JH News and Guide

Town and county officials today are expected to discuss a U.S. Forest Service plan to build additional employee housing near Nelson Drive.

A west bank hot air balloon operator wants to expand its flight area 2,000 acres.

About 20 firefighters responded Saturday night to a house that caught fire in the Saddle Butte subdivision.

A judge on Thursday sent a man charged with aggravated homicide by vehicle to an unsecured inpatient drug-treatment facility in Rock Springs...

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. bought a condominium in the Meadows at Teton Pines on Thursday to protect a lien against the property...

Yellowstone National Park is reporting a record summer and a record first eight months of the year after August visitation rose 3 percent compared with last year...

A pair of Exum climbing guides helped an injured climber off a steep face in Death Canyon on Tuesday after a scary fall and a cascade of rocks injured him.

Weekend reservations at valley hotels and lodges are down 13 percent when compared with last year, according to the Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce.

The number of Teton County residents who received unemployment benefits dropped again in July but was still almost 75 percent more than it was last summer.

Town and county planning commissioners finished up their review of the Vision chapter of the Jackson/Teton County Comprehensive Plan on Thursday and will move on to reviewing the first theme of the 143-page document next week.

A judge ruled Wednesday to advance the case against a Jackson man charged with seven felonies in a string of cocaine sales.

The Journeys School will host two open houses next week.

Hunters participating in elk and bison hunts in Grand Teton National Park and on the National Elk Refuge will be asked to voluntarily switch to non-lead bullets this fall, according to officials from both agencies.

Ahead of the 5 p.m. Monday deadline for submitting applications, 11 Teton County residents have offered to fill two open seats on the St. John's Medical Center Board of Trustees.

Due to an editing error, a story that ran in the Aug. 7 Jackson Hole Daily incorrectly stated the date of the "Dems, Dawgs and Dave" event hosted by the Teton County Democrats. The event is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 11, at Phil Baux Park.

The Jackson Town Council on Friday appointed local contractor Paul Nash to the town planning commission.

Budget Rent A Car is no longer operating at Jackson Hole Airport, opening up parking spaces for travelers as the airport begins a $28.7 million terminal expansion project.

If the 2009-10 budget the hospital board approved Thursday remains on target in six months, trustees will consider either employee bonuses or normal merit raises, they said.

Hospital trustees voted unanimously Thursday to appoint former board candidate and Community Resource Center Director Smokey Rhea to one of three open seats.

The Obama administration has announced a two-year plan that would cut the number of snowmobiles allowed in Yellowstone National Park from 720 to 318 a day.