Remembering the Willow Creek Fire
• One year anniversary of fire’s first day is Saturday This Saturday, August 22, marks the one-year anniversary since the start of the Willow Creek Fire, located in the Salt Pass area south of Smoot. What started as…
Lower Valley Energy continues with repairs in Swift Creek Canyon
Lower Valley Energy (LVE) has continued with repairs and upgrades to their power generation facilities in Swift Creek Canyon east of Afton following a sluice gate failure on July 13. The failure allowed for large amounts of water and debris…
Game and Fish investigates bear-inflicted human injury
A woman sustained non-life-threatening injuries on Monday, Aug. 10, after a surprise encounter with a presumed black bear while hiking with her dogs on the History Trail on Teton Pass, outside of Jackson. She was well-prepared and successfully deployed bear…
Grilled in D.C., Forest Service chief says agency is ahead of fire season hiring goals
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — The U.S. Forest Service is ahead of its hiring goals for the 2026 wildfire season, which has already begun in Jackson Hole and other parts of the…
Wyoming and Forest Service sign agreement to collaborate on land management
By Christina MacIntosh Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Gov. Mark Gordon and the U.S. Forest Service last month signed an updated agreement on how the state and the agency can collaborate to steward federal…
Game and Fish’s Gary Fralick retires after nearly four decades of service
JACKSON – After almost 40 years of dedicated service to Wyoming’s wildlife and public, South Jackson Wildlife Biologist Gary Fralick has retired. Fralick began his career in 1986 as a biologist with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department after he…
Forest Service clears roads, fills holes near Smoot
The U.S. Forest Service says that roads and trails covered by debris following the Willow Creek Fire have been cleared, and that the massive holes have been filled in that were dug along private property. Greys River District Ranger Justin…
Local Forest Service Rangers respond to fire mitigation concerns
As the Willow Creek Fire has been extinguished south of Smoot, concerns have ignited over suppression efforts performed by contracted workers for the U.S. Forest Service. These concerns arose following a since deleted Facebook video that showed a large…
Governor calls for cooperation on forest projects through executive order
Lincoln County’s Commission gave support to Gov. Mark Gordon’s executive order, signed Aug. 1, that called for improved forest health across the state and a reduction in wildfire risks through cooperative state and federal working agreements. The EO…
Updates from Lincoln County Commissioner Mel Shumway
Key Topics: U.S. Forest Service Revision Plan, logging permits, Afton Airport grant, Strawberry Road construction, TerraPower permit, septic tank management, and Kemmerer Courthouse expansion Lincoln County Commissioner Mel Shumway made an appearance on the Weekday Wake-up on Monday, July…