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And, with a slate of contracts approved Tuesday, the project should once again be chugging along. Parks and Rec Director Steve Ashworth told the County Commission that he thought his department “did a much better job” of “reaching out to many of the stakeholders” this time around. The Teton County Board of County Commissioners agreed. The elected officials unanimously approved the three contracts Ashworth brought to them Tuesday. Those documents put a climbing gym consultant...

Close followers of Teton County government may feel like they have deja vu.

But manager Jim Morrison can’t say why, exactly. “Of course our business is down,” he told the News&Guide. “It’s just too difficult to say how much is purely affidavit driven, COVID driven, or snow driven. It’s pretty evident that people are willing to risk traveling in COVID environments, even at a high risk level.” Why hotels in the Roaring Fork Valley are seeing so much less traffic than those in resort towns like Jackson Hole is a central question in an on...

A draft bill that some see as threatening “local control” loomed large over the County Commission’s vote Tuesday in favor of the Gill family’s 26-acre development in northern South Park.

A draft bill that some see as threatening “local control” loomed large over the County Commission’s vote Tuesday in favor of the Gill family’s 26-acre development in northern South Park. The Teton County Board of County Commissioners voted 4-1 in favor of the Gills’ sketch plan, a conceptual regulatory approval that precedes hearings on more concrete development and subdivision plans on the path to breaking ground. The family praised the decision. “Today’s vot...

The Gills have secured a victory in their push to develop 26 acres of their northern South Park land.

Doubling down on concerns about water quality, the County Commission pumped the brakes Tuesday on the Gill family’s proposal to develop 26 acres in northern South Park.

Teton County has passed a resolution affirming the “values of diversity, equity and inclusion” and declaring the county as a whole a “hate free zone.” “This is a very important statement of our ideals and our values,” Commissioner Mark Newcomb said during the Teton County Board of County Commissioners’ meeting Tuesday. “It is a statement, it is a first step, and I look forward to continuing to follow through both in action, word and deed.” The resolu...

Starting March 1, wood shake roofs will no longer be allowed on homes in Jackson Hole’s wildland-urban interface. The Teton County Board of County Commissioners voted Tuesday to prohibit such roofs in forested areas where wildfires are a risk. Fire Marshal Kathy Clay recommended that commissioners approve the measure to make Teton County “a more resilient wildland fire community.” “We are stressed here with lots of UV light and very dry conditions,” Clay said. “We ...

Water quality, transportation, and diversity, equity and inclusion will be three of the top priorities of the Teton County Board of County Commissioners in 2022.