{"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/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": "2026-06-29T14:41:07.969524+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-06-29T14:41:07.976188+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"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/opinion/whats-next-teton-valley/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/opinion/whats-next-teton-valley/", "title": "What's Next, Teton Valley?", "summary": "As America approaches its 250th birthday, I've been wondering what citizenship actually means. Not in Washington, the media, or on Facebook,", "date_published": "2026-06-02T20:37:48+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-06-02T20:51:48.758175+00:00", "tags": ["Opinion"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/build-for-one-city-or-two-driggs-council-to-decide/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/build-for-one-city-or-two-driggs-council-to-decide/", "title": "Build for One City or Two: Driggs Council to Decide", "summary": "The Driggs City Council votes Tuesday on whether to build the city's wastewater plant for one city or two, after DEQ rescinded its design approval.", "date_published": "2026-06-02T02:26:03+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-06-12T22:50:39.250749+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability", "Waste Water"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/the-week-ahead/the-two-week-ahead-driggs-design-victor-court-date-and-the-june-8-bocc/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/the-week-ahead/the-two-week-ahead-driggs-design-victor-court-date-and-the-june-8-bocc/", "title": "The Two-Week Ahead: Driggs Design, Victor Court Date, and the June 8 BOCC", "summary": "Driggs's 60-percent wastewater design hits council Tuesday alongside Victor's status conference. Centennial Estates returns to the BOCC June 8.", "date_published": "2026-06-01T15:05:55+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-06-12T16:18:46.737793+00:00", "tags": ["The Week Ahead"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/fire-chief-and-bocc-will-form-committee-to-rebuild-dispatch-services-agreement/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/fire-chief-and-bocc-will-form-committee-to-rebuild-dispatch-services-agreement/", "title": "Fire Chief and BOCC Will Form Committee to Rebuild Dispatch Services Agreement", "summary": "TCFR Chief Maltaverne and Teton County commissioners agreed May 27 to form an advisory committee that will rebuild the 2024 dispatch services agreement.", "date_published": "2026-06-01T12:30:38+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-06-18T19:01:38.550079+00:00", "tags": ["Health & Safety"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/victor-annexes-the-birch-crossing-parcel-then-zones-out-the-apartments/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/victor-annexes-the-birch-crossing-parcel-then-zones-out-the-apartments/", "title": "Victor Annexes the Birch Crossing Parcel, Then Zones Out the Apartments", "summary": "Victor's council annexed the Birch Crossing parcel but zoned it for single-family houses, rejecting the workforce-apartment zoning D&B Partners needed.", "date_published": "2026-06-01T12:30:35.790269+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-06-01T12:30:35.796082+00:00", "tags": ["Growth & Land Use"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/forest-service-approves-grand-targhee-expansion-the-permit-chain-runs-through-wyoming/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/forest-service-approves-grand-targhee-expansion-the-permit-chain-runs-through-wyoming/", "title": "Forest Service Approves Grand Targhee Expansion. The Permit Chain Runs Through Wyoming.", "summary": "The Forest Service approved a 694-acre Grand Targhee expansion May 28. The downstream permit chain runs through Wyoming agencies, not Idaho.", "date_published": "2026-06-01T12:30:32+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-06-18T19:01:03.312611+00:00", "tags": ["Growth & Land Use"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/fall-river-withdraws-midway-substation-reconsideration/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/fall-river-withdraws-midway-substation-reconsideration/", "title": "Fall River Withdraws Midway Substation Reconsideration", "summary": "Fall River withdrew its Midway Substation reconsideration on May 27, saying the original SUP application was missing a county-required wildlife study.", "date_published": "2026-05-30T19:44:04+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-06-18T19:00:34.982628+00:00", "tags": ["Growth & Land Use"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/centennial-estates-settlement-tabled-as-teton-county-weighs-litigation-on-both-sides/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/centennial-estates-settlement-tabled-as-teton-county-weighs-litigation-on-both-sides/", "title": "Centennial Estates Settlement Tabled as Teton County Weighs Litigation on Both Sides", "summary": "Teton County commissioners tabled their vote on the Centennial Estates settlement after public comment raised new questions about the subdivision's