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Town Councilor Jonathan Schechter caused a stir in the last week after he sent a snappy email to the Teton Board of Realtors, saying he wouldn’t support giving it $12,000
The Highlight, our home for ambitious stories that explain our world. Laurie Zoloth, a religious scholar and bioethicist, has spent years helping scientists and policymakers around the world examine complex ethical dilemmas. What responsibilities do humans have in the face of climate change? How can we address health care disparities that continue to devastate Black and brown communities? How do we convince people to set aside their personal preferences and do the right thing? And above all, how do we make our world more fair? For Zoloth, a professor at the University of Chicago’s Divinity ...
Teton Village firefighters want a new fire station, but finding it a home may be difficult as other village landowners raise concerns about the process — and how to determine
As other counties and states make headlines by tying COVID-19 vaccinations to benefits like free drinks, Teton County is wondering what role it can play in incentivizing people to get vaccinated against COVID-19. No decisions have been made and the Teton County Board of County Commissioners is not unanimous in what it wants to do, if anything. But it did begin the conversation Monday when Commissioner Luther Propst asked to hear more from the Teton County Health Department about what would be helpful. After that morningâs meeting, Propst told the News&Guide he didnât want a resurgen...
Jackson Hole Fire/EMS Chief Brady Hansen was tentative when he asked county commissioners and town councilors for a bit of padding for his departmentâs 2021 budget. âYou have to set the bar, and we will follow the recommendation,â Hansen told officials. âBut I wanted a chance to tell you that I was really feeling challenged.â Last year the fire department slashed its budget, reducing training and maintenance to a minimum and pausing construction of Fire Station 1 to help the town and county deal with the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, the...