Teton Village firefighters want a new fire station, but finding it a home may be difficult as other village landowners raise concerns about the process — and how to determine
Teton County isnât quite out of the coronavirus woods, but it looks like there may be a clearing up ahead, and it could be just the right place to hold a music festival.
Summer 2020, aka the Summer That Wasnât, was a bust for nearly all of the regionâs arts and entertainment events. Last April and May, as the seriousness of the pandemic began to become apparent, festivals that had for years, even decades, seemed as constant as the Teton Range went into COVID-induced isolation. Even the outdoors wasnât considered safe. From the Music on Main series to the Grand Teton Music Festival, the coronavirus felled them all.
Nights are getting shorter. Days are getting longer. And the window to experience Jackson Hole Public Art’s light-up-the-night GlowNights exhibit is closing.
Judge James Radda swore County Commission Chairwoman Natalia D. Macker and Commissioner Greg Epstein into their second full terms Monday, but not without getting a word in edgewise.
Beppe Amodio, a 25-year-old ski technician at Nomad Sports, tends to ride the START bus to and from work.
But this winter the pandemic, and the changes to public transit that have resulted, have thrown a wrench in his rhythm.
When he finished his shift around 2 p.m. Thursday he grabbed his ski gear and took a few laps. When he tried to catch a bus afterward he ran into an obstacle. Many obstacles.
âI went to go get on the bus back to Stilson, and there were like over 200 people out there waiting,â he said. âI didnât want to go be in a crowd that big because of COVID.â