{"version": "https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1", "title": "The Valley Signal", "home_page_url": "https://valleysignal.com/", "feed_url": "https://valleysignal.com/feed/json/", "items": [{"id": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/county-planners-back-a-family-land-division-exemption-minus-the-resale-limits-it-started-with/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/county-planners-back-a-family-land-division-exemption-minus-the-resale-limits-it-started-with/", "title": "County Planners Back a Family Land Division Exemption, Minus the Resale Limits It Started With", "summary": "Teton County's planning commission unanimously recommended a family land division exemption that shed its resale restrictions before the vote.", "date_published": "2026-09-09T18:46:16.141581+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-09-09T18:46:16.147534+00:00", "tags": ["Growth & Land Use"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/driggs-approves-180-unit-corona-valley-after-staff-concedes-the-application-is-incomplete/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/driggs-approves-180-unit-corona-valley-after-staff-concedes-the-application-is-incomplete/", "title": "Driggs Approves 180-Unit Corona Valley After Staff Concedes the Application Is Incomplete", "summary": "Driggs City Council approved the 180-unit Corona Valley subdivision 2-1 without resolving three application defects its own planning director conceded.", "date_published": "2026-09-03T22:54:18.241787+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-09-03T22:54:18.247958+00:00", "tags": ["Growth & Land Use"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/sheriff-blotter/teton-valley-sheriff-blotter-2026-week-33/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/sheriff-blotter/teton-valley-sheriff-blotter-2026-week-33/", "title": "Teton Valley Sheriff Blotter 2026 Week 33", "summary": "Teton Valley sheriff blotter for August 9\u201315: 385 dispatch calls, a jet on its belly in Driggs, 20 loose buffalo in Felt, and a theft that wasn't.", "date_published": "2026-09-03T18:05:36.860601+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-09-03T18:05:36.865500+00:00", "tags": ["Sheriff Blotter"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/fall-river-refiles-the-midway-substation-on-the-parcel-it-was-denied/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/fall-river-refiles-the-midway-substation-on-the-parcel-it-was-denied/", "title": "Fall River Refiles the Midway Substation on the Parcel It Was Denied", "summary": "Teton County denied the Midway Substation because its impacts could not be mitigated. Fall River has refiled on the same parcel, offering more mitigation.", "date_published": "2026-09-03T18:05:36.839032+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-09-03T18:05:36.845117+00:00", "tags": ["Growth & Land Use"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/the-week-ahead/the-two-week-ahead-the-midway-substation-returns-and-a-permit-appeal/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/the-week-ahead/the-two-week-ahead-the-midway-substation-returns-and-a-permit-appeal/", "title": "The Two-Week Ahead: The Midway Substation Returns and a Permit Appeal", "summary": "Teton County commissioners take up the Midway Substation permit September 8, and Driggs hears an appeal of a permit its planning director approved.", "date_published": "2026-09-02T22:06:02+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-09-03T17:45:35.211418+00:00", "tags": ["The Week Ahead"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/how-a-fire-engine-kept-victors-urban-renewal-program-alive/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/how-a-fire-engine-kept-victors-urban-renewal-program-alive/", "title": "How a Fire Engine Kept Victor's Urban Renewal Program Alive", "summary": "Teton County Fire & Rescue could have gutted Victor urban renewal districts under a 2025 state law. It signed a deal for a new fire engine instead.", "date_published": "2026-09-02T22:05:52+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-09-03T20:01:02.410095+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/victor-reopens-the-birch-crossing-annexation-and-its-14-conditions-are-back-in-play/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/victor-reopens-the-birch-crossing-annexation-and-its-14-conditions-are-back-in-play/", "title": "Victor Reopens the Birch Crossing Annexation, and Its 14 Conditions Are Back in Play", "summary": "Victor's council reopened the Birch Crossing annexation Aug. 26, putting all 14 conditions, including workforce and short-term rental limits, back in play.", "date_published": "2026-08-30T14:20:05+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-08-30T15:21:06.734077+00:00", "tags": ["Growth & Land Use"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/no-wastewater-plan-covers-the-valley-countys-joint-session-shows/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/no-wastewater-plan-covers-the-valley-countys-joint-session-shows/", "title": "No Wastewater Plan Covers the Valley, County's Joint Session Shows", "summary": "Teton County convened Driggs, Victor and Tetonia Aug. 25. No wastewater plan covers the valley. Driggs is bound by a consent decree, Victor owns no plant.", "date_published": "2026-08-28T20:17:42+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-08-28T20:56:52.135001+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability", "Waste Water"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/the-week-ahead/the-two-week-ahead-a-victor-city-council-reconsideration-and-a-friday-ballot-deadline/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/the-week-ahead/the-two-week-ahead-a-victor-city-council-reconsideration-and-a-friday-ballot-deadline/", "title": "The Two-Week Ahead: A Victor City Council Reconsideration and a Friday Ballot Deadline", "summary": "The Victor City Council reconsiders an approved annexation August 26, Corona Valley returns to Driggs September 1, and ballot language is due Friday.", "date_published": "2026-08-26T15:26:50+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-08-27T20:35:43.840071+00:00", "tags": ["The Week Ahead", "Elections"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/sheriff-blotter/teton-valley-sheriff-blotter-2026-week-32/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/sheriff-blotter/teton-valley-sheriff-blotter-2026-week-32/", "title": "Teton Valley Sheriff Blotter 2026 Week 32", "summary": "Teton Valley sheriff blotter for August 2\u20138: 302 dispatch calls, an unlicensed learner driver through three yards, a porta-potty arson, and no DUI arrests.", "date_published": "2026-08-25T22:32:39.166785+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-08-25T22:32:39.173251+00:00", "tags": ["Sheriff Blotter"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/commissioners-deny-the-corner-fox-industrial-amendment-reversing-their-own-approval/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/commissioners-deny-the-corner-fox-industrial-amendment-reversing-their-own-approval/", "title": "Commissioners Deny the Corner Fox Industrial Amendment, Reversing Their Own Approval", "summary": "Teton County commissioners denied the Corner Fox industrial amendment 3-0 on August 24, reversing the 2-1 approval they granted six weeks earlier.", "date_published": "2026-08-24T22:14:07.682197+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-08-24T22:14:07.686449+00:00", "tags": ["Growth & Land Use"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/opinion/joining-victor-city-council-and-why-ill-recuse-on-the-aj-trail/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/opinion/joining-victor-city-council-and-why-ill-recuse-on-the-aj-trail/", "title": "Joining Victor City Council, and Why I'll Recuse on the AJ Trail", "summary": "Erica Linnell, newly appointed to the Victor City Council, on the AJ Linnell Trail, her planned recusal, and what she asks of the local