Grand Teton National Park

The resolution to hand over wide swaths of public land failed after a bumpy ride in the Senate.

”The time has come” to start lowering interest rates, according to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, who announced the cuts at the exclusive monetary policy event Friday.

A landslide recently wiped out part of the highway on Teton Pass, tripling drive times for thousands of people commuting between Northwest Wyoming and Eastern Idaho. With climate change and aging infrastructure, experts say other mountain communities could see similar disasters.

The alternate route connecting Idaho and Wyoming takes nearly three hours one way. Commuters making the round trip could drive to Salt Lake City in less time.

WYDOT said it hopes to complete a rebuild of the collapsed section of the Teton Pass roadway by November at an emergency Wyoming Transportation Commission meeting on June 11. In the meantime, a $430,000 contract was approved to build a detour that’s expected to be completed in two weeks, weather permitting.

The Wyoming Department of Transportation said it’s confident a safe, temporary two-lane detour around the slide can be built using nearby fill material. The agency said strict weight and width restrictions are likely and hopes to have the short-term fix open to the public in a few weeks.

The commuter bus between Driggs, Idaho and Jackson will follow an alternate route and schedule that adds over an hour to commutes starting Monday morning. Gov. Mark Gordon has issued an emergency declaration to garner federal support.

In 1923, Eleanor Davis became the first recorded woman to climb the Grand Teton – the namesake for Grand Teton National Park. One hundred years later, an all-female group of climbers summited the peak to celebrate her legacy.

Boise State University biology professor Jesse Barber studies light pollution's effects on animals and insects and how an experiment with red lighting could mitigate the effects of blue and white lights

The Mountain Neighbor Handbook is a collaboration of government agencies, advocacy groups and other nonprofits in the area, and it tries to lay out a path for sustainable living in one of the nation’s most sensitive ecosystems. It has rules about keeping away from wildlife, plus sections on how to manage waste and water, reduce your carbon footprint and recreate responsibly.