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The neighborhood planning process for northern South Park is paused and may be delayed as the Teton County Board of County Commissioners considers whether to give an advisory committee more opportunity to weigh in. After a debate about slowing down a process that was intended to be “quick” — about eight months, wrapping up around July — the five elected officials took a step Monday towards delaying the planning process by three or four weeks. It is already about a month behind schedule. “Let’s be smart about this, let’s use the experts in our community,â€�...

The Teton County Board of County Commissioners gave preliminary approval to stick with cuts to the Teton County Sheriff’s Office’s requested overtime budget Monday despite disagreement over how to fund

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 morning’s meeting, Propst told the News&Guide he didn’t want a resurgen...

Childcare has exploded into the national conversation for all the reasons that it has been part of the local conversation for years: There simply isn’t enough quality, affordable care to support our working families. Childcare is also a flashpoint because it brings all of our assumptions and expectations around gender and families into conversation (and sometimes conflict) with our economic realities. Few families can afford for mothers not to work. Nationally, mothers are the equal, primary, or sole earners in 40% of all families. Here in Teton County, the Baseline Childcare Inventory s...

County commissioners intend to fully fund budget requests from Teton County nonprofits that provide senior care, shelter for teens in crisis and subsidized mental health care, among other services. “I think that’s great,” said Deidre Ashley, executive director of the Jackson Hole Community Counseling Center, one of the nonprofits set to receive its full request for the upcoming fiscal year. Ashley serves on the Wyoming Association of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers, a state association with directors from other Wyoming community mental health centers like the Communit...