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Congratulations to today’s Small Market Radio Regional Edward R. Murrow Award winners!

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High groundwater, challenging soils and uncertain real estate development are bogging down Wyoming's efforts to eliminate a benzene plume plaguing an old Texaco station on the north end of Jackson.

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KHOL is growing – and we’d love to hear from you!

We're hiring a Senior Reporter/Managing Editor and a Producer.

We’re a small, independent public media organization in one of the most beautiful places in the country.

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The law makes it illegal for anyone who is not the minor's parent to help them travel to another state for an abortion.

Reporting from @EricTegethoff
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“This is really kind of a dream project."

A new album from the WyoFolk Project is out, featuring 14 songwriters from across the Cowboy State.

That includes Teton County locals Aaron Davis, Michael Batdorf, Isaac Hayden and Inland Isle.

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In Western Wyoming, antelope herds are succumbing to a rare form of pneumonia. And, amid an above average snowpack, mule deer fawns are dying off.

Gov. Mark Gordon held an emergency meeting in Pinedale to discuss the issue.

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Proceedings just began. Tune in online to watch the hearing now.

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Big Horn County, WY is following Jackson's lead and creating a "Mountain Neighbor Handbook," which educates residents on topics like local wildlife and wildfire mitigation.

This comes as people flocked to rural communities amid the pandemic.

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A near-total abortion ban took effect in Wyoming over the weekend.

Dr. Giovannina Anthony, an OB-GYN, is one of two abortion providers in the state. Both are at her clinic in Jackson.

Anthony said she already had to cancel three appointments.

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"By enacting an outright ban on transgender individuals participating in team sports I believe Wyoming sends a harmful message that these individuals and their families do not deserve the same opportunities as others," Gordon writes.

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Governor Mark Gordon announced tonight he's letting two bills become law without his signature.

One is a ban on most abortions.

Another bars transgender girls and women from competing on female sports teams.

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BREAKING: A legal challenge has been filed in Teton County to halt a possible abortion ban in Wyoming from going into effect this weekend.

I went to the courthouse today to find out more. @891KHOL @WYPublicRadio

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A legal challenge has been filed in Teton County's District Court to halt a possible abortion ban in Wyoming from going into effect this weekend. It requests an emergency hearing and motion for a temporary restraining order.

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Athletes with intellectual disabilities from across the Cowboy State, Utah and Montana competed in snowshoe, Nordic and alpine races this week in Jackson.

The annual winter competition has been on hold for three years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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"If we keep going the way we’re going the last 10 years, in another 15 to 20 years, our deer are going to be really easy to count."

Reporting from @miss_ctan @WYPublicRadio https://t.co/SAdW6xhlFS

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Environmental advocates say the town of Jackson may be encroaching on wildlife habitat with new plans to make Karns Meadow more accessible to the public.

Transportation advocates say new pathways in the park could make getting around town safer.

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Gabrielle Antonioli is a local avalanche forecaster.

She walked KHOL through a day in her life, where she wakes up at 4 a.m. to send out the morning avalanche report and investigate the snowpack on the west side of the Tetons.

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Cultivate Ability has provided disability training to employers for the past five years in Jackson, but now it's shutting down amid financial problems.

The group's leader said it may not be the only local human service nonprofit that's struggling.

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KHOL's 15th-anniversary fundraising drive starts today! We need your help to continue providing free and independent news, music and culture in the Tetons.

Become a member this week to get our benefits card and the chance to win a local dinner for two.
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Officials say one lane should be open, but to allow lots of extra time for airport travel!

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Highway 89 north of Jackson will be closed for avalanche mitigation TODAY at 11 am.

"This is one we don't see often, folks 😲," says according Teton County Emergency Management officials.

No official word on how long this may take. This will impact traffic to/from the airport