Hoback News

Jason Blue-Smith, of San Francisco, makes telemark turns as he floats on the freshies Thursday at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort.

This storm system's snow and strong winds have raised the risk of avalanches northwestern Wyoming to "high."A The Bridger-Teton National Forest Avalanche Center has issued an avalanche warning effective A through midnight Friday advising against venturing into avalanche terrain in in the areaA during the next couple of days.

A partnership of nonprofits signed a deal this week to create a 40-acre park along the Snake River at Wilson.

The Bureau of Land Management Pinedale Field Office had planned to burn approximately ten slash piles near the Hoback Ranches Subdivision beginning this past Monday, December 5, if favorable weather and fuel conditions permit.A The slash piles were created by the BLM during construction of a fuel break to protect the Hoback Ranches Subdivision from ... (more)

Jackson Hole, WYo.-It's called the Specific Purpose Excise Tax, or SPET for short.