A surprise under the Snake River posed some challenges for the construction crews on the Snake River Pathway Bridge Project. Progress on the middle in-river pier had been proceeding slowly but steadily since mid-March when crews encountered … Continue Reading
Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks continue to be among the top ten national park destinations in the country. According to year-end statistics, more than 3.4-million people visited Yellowstone in 2012 while 2.7-million visited Grand Teton National Park. That places the parks … Continue Reading
It took just three days for Grand Teton National Park road crews to plow open the Teton Park Road between Taggart Lake Parking area and Signal Mountain Lodge this week; and this weekend, says Spokesperson Jackie Skaggs, the road will be open to non-motorized travel. She says that includes … Continue Reading
Bicyclists willing to brave the often unpredictable elements of spring in Yellowstone National Park are now able to travel 49 miles of park roads from the West Entrance at West Yellowstone, Montana, to Mammoth Hot Springs. There is no spring bicycle-only access toward … Continue Reading
Tractor-trailers on Teton Pass at times trailer traffic is prohibited has traditionally been all too common an occurrence. However, in efforts to stem the number of such incidents, route mapping sites on the internet popular with commercial truckers have begun flagging the pass as … Continue Reading
Students from Jackson Hole High School are on their ways to Florida to participate in the High school students United with NASA to Create Hardware Extreme Science Micro-gravity Experiments there as part of an engineering capstone project. These experiments are … Continue Reading
Weather permitting, members of Teton Interagency Fire will be touching off a prescribed burn in the Lava Creek area on the Buffalo Ranger District near Buffalo Valley, possibly as early as today. Bridger-Teton National Forest Spokesperson Mary Cernicek says the project completes a project that … Continue Reading
Wyoming Secretary of State Max Maxfield is warning Wyoming business owners of a deceptive solicitation form that has surfaced. Maxfield says businesses have received a form that appears to be an “Annual Minutes Disclosure Statement”. The form seems to insinuate that … Continue Reading
The National Park Service is seeking public comment on a plan to improve the administrative area of the Bechler region of Yellowstone National Park. Known as the “Cascade Corner” for its numerous waterfalls, Bechler was originally developed as an outpost to house … Continue Reading
Unemployment in Teton County dropped significantly in February according to statistics posted by the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services yesterday. That agency’s monthly report shows the unemployment rate here was down to 5.6% from 6.5% seen here in January and down from … Continue Reading
