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Travel any distance on state or county highways and you will find sections under re-construction which prompted Vilas County Highway Commissioner Troy

Wyoming and Idaho have moved one step closer to completing a pathway over Teton Pass that could connect networks in both states. A federal grant of $1.3 million to the City of Victor will pay for construction of almost two miles of paved pathway from Moose Creek in Idaho east to the Wyoming state line. That leaves just six more miles of pathway to build on the west side of Teton Pass, which would then connect to the two Teton community pathway systems at the pass summit. Officials and supporters in both states were pleased with the news. “It’s our piece of the puzzle to get the trai...

Planning to head to Nevada’s Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park? Better hurry, as the park is closing for the spring and summer due to road repairs. Nevada State Parks announced Wednesday that the park will close April 29 for road repairs and will likely remain closed through the summer. The closure includes the ghost town, campground, picnic area and fossil shelter. The park contains a ghost town built in the 1890s that is preserved in a state of arrested decay, with interpretive trails that tell the story of the town and its mine. The park also houses the largest known remains and most abundan...

Johnson County accepted federal funding for work that will be completed on the road in Crazy Woman Canyon. The $3.4 million project, through the Federal Lands Access Program, or FLAP, is explained further by County Road & Bridge Supervisor Scott Pehringer. Pehringer said at an earlier meeting that the county applied for about $2.1 million in FLAP funding, which will require a $205,000 local match, which will come from materials and about $100,000 from the Road & Bridge budget. The project is expected to begin construction in 2023.

Public Health Director Andrea Carlstrom told commissioners Monday, during the Chaffee County work session, that she has been asked to be on the state board of health. Carlstrom said she had a meeting with the state this week to find out more of what that would entail, and said it was quite an honor. She delivered a report to the commissioners, meeting as the county board of health, detailing the most recent COVID-19 vaccination rates. Chaffee County was recently fifth in the state for total doses of COVID-19 administered to county residents per 100,000 people. The board also heard a Departmen...