Category News from Jackson Hole

Killer bear shot

Montana wildlife officials have shot and killed a grizzly bear that that fatally attacked a camper early Tuesday morning. The bear was located early Friday morning less than two miles from the town of  Ovando, where Leah Davis Lokan, a…

Record weekend in Yellowstone

Yellowstone National Park Breaks October

It was a record Independence Day Weekend in Yellowstone National Park last weekend. Parkwide vehicle entries through the Fourth of July weekend showed an 8% increase over the same weekend in 2019. 2021 was compared to 2019 instead of 2020 because of COVID-19. Altogether, 46,845 visits were recorded in Yellowstone from…

Chamber to collect tourist data

The Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce, with funding by the Jackson Hole Travel and Tourism Board Lodging Tax collections, will conduct summer market research on visitor behavior, experiences, and demographics. The project will collect data on visitors, including demographics and…