Teton County
Tuesday evening, August 29, the Teton County Sheriff’s Office issued a Shelter in Place Alert due to an active shooter report in the area of Spring Gulch Road from Highway 22 to Sagebrush Drive. At 9:04 p.m. the Teton County Emergency Management Task Force issued the following statement: “Those in the area of Spring Gulch…
After consultation with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Wyoming Game and Fish captured and relocated two subadult male grizzly bears on June 28. The bears were captured and relocated as a preemptive move to reduce conflict potential where the bears had localized outside of suitable habitat in Park County near Heart Mountain. In…
The Research & Planning section of the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services reported today that the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell from 3.5% in April to 3.3% in May. Wyoming’s unemployment rate has decreased in each of the past four months and is slightly lower than the current U.S. unemployment rate of 3.7%. Seasonally…
On Monday, May 15, Yellowstone National Park officials confirmed that the “ongoing law enforcement incident” shut down the road between Old Faithful and West Thumb Junction was due to a fatality discovered by park rangers on Saturday, May 13. At 7:26 p.m. on Saturday, May 13, Yellowstone officials closed the road from Old Faithful to…
The first grizzly spotted in Grand Teton National reminds the Jackson Hole community to be safe and proactive as they continue to share their backyards with the local wildlife. Early in the evening on March 22, the first grizzly bear of 2023 was observed in Grand Teton National Park. As bears become active this spring,…
It was a zero-tolerance policy for Wyoming’s grizzlies in 2022 – fewer bears were captured, but most were permanently “removed” from the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Wyoming Game and Fish has released its annual grizzly bear capture report to the public, which contains data on every grizzly captured and relocated by the department in 2022. The…
Despite the state’s second biggest city residing within its borders, the median income of Natrona County makes it the “poorest county in Wyoming,” according to an analysis by Forbes magazine. Forbes magazine has compiled several lists determining the poorest, most poverty-stricken counties in each of the 50 states. For Wyoming, the counties with some of…
The U.S. Department of the Interior has rechristened almost 650 summits, streams, and other landmarks to remove a derogatory term for indigenous women from all federal maps. Last week, the Department of the Interior today announced the Board on Geographic Names (BGN) has voted on the final replacement names for nearly 650 geographic features nationwide…
The Wyoming Department of Health identified a second case of monkeypox in another county – but while it’s worth taking seriously, most Wyomingites have little chance of contracting the virus. The Wyoming Department of Health (W.D.H.) is announcing the state’s second monkeypox case has been identified. An adult man in Teton County tested positive for…
There may or may not be a mask mandate in effect during your next visit to Yellowstone National Park – it all depends on the COVID-19 situation in northwest Wyoming. While American life has mostly returned to something like a “pre-pandemic normal,” COVID-19 is still a health risk throughout the United States. Three of the…