The Board of Directors of Friends of the Teton River (FTR) have appointed Amy Verbeten as the organization’s Interim Executive Director. Verbeten’s appointment follows the resignation of Adonia Ripple last month to accept a position with the Four Seasons Resort in Teton Village. Ripple has served … Continue Reading
Idaho Fish and Game is seeking help from river users in the South Fork and main Snake River basins. Over the past few weeks, biologists have documented dead mountain whitefish on the South Fork and main stem of the Snake River, and have received … Continue Reading
After a year of unprecedented warmth – both during the winter and summer months – the great debate over whether or not Old Man Winter will return with a vengeance is on. Last winter was … Continue Reading
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 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
A 16-year-old employee of Wendy’s in Jackson who failed to return home after going to work July 17th 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.
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
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
An estimated 1500 people joined in the 5th annual Tin Cup Challenge in Driggs, Idaho Saturday – an increase of nearly 25% over the previous year. Furthermore, says Shannon Hamby of the Community Foundation of Teton Valley, the number of competitive racers more than doubled. Hamby says a new course record was set by … Continue Reading
Teton County, Idaho Sheriff’s office is trying to locate a 16-year-old girl who has been missing since July 17. Kenia America Stack of Driggs was last seen by her mother when she was heading to work at Wendy’s in Jackson, Wyoming. However, her mother says she failed to return home after work that evening. Madison County Sheriff’s office found her vehicle parked under a tree with the keys left inside, Friday morning. The girl has also not been answering her phone since July 13th. Kenia’s mother believes the girl is trying to go back to Mexico. Sheriff’s officials are asking that anyone who may know or have contact with Kenia to contact them at 208-354-2323.
