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3 days ago | 
jhnewsandguide.com | Kyle Leverone
SRF celebrates river historyThe annual Snake River Fest returns this weekend with a wealth of events that celebrate the history, stewardship and culture of the river. The three-day festival begins Friday with the Hoback race and party. The “Big Race on the Hoback” was first established by the Jackson Hole Kayak Club decades ago and takes place on a 4-mile stretch of the lower Hoback River. The class II/III race is open to rafters, kayakers and stand-up paddleboarders.
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3 days ago | 
jhnewsandguide.com | Kyle Leverone
Rollie Wells Knori was the best bad dancer most people had ever met. Without expending too much effort, he was a great baseball player, had a cannon of an arm in football, had a pure golf swing, could free ski with grace and without poles, would hook trout on the Snake, blast clays with a shotgun and could fix just about anything. But according to many, he was a bad dancer. Still, he thought he was good.
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3 days ago | 
jhnewsandguide.com | Kyle Leverone
Kevin Kavanagh, Harlan Hottenstein, Anne Marie Curley and Clay Curley have all dedicated 20-plus years of their lives to Teton FreeRiders and its maintenance of the downhill bicycle trails on Teton Pass, but really their work began five years prior — illegally.
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3 days ago | 
jhnewsandguide.com | Kyle Leverone
Headed into the bottom of the seventh inning in the first game of a Saturday night doubleheader against the Cheyenne Sixers, the Jackson Giants stared at a two-run deficit. Then it was one, after Wyatt Moore singled between Cheyenne’s third baseman and shortstop and scored one run. Then, with the bases loaded, coach Randy Strand called on Rocco Irby. With two outs, Strand called time and walked down the third-base line to his dugout and picked Irby to pinch hit in the tight spot.
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3 days ago | 
jhnewsandguide.com | Kyle Leverone
Dark skiesAfter years of work, Teton County became the first county in the world to earn a “Dark Sky” designation with an international nonprofit. Also brought into the fold were the Jackson Hole Airport and Grand Teton National Park. Read about what that means and how we got there. See Valley cover. A legal turnAnna Trentadue has been in Teton Valley for decades, and has had some serious turns in her personal and now professional life.
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4 days ago | 
jhnewsandguide.com | Kyle Leverone
Just like the summer roller derby season in Jackson, Saturday night’s bout at Snow King Sports and Events Center was over in no time. Although they were short three skaters, the Juggernauts jumped out to a 96-20 halftime lead over the Copper City Queens, holding on to pummel their opponents by 143 points with a final score of 226-83. Before last month’s victory over the Portneuf Valley Bruisers, it had been two long years since the Juggs had won a home bout.
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1 week ago | 
jhnewsandguide.com | Kyle Leverone
After a water main in Melody Ranch broke Wednesday evening, leaving all residents of the neighborhood without working water, the issue was fixed early Thursday morning. A boil order was put in place until further notice. According to president of the Melody Improvement and Service District, Bob Hammond, Lower Valley Energy was installing a new electrical line beneath Melody Ranch Drive but dug too deep and hit the water line, and the entire system had to be shut down.
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1 week ago | 
jhnewsandguide.com | Kyle Leverone
Melody Ranch is out of water for at least the remainder of the night. According to president of the Melody Improvement and Service District, Bob Hammond, Lower Valley Energy was putting in a new electrical line underneath Melody Ranch Drive this evening when it hit the residential neighborhood's water main, and the entire system had to be shut down. The electrical lines are typically three to four feet below ground but Lower Valley Energy dug too deep and hit the water line 10 feet down.
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1 week ago | 
jhnewsandguide.com | Kyle Leverone
With the Broncs leading 1-0 at halftime of the state championship soccer game on Saturday, senior defender Lindsey Dufault told her team, “We deserve this.”In 2023, the Jackson girls watched Kelly Walsh celebrate a state title after the Broncs reached their first-ever 4A championship game. A year later in Rock Springs, the Trojans were elated again with a 3-2 overtime victory over the Broncs. Last weekend, Jackson decided that it had seen enough of that picture.
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1 week ago | 
jhnewsandguide.com | Kyle Leverone
For the first time in decades, a Jackson Hole Ski and Snowboard Club athlete has made the U.S. Cross-Country Ski Team. Lucas Wilmot, who excelled at junior national and world competitions last winter, has joined the U.S. development team and recently spent two weeks training in Bend, Oregon, with the program. Wilmot graduated from Jackson Hole High School and currently skis for the University of Utah.
