The Wyoming Department of Transportation has scheduled a closure of Teton Pass for Tuesday at 3:00am for avalanche control. Snow slides that reach the highway may prolong the closure and deteriorating weather conditions may force an earlier closure. Highway travelers and backcountry users are being advised to plan accordingly.
Two Wyomingites have already died as the result of this year’s flu season. While not much has been heard about flu season so far this year, the Wyoming Department of Health says there has been a significant increase in influenza reports in just the last couple weeks. Health officials say … Continue Reading
A Colorado Springs, Colorado man remains in intensive care at an Idaho Falls hospital after a snowmobiling accident in Teton County, Idaho Friday. 78-year-old Roy McClendon had been snowmobiling … Continue Reading
More than 370 Special Olympics Wyoming athletes, coaches and partners from all over the Cowboy State will converge on Jackson Hole tomorrow for this year’s Winter Games competition. Teams competing in this year’s games … Continue Reading
The “Transfer of State Lands” bill authorizing completion of the sale of state land inside Grand Teton National Park to the federal government cleared the Wyoming House Friday with a vote of 46 to 11 and is on its way to the Senate. The bill’s sponsor, Representative Ruth Ann Petroff says … Continue Reading
Yellowstone National Park has begun looking at ways it might improve the Bechler Area located in the park’s remote southwest corner. Other than US Highway 191 which skirts the western boundary of Yellowstone, the Bechler Area … Continue Reading
Former Thin Lizzy guitarist star Gary Moore has died in Spain. He was 58.
According to the Irish Times website, The Belfast-born musician was found dead in his hotel room in the Costa Del Sol city of Estepona early in the morning. An autopsy was scheduled.
Moore was a member Skid Row and later brought into Irish rock band Thin Lizzy, best known for “The Boys Are Back in Town.”
Moore had a number of solo albums including the 1990 “Still Got the Blues”. He also appeared with the Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 album.
The weekend proved to be a rough one for the Jackson Bronc basketball teams as the boys returned with one win out of their two games and the girls came home with none. Friday’s games were … Continue Reading
Jackson Hole High School Speech Team placed first overall in varsity events among 3A schools at the Natrona County High School “Mustang Classic,” adding to an already impressive season record. Speech Coach Mark Hauser says the Casper Meet proved to be the largest and most challenging of the year, with … Continue Reading
Blayne “Bud” Streeper from Fort Nelson, British Columbia, won the 2011 International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race with an overall time of 19 hours, 38 minutes, 27 seconds. Streeper also won the IPSSSDR in 2004 and 2010. Aaron Burmeister from … Continue Reading
