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Friday, September 18 & Saturday, September 19
   The annual Community Clothing Exchange
, hosted by the LDS Church. Island Park and Ashton residents will get together on Friday from 4 - 8...

Buy, sell, trade, or give away!

Buy, sell, trade, or give away!

For Sale: 60 plus piece set of Frankoma pottery. Serving for eight and more than 20 accessories including platters, serving trays, relish trays and...

Forest Service seeks input on ATV use

Natural resource damage prompts need to reevaluate Travel Plan

By ELIZABETH LADEN

ISLAND PARK. ID. — The Ashton/Island Park Ranger District is seeking public input on motorized recreation and its impact on the area’s natural resources and roads.

Motorized vehicles ‚ including OHV’s, ATV’s, 4 by 4’s and trail bikes — have been banned from riding outside of designated roads, trails, and areas in the...

Grizzly mauls sheepherder, kills dogs, sheep

PINEDALE, WY.— A 46-year-old sheepherder was life-flighted to Idaho Falls Monday after being mauled by a grizzly bear at the eastern edge of the Gros Ventre Wilderness in Sublette County, WY.

Shepherds Marcello Tejeda, of Rock Springs, WY. and Jorge Mesa, were awakened by what they thought was a black bear in the sheep, according to their employer, rancher Mary Thoman of...

Crapo, Colleagues Question Proliferation of Czars

Letter asks President to stop such appointments

Washington, DC – Has the White House employed too many special-issue advisers, known as “czars,” who are eluding public scrutiny and Congressional oversight? Idaho Senator Mike Crapo and a number of his Senate colleagues believe so, and have highlighted their concerns in a letter to the President.  “These positions raise serious issues of accountability, transparency, and...

Crapo Notes Partisan Effort on Health Care

Says legislative proposal will see debate, changes
 
Washington, DC – Idaho Senator Mike Crapo issued the following statement regarding a new legislative proposal on health care reform.  Crapo is a member of the Senate Finance Committee that may vote next week on a legislative proposal announced today by Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Montana).  Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) also helped work...

News and Features

Summer wrap-up

Mountain Views

Peace and quiet fell upon the caldera Monday afternoon like a curtain signaling the end of a play, as thousands of visitors drove off...

How to cast a vote

Marler’s musings

Believe it or not, the political season is officially open. I know it’s hard to tell with all the politicking that has been going...

Pfeiffer's Pfacts

by Fred Pfeiffer

Her ship had sunk, said she

  • When the Titanic sunk April 14, 1912, the Cunard Line’s RMS Carpathia was the ship that...

Yellowstone healthy but facing challenges

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK — America’s first national park is doing well but  experiencing impacts from changes taking place inside and outside the park’s boundaries.

Entries sought for Yellowstone photo festival

ISLAND PARK — All the awesome caldera photographers who capture beautiful Yellowstone images every year can share some of their favorite national park pictures with...

Yellowstone quarter to be released next summer

Coin part of the U.S. Mint’s America the Beautiful Quarters Program

ISLAND PARK — Yellowstone National Park will be featured on a new quarter the U.S....

Judge allows wolf hunts to proceed


MISSOULA — Wolf management via closely regulated hunting can proceed in Idaho and Montana. That’s the decision issued today by a federal judge who...

Americans Fail History Exam

Journalist Blames Historical Ignorance, Sense of Entitlement for Nation’s Ills
 
Don’t complain to Anthony Pour about the economy, failed foreign policy or the lack...

Rangers charge two for attempted poaching & more

GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK — Rangers here arrested one man and cited another on Thursday, September 10, during an investigation of an attempted poaching of...



Grand Teton National Park closing dates

Visitor services at Grand Teton National Park will make the annual transition from fall to winter season during the next few weeks. The following dates...

Yellowstone reports 300 more bison this year

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK — Based on aerial surveys conducted in June and July, Yellowstone Park’s bison population is estimated to be 3,300 — 2,800 adult...

Meetings slated for Gibbon Canyon Road project update

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK  — Two public meetings are slated for later this month to update area residents on the progress of the major road reconstruction...

Woman drowns in Yellowstone backcountry

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK — A Wyoming woman drowned Thursday afternoon in the backcountry in the park’s southwest corner.

Heidi Llewellyn Smith, 30, of Jackson drowned...

Speed limit on I-15 lowered to 65 mph

RIGBY - The speed limit on a portion of Interstate 15 in Idaho Falls will be lowered permanently to 65 mph on Wednesday Sept. 16,...

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