press.", "date_published": "2026-08-24T19:05:11.508558+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-08-24T19:05:11.514330+00:00", "tags": ["Opinion"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/both-cities-stopped-planning-to-fix-the-driggs-lift-station-that-carries-victors-sewage/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/both-cities-stopped-planning-to-fix-the-driggs-lift-station-that-carries-victors-sewage/", "title": "Both Cities Stopped Planning to Fix the Driggs Lift Station That Carries Victor's Sewage", "summary": "Driggs tabled consent for Victor sewer connections over a Driggs lift station at 98% of capacity. Both cities dropped the upgrade and neither restored it.", "date_published": "2026-08-21T19:02:26.498167+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-08-21T19:02:26.503897+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability", "Waste Water"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/the-spud-drive-in-cleared-every-vote-its-sewer-letter-expired-first/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/the-spud-drive-in-cleared-every-vote-its-sewer-letter-expired-first/", "title": "The Spud Drive-In Cleared Every Vote. Its Sewer Letter Expired First.", "summary": "Four years after a windstorm downed its screen, the Spud Drive-In still can't reopen. No county body opposed it; the Driggs sewer letter it needs lapsed.", "date_published": "2026-08-21T18:55:08+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-08-25T17:17:22.740957+00:00", "tags": ["Growth & Land Use"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/teton-countys-fy27-budget-grows-shifting-toward-dispatch-and-the-jail/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/teton-countys-fy27-budget-grows-shifting-toward-dispatch-and-the-jail/", "title": "Teton County's FY27 Budget Grows, Shifting Toward Dispatch and the Jail", "summary": "Teton County's FY27 budget rises about 5 percent, staying balanced while shifting money toward dispatch and the jail and trimming planning and building.", "date_published": "2026-08-21T18:45:14+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-08-21T18:46:42.416046+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/victor-appoints-erica-linnell-to-its-vacant-council-seat-2-1/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/victor-appoints-erica-linnell-to-its-vacant-council-seat-2-1/", "title": "Victor Appoints Erica Linnell to Its Vacant Council Seat, 2-1", "summary": "Victor's council appointed Erica Linnell to its vacant seat on a 2-1 vote August 18, with Amy Ross opposed, and deferred her oath of office to August 26.", "date_published": "2026-08-19T05:41:20.774190+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-08-19T05:41:20.780553+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability", "Elections"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/sheriff-blotter/teton-valley-sheriff-blotter-2026-week-31/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/sheriff-blotter/teton-valley-sheriff-blotter-2026-week-31/", "title": "Teton Valley Sheriff Blotter 2026 Week 31", "summary": "Teton Valley sheriff blotter for July 26\u2013August 1: 297 dispatch calls, three DUI arrests, acid poured on a 4-H pig, and cows out in three towns.", "date_published": "2026-08-19T05:41:15.836859+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-08-19T05:41:15.841372+00:00", "tags": ["Sheriff Blotter"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/teton-county-weighs-putting-its-garbage-franchise-out-to-bid-for-the-first-time-since-2015/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/teton-county-weighs-putting-its-garbage-franchise-out-to-bid-for-the-first-time-since-2015/", "title": "Teton County Weighs Putting Its Garbage Franchise Out to Bid for the First Time Since 2015", "summary": "Teton County commissioners postponed a decision on whether to put the county's exclusive garbage franchise out to bid or renew it with RAD Curbside.", "date_published": "2026-08-19T05:41:15.816475+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-08-19T05:41:15.822056+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/sheriff-blotter/teton-valley-sheriff-blotter-2026-week-30/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/sheriff-blotter/teton-valley-sheriff-blotter-2026-week-30/", "title": "Teton Valley Sheriff Blotter 2026 Week 30", "summary": "Teton Valley sheriff blotter for July 19\u201325: 238 dispatch calls, nine thefts, $4,000 taken from a hiding spot, and no DUI arrests.", "date_published": "2026-08-15T17:51:17.603953+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-08-15T17:51:17.610506+00:00", "tags": ["Sheriff Blotter"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/victor-interviewed-six-for-a-council-seat-its-councilors-split-over-the-mayors-critics/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/victor-interviewed-six-for-a-council-seat-its-councilors-split-over-the-mayors-critics/", "title": "Victor Interviewed Six for a Council Seat. Its Councilors Split Over the Mayor's Critics.", "summary": "Victor's council interviewed six for a vacant council seat on August 12, made no nomination, and split over whether the mayor's critics should get the seat.", "date_published": "2026-08-15T17:45:34+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-08-15T18:17:42.102167+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability", "Elections"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/commissioners-reopen-the-corner-fox-comprehensive-plan-amendment/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/commissioners-reopen-the-corner-fox-comprehensive-plan-amendment/", "title": "Commissioners Reopen the Corner Fox Comprehensive Plan Amendment", "summary": "Teton County commissioners voted 2-1 to reopen their Corner Fox industrial approval after a City of Driggs objection was left out of the record.", "date_published": "2026-08-15T17:45:15.754680+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-08-15T17:45:15.759490+00:00", "tags": ["Growth & Land Use"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/the-911-tape-contradicts-the-dispatch-record/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/the-911-tape-contradicts-the-dispatch-record/", "title": "The 911 Tape Contradicts the Dispatch Record", "summary": "A June 9 house fire near Driggs: what the 911 tape shows, what Teton County's dispatch center recorded, and why the two do not match.", "date_published": "2026-08-13T22:01:51.707227+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-08-15T17:45:15.745249+00:00", "tags": ["Health & Safety", "Deep Dive"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/the-week-ahead/the-two-week-ahead-five-county-hearings-and-a-9-million-victor-budget/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/the-week-ahead/the-two-week-ahead-five-county-hearings-and-a-9-million-victor-budget/", "title": "The Two-Week Ahead: Five County Hearings and a $9 Million Victor Budget", "summary": "Five county hearings fill Tuesday evening, Tetonia and Victor hold 2027 budget hearings, and a 56-acre Victor rezone follows on August 20.", "date_published": "2026-08-11T05:47:45.548247+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-08-11T05:47:45.554984+00:00", "tags": ["The Week Ahead"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/the-joint-workshop-ended-with-four-working-groups-and-a-60-day-clock/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/the-joint-workshop-ended-with-four-working-groups-and-a-60-day-clock/", "title": "The Joint Workshop Ended With Four Working Groups and a 60-Day Clock", "summary": "Idaho and Wyoming's Teton counties left their first joint workshop with four working groups to price shared growth costs on a 60-day clock.", "date_published": "2026-08-11T04:21:57.547523+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-08-21T19:02:58.971504+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability", "Cross State Cooperation"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/four-cross-state-service-models-only-the-homegrown-one-works/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/four-cross-state-service-models-only-the-homegrown-one-works/", "title": "Four Cross-State Service Models: Only the Homegrown One Works", "summary": "The two Teton counties weighed four cross-state service models for paying for growth. Only the fire and EMS deal