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The Jackson Hole Radio staff has been covering news in Teton County, WY since 1963. Our editorial team is committed to providing readers, and listeners, with first-hand accounts of everyday life in one of America's most beautiful towns.

State Mulls Cigarette Tax

Wyoming lawmakers are to meet this week to review a proposal to raise tobacco taxes, including a one-dollar-per-pack hike for cigarettes. Jason Mincer with the A-C-S Cancer Action Network says it’s not just the tax revenue that would be raised,…

Refuge Operations Resume

National Elk Refuge

  With the enactment of a continuing resolution providing federal funding, staff at the National Elk Refuge will resume regular operations this week, including reopening facilities, processing applications for film requests and other special use permits, and offering educational programming.…

G&F Reports On Bears

A report submitted by the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission to the Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Resources Interim Committee last week indicates a high rate of Grizzly Bear Captures last year, in efforts to deal with…

Beware Sliding Roofs

This time of year, safety concerns involving snow accumulations around the home are not limited to the ground. Each year, cases of people being injured by snow sliding off of the roof are reported around the country – sometimes, says…