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Confrontations With Protesters Few

May 17, 2012 Jackson Hole, Town of Jackson Comments Off
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Jackson Police report only a limited number of encounters related to the demonstrations yesterday by members of Operation Save America.  In a day’s end report, the town reported that … Continue Reading

Leave Baby Animals Alone

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This is that time of year when young animals are very much in evidence, whether they are bear cubs, elk calves, or even baby birds.  While it is human nature to be concerned if it appears the animals have been abandoned, Wyoming Game and Fish Spokesman Mark Gocke says they really need to be left alone. Gocke adds that handling a baby animal … Continue Reading

Women Should Seek Political Offices

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Today marks the beginning of the filing period for people who want to run for office in the town, county or state. Despite women comprising half of Wyoming’s population, a recent article in the Casper Star Tribune noted that women in the Equality State comprise only 13 percent of the seats in the state legislature and less than 6 percent of county commissions. Jackson Town Councilwoman Melissa Turley is … Continue Reading

Wyoming Appeals Roadless Rule

May 17, 2012 State of Wyoming Comments Off
Governor Matt Mead

The State of Wyoming has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its challenge of the Clinton Administration’s Roadless Rule. Wyoming filed a Petition for a Writ of Certiorari today. The petition argues that the U.S. Forest Service exceeded the limit of its authority when it … Continue Reading

Cache Creek Trailhead To Close

May 17, 2012 Greater Yellowstone, Jackson Hole, Teton County Comments Off
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Bridger Teton National Forest officials will close the Cache Creek Trailhead tomorrow morning to enable crews to remove hazard trees there.  Those trees are located between the trailhead and the Bar-T-5 cook-site within the first mile of the trail.  Forest Spokesperson Mary Cernicek says … Continue Reading

Grand Targhee’s Water Is Best

May 17, 2012 State of Wyoming, Teton County Comments Off
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The water at Grand Targhee Resort has emerged as the state’s best-tasting water in an annual contest judged earlier this week.  The Wyoming contest at the 21st annual Wyoming Association of Rural Water Systems Technical Conference and Industry Trade Show was judged in Casper by … Continue Reading

Town, County Receives Gold for Cycling

May 16, 2012 Teton County No Comments
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For the fourth year in a row, the Town of Jackson and Teton County were the sole recipients in Wyoming to receive gold status … Continue Reading

Medical Emergency Exercise Continues

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Part One of a state-wide exercise focusing on the distribution of “simulated’ emergency medical supplies to Jackson Hole was completed Monday with the second part of the exercise still to come on Friday.  Public Health Emergency Response Coordinator Tammy Marshall says the Monday exercise successfully … Continue Reading

Barbara Allen Runs For Commission

May 16, 2012 Jackson Hole, Teton County, Town of Jackson Comments Off
Allen

Jackson Resident Barbara Allen has announced that she will run for the vacancy left by Andy Swartz on the Teton County Commission. Allen is a seventeen year resident of Jackson Hole and a successful business woman.  She has been appointed three times to … Continue Reading

Montana Wolf Hunt Season Set

May 16, 2012 Greater Yellowstone, Paradise Valley Comments Off
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Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is seeking comments on a proposed 2012-13 general wolf hunting and trapping season. The proposed general season would run from September 1st to February 28th with trapping allowed from December 15th to the end of the general wolf season. Trapping and hunting of wolves is … Continue Reading

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  • An off-road station wagon? Believe it. - May 17, 2012
    I drove a Volvo XC60 last week, and it surprised me in a number of ways. This station wagon on steroids was fantastic on the highway, but it was quite surprising on the forest roads, too. Listen to today’s show for a review of the XC60. [...]
  • Wyoming Still Among Most Dangerous Places To Work - May 16, 2012
    Wyoming continues to have one of the worst rates of death on the job. New figures from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics show that Wyoming had the second-highest rate of deadly workplace accidents of any state in 2010. Only West Virginia had a higher rate. Contributing to West Virginia’s rate in 2010 was a [...] [...]
  • Trigger-man In Sheridan Home Invasion Killing Taking His Case To Wyoming Supreme Court - May 16, 2012
    The Wyoming Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in the appeal of a Sheridan teenager convicted of murder in a 2009 home invasion killing. The court will hear the appeal of Dharminder Vir Sen (pictured) today. He is serving a life sentence in the killing of Sheridan businessman Robert Ernst. Prosecutors say Sen was the [...] [...]
  • Mead Takes “Roadless Rule” Appeal To U.S. Supreme Court - May 16, 2012
    The state of Wyoming has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review its challenge to a 2001 federal rule barring development on road-less areas in national forests. Governor Mead announced Tuesday that he directed Wyoming Attorney General Greg Phillips to appeal a recent decision by a federal appeals court in Denver. The Tenth Circuit Court [...] [...]