they built themselves clearly works.", "date_published": "2026-08-11T04:20:33.374270+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-08-21T19:02:58.986733+00:00", "tags": ["Growth & Land Use", "Cross State Cooperation"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/a-push-to-negotiate-rather-than-object-to-grand-targhees-expansion/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/a-push-to-negotiate-rather-than-object-to-grand-targhees-expansion/", "title": "A Push to Negotiate Rather Than Object to Grand Targhee's Expansion", "summary": "A Teton County commissioner urged the two counties to settle their Grand Targhee expansion objections in direct talks with the resort, not federal review.", "date_published": "2026-08-11T04:20:28.910461+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-08-19T05:41:48.766833+00:00", "tags": ["Growth & Land Use", "Cross State Cooperation"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/idaho-is-leaving-federal-transit-money-on-the-table/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/idaho-is-leaving-federal-transit-money-on-the-table/", "title": "Idaho Is Leaving Federal Transit Money on the Table", "summary": "A Wyoming commissioner says federal transit money is lapsing for want of an Idaho match, and the two Teton counties weighed a regional transit board.", "date_published": "2026-08-11T04:20:25.037740+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-08-19T05:41:43.718830+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability", "Cross State Cooperation"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/stripped-of-its-housing-tools-teton-county-looks-across-the-line/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/stripped-of-its-housing-tools-teton-county-looks-across-the-line/", "title": "Stripped of Its Housing Tools, Teton County Looks Across the Line", "summary": "Idaho's HB 583 stripped Teton County of its short-term-rental housing tools. The one workable fix officials found originates across the line in Wyoming.", "date_published": "2026-08-11T04:20:20.568976+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-08-19T05:41:43.737257+00:00", "tags": ["Growth & Land Use", "Cross State Cooperation"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/commissioners-look-to-the-fire-contract-for-a-wyoming-funded-deputy-in-alta/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/commissioners-look-to-the-fire-contract-for-a-wyoming-funded-deputy-in-alta/", "title": "Commissioners Look to the Fire Contract for a Wyoming-Funded Deputy in Alta", "summary": "At the July 23 joint workshop, commissioners leaned toward a Wyoming-funded Alta deputy on the fire-contract model, not a standalone sheriff's office.", "date_published": "2026-08-11T04:19:23.058899+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-08-19T05:41:43.750735+00:00", "tags": ["Health & Safety", "Cross State Cooperation"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/service-by-service-what-grand-targhees-growth-costs-the-idaho-side/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/service-by-service-what-grand-targhees-growth-costs-the-idaho-side/", "title": "Service by Service: What Grand Targhee's Growth Costs the Idaho Side", "summary": "Seven Teton County departments priced Grand Targhee's growth costs, and most land on the Idaho side with no way to bill Wyoming for them.", "date_published": "2026-08-11T04:16:32.178578+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-08-11T04:16:32.184752+00:00", "tags": ["Growth & Land Use", "Cross State Cooperation"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/the-wyoming-penny-that-could-pay-for-targhees-idaho-costs/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/the-wyoming-penny-that-could-pay-for-targhees-idaho-costs/", "title": "The Wyoming Penny That Could Pay for Targhee's Idaho Costs", "summary": "At a July 23 joint workshop, commissioners from both Teton counties kept returning to a Wyoming penny of sales tax to make Grand Targhee's growth pay.", "date_published": "2026-08-11T04:16:29.287806+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-08-11T04:16:29.293780+00:00", "tags": ["Growth & Land Use", "Cross State Cooperation"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/lunch-over-the-pass-the-fire-deal-both-teton-counties-already-made-work/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/lunch-over-the-pass-the-fire-deal-both-teton-counties-already-made-work/", "title": "Lunch Over the Pass: The Fire Deal Both Teton Counties Already Made Work", "summary": "At the July 23 Teton counties workshop, the cross-state fire deal covering Alta and Grand Targhee stood out as the one arrangement already working.", "date_published": "2026-08-11T04:16:25.699857+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-08-11T04:16:25.706406+00:00", "tags": ["Health & Safety", "Cross State Cooperation"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/victor-and-driggs-councils-take-no-votes-in-first-joint-wastewater-session/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/victor-and-driggs-councils-take-no-votes-in-first-joint-wastewater-session/", "title": "Victor and Driggs Councils Take No Votes in First Joint Wastewater Session", "summary": "Victor and Driggs councils reviewed both cities' wastewater systems and financing for a shared plant, took no votes, and will meet again in September.", "date_published": "2026-08-04T16:48:47+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-08-04T18:00:37.456273+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability", "Waste Water"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/sheriff-blotter/teton-valley-sheriff-blotter-2026-week-29/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/sheriff-blotter/teton-valley-sheriff-blotter-2026-week-29/", "title": "Teton Valley Sheriff Blotter 2026 Week 29", "summary": "Teton Valley sheriff blotter for July 12\u201318: 363 dispatch calls, a Camaro clocked at 114, a cocaine search warrant, and a three-car crash on Highway 33.", "date_published": "2026-08-04T16:42:27.816454+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-08-04T16:42:27.823733+00:00", "tags": ["Sheriff Blotter"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/the-week-ahead/the-two-week-ahead-a-victor-budget-hearing-and-a-council-seat-to-fill/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/the-week-ahead/the-two-week-ahead-a-victor-budget-hearing-and-a-council-seat-to-fill/", "title": "The Two-Week Ahead: A Victor Budget Hearing and a Council Seat to Fill", "summary": "A Victor budget hearing, a council-seat application deadline, and Driggs hearings on 180 homes anchor the two weeks ahead in Teton Valley.", "date_published": "2026-08-04T15:32:01.379307+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-08-04T15:32:01.386543+00:00", "tags": ["The Week Ahead"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/victor-opens-applications-to-fill-a-vacant-council-seat/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/victor-opens-applications-to-fill-a-vacant-council-seat/", "title": "Victor Opens Applications to Fill a Vacant Council Seat", "summary": "The City of Victor is accepting applications to fill a vacant council seat. Letters of interest are due August 10, with an appointment expected August 26.", "date_published": "2026-07-30T14:51:17.022689+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-07-30T14:51:17.028645+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/events/james-mcmurtry-returns-to-a-sold-out-knotty-pine/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/events/james-mcmurtry-returns-to-a-sold-out-knotty-pine/", "title": "James McMurtry Returns to a Sold-Out Knotty Pine", "summary": "Texas songwriter James McMurtry returns to the Knotty Pine in Victor on August 5 for a sold-out show, with BettySoo and four decades of Americana.", "date_published": "2026-07-30T13:24:00.111460+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-08-04T16:44:48.112083+00:00", "tags": ["Events"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/fall-river-electric-backs-a-new-natural-gas-plant-citing-maxed-out-hydropower/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/fall-river-electric-backs-a-new-natural-gas-plant-citing-maxed-out-hydropower/", "title": "Fall