New laws bring a $3.8 million budget deficit to the county, despite cutting budgets “to the bone.”

New laws bring a $3.8 million budget deficit to the county, despite cutting budgets “to the bone.”
Senate President Ogden Driskill (R-Devils Tower) said the donation violated part of the state’s Election Code.
The Federal Communications Commission launched a new missing and endangered persons code for its nationwide Emergency Alert System. It will allow law enforcement to send messages about missing adults through phones, TV and the radio.
A new social media tool aims to help visitors to Jackson, Wyoming, stay a safe distance away from wildlife, and there’s already interest from other parts of our region.
Police estimated at least a hundred people attended Friday’s rally, which took place the day before former president Donald Trump’s scheduled visit to Jackson for a private fundraiser.
Teton County and Jackson purchased the Virginian RV park last year to build affordable housing. Their initial request for proposal started at 150 units but the plan they selected offers 76 more.
The cost of entry has priced some out of the opportunity to meet the former president.
The US Fish and Wildlife Service and Shoshone National Forest moved the young male bear northwest of Cody after the risk of human-bear conflict had become too high.
The Leeds Creek Fire was first reported Aug. 1 in the Bridger Teton National Forest, about 18 miles southwest of the town of Dubois. Maps show it’s burning right through the Continental Divide Trail.