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Cars continue to navigate some construction detours downtown with projects from the town and Wyoming Department of Transportation.

As KHOL's Evan Robinson-Johnson reports, the disruptions are an effort to make use of the brief season between tourists and snow.

The state is installing a drain pipe, replacing a traffic signal, filling potholes, and making sidewalk improvements.

Construction began October first and will last through November, with final phases resuming in the spring.

It's the first time some of the sidewalks have been replaced since the 1990s.

Hammond says it'll improve accessibility.

For KHOL News, I'm Evan Robinson-Johnson.

A recent book explores the factionalism within the state's Republican Party.

We can all relate to grocery bill frustration, but a new federal grant is making it easier for some people in Teton County to find local ingredients.

As KHOL's Evan Robinson Johnson reports, free cupboards are now stocked with local carrots that haven't had to be trucked across the country.

Groceries are cheaper in Jackson than New York City and Southern California, recent transplants report.

I feel like veggies are a big obstacle.

Yeah, so how about a gasser? It may be 6.6, but it's still a gasser

gasserHe tosses his groceries in the back of a new pickup truck that takes gas.

For KHOL News, I'm Evan Robinson Johnson.

Support comes from Fine Dining Restaurant Group.

They're hoping the educational campaign helps win over some of the 15% of voters who backed the original petition, and they're counting on those who haven't yet weighed in to kill the measure.

Well, thank you Jordan Ulplinger and Evan Robinson-Johnson for walking us through all this back and forth.

I guess we'll find out what voters decide come the election on November 3rd.

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Some of the candidates for Wyoming's lone US house seat say Wyoming needs a louder voice in Congress and more independence from the wills of Washington.

For all the statewide races, we teamed up with Wyoming Public Radio and offered interviews to all the candidates.

For the lone US House race, three of four hopefuls accepted, and KHUL's Evan Robinson-Johnson broke down all of it with WPR's Nick Ullep.

Evan, who's in this race?

The interim superintendent ditched the darkness of Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky for a role starting this week overseeing a staff five times the size.

KHOL's Evan Robinson Johnson reports.

Barclay Trimble has also worked as deputy superintendent for Grand Canyon National Park.

He can only hold the post for a hundred and twenty days under federal civil service rules that require a competitive selection process for longer promotions.

Barclay is coming in with expertise in terms of as a park manager to serve in this transition till a permanent person is announced.

Conservationists say there's a risk that Yellowstone's next leader won't continue the track record of prioritizing natural resources.

The National Park Service remains without an appointed leader in Washington, D.C. For KHOL News, I'm Evan Robinson Johnson.

The Supreme Court will weigh in on whether Boulder can continue its climate accountability lawsuit in Colorado or whether a federal court should hear the case.

Meanwhile, concerns about a super El Nino complicate the forecast.

KHOL's Evan Robinson-Johnson reports.

A dusting on the Tetons was enough for Jackson Hole Mountain Resort to start advertising that winter has arrived.

But what's good for resorts isn't also necessarily good for backcountry enthusiasts.

It's just a matter of what is included on opening day.

all hope for better snow this year after last season saw 80 inches less than the 400-inch average.

For KHL News, I'm Evan Robinson-Johnson.

A world-famous grizzly bear is taking center stage in a new film premiering on Amazon Prime this week.

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Three sheriff candidates defended controversial elements of their campaigns in a general election forum last week.

Independent Chris Glenn is running on an anti-ICE platform and has no law enforcement experience.

The event coincided with the first signups for the neighboring deed-restricted homes in Sherman Park.

The first tenants for the largest such affordable project in Teton Valley are expected to move in as early as January.

For KHOL News, I'm Evan Robinson-Johnson.

They are more split on how to solve a budget gap and whether to use flock surveillance cameras.

KHOL's Evan Robinson-Johnson reports from a forum this week.

Two challengers accused the current council of not being transparent and ignoring community concerns.

Former councillor Jessica Seltz-Chambers is one of the critics.

The final League of Women Voters Forum is next Wednesday.

It will air live at 89.1 KHOL starting at 6 p.m. and include a mini-debate on a ballot measure to cut residential property tax.

For KHOL News, I'm Evan Robinson-Johnson.

A new fire station near the golf and tennis neighborhood north of town has raised $10 million in private money in just four months.

That was the final public approval needed before permits can start being issued.

KHOL's Evan Robinson-Johnson was there to witness the celebration.

Tears and tears flowed outside the Teton County Administration building Tuesday as six years of negotiations concluded in a final approval.

Commissioners and the nonprofit developers said 400 affordable homes over the next 10 to 20 years will transform the valley.

It will likely take many times that for the non-profits to subsidize all the homes for locals.

But the partners say this final approval paves the way for that work to begin.

For KTOL News, I'm Evan Robinson-Johnson.

More than a dozen sheriff deputies stood in the back of a candidate forum this week and clapped, approving of their current boss.

They're hoping to find compromise with the Gill family on a three-point-five million dollar gap in traffic infrastructure.

KHOL's Evan Robinson Johnson reports on the final hurdle on the county's largest affordable housing project to date.

When plans for four hundred affordable homes last came before county leaders, the landowners called in the big guns.

Philanthropist Wayne Hughes Jr, son of the public storage billionaire, accused county leaders of threatening the project with needless resistance.

He thinks the developers shouldn't have to pay the full cost of roundabouts and sidewalks up front.

The county is expected to hash out who owes what starting at nine AM tomorrow.

For KHOL News, I'm Evan Robinson Johnson.

The public is pushing back on a Trump administration move to allow more motorized vehicles in national forests.