River Electric Backs a New Natural Gas Plant, Citing Maxed-Out Hydropower", "summary": "Fall River Electric is backing a new natural gas plant in northern Idaho through PNGC Power, citing fully allocated hydropower and rising regional demand.", "date_published": "2026-07-30T13:23:55.693537+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-07-30T13:23:55.699628+00:00", "tags": ["Growth & Land Use"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/the-week-ahead/the-two-week-ahead-two-comment-deadlines-and-a-driggs-growth-hearing/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/the-week-ahead/the-two-week-ahead-two-comment-deadlines-and-a-driggs-growth-hearing/", "title": "The Two-Week Ahead: Two Comment Deadlines and a Driggs Growth Hearing", "summary": "Two comment deadlines close this week in Teton Valley: the Grand Targhee objection and Idaho's draft road plan, plus a Driggs hearing on 180 homes.", "date_published": "2026-07-27T23:36:38.623586+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-07-27T23:36:38.631182+00:00", "tags": ["The Week Ahead"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/teton-counties-hold-first-joint-workshop-on-paying-for-growth/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/teton-counties-hold-first-joint-workshop-on-paying-for-growth/", "title": "Teton Counties Hold First Joint Workshop on Paying for Growth", "summary": "At the two Teton counties' first joint workshop, the growth-cost fixes with the most momentum were ones neither county could enact alone.", "date_published": "2026-07-27T19:25:14.901143+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-07-27T19:25:14.907484+00:00", "tags": ["Growth & Land Use"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/driggs-wanted-victor-to-help-pay-its-council-and-police-costs-victor-objected/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/driggs-wanted-victor-to-help-pay-its-council-and-police-costs-victor-objected/", "title": "Driggs Wanted Victor to Help Pay Its Council and Police Costs. Victor Objected.", "summary": "Driggs' council tabled a plan to bill Victor for a share of its operational costs, from council pay to the sheriff, after Victor's mayor objected.", "date_published": "2026-07-27T17:19:46.267144+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-07-27T17:19:46.273544+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability", "Waste Water"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/a-contractor-hired-to-rebuild-victors-trust-withdrew-his-pending-contract-over-his-own-op-ed/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/a-contractor-hired-to-rebuild-victors-trust-withdrew-his-pending-contract-over-his-own-op-ed/", "title": "A Contractor Hired to Rebuild Victor's Trust Withdrew His Pending Contract Over His Own Op-Ed", "summary": "Victor's communications contractor asked the council to drop his pending contract after his own op-ed dominated the July 22 meeting.", "date_published": "2026-07-27T17:19:40.754403+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-07-27T17:19:40.760167+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/sheriff-blotter/teton-valley-sheriff-blotter-2026-week-28/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/sheriff-blotter/teton-valley-sheriff-blotter-2026-week-28/", "title": "Teton Valley Sheriff Blotter 2026 Week 28", "summary": "Teton Valley sheriff blotter for July 5\u201311: 333 dispatch calls, seven thefts, a golf-course battery, and no burn permits issued all week.", "date_published": "2026-07-27T17:19:40.732934+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-07-27T17:19:40.741705+00:00", "tags": ["Sheriff Blotter"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/faa-wont-fund-driggs-runway-repair-leaving-the-city-a-1-million-bill/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/faa-wont-fund-driggs-runway-repair-leaving-the-city-a-1-million-bill/", "title": "FAA Won't Fund Driggs Runway Repair, Leaving the City a $1 Million Bill", "summary": "The FAA won't fund the Driggs runway repair after a burst irrigation line, leaving the city facing a bill near $1 million and contesting the decision.", "date_published": "2026-07-24T19:37:05.703792+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-07-24T19:37:05.709888+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/175-front-street-breaks-ground-the-housing-authoritys-next-funding-idea-runs-into-idaho-law/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/175-front-street-breaks-ground-the-housing-authoritys-next-funding-idea-runs-into-idaho-law/", "title": "175 Front Street Breaks Ground; the Housing Authority's Next Funding Idea Runs Into Idaho Law", "summary": "Teton County's housing authority floated a real estate transfer tax to fund workforce housing. Under current Idaho law, no county can levy one.", "date_published": "2026-07-22T16:48:15.571217+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-07-22T16:48:15.577611+00:00", "tags": ["Growth & Land Use"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/victor-called-an-emergency-meeting-over-a-70000-fee-demand-then-adjourned-without-direction/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/victor-called-an-emergency-meeting-over-a-70000-fee-demand-then-adjourned-without-direction/", "title": "Victor Called an Emergency Meeting Over a $70,000 Fee Demand, Then Adjourned Without Direction", "summary": "Victor's council called an emergency meeting over a demand for up to $70,000 in residents' legal fees, then adjourned without giving its lawyer direction.", "date_published": "2026-07-21T17:17:47.219688+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-07-21T17:17:47.223862+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability", "Waste Water"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/a-victor-valley-collective-donor-knew-of-the-driggs-invitation-before-it-was-public/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/a-victor-valley-collective-donor-knew-of-the-driggs-invitation-before-it-was-public/", "title": "A Victor Valley Collective Donor Knew of the Driggs Invitation Before It Was Public", "summary": "A Victor Valley Collective donor urged Victor's council to answer a Driggs invitation the city had received hours earlier and already accepted.", "date_published": "2026-07-21T17:17:47.207043+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-07-21T17:17:47.211329+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability", "Waste Water"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/victor-and-driggs-reopen-wastewater-talks-with-victor-setting-the-pace/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/victor-and-driggs-reopen-wastewater-talks-with-victor-setting-the-pace/", "title": "Victor and Driggs Reopen Wastewater Talks, With Victor Setting the Pace", "summary": "After dropping its lawsuit, Victor reopened wastewater talks with Driggs, but new mayor Sue Muncaster wants to understand the plant before committing.", "date_published": "2026-07-21T17:17:47.193259+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-07-22T16:48:15.555709+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability", "Waste Water"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/sheriff-blotter/teton-valley-sheriff-blotter-2026-week-27/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/sheriff-blotter/teton-valley-sheriff-blotter-2026-week-27/", "title": "Teton Valley Sheriff Blotter 2026 Week 27", "summary": "Teton Valley sheriff blotter for June 28\u2013July 4: 483 dispatch calls, three DUI cases, a driver who blew .266, and no theft reported all week.", "date_published": "2026-07-21T17:17:47.175110+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-07-21T17:17:47.181797+00:00", "tags": ["Sheriff Blotter"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/the-week-ahead/the-two-week-ahead-wastewater-on-both-city-agendas-and-a-cross-state-targhee-meeting/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/the-week-ahead/the-two-week-ahead-wastewater-on-both-city-agendas-and-a-cross-state-targhee-meeting/", "title": "The Two-Week Ahead: Wastewater