Angus Thuermer

Jackson

Reporter and Photographer at WyoFile

Citizen, reporter, photographer, skier, angler, paddler, climber, hunter.

Articles

'Hens deliver' again at revival of Jackson Petticoat Rules musical

4 days ago | wyofile.com | Angus Thuermer

“Roosters crow, hens deliver,” five candidates sing in the musical Petticoat Rules as they launch their 1921 campaign in Jackson to become the country’s first all-woman council. The revival of the musical, first staged 25 years ago, tells the story of that famous group of stalwarts that won two terms and helped turn a frontier town into a livable community. Under the rule of Mayor Grace Miller, who beat her incumbent husband in the election, streets wouldn’t turn into rivers during a rainstorm.
Last legal challenge to Teton glamping hotel ends

5 days ago | wyofile.com | Angus Thuermer

A water protection group in Jackson Hole removed the last challenge to a temporary glamping operation on state land near Teton Village on Thursday. Protect Our Water Jackson Hole filed papers with the Wyoming Environmental Quality Council withdrawing its appeal of a controversial sewage system permit.
Hunters ready to fight for corner crossing in Supreme Court

1 week ago | wyofile.com | Angus Thuermer

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch on Tuesday gave Elk Mountain Ranch owner Fred Eshelman until July 16 to petition the court to review a corner crossing case that has implications for public lands access and private property rights across millions of acres in the West. Meanwhile, a hunters group that’s been advocating for public access in the case says it’s ready should the legal fight reach the nation’s highest court.
Wyoming’s Calvert, national broadcast chair, says NPR needs more perspectives

3 weeks ago | wyofile.com | Angus Thuermer

Wyoming’s Ruby Calvert, chair of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, challenged President Donald Trump’s characterization of federally funded public media as “trash,” “madness,” “biased,” “radical” and “woke propaganda disguised as news.” Calvert, a 35-plus-year veteran of Wyoming Public Broadcasting Service in Riverton, leads the independent national corporation that distributes money to National Public Radio, the Public Broadcasting Service and, mostly, to about 1,500 independent...
Trump order threatens public radio's daily programming in Wyoming, and more

1 month ago | wyofile.com | Angus Thuermer

President Donald Trump’s May 1 order to halt federal funding of National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service jeopardizes news and other programming broadcast by Wyoming’s affiliate stations that serve about 95% of the state’s rural population. The executive order ensures that “Federal funding does not support biased and partisan news coverage,” Trump wrote about the attack against the two national news nonprofits and their parent Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Run for the racks

1 month ago | wyofile.com | Angus Thuermer

“It’s going to be a big old-fashioned horse race,” Hunter Whitney said as he lounged in his makeshift camp Wednesday at the Teton County Fairgrounds, waiting for the opening of shed-antler hunting season. Camp stoves, backpacks, folding chairs and even a cornhole set surrounded the Star Valley resident as he catnapped among picnic tables at his sidewalk quarters. A long-cold fried egg lay abandoned in a skillet, a pair of sturdy boots aired out on the concrete.
Leaked federal roadmap for public land called 'industry wish list'

1 month ago | wyofile.com | Angus Thuermer

As the Department of the Interior develops a plan to “restore American prosperity” by exploiting Western natural resources, a Wyoming attorney who has steeled rural communities against federal policies is atop the hierarchy that will marshal the effort. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum last month appointed Karen Budd-Falen as temporary deputy secretary and his senior advisor.
Scientist who recovered grizzlies warns Trump's assault on conservation risks irreversible losses

1 month ago | wyofile.com | Angus Thuermer

In fewer than 100 days, the Trump administration has promoted drilling, mining and development of public lands while undercutting the science, scientists and laws that protect the environmental fabric of the West, conservationists say. The president maintains he is pursuing his agenda in the name of national security and a better life for Americans.
Despite DOGE at Interior, Yellowstone staffing 'higher than last year'

1 month ago | wyofile.com | Angus Thuermer

Five days into the Trump administration’s DOGE takeover of the Department of Interior’s policy, management and budget, Yellowstone National Park staffing is “higher than last year,” an Interior Department spokesperson in Washington, D.C. said Monday. Yellowstone Park confirmed the increase. “Going into this year, we should have a total of 769 NPS employees,” park spokeswoman Linda Veress said in an email, up from 748 last year.
As international visitors stay away, Yellowstone tourism industry banks on Americans

1 month ago | wyofile.com | Angus Thuermer

WEST YELLOWSTONE, MONTANA—Tchotchke shop owners are busy stocking shelves with Old Faithful shot glasses, stuffed teddy bears and Yellowstone hoodies. Motel managers are hiring their last employees as the summer tourism season begins with the opening of Yellowstone’s West Entrance today. After park crews plowed a winter’s worth of snow from roads, visitors are now motoring to Old Faithful, Canyon and Norris, marking the unofficial start to the summer.