Billy Arnold

1 month ago | jhnewsandguide.com | Billy Arnold

Jack Catlin was a bit sentimental. It was Friday morning and, as he had hundreds of times before, Catlin was talking into a mic while spinning the dials on his DJ controller. He told KHOL listeners about an iconic moment in American music — Daft Punk’s famous 2006 Coachella set atop an LED pyramid — and then recreated it, filling Jackson Hole’s airwaves with the metallic, grinding rhythm of the French DJs’ set, or at least how he remembered it. The moment was nostalgic.

1 month ago | jhnewsandguide.com | Billy Arnold

A fatal car crash has closed the Snake River Canyon south of Jackson. That's according to the Wyoming Department of Transportation, which said Highway 89 was closed to traffic in both directions as of 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. "It is estimated the closure could take at least several hours, possibly longer," WYDOT spokesperson Stephanie Harsha said in a press release.

1 month ago | trib.com | Billy Arnold

JACKSON — The news hit Jackson wildlife watchers like a ton of bricks. Grizzly 1058, a member of Grizzly 399’s iconic four-cub litter, is dead. The 5-year-old boar apparently was killed by a vehicle on the eastern edge of Grand Teton National Park. When it happened is uncertain, but officials found the carcass Tuesday. “I honestly feel like I got punched in the stomach,” said Savannah Rose, a photographer who chronicles Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem wildlife and advocates for grizzly bears.

1 month ago | jhnewsandguide.com | Billy Arnold

The news hit Jackson wildlife watchers like a ton of bricks. Grizzly 1058, a member of Grizzly 399’s iconic four-cub litter, is dead. The 5-year-old boar apparently was killed by a vehicle on the eastern edge of Grand Teton National Park. When it happened is uncertain, but officials found the carcass Tuesday. “I honestly feel like I got punched in the stomach,” said Savannah Rose, a photographer who chronicles Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem wildlife and advocates for grizzly bears.

1 month ago | jhnewsandguide.com | Billy Arnold

For the past week, if not more, the young grizzly has flitted around the edges of wildlife watchers’ vision, coming in and out of sight as it pranced around northern Grand Teton National Park. The bear has been visible, but just barely, and unlike the other bears that have emerged in the park in the past few days, nobody knows its name or number. But they do have a hunch: The brown bear may be a 2.5-year-old bruin that grizzly buffs call “Spirit,” the progeny of the late Grizzly 399.