on Both City Agendas and a Cross-State Targhee Meeting", "summary": "Driggs and Victor both take up their wastewater plans this week, and the two Teton counties meet jointly over the Grand Targhee expansion.", "date_published": "2026-07-20T20:32:35.765609+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-07-20T20:32:35.772195+00:00", "tags": ["The Week Ahead"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/teton-county-files-grand-targhee-objection-turns-to-cross-state-workshop/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/teton-county-files-grand-targhee-objection-turns-to-cross-state-workshop/", "title": "Teton County Files Grand Targhee Objection, Turns to Cross-State Workshop", "summary": "Teton County commissioners voted unanimously to file the county's Grand Targhee objection on the deadline, then turned to a cross-state cost workshop.", "date_published": "2026-07-15T19:59:22.510370+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-07-15T19:59:22.517363+00:00", "tags": ["Growth & Land Use"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/fall-rivers-midway-substation-industrial-lots-or-the-denied-site/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/fall-rivers-midway-substation-industrial-lots-or-the-denied-site/", "title": "Fall River's Midway Substation: Industrial Lots or the Denied Site", "summary": "Fall River wants its Midway Substation on residential land it was denied, and told Teton County it passed on a nearby industrial parcel over price.", "date_published": "2026-07-15T19:56:16.520708+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-07-17T15:22:11.043136+00:00", "tags": ["Growth & Land Use"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/commissioners-approve-corner-fox-industrial-research-comprehensive-plan-amendment/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/commissioners-approve-corner-fox-industrial-research-comprehensive-plan-amendment/", "title": "Commissioners Approve Corner Fox Industrial-Research Comprehensive Plan Amendment", "summary": "Teton County commissioners approved the Corner Fox industrial redesignation 2-1, overriding their own planning commission and the City of Driggs.", "date_published": "2026-07-15T19:20:31.158327+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-07-15T19:20:31.164523+00:00", "tags": ["Growth & Land Use"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/former-county-commissioner-cindy-riegel-is-a-donor-to-the-victor-valley-collective/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/former-county-commissioner-cindy-riegel-is-a-donor-to-the-victor-valley-collective/", "title": "Former County Commissioner Cindy Riegel Is a Donor to the Victor Valley Collective", "summary": "A June finance report names former Teton County commissioner Cindy Riegel among the first donors to the Victor Valley Collective, the recall group's PAC.", "date_published": "2026-07-15T18:52:36.262315+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-07-15T18:52:36.268435+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/victors-mayoral-appointment-drew-complaints-the-record-shows-july-8-was-the-original-plan/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/victors-mayoral-appointment-drew-complaints-the-record-shows-july-8-was-the-original-plan/", "title": "Victor's Mayoral Appointment Drew Complaints. The Record Shows July 8 Was the Original Plan", "summary": "Victor's July 8 mayoral appointment drew complaints that the council skipped its own process. The record shows July 8 was its original date, kept open.", "date_published": "2026-07-14T21:25:08.439213+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-07-16T04:29:06.731839+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/victor-cuts-sewer-rates-a-third-the-14-million-estimate-behind-the-old-rate-was-never-billed/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/victor-cuts-sewer-rates-a-third-the-14-million-estimate-behind-the-old-rate-was-never-billed/", "title": "Victor Cuts Sewer Rates a Third; The $1.4 Million Estimate Behind the Old Rate Was Never Billed", "summary": "Victor's monthly sewer rate would fall from $98.47 to $62.98 under budget direction July 8, after records showed a Driggs estimate the city never billed.", "date_published": "2026-07-14T21:17:58+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-07-16T02:48:24.850086+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability", "Waste Water"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/the-week-ahead/the-two-week-ahead-an-industrial-rezone-hearing-and-a-383-person-event-barn/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/the-week-ahead/the-two-week-ahead-an-industrial-rezone-hearing-and-a-383-person-event-barn/", "title": "The Two-Week Ahead: An Industrial Rezone Hearing and a 383-Person Event Barn", "summary": "Teton County weighs an industrial rezone north of Victor and a 383-person event barn, plus the FY27 budget and the July 13 Grand Targhee objection deadline.", "date_published": "2026-07-13T15:39:52.396214+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-07-13T15:39:52.401139+00:00", "tags": ["The Week Ahead"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/sheriff-blotter/teton-valley-sheriff-blotter-2026-week-26/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/sheriff-blotter/teton-valley-sheriff-blotter-2026-week-26/", "title": "Teton Valley Sheriff Blotter 2026 Week 26", "summary": "Teton Valley sheriff blotter for June 21\u201327: 371 dispatch calls, a helicopter's hard landing at the Driggs airport, five DUI stops, and a package theft.", "date_published": "2026-07-09T18:31:41.635833+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-07-09T18:31:41.642541+00:00", "tags": ["Sheriff Blotter"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/the-county-asks-cities-to-pay-for-dispatch-service-that-cant-spend-allocated-funds/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/the-county-asks-cities-to-pay-for-dispatch-service-that-cant-spend-allocated-funds/", "title": "The County Asks Cities to Pay for Dispatch Service That Can't Spend Allocated Funds.", "summary": "Teton County wants Driggs and Victor to help pay for its Sheriff's Office, even as it leaves much of the dispatch money it has already allocated unspent.", "date_published": "2026-07-09T18:07:34.254278+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-07-09T18:07:34.260358+00:00", "tags": ["Health & Safety"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/victor-appoints-sue-muncaster-interim-mayor-after-amy-ross-withdraws/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/victor-appoints-sue-muncaster-interim-mayor-after-amy-ross-withdraws/", "title": "Victor Appoints Sue Muncaster Interim Mayor After Amy Ross Withdraws", "summary": "The Victor City Council appointed Sue Muncaster interim mayor on July 8 after the only other candidate, Amy Ross, withdrew her nomination, in a 3-0 vote.", "date_published": "2026-07-09T15:49:54+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-07-13T15:39:52.383922+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/fatal-crash-closes-teton-pass-cutting-teton-valleys-route-to-jackson/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/fatal-crash-closes-teton-pass-cutting-teton-valleys-route-to-jackson/", "title": "Fatal Crash Closes Teton Pass, Cutting Teton Valley's Route to Jackson", "summary": "Two men died in a Teton Pass crash Tuesday when a brake-failed asphalt truck ran past the WY-22 arrestor and struck several vehicles near Wilson.", "date_published": "2026-07-08T19:31:06.630900+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-07-08T19:31:06.637098+00:00", "tags": ["Health & Safety"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/opinion/victors-recall-reflects-a-culture-of-suspicion-not-governance/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/opinion/victors-recall-reflects-a-culture-of-suspicion-not-governance/", "title": "Victor's recall reflects a culture of suspicion, not governance", "summary": "A response to the Victor \"watchdogs\" Collective PAC \u2014 the recall of Mayor Frohlich reflected a culture of suspicion, not a failure of