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Jobs of the Week – July 4
Looking to start a new career? Take a look at this week’s featured jobs from local employers around town. Want to feature your job posting here next week? Select “Featured Single Job Post” when sharing your job on Buckrail Works. Email ads@buckrail.com for more details. Laborers. Matarozzi...
Town approves Sustainability Plan with goal to reach net zero emissions by 2030
JACKSON, Wyo. — During the regular Town Council meeting on Monday, July 1, Councilors unanimously approved the Town of Jackson Sustainability Plan, with the goal of achieving net zero carbon emissions in the valley by the year 2030. The Sustainability Plan states that its vision is to “preserve and...
New outreach van brings library to patrons
JACKSON, Wyo. — The Teton County Library is hitting the road. A new outreach van is coming to people’s homes to make library services more accessible. The delivery service offers free pick up and drop off of library materials for those who have barriers to visiting the library in person.
Game Creek boil water order extended
JACKSON, Wyo. — Residents of the Game Creek neighborhood will have to continue to boil tap water or use other clean water sources for at least another week, according to an update from the Squaw Creek Water District (SCWD). Game Creek has been under a boil water order since...
Reminder: Fireworks prohibited in Teton County, public lands
JACKSON, Wyo. — As Independence Day approaches, Jackson Hole Fire/EMS wants to remind the public that fireworks are not allowed in Teton County and surrounding public lands. The ban on pyrotechnics is part of local fire regulations, as fireworks can accidentally ignite wildfires in these dry, summery conditions. Fire danger in the area was elevated to “moderate” on June 25.
Heads up! Fourth of July Parade to close certain town streets
JACKSON, Wyo. — The annual Fourth of July Parade is set to roll through town on Thursday, with festivities likely to affect travel in downtown Jackson. The Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce shared the following map of the parade route. The Chamber also noted that the following roads would...
Diddy Spotted Water Rafting In Wyoming Amid Mounting Legal Trouble
Diddy has been in some deep water lately with mounting legal trouble, so he decided to jump into even deeper waters—whitewater rafting, that is.TMZ captured the mogul in action in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on Sunday (June 30), hitting the waters with two other unnamed figures and an activity guide. The disgraced star can be seen getting in a workout, paddling down the river without a care in the world.Justin Combs Appears On 'Power Book II: Ghost' As 50 Cent Continues To Mock Diddy Elsewhere, Sean Combs recently had a day named in his honor revoked. The outlet reported that on Friday...
E. coli Signage Posted on Fish Creek and Flat Creek
July 3, 2023, Jackson, WY – Signs have been posted this week on portions of Fish Creek and Flat Creek informing recreational users of E. coli and other waterborne pathogens. Teton County Health Department, in collaboration with the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WYDEQ) and the Teton Conservation District, is participating in the Wyoming Waterborne Pathogen Notification Process. This involves testing and posting two types of signage at local recreation sites on Fish Creek and Flat Creek:
Jackson’s high cost of living complicates the Teton County Access to Justice Center’s aims to make legal representation more accessible
No matter where you live, paying for legal fees is a major expenditure. But in Teton County, legal assistance can be impossible for many working-class people to afford when combined with the area’s high cost of living. This disparity in access to legal resources in the Jackson area is...
Celebrate Independence Day July 3 and 4 with JHMR
TETON VILLAGE, Wyo. — Celebrate Independence Day this year in Teton Village with two days of fireworks and free concerts, put on by Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. Yächtley Crëw is a seven-piece Southern California band who burst onto the club scene in 2017, selling out countless local venues before starting a nationwide Yacht Rock craze and being noticed by the legendary Jimmy Buffett, who signed them to his own Mailboat Records label. The group is currently gearing up for their 2024 Full Steam Ahead tour that begins in March.
And the winner of Dave Hansen’s annual High Water Heydey is…
JACKSON, Wyo. — The results are in! Dave Hansen Whitewater‘s sixth annual High Water Heyday Contest has a winner. High water mark guesses flooded in while the Snake River flowed with snow melt. Eager boaters hoping to score the grand prize raft submitted a spectrum of guesses as wide as the Snake River is long, from 5.65 to 883,550 cfs (cubic feet/second).
UW’s Wyoming Center on Aging Receives $5M Grant to Address Needs of Older Adults
The University of Wyoming Department of Psychology’s Wyoming Center on Aging (WyCOA) has been awarded a $5 million grant to enhance partnerships to expand and strengthen geriatrics education for the health care workforce and to expand resources for the state’s older adults and caregivers. The Health Resources and...
Carloads of Coloradans cross Wyoming border to buy some big booms
WYOMING, USA — Every year, carloads of Coloradans make their north to buy fireworks that are illegal in Colorado. Any fireworks that leave the ground are illegal in Colorado. So, around the Fourth of July, fireworks sales explode right over the state line in Wyoming. Just a couple miles...
Pleasant 4th of July Ahead
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (Wyoming News Now) - While some of us have seen storms this afternoon, others have been mainly dry. As we head through tonight, any rain and clouds will taper off across the area, giving us mostly clear skies across the entire area. Low temperatures will be into the 40s to low 50s. Cooler into areas like Dubois, as temperatures will be into the 30s.
Healing after trauma: Director Shoval Tshuva discusses her debut short film
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — As the Wyoming International Film Festival is set to kick off July 9, dozens of independent filmmakers will soon premiere their short film projects across a variety of genres. One such director drew upon her own past trauma to produce a movie about healing. Shoval Tshuva...
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