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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.

Town, county and health officials are once again aligned in recommending that people only gather with members of their own households, this time to combat a surge in COVID-19 cases and the detection of a fast-spreading variant. “It is now more important than ever for members of our community, living and working in Teton County, to be vigilant,” the Teton County Board of County Commissioners wrote in an open letter stressing “personal responsibility.” “We must recognize ...

In early January Commissioner Luther Propst sent an email to the other four county commissioners, laying out what he perceived as the county’s move away from transparency.

People who have participated in early public reviews of the proposed 100% deed-restricted Red House Apartments praised the project — and the process so far.

Teton Valley leader dies Joselin Matkins, executive director of Teton Regional Land Trust and a highly involved and beloved Teton Valley community member, died Friday. The Teton County, Idaho, coroner’s office ruled her death a suicide. Matkins, 42, was an East Idaho native who left a lasting impact on conservation in the region, first leading the Sagebrush Steppe Land Trust in Pocatello, then moving to Teton Valley in 2013 to work for and then direct the Teton Regional Land Trust. Matkins...

Teton County elected officials are backpedaling on urging wildlife managers to start weaning elk off of artificial feeding, a step one county commissioner said was prudent to avert the worst consequences of recently discovered chronic wasting disease. The request to do something sooner rather than later was expressed in a draft letter that commissioners were going to send to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. Elected officials also mentioned giving private landowners incentives to tolerate e...

Judge James Radda swore County Commission Chairwoman Natalia D. Macker and Commissioner Greg Epstein into their second full terms Monday, but not without getting a word in edgewise.

Volunteer public health officials are examining special rules intended to protect residents from nitrate pollution in drinking water, but they’re developing those rules in closed sessions that are off limits to some interested parties. The policy proposal that the Teton District Board of Health is considering would increase surveillance and create a system to warn when nitrates climb above natural levels, which can indicate contamination of an aquifer from septic systems or other causes. T...