governance.", "date_published": "2026-07-08T19:18:19+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-07-09T03:16:28.865120+00:00", "tags": ["Opinion"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/the-week-ahead/the-two-week-ahead-a-targhee-objection-deadline-and-a-crowded-july-14/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/the-week-ahead/the-two-week-ahead-a-targhee-objection-deadline-and-a-crowded-july-14/", "title": "The Two-Week Ahead: A Targhee Objection Deadline and a Crowded July 14", "summary": "The Targhee objection deadline anchors the Teton Valley week ahead, alongside July 13-14 county meetings and Victor's mayoral succession.", "date_published": "2026-07-06T17:34:41.036668+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-07-06T17:34:41.043292+00:00", "tags": ["The Week Ahead"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/teton-county-idaho-collects-one-of-the-states-smallest-federal-lands-payments/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/teton-county-idaho-collects-one-of-the-states-smallest-federal-lands-payments/", "title": "Teton County, Idaho Collects One of the State's Smallest Federal-Lands Payments", "summary": "The Teton County PILT payment totals $341,718, one of Idaho's smallest federal-lands payments and less than a seventh of what Teton County, Wyoming drew.", "date_published": "2026-07-06T17:21:10.292237+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-07-06T17:21:10.296675+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability", "Deep Dive"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/victor-drops-its-driggs-lawsuit-and-its-bid-to-build-its-own-plant/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/victor-drops-its-driggs-lawsuit-and-its-bid-to-build-its-own-plant/", "title": "Victor Drops Its Driggs Lawsuit and Its Bid to Build Its Own Plant", "summary": "The Victor City Council voted July 1 to drop its Driggs lawsuit and its bid for a plant of its own, both without prejudice, reopening shared-plant talks.", "date_published": "2026-07-03T19:39:50.259710+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-07-03T19:39:50.265408+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability", "Waste Water"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/sheriff-blotter/teton-valley-sheriff-blotter-2026-week-25/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/sheriff-blotter/teton-valley-sheriff-blotter-2026-week-25/", "title": "Teton Valley Sheriff Blotter 2026 Week 25", "summary": "Teton Valley sheriff blotter for June 14\u201320: 397 dispatch calls, two Driggs DUIs, a kayak rescue on the Teton River, and a fence-cutting cattle dispute.", "date_published": "2026-07-03T19:26:47.009506+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-07-03T19:26:47.014293+00:00", "tags": ["Sheriff Blotter"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/teton-countys-911-dispatch-fix-widens-into-a-task-force-and-slips-to-august/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/teton-countys-911-dispatch-fix-widens-into-a-task-force-and-slips-to-august/", "title": "Teton County's 911 Dispatch Fix Widens Into a Task Force and Slips to August", "summary": "Teton County's 911 dispatch committee widened into a public-safety task force on July 1 and pushed its first full meeting to early August.", "date_published": "2026-07-03T19:26:46+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-07-06T17:21:10.281270+00:00", "tags": ["Health & Safety"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/teton-county-idaho-drafts-an-objection-to-the-grand-targhee-expansion-over-local-costs/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/teton-county-idaho-drafts-an-objection-to-the-grand-targhee-expansion-over-local-costs/", "title": "Teton County, Idaho Drafts an Objection to the Grand Targhee Expansion Over Local Costs", "summary": "Teton County is objecting to the Grand Targhee expansion, saying the Forest Service counted the benefits but dismissed local costs as outside its scope.", "date_published": "2026-06-30T21:21:57.650593+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-06-30T21:21:57.654858+00:00", "tags": ["Growth & Land Use"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/the-rule-that-holds-teton-countys-property-tax-down/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/the-rule-that-holds-teton-countys-property-tax-down/", "title": "The Rule That Holds Teton County's Property Tax Down", "summary": "Idaho's property tax cap freezes every taxing district at its base-year size. It's why Teton County's budget stays small as the valley fills with houses.", "date_published": "2026-06-30T21:21:57+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-07-03T19:32:57.422793+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability", "Deep Dive"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/a-permanent-tax-override-while-teton-county-sits-on-a-surplus/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/a-permanent-tax-override-while-teton-county-sits-on-a-surplus/", "title": "A Permanent Tax Override, While Teton County Sits on a Surplus", "summary": "Teton County's administrator floated a permanent property tax override to reset the tax base, while it holds reserves its auditor calls larger than needed.", "date_published": "2026-06-30T21:21:57+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-07-03T19:29:25.851162+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/victors-watch-dogs-form-a-pac-the-victor-valley-collective/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/victors-watch-dogs-form-a-pac-the-victor-valley-collective/", "title": "Victor's Watch Dogs Form a PAC: The Victor Valley Collective", "summary": "The recall group that pushed out Victor's mayor has registered the Victor Valley Collective, a PAC funded by its own treasurer.", "date_published": "2026-06-30T21:00:37.964724+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-06-30T21:00:37.970967+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability", "Elections"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/the-week-ahead/the-two-week-ahead-victors-mayoral-handoff-and-a-pinnacle-peak-hearing/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/the-week-ahead/the-two-week-ahead-victors-mayoral-handoff-and-a-pinnacle-peak-hearing/", "title": "The Two-Week Ahead: Victor's Mayoral Handoff and a Pinnacle Peak Hearing", "summary": "Victor's mayoral handoff anchors the Teton Valley week ahead: acting mayor July 1, interim appointment July 8, plus Driggs and Tetonia land-use hearings.", "date_published": "2026-06-29T14:41:07+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-08-04T17:55:24.538620+00:00", "tags": ["The Week Ahead"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/how-to-claim-the-homeowners-exemption-in-teton-county/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/how-to-claim-the-homeowners-exemption-in-teton-county/", "title": "How to Claim the Homeowner's Exemption in Teton County", "summary": "Idaho's homeowner's exemption cuts up to $125,000 off a primary home's taxable value, yet most Teton County homes don't claim it. How to qualify and file.", "date_published": "2026-06-25T22:43:21.681249+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-06-25T22:43:21.687121+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/sheriff-blotter/teton-valley-sheriff-blotter-2026-week-24/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/sheriff-blotter/teton-valley-sheriff-blotter-2026-week-24/", "title": "Teton Valley Sheriff Blotter 2026 Week 24", "summary": "Teton Valley sheriff blotter for June 7\u201313: 345 dispatch calls, two DUI arrests, a repeat shoplifter's $469 tab, and a drift boat towed, not stolen.", "date_published": "2026-06-25T06:09:11.255313+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-06-25T06:09:11.261746+00:00", "tags": ["Sheriff Blotter"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/victor-mayor-frohlich-resigns-july-1-defiant-toward-the-recall/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/victor-mayor-frohlich-resigns-july-1-defiant-toward-the-recall/", "title": "Victor Mayor Frohlich Resigns July 1, Defiant Toward the Recall", "summary": "Victor Mayor Will Frohlich resigns