access.", "date_published": "2026-05-28T19:27:17.416250+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-05-28T19:27:17.421974+00:00", "tags": ["Growth & Land Use"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/midway-substation-returns-to-teton-county-june-8-with-new-mitigation-and-a-narrow-legal-test/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/midway-substation-returns-to-teton-county-june-8-with-new-mitigation-and-a-narrow-legal-test/", "title": "Midway Substation Returns to Teton County June 8 With New Mitigation and a Narrow Legal Test", "summary": "Fall River seeks reconsideration of its Midway Substation denial. The June 8 hearing pits a stronger project against a narrow legal test.", "date_published": "2026-05-27T16:28:08+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-06-12T16:23:52.678273+00:00", "tags": ["Growth & Land Use"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/what-happens-next-in-the-frohlich-recall/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/what-happens-next-in-the-frohlich-recall/", "title": "What Happens Next in the Frohlich Recall", "summary": "Over 300 signatures filed on the Frohlich recall. The clerk has 15 business days to verify; certification triggers a 5-day resignation window for the mayor.", "date_published": "2026-05-26T15:48:58+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-05-26T19:16:28.441357+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability", "Elections"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/the-week-ahead/the-two-week-ahead-back-to-back-bocc-centennial-estates-settlement-and-a-venue-motion/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/the-week-ahead/the-two-week-ahead-back-to-back-bocc-centennial-estates-settlement-and-a-venue-motion/", "title": "The Two-Week Ahead: Back-to-Back BOCC, Centennial Estates Settlement, and a Venue Motion", "summary": "The Centennial Estates Settlement leads back-to-back Teton County BOCC meetings, with a Victor v. Driggs venue motion and a county Burn Ordinance up.", "date_published": "2026-05-26T04:29:20+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-06-12T16:27:24.835607+00:00", "tags": ["The Week Ahead", "Waste Water"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/victor-watch-dogs-and-the-disclosures-that-arent-on-file/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/victor-watch-dogs-and-the-disclosures-that-arent-on-file/", "title": "Victor Watch Dogs and the Disclosures That Aren't on File", "summary": "Victor Watch Dogs faces a Sunshine Law complaint alleging the group operates as an unregistered political committee. No disclosure is on file.", "date_published": "2026-05-22T16:27:13+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-05-22T16:31:10.730563+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/sheriff-blotter/teton-valley-sheriff-blotter-2026-week-20/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/sheriff-blotter/teton-valley-sheriff-blotter-2026-week-20/", "title": "Teton Valley Sheriff Blotter 2026 Week 20", "summary": "Teton Valley sheriff blotter for May 10\u201316: 303 calls, three cocaine arrests in Victor, two Driggs fires, and Tetonia smoke calls from a tar-sealing crew.", "date_published": "2026-05-19T20:15:13+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-05-22T16:39:06.621402+00:00", "tags": ["Sheriff Blotter"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/the-week-ahead/the-two-week-ahead-primary-day-the-tetonia-auction-and-memorial-day/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/the-week-ahead/the-two-week-ahead-primary-day-the-tetonia-auction-and-memorial-day/", "title": "The Two-Week Ahead: Primary Day, the Tetonia Auction, and Memorial Day", "summary": "Primary day on May 19 stacks the GOP primary, the road levy, and the Driggs Alexandria Condos hearing in Teton Valley before Friday's Tetonia auction.", "date_published": "2026-05-18T15:02:42+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-06-18T18:56:55.957665+00:00", "tags": ["The Week Ahead", "Elections", "Waste Water"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/an-independent-audit-said-driggs-overcharged-victor-on-their-wastewater-loan/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/an-independent-audit-said-driggs-overcharged-victor-on-their-wastewater-loan/", "title": "An Independent Audit Said Driggs Overcharged Victor on Their Wastewater Loan", "summary": "An independent CPA examination found Driggs overcharged Victor for years on their shared wastewater loan, the core of Victor's 2026 lawsuit.", "date_published": "2026-05-15T16:51:28+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-05-22T16:39:13.755943+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability", "Deep Dive", "Waste Water"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/what-a-failed-road-levy-would-cost-teton-valley/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/what-a-failed-road-levy-would-cost-teton-valley/", "title": "What a Failed Road Levy Would Cost Teton Valley", "summary": "A failed Teton County road levy would leave the county and its three cities short on road money the state pulled away this