Jenna McMurtry

1 week 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.

1 week 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.

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). 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.

3 weeks 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.

4 weeks 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...