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Forest Service officials should sell fewer acres of administrative land, if any, on North Cache Street, people who attended two meetings Wednesday in Jackson said.

Everett DeWitt pulls binoculars up to his eyes and scans the frosty, early-morning horizon south of Blacktail Butte in Grand Teton National Park.

The Jackson Town Council is slated to take up issues today that could help chart the course for how it deals with development in the poor economy.

For the first time, Jackson fraternity opened its doors to public. November 11, 2009 The names on the wall are familiar, echoing from street signs and organizations in town: Ralph Gill, CW Mercill and Roy Van Vleck.

Weekly meetings to review the draft comprehensive plan will end 30 minutes early, which may allow one Jackson planning commissioner to continue serving on the volunteer board.

Can This Tiny Town Pioneer Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction? JACKSON, Wyo. - " Town officials in Jackson returned from a 2006 conference in Aspen persuaded of the imminent need to take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

One man was hospitalized with a knife wound Sunday and another was charged with felony aggravated assault after the two attacked a third man in his East Jackson home, according to police.

The Jackson Planning Commission endorsed a request to allow 10 long-term residential units at the Pearl at Jackson development to be sold as short-term rental units if the buyer chooses to do so.

An 18-year-old Jackson man was one of two people killed in a one-vehicle rollover Thursday morning outside Afton, the Wyoming Highway Patrol reported.

Town and county leaders today are expected to discuss an election to renew a 1 percent sales tax, a constitutional amendment that would ban a real estate tax and the comprehensive plan.

Additional housing units should not be funneled to Wilson, South Park, The Aspens and Teton Village.

Officials with Jackson Hole Mountain Resort say fewer employees will be hired for this year's ski season.

Lawmakers from around the West couldn't reach consensus on how to address coal-fired power plant emissions as they closed a three-day symposium on energy issues Tuesday.

Western leaders working together on energy issues should realize that cooperation means no one state is going to get exactly what it wants, Wyoming Gov.

Other Headlines Power County Sheriff Jim Jeffries says Rodolfo Ortega, one of the two men who escaped from the Power County Jail Sunday morning, has been arrested.

WYEnergy Symposium,0124 Western states stress energy cooperation Eds: APNewsNow.

The Jackson Town Council this afternoon will discuss how it can put some teeth in the municipal code to address underage drinking.

Jackson, Teton County and Lower Valley Energy officials today are scheduled to sign what they are billing as a historic agreement in which they will pledge to work toward reducing carbon emissions and energy consumption.

Jackson Hole, Wyo.-Bishop Gene Robinson, the first openly gay, non-celibate priest to become bishop in a major Christian denomination, is set to lead devotionals and talk about his role with community members later this week.

Town and county planning board members have recommended the new comprehensive plan not include a transferable development rights program.