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1 week ago | 
wyomingpublicmedia.org | Caitlin Tan |Chas Sisk |Hannah Habermann |Jenna McMurtry |Kamila Kudelska |Melodie Edwards | +1 more
Today on the show, a new film follows a group of Native youth on their journey into adulthood. As Wyoming battles a housing crisis, the Trump administration is proposing to eliminate several programs that specifically help rural communities access affordable housing. And tariff uncertainty is hitting craft beer brewers. Those stories and more.
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3 weeks ago | 
891khol.org | Jenna McMurtry
Make our newscast part of your daily listening routine. Subscribe on Spotify (or wherever you listen to podcasts). These days, Jackson resident Jo Newman spends her time writing. She’s also a parent to two students in the Teton County School District No.1. One will start kindergarten in the fall and the other, second grade. While summer typically brings reprieve from thoughts of school for parents and kids, Newman is out to change a new state law.
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3 weeks ago | 
wyomingpublicmedia.org | Jenna McMurtry
Teton County County Clerk Maureen Murphy has been running a tight ship this spring. That’s because the county’s budget for the next fiscal year is due at the end of June — the same timeline for figuring out how the county will address its anticipated revenue shortfall of $3.8 million. “I sat down with all the offices and departments and looked at budgets where they could cut,” Murphy said.
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4 weeks ago | 
891khol.org | Jenna McMurtry
by | May 30, 2025 | Books, Immigration These days, tour companies based in Jackson Hole send staff to China to learn the language and attract visitors to Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks. This warm welcome, though, hasn’t always been the case in the state or the American West at large.
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1 month ago | 
891khol.org | Jenna McMurtry
Make our newscast part of your daily listening routine. Subscribe on Spotify (or wherever you listen to podcasts). Teton County County Clerk Maureen Murphy has been running a tight ship this spring. That’s because the county’s budget for the next fiscal year is due at the end of June — the same timeline for figuring out how the county will address its anticipated revenue shortfall of $3.8 million.
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1 month ago | 
891khol.org | Jenna McMurtry
Make our newscast part of your daily listening routine. Subscribe on Spotify (or wherever you listen to podcasts). Teton County School District No.1 is two weeks away from a planned vote potentially adding rigorous training requirements for district staff who want to conceal carry. The move is in response to a new law passed during this year’s legislative session which ends gun-free zones in several public buildings, including schools.
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1 month ago | 
891khol.org | Jenna McMurtry
by | May 28, 2025 | Housing Two Hoback residents are suing Teton County in federal court for what they believe are unlawful development fees. The lawsuit comes on the heels of a legislative session fraught with bills that targeted the county’s fees, which are intended to offset the impacts development has on affordable housing.
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1 month ago | 
891khol.org | Jenna McMurtry
Make our newscast part of your daily listening routine. Subscribe on Spotify (or wherever you listen to podcasts). Town and county officials are looking for ways to cut a $31.5 million deficit so the future affordable housing development at 90 Virginian Lane will be accessible to locals. Town councilors and county commissioners opted last week to slash an onsite parking garage, reducing the amount needed by a third. That still leaves about $20 million to find.
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1 month ago | 
wyomingpublicmedia.org | Jenna McMurtry
When the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) first started cleaning up sites with underground petroleum leaks in 1989, the state agency had a list of 37 contaminated properties in Teton County. That number has since dwindled to four thanks to the state’s remediation efforts, though cleanups are still underway in Jackson. One spot that remains is a brown field at the north end of town on a prominent route to Grand Teton National Park.
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1 month ago | 
wyomingpublicmedia.org | Hanna Merzbach |Indira Khera |Jeff Victor |Jenna McMurtry
Today on the show, two conservative women started with similar beliefs about abortion. Then they got pregnant, and their beliefs shifted. We hear from a non-profit that tracks federal election spending. They found Wyoming’s D.C. hopefuls get almost all of their campaign funding from out of state. And we’ll join a conversation exploring some of our misguided stereotypes about rural America. Those stories and more...
