Jackson Hole News&Guide

JACKSON — This fall, wildlife managers are planning to offer 90% fewer tags to hunt elk in Grand Teton National Park.   In 2022, they offered 475 tags. This year, they’re proposing to offer only 40.   The 2023 season could also be cut two weeks short.   The reason: The Jackson Elk Herd, which state...
JACKSON (WNE)  — The Jackson Police Department responded March 9 to a report that a swastika had been carved into a wooden bench in a public park on Deloney Avenue.   The person who reported the swastika had contacted police through their website that morning, asking for the symbol to be taken down...
JACKSON — On July 21, 2000, Dick Cheney went to the Teton County Clerk’s Office to fill out a voter registration form, as ABC News filmed and other national media later swarmed.   Cheney registered to vote in Wyoming, changing his registration from Texas, where he worked for a Dallas corporation...
JACKSON — Exactly three years ago today, the lifts at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, Snow King Mountain and Grand Targhee Resort swung to a halt. Churches suspended services, and Teton County schools called off classes. Within days, the winding lines of tourists awaiting admission to the Million...
JACKSON (WNE) — Joshua Holder, a 42-year-old Casper man, was killed Sunday afternoon on Togwotee Pass after his sledding partner found him pinned under his snowmobile in the snow. It’s not clear how the sled ended up on top of him, said Matt Hansen, the Teton County Search and Rescue Foundation’s...
CHEYENNE—A major shift lies ahead in how the state of Wyoming regulates shed-antler hunting, until now a free outdoor pursuit available to anyone on public land.    Fourteen years ago, Wyoming was ahead of the curve when legislators made a big change to state law, banning shed-antler hunting on...

Longtime valley resident Chris Marcum, who has lived in his R-Pod trailer in Jackson and Wilson for the last seven-plus years, was recently struck with a liver infection that required an emergency helicopter ride to the University of Utah Hospital. The flight cost about $45,000, along with several other bills totaling more than $75,000 so far. Photo by Bradly J. Boner, Jackson Hole News&Guide. 

 
JACKSON —Chris Marcum is a horse guy.   You’ve maybe seen him galloping around Wilson with trail horses, taking care of sometimes 50 at a time. Marcum has lived in the valley for 30-plus years, sleeping in an R-Pod travel trailer on his friend’s property for the last seven.   In the spring, when he...
JACKSON — A former Jackson Police Department lieutenant who is suing the town of Jackson won a small victory last week when a federal judge denied the town’s request to dismiss his claims that he was “wrongfully and forcefully” terminated in August 2020.   Roger Schultz, who served on the Jackson...
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...
JACKSON — Although rarely used in Jackson Hole, Taser electroshock weapons have been getting more attention nationally. Policies vary by county and court over what is deemed reasonable force.   Tasers are designed as nonlethal weapons, a tool for law enforcement officers to safely subdue...

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