Final paving work on the Big Fill Slide will close Teton Pass for the weekend of June 21
The Wyoming Department of Transportation and contract crews from Ames Construction will be entering the final phases of work this month on the Big Fill Slide on Wyoming State Highway 22, Teton Pass. As crews pave the final stretch of…
Guardrail repair work in Teton County will impact traffic
The Wyoming Department of Transportation will be repairing damaged guardrail sections of Wyoming State Highway 22 Teton Pass and US 89 Snake River Canyon, at various locations, beginning on Monday, June 2. Crews will be working during daytime hours, but…
Alpine plans further growth with annexation
• Snake River JCT moves forward The Town of Alpine continues with expansion plans. The Snake River Junction annexation petition was approved on second reading at the April 15 council meeting. The annexation process for the 58.74 acres was…
New Snake River Canyon rates start May 1
• Fees will help fund facilities and management Starting Thursday, May 1, 2025, the Bridger-Teton National Forest will start a large group reservation system and fee program within Snake River Canyon. The fees are specific to the Snake River…
Alpine prepares for annexation
• Master plan in the works The Town of Alpine is preparing for an annexation project on the area between Broulims grocery store and the Flying Saddle Lodge on the south side of U.S. 89 at the entrance to the…
Semi rolls off mountainside in Snake River Canyon
A single vehicle accident involving a semi and trailer occurred in the Snake River Canyon on Monday, November 18. The Alpine Fire Department said they were dispatched to mile marker 123, roughly five miles east of Alpine, on US Highway…
Grizzly 399’s remains cremated
JACKSON (WNE) — Less than a week and a half after Grizzly 399 was hit and killed by a car in the Snake River Canyon, federal land and wildlife managers decided to cremate her body and return her ashes…
Commuter swerved to avoid yearling but hit Grizzly 399, police report shows
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON —- The commuter who hit and killed Grizzly 399 on Tuesday night in the Snake River Canyon was aware of wildlife in the area and driving cautiously when…
Grizzly Bear 399 Fatally Struck by Vehicle in Snake River Canyon
The following is a news release from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service – On the evening of Tuesday, October 22, 2024, grizzly bear 399 was fatally struck by a vehicle on Highway 26/89 in Snake River Canyon, south of…
New permanent road coming to Teton Pass
“This is a temporary repair,” Wyoming Department of Transportation Resident Engineer Bob Hammond said of the Teton Pass reconstruction process this summer in an interview with SVI Media. “We started right after the land slide and got it done in…