year.", "date_published": "2026-05-15T16:24:30+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-05-22T16:39:24.206753+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability", "Elections"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/teton-valley-health-care-ahead-of-budget-six-months-into-recovery-year-2/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/teton-valley-health-care-ahead-of-budget-six-months-into-recovery-year-2/", "title": "Teton Valley Health Care Ahead of Budget Six Months Into Recovery Year", "summary": "Teton Valley Health Care posted a $13,000 operating margin in the first half of fiscal 2026, CEO Leianne Everett told county commissioners on May 11.", "date_published": "2026-05-14T04:47:57+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-06-12T16:33:49.608163+00:00", "tags": ["Health & Safety"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/how-driggs-is-borrowing-25-million-for-a-wastewater-plant-without-a-bond-election/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/how-driggs-is-borrowing-25-million-for-a-wastewater-plant-without-a-bond-election/", "title": "How Driggs Is Borrowing $25 Million for a Wastewater Plant Without a Bond Election", "summary": "Driggs is borrowing $25 million for its wastewater rebuild without a bond election. The Driggs wastewater path runs through judicial confirmation in court.", "date_published": "2026-05-13T17:24:13+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-05-22T16:39:30.012383+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability", "Waste Water"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/commissioners-deny-sweetwater-reconsideration-on-standing-phase-1-approval-stands/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/commissioners-deny-sweetwater-reconsideration-on-standing-phase-1-approval-stands/", "title": "Commissioners Deny Sweetwater Reconsideration on Standing; Phase 1 Approval Stands", "summary": "Teton County commissioners voted 3-0 May 11 to deny the Sweetwater reconsideration on standing grounds, affirming the March 9 Phase 1 approval.", "date_published": "2026-05-11T19:49:29+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-06-18T19:00:10.706296+00:00", "tags": ["Growth & Land Use"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/yellowstone-grizzly-attack-on-mystic-falls-trail-two-brothers-airlifted-to-idaho-falls/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/yellowstone-grizzly-attack-on-mystic-falls-trail-two-brothers-airlifted-to-idaho-falls/", "title": "Yellowstone Grizzly Attack on Mystic Falls Trail; Two Brothers Airlifted to Idaho Falls", "summary": "A Yellowstone grizzly attack injured two brothers near Old Faithful on May 4. Both were airlifted to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.", "date_published": "2026-05-11T18:26:09.023743+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-05-11T18:26:09.029483+00:00", "tags": ["Health & Safety"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/the-week-ahead/the-two-week-ahead-five-new-applications-the-ldc-hearing-and-primary-day/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/the-week-ahead/the-two-week-ahead-five-new-applications-the-ldc-hearing-and-primary-day/", "title": "The Two-Week Ahead: Five New Applications, the LDC Hearing, and Primary Day", "summary": "The week ahead in Teton Valley puts five development applications before P&Z on May 12, the LDC hearing on May 18, and the Idaho primary on May 19.", "date_published": "2026-05-11T17:15:52+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-06-12T16:29:29.900122+00:00", "tags": ["The Week Ahead", "Elections", "Waste Water"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/idaho-clerks-have-60-days-to-verify-signatures-on-reproductive-rights/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/idaho-clerks-have-60-days-to-verify-signatures-on-reproductive-rights/", "title": "Idaho Clerks Have 60 Days to Verify Signatures on Reproductive Rights", "summary": "County clerks have 60 days to verify signatures on Idaho's 2026 reproductive rights and medical marijuana ballot initiatives.", "date_published": "2026-05-06T14:22:05.267177+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-05-06T14:22:05.273128+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability", "Elections"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/ymca-pitch-to-teton-401-an-early-idea-not-a-plan/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/ymca-pitch-to-teton-401-an-early-idea-not-a-plan/", "title": "YMCA Pitch to Teton 401: An Early Idea, Not a Plan", "summary": "Advocates for a Teton Valley YMCA pitched a school-land partnership to Teton 401 trustees on April 13. The proposal is exploratory and unfunded.", "date_published": "2026-05-04T02:16:28.307921+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-05-04T02:16:28.314182+00:00", "tags": ["Growth & Land Use"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/the-week-ahead/the-two-week-ahead-sweetwater-returns-as-the-ldc-window-closes-may-11/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/the-week-ahead/the-two-week-ahead-sweetwater-returns-as-the-ldc-window-closes-may-11/", "title": "The Two-Week Ahead: Sweetwater Returns as the LDC Window Closes May 11", "summary": "The week ahead in Teton Valley packs three items into May 11: a Sweetwater standing ruling, the LDC comment deadline, and the DEQ webinar.", "date_published": "2026-05-01T20:21:53+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-06-18T18:54:06.583916+00:00", "tags": ["The Week Ahead"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/an-active-fire-season-is-coming-to-teton-valley/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/an-active-fire-season-is-coming-to-teton-valley/", "title": "An Active Fire Season Is Coming to Teton Valley", "summary": "Federal forecasters expect an above-normal fire season in southern Idaho this July. Where the Caribou-Targhee spring burns stand and how to prepare.", "date_published": "2026-05-01T04:13:17.209251+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-05-01T04:13:17.215664+00:00", "tags": ["Health & Safety"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/victor-rescinds-the-evans-wastewater-land-deal/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/victor-rescinds-the-evans-wastewater-land-deal/", "title": "Victor Rescinds the Evans Wastewater Land Deal", "summary": "Victor rescinded the Evans wastewater land deal as pending court matters define how the $35M plant moves forward. The council voted unanimously.", "date_published": "2026-04-30T16:00:59+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-05-22T16:39:36.629079+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability", "Waste Water"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/commissioners-balk-at-broad-exclusivity-in-proposed-rad-franchise/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/commissioners-balk-at-broad-exclusivity-in-proposed-rad-franchise/", "title": "Commissioners Balk at Broad Exclusivity in Proposed RAD Franchise", "summary": "Two of three Teton County commissioners questioned the breadth of exclusivity in the proposed RAD franchise renewal at an April 10 work session.", "date_published": "2026-04-29T03:44:28+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-05-22T16:39:49.527265+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/events/art-luminary-sue-tyler-celebrated-at-city-of-victor-gallery/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/events/art-luminary-sue-tyler-celebrated-at-city-of-victor-gallery/", "title": "Art Luminary Sue Tyler Celebrated at City of Victor Gallery", "summary": "Painter Sue Tyler shows Western originals at the City of Victor Gallery, with a public reception 4-6 p.m. May 12 on Main Street, Victor.", "date_published": "2026-04-29T03:44:23.007755+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-04-29T03:44:23.013624+00:00", "tags": ["Events"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/sweetwater-reconsideration-tabled-to-may-11-pending-legal-counsel-on-standing/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/sweetwater-reconsideration-tabled-to-may-11-pending-legal-counsel-on-standing/", "title": "Sweetwater Reconsideration Tabled to May 11 Pending Legal Counsel on Standing", "summary": "Teton County commissioners tabled the Sweetwater reconsideration petition to May 11 to seek legal counsel on whether the 12 petitioners qualify to be heard.", "date_published": "2026-04-28T18:55:49+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-05-22T16:39:54.868153+00:00", "tags": ["Growth & Land Use"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/teton-county-adopts-drive-in-theater-code-clearing-ldc-path-for-spud-rebuild/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/teton-county-adopts-drive-in-theater-code-clearing-ldc-path-for-spud-rebuild/", "title": "Teton County Adopts Drive-In Theater Code, Clearing LDC Path for Spud Rebuild", "summary": "Teton County commissioners adopted a drive-in theater code on April 27, opening a permitting path for the long-stalled Spud Drive-In rebuild on Highway 33.", "date_published": "2026-04-27T21:32:14+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-05-22T16:39:59.754453+00:00", "tags": ["Growth & Land Use"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/opinion/eight-years-on-victors-city-council-taught-me-to-trust-ours/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/opinion/eight-years-on-victors-city-council-taught-me-to-trust-ours/", "title": "Eight Years on Victor's City Council Taught Me to Trust Ours", "summary": "The personal attacks on these elected officials need to stop.", "date_published": "2026-04-27T04:30:40.890770+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-04-27T04:36:05.366339+00:00", "tags": ["Opinion"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/the-week-ahead/week-ahead-april-27-may-10/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/the-week-ahead/week-ahead-april-27-may-10/", "title": "Week Ahead: April 27 \u2013 May 10", "summary": "The week ahead in Teton County stacks three Monday hearings, the Idaho reproductive rights signature deadline, and Wildfire Awareness Day.", "date_published": "2026-04-25T02:09:22.299032+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-04-29T17:18:05.787810+00:00", "tags": ["The Week Ahead"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/inside-the-victor-wastewater-vote-the-case-for-going-back-and-why-its-closed/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/inside-the-victor-wastewater-vote-the-case-for-going-back-and-why-its-closed/", "title": "Inside the Victor Wastewater Vote: The Case