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Jackson OB/GYN Dr. Giovannina Anthony, second from left, a plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging Wyoming's new law banning most abortions, hugs her attorney after Ninth District Court Judge Melissa Owens issued a temporary stay of the law Wednesday, March 22, 2023 in Jackson, Wyoming. Photo by Kathryn Ziesig, Jackson Hole News&Guide, pool.
JACKSON — A standing-room-only crowd filled the Teton County courtroom Wednesday afternoon as Ninth District Judge Melissa Owens heard nearly four hours of arguments before deciding to temporarily halt enforcement of a new law banning abortion.
Right to Life advocates lamented the ruling while...
JACKSON — Interpretive rangers and other workers in Yellowstone National Park want to unionize.
If they’re successful, park workers there would establish the first local chapter of a federal employees’ union, the National Federation of Federal Employees.
In Yellowstone and Grand Teton national...
JACKSON — This winter is killing mule deer fawns in Wyoming’s largest herd, and may be exacerbating a pneumonia outbreak in pronghorn near Pinedale.
“This is a real deal winter and we’re in the thick of it at the moment,” Ian Tator, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s terrestrial habitat...
JACKSON — The Social Security Administration dubbed March 9 National Slam the Scam day. Unfortunately, scams are a daily part of life for Jacksonites.
On Feb. 28 at 2:34 p.m., a 68-year-old man saw he had been charged $688 for an iPhone on his PayPal account. He attempted to use a PayPal help...
JACKSON — Federal land managers and nonprofits plan to spend $2.6 million to reduce wildfire risk on national forest and private property in Teton Valley, Idaho, in the next three years.
The money from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration Partnership builds on...
JACKSON — As far as national park visits are concerned, the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem saw a significant decrease in visitation in 2022.
But park managers aren’t expecting that drop to last. Grand Teton National Park Superintendent Chip Jenkins said the National Park Service is planning for...
JACKSON (WNE) — Traffic was snarled for a few hours Thursday afternoon when an avalanche came down 2 miles south of High School Road on South Highway 89.
That area hasn’t experienced a roadway-obstructing slide in over 50 years.
The slide just past milepost 151 blocked four out of five lanes of...
JACKSON — After listening to more than three hours of testimony in a hastily arranged hearing Monday, Ninth District Court Judge Melissa Owens recessed for just 10 minutes before coming back and ruling from the bench in a dispute between gadfly Sandy Ress and the Teton County Hospital District’s...
JACKSON — The 24-year-old Wisconsin man who died Thursday southeast of Smoot was killed by an avalanche that broke loose above him and carried him into a creek below.
“His sled landed on top of him, 6 to 7 feet of debris piled in and he was facedown in the water,” said Frank Carus, director of...
JACKSON (WNE) — Less real estate is being sold for more money in Jackson Hole.
Though the number of real estate transactions — including homes, lots and commercial buildings — was down 49% in 2022, what’s still on the market is, on average, more expensive. That’s especially true for single-family...
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