effective July 1, mooting the certified recall against him. Council President Stacy Hulsing becomes acting mayor.", "date_published": "2026-06-25T05:47:49+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-07-02T21:15:57.581239+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/opinion/sin-bin/the-sin-bin-the-ethics-hall-monitor-has-entered-the-chat/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/opinion/sin-bin/the-sin-bin-the-ethics-hall-monitor-has-entered-the-chat/", "title": "The Sin Bin: The Ethics Hall Monitor Has Entered the Chat", "summary": "The Sin Bin answers a reader who accused The Valley Signal of ethics violations over its \"Signal Staff\" byline. Sully calls it hall-monitor cosplay.", "date_published": "2026-06-23T20:08:16.567707+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-06-23T20:08:16.573977+00:00", "tags": ["Sin Bin"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/fourth-of-july-fireworks-safety/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/fourth-of-july-fireworks-safety/", "title": "Fourth of July Fireworks Safety", "summary": "Teton Valley is in severe drought. Fire officials urge Fourth of July fireworks safety: know Idaho's law and where to watch a public display.", "date_published": "2026-06-23T17:53:45.497316+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-06-23T17:53:45.503144+00:00", "tags": ["Health & Safety"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/teton-valley-health-care-pays-a-profit-share-but-flags-a-billing-problem/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/teton-valley-health-care-pays-a-profit-share-but-flags-a-billing-problem/", "title": "Teton Valley Health Care Pays a Profit Share, but Flags a Billing Problem", "summary": "Teton Valley Health Care paid the county a $94,749 share of its 2025 profit, but CEO Leianne Everett says the recovery still hinges on a billing fix.", "date_published": "2026-06-23T17:16:44.597524+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-06-24T05:05:37.683078+00:00", "tags": ["Health & Safety"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/itds-top-highway-33-safety-fix-was-set-for-2031-now-its-unfunded/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/itds-top-highway-33-safety-fix-was-set-for-2031-now-its-unfunded/", "title": "ITD's Top Highway 33 Safety Fix Was Set for 2031. Now It's Unfunded.", "summary": "ITD's top Highway 33 safety project, turn lanes at the 6000 South intersection, was set for 2031 and now has no funding after state budget cuts.", "date_published": "2026-06-23T17:04:40.820254+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-06-25T05:47:53.646684+00:00", "tags": ["Health & Safety"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/driggs-runway-repair-city-will-abandon-the-buried-pipe/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/driggs-runway-repair-city-will-abandon-the-buried-pipe/", "title": "Driggs Runway Repair: City Will Abandon the Buried Pipe", "summary": "The Driggs runway repair will abandon the buried irrigation line that damaged the airport. The city council funded it with up to $95,000 on June 16.", "date_published": "2026-06-23T16:55:02.739275+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-06-23T16:55:02.744059+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/the-week-ahead/the-two-week-ahead-a-victor-special-meeting-and-a-two-day-county-session/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/the-week-ahead/the-two-week-ahead-a-victor-special-meeting-and-a-two-day-county-session/", "title": "The Two-Week Ahead: A Victor Special Meeting and a Two-Day County Session", "summary": "A Victor special meeting, a two-day county commission session, the Driggs budget and the state wastewater funding list fill the week ahead in Teton Valley.", "date_published": "2026-06-22T05:01:50+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-06-22T05:19:50.032352+00:00", "tags": ["The Week Ahead"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/driggs-hears-seven-fy27-funding-requests-from-a-balloon-rally-to-a-400000-sheriffs-ask/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/driggs-hears-seven-fy27-funding-requests-from-a-balloon-rally-to-a-400000-sheriffs-ask/", "title": "Driggs Hears Seven FY27 Funding Requests, From a Balloon Rally to a $400,000 Sheriff's Ask", "summary": "Driggs heard FY27 funding requests from seven groups June 16: six community grants plus the county's $400,000 sheriff's ask, an order of magnitude larger.", "date_published": "2026-06-19T18:56:26.422549+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-06-19T18:56:26.428523+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/driggs-will-talk-once-victor-dismisses-the-lawsuit-the-suit-came-after-mediation-failed/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/driggs-will-talk-once-victor-dismisses-the-lawsuit-the-suit-came-after-mediation-failed/", "title": "Driggs Will Talk Once Victor Dismisses the Lawsuit. The Suit Came After Mediation Failed.", "summary": "Driggs will reopen wastewater talks with Victor only after Victor dismisses the lawsuit it filed against the city, the Driggs attorney wrote.", "date_published": "2026-06-18T20:48:08.422123+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-06-23T16:55:02.728719+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability", "Waste Water"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/opinion/sin-bin/the-sin-bin-the-fiber-is-not-about-you/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/opinion/sin-bin/the-sin-bin-the-fiber-is-not-about-you/", "title": "The Sin Bin: The Fiber Is Not About You", "summary": "The Sin Bin takes on a Victor reader annoyed that Silver Star fiber crews are digging up yards and parking next door. Sully's advice is to do nothing.", "date_published": "2026-06-17T21:43:04+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-06-17T23:42:11.633031+00:00", "tags": ["Sin Bin"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/sheriff-blotter/teton-valley-sheriff-blotter-2026-week-23/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/sheriff-blotter/teton-valley-sheriff-blotter-2026-week-23/", "title": "Teton Valley Sheriff Blotter 2026 Week 23", "summary": "Teton Valley sheriff blotter for May 31\u2013June 6: 480 dispatch calls, a Packsaddle four-wheeler rescue, an unattended death, and a car covered in chili.", "date_published": "2026-06-17T20:00:06.738911+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-06-17T20:00:06.746092+00:00", "tags": ["Sheriff Blotter"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/events/music-on-main-returns-thursday-with-a-late-night-encore-at-wildwood/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/events/music-on-main-returns-thursday-with-a-late-night-encore-at-wildwood/", "title": "Music on Main Returns Thursday with a Late-Night Encore at Wildwood", "summary": "Music on Main returns to Victor on Thursday, June 18, and Wildwood launches a new Late Night series after the park show with Jackson five-piece Strumbucket.", "date_published": "2026-06-17T16:23:12.014966+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-06-17T16:23:12.020756+00:00", "tags": ["Events"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/driggs-builds-its-wastewater-plant-for-both-cities-the-only-design-regulators-will-permit/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/driggs-builds-its-wastewater-plant-for-both-cities-the-only-design-regulators-will-permit/", "title": "Driggs to Build Wastewater Plant for Both Cities, the Only Design Regulators Will Permit", "summary": "The Driggs wastewater plant will be sized for both cities after a 4-0 vote, the only design regulators will permit and the cheaper one as Victor sues.", "date_published": "2026-06-17T13:39:21.822711+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-06-18T20:48:52.242364+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability", "Waste Water"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/fall-river-electric-board-election-returns-two-incumbents-adds-mclean/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/fall-river-electric-board-election-returns-two-incumbents-adds-mclean/", "title": "Fall River Electric