Smokey Weekend Due To Idaho Fires

Where is all the smoke coming from now?  Wind currents from the west have been picking up smoke from some very large Idaho fires and carrying it into our area.  Currently, about 232-thousand acres near Salmon, Idaho are burning causing evacuations there and threatening structures while another fire involving about 120-thousand acres is burning east of Boise.  While there are other smaller fires in Idaho and Wyoming, most of the smoke appears to be coming from the large complex fires according to the National Weather Service.

(Photo From Salmon-Challis National Forest)

Teton Valley Has New Comp Plan

Teton Valley Idaho has a new Comprehensive Plan after the county commissioners there unanimously adopted it Friday.  The adoption followed the final public hearing Thursday at which 22 people attended and provided some … Continue Reading

Missing Girl Located

A 16-year-old employee of Wendy’s in Jackson who failed to return home after going to work July 17^th has been located in Mexico.  The Teton County Idaho Sheriff’s office says Kenia Stack of Driggs, Idaho had gone with her aunt of Mexico to visit her ill grandmother.  The girl says she did not tell her aunt she was running away until they arrived in Mexico.  Stack was reported missing after failing to show up for work and then not returning home in July.

Gasoline Prices Sharply Up

Those driving around Jackson Hole won’t miss the rapidly climbing gasoline prices on marquees in front of local service stations.  Analysts say tensions between Iran and Israel pushing crude oil prices to … Continue Reading

Science School Opens New Campus

Teton Science School has reached out across Teton Pass, opening a Teton Valley campus in Victor Idaho.  The Teton Valley Community School becomes the seventh program area for the Science School.   Teton Science School officials say … Continue Reading

Abduction Probe Continues

Questions and tips continue to dominate the investigation in Victor, Idaho where a 15-year-old girl was apparently abducted from the field where she was working and taken to a remote area east of town.  Sheriff’s officials enlisted the help of investigators from … Continue Reading

Abduction Investigation Continues

Teton County, Idaho Sheriff’s officials are still trying to determine the circumstances surrounding an apparent abduction of a teen-aged girl from a field just outside Victor.  Sheriff’s deputies, Firefighters, Search and Rescue and local citizens rallied Monday evening to rescue the girl who said … Continue Reading

Victor Girl Found After Apparent Abduction

Sheriff’s deputies, Firefighters, Search and Rescue and local citizens rallied Monday evening to rescue a teen-aged girl who says she had been abducted and taken to a location east of Victor.  The Teton County, Idaho Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call … Continue Reading

Gas Prices Surge Upward

Hang onto your gas-caps, prices are on their way up again.  Gasoline prices nationally rose over the past month by 15¢ according to AAA Auto Club’s Fuel Gauge Report, but local prices were slow to reflect that increase.  According to the auto club, … Continue Reading

Science School Instructor Dies

An instructor with Teton Science School’s AmeriCorps died Friday night in a single vehicle accident in Victor.  27-year-old Matt Jenkins of Seattle, Washington was ejected when his car overturned on Highway 31 shortly before 11:00 pm.  Jenkins was … Continue Reading