Wyoming’s unemployment rate crept up slightly last month, although it remains well below the national average. According to the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services, the unemployment rate grew by.4% in November to a total of 5.8%. Once again, Teton County eclipsed all of the state’s other 22 counties with a jobless rate of … Continue Reading
Twenty of the 25 mushers who will compete in 17th Annual International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race have registered now, and the remaining slots are expected to fill in time for the January 27th race which starts in downtown Jackson. Race Organizer Frank Teasley says … Continue Reading
As powder hounds anxiously await the next low pressure system, avalanche safety officials say the next significant snowfall may result in dangerous conditions. While most people aren’t likely to complain once we receive that long-awaited snowstorm, it is important to … Continue Reading
Efforts to spread Christmas cheer by trimming the vegetation around one’s home may be anything but cheery for local wildlife. Here in Jackson Hole, we typically share the neighborhoods with wildlife who Wyoming Game and Fish Spokesman Mark Gocke says … Continue Reading
The Bridger-Teton National Forest announced it will be conducting an additional environmental study and soliciting public input through a scoping period for one new alternative to be considered in a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement pertaining to oil and gas leases near the Wyoming Range. According to a Forest Service press release, the need for a SEIS and the development of a new alternative was derived after … Continue Reading
Wyoming is going through the process of redistricting in efforts to make the state’s districts numerically even. To that end, the state’s 23 county clerks met last week to help put together a plan to be taken to the Wyoming Legislature in February. Representative Keith Gingery explains that … Continue Reading
After several rounds of community meetings over the past two years to develop a management plan for the Wyoming Range mule deer herd, The Wyoming Game and Fish Department will again be visiting those local communities to discuss … Continue Reading
Wyoming’s Continental Divide Snowmobile Trail has been named the number three snowmobile trail in the west this year with a difference of only 1/100 of a point from number two – Island Park. West Yellowstone keeps the #1 spot. The Continental Divide Snowmobile Trail had been number one … Continue Reading
As you seek recreation in the out-of-doors, how can you be sure you are permitted to be in the area you intend to visit? Wyoming’s Office of State Lands and Investments has designed a State Land Access Website Application to assist users to … Continue Reading
ZBB Energy Corporation of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin will provide a Smart Grid Community Energy Storage System to Lower Valley Energy in Bondurant. The system is being installed near the post office there and consists of … Continue Reading