Board Election Returns Two Incumbents, Adds McLean", "summary": "Fall River Electric board election results: members kept incumbents Travis Markegard and Georg Behrens and picked Paul McLean for the Island Park seat.", "date_published": "2026-06-16T17:07:10.033503+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-06-16T17:07:10.039037+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/the-week-ahead/the-two-week-ahead-driggs-wastewater-funding-and-the-runway-conversation/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/the-week-ahead/the-two-week-ahead-driggs-wastewater-funding-and-the-runway-conversation/", "title": "The Two-Week Ahead: Driggs Wastewater Funding and the Runway Conversation", "summary": "A scheduled power outage, Driggs wastewater funding and a runway conversation anchor the two weeks ahead, with a June 16 council vote and the June 24 state funding list.", "date_published": "2026-06-16T16:33:59+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-06-17T15:47:50.781021+00:00", "tags": ["The Week Ahead", "Waste Water"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/opinion/lets-think-carefully-before-scrapping-the-roadless-rule/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/opinion/lets-think-carefully-before-scrapping-the-roadless-rule/", "title": "Let's Think Carefully Before Scrapping the Roadless Rule", "summary": "Teton County's fire chief argues the proposal to repeal the 2001 Roadless Rule deserves careful, evidence-based scrutiny before scrapping decades of policy.", "date_published": "2026-06-15T17:50:02.246478+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-06-15T17:50:02.252945+00:00", "tags": ["Opinion"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/driggs-calls-the-wastewater-partnership-dead-victors-settlement-offer-still-says-otherwise/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/driggs-calls-the-wastewater-partnership-dead-victors-settlement-offer-still-says-otherwise/", "title": "Driggs Calls the Wastewater Partnership Dead. Victor's Settlement Offer Still Says Otherwise.", "summary": "Driggs treats the wastewater partnership with Victor as dead since the lawsuit. Victor's joint powers settlement offer is still on the table.", "date_published": "2026-06-12T22:51:56+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-06-17T13:39:26.420916+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/interstate-workshop-catalyzed-by-targhee-expansion-set-for-july/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/interstate-workshop-catalyzed-by-targhee-expansion-set-for-july/", "title": "Interstate Workshop Catalyzed by Targhee Expansion Set for July", "summary": "More than 20 officials sorted regional responsibility for the interstate workshop across four axes at the June 10 cross-county planning call.", "date_published": "2026-06-11T21:21:49+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-07-22T17:43:35.165128+00:00", "tags": ["Growth & Land Use"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/opinion/sin-bin/the-sin-bin-man-builds-newspaper-around-empty-mailbox/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/opinion/sin-bin/the-sin-bin-man-builds-newspaper-around-empty-mailbox/", "title": "The Sin Bin: Man Builds Newspaper Around Empty Mailbox", "summary": "The Sin Bin's first letter is a complaint about the empty inbox. Sully explains why the valley isn't quiet, the mailbox is, and the owner is the content.", "date_published": "2026-06-10T17:39:07.149058+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-06-10T17:39:07.156650+00:00", "tags": ["Sin Bin"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/sheriff-blotter/teton-valley-sheriff-blotter-2026-week-22/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/sheriff-blotter/teton-valley-sheriff-blotter-2026-week-22/", "title": "Teton Valley Sheriff Blotter 2026 Week 22", "summary": "Teton Valley sheriff blotter for May 24\u201330: 360 dispatch calls, one DUI arrest, a graduation-party crackdown, and a truck missing since winter.", "date_published": "2026-06-10T17:15:51.693036+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-06-10T17:15:51.699675+00:00", "tags": ["Sheriff Blotter"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/victor-council-to-vote-on-reconsidering-market-street-denial/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/victor-council-to-vote-on-reconsidering-market-street-denial/", "title": "Victor Council to Vote on Reconsidering Market Street Denial", "summary": "Victor City Council votes Wednesday on reconsidering its April 8 denial of the Market Street rezone, after the owner cited the Order's own findings.", "date_published": "2026-06-10T17:11:49+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-06-11T17:50:54.088591+00:00", "tags": ["Growth & Land Use"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/driggs-mediation-offer-asked-victor-to-disconnect-victor-wants-joint-powers-instead/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/driggs-mediation-offer-asked-victor-to-disconnect-victor-wants-joint-powers-instead/", "title": "Driggs' Mediation Offer Asked Victor to Disconnect. Victor Wants Joint Powers Instead.", "summary": "Driggs' mediation offer asked Victor to disconnect by 2030. Victor's response letter demands a joint powers agreement instead.", "date_published": "2026-06-09T02:35:22+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-06-18T18:51:31.970081+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability", "Waste Water"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/inside-driggss-federal-wastewater-consent-decree/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/inside-driggss-federal-wastewater-consent-decree/", "title": "Inside Driggs's Federal Wastewater Consent Decree", "summary": "The Driggs consent decree gave the city until Dec. 15, 2028 to rebuild its failing wastewater plant. Now Driggs is asking for 14 more months.", "date_published": "2026-06-08T18:45:15.260316+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-06-08T18:45:15.266510+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability", "Deep Dive", "Waste Water"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/the-week-ahead/the-two-week-ahead-the-driggs-wastewater-hearing-and-the-county-fy27-budget/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/the-week-ahead/the-two-week-ahead-the-driggs-wastewater-hearing-and-the-county-fy27-budget/", "title": "The Two-Week Ahead: The Driggs Wastewater Hearing and the County FY27 Budget", "summary": "The Driggs wastewater 60% design heads to a June 16 public hearing alongside an EPA meeting; Teton County runs a two-day FY27 budget June 9-10.", "date_published": "2026-06-08T18:25:02.218833+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-06-08T18:25:02.225872+00:00", "tags": ["The Week Ahead", "Waste Water"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/sheriff-blotter/teton-valley-sheriff-blotter-2026-week-21/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/sheriff-blotter/teton-valley-sheriff-blotter-2026-week-21/", "title": "Teton Valley Sheriff Blotter 2026 Week 21", "summary": "Teton Valley sheriff blotter for May 17\u201323: 390 calls, a theft that became one unlocked car, two firearms on a speeding stop, and a statutory case.", "date_published": "2026-06-04T15:45:55.636183+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-06-04T15:45:55.642976+00:00", "tags": ["Sheriff Blotter"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/driggs-says-a-wastewater-partnership-is-off-the-table-its-staff-said-regulators-are-open-to-it/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/driggs-says-a-wastewater-partnership-is-off-the-table-its-staff-said-regulators-are-open-to-it/", "title": "Driggs Says a Wastewater Partnership Is Off the Table. Its Staff Said Regulators Are Open to It.", "summary": "Driggs says it can't enter a wastewater partnership with Victor, but its staff said regulators are open to moving the permit. Council tabled to June 16.", "date_published": "2026-06-03T19:02:42+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-06-18T18:54:47.220526+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability", "Waste Water"]}]}