders and skiers this year which is helping their businesses a lot compared to previous…
Continue ReadingGovernor Mark Gordon has announced the appointment of Byron Mathews as State Fire Marshal and Director of the Department of Fire Prevention and…
Continue ReadingWyoming’s Republican governor is urging state lawmakers to save half of a nearly $1 billion surplus that follows a dramatic turnaround in the state’s…
Continue ReadingGovernor Mark Gordon has appointed John LaBuda to be a Circuit Court Judge for the Ninth Judicial District serving Sublette County.…
Continue ReadingThe Wyoming Department of Education has announced the participating Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) organizations in Wyoming.…
Continue ReadingWyoming residents are encouraged to use the Wyoming Legislature’s website to track legislation and participate in policymaking during the 2023…
Continue ReadingThe Wyoming Department of Transportation has scheduled a closure of US 191/189 for Tuesday, Jan. 10 at 3:00 a.m. for avalanche mitigation.…
Continue ReadingThe 67th Wyoming Legislature will convene for the 2023 General Session on Tuesday at noon.…
Continue ReadingGovernor Mark Gordon has ordered the Wyoming State Flag be flown at half staff at the Capitol in Cheyenne and in Fremont County from sunrise to…
Continue ReadingTeton County is reminding the public all outdoor decorative lighting, including holiday string lighting, must be taken down by Tuesday, Jan. 10 in…
Continue ReadingTeton County School District #1 third grade student Forrest Ramsey recently received a perfect score in the first of three meets in this year’s…
Continue ReadingAfter taking the oath of office for his second term, Governor Mark Gordon delivered his Second Inaugural…
Continue Readingackcountry camping permits will be available online beginning Tuesday, January 10 at 8 a.m. (MST) for summer 2023 in Grand Teton National Park and…
Continue ReadingNational Park Service documents released Tuesday offer new details but no solid clues as to what happened to a missing man whose foot was found…
Continue ReadingThis marks the fifth elk hunt area where CWD has been detected this…
Continue ReadingTeton County Road and Levee advise the public of No Unnecessary Travel on County-maintained Roads from 9:00 a.m. Wednesday until further…
Continue ReadingThe Wyoming Supreme Court has declined to answer questions involving a lawsuit over the state’s new abortion…
Continue ReadingWith a suite of new laws and regulations, Wyoming as positioned itself as arguably the friendliest state for crypto companies.…
Continue ReadingThe Wyoming Department of Transportation has scheduled a closure of US 191/189 for Wednesday Dec. 21, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. for avalanche…
Continue ReadingBeginning Dec. 29, 2022, the Curative COVID-19 testing site in Teton County, Wyo. will be…
Continue ReadingPedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race organizers announce the official schedule for the 2023…
Continue ReadingThe Teton County/Jackson Parks and Recreation Center will have holiday hours Dec. 19Â through Jan. 2Â due to a shortage of lifeguard…
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