Citizen Courtesy Photo / Aaron Myler
February 01, 2012
In the days that followed a human-triggered avalanche on Taylor Mountain last week, an equally impressive response occurred within the community of backcountry users. Ongoing discussion has considered the decision-making process used by those recreating in avalanche terrain, but the perspective of one local avalanche expert is unique.
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More than puppy love
February 01, 2012
Like many local residents that huddle around the Tetons, Aska Shiratori-Langman moved here without any idea how long she would stay as she answered the call of the west. Unlike many her age, the 24-year-old New York City native has already started a nonprofit organization for neglected animals and has also helped care for wild animals in South Africa.
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Five pinched poaching Jed
February 01, 2012
When two employees of the National Forest were conducting a wildlife survey near the border of the Jedediah Smith Wilderness, the highest concentration of mammals they found were five snowmobilers poaching the boundary near Indian Meadows.
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BLM proposes massive forest thinning
January 25, 2012
The Bureau of Land Management is hosting a public scoping meeting this Thursday, Jan. 26 from 4 until 6 p.m. at the Senior Center in Driggs to receive input on a fuels reduction project that spans seven different BLM parcels, consisting of more than 7,390 acres of land in Teton Valley.
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Prescribing a big dose of Vitamin ID
January 25, 2012
The division for Idaho’s Department of Commerce is getting the word out that the Gem State sparkles when it comes to snow sports, a promotion that is funded through the state’s lodging tax, a two percent tax that is coming back to those who live in ski towns across Idaho.
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Internet killed the video store
January 25, 2012
The effect that video had on radio was nothing compared to how video stores are being affected by a variety of new technologies that have decreased patronage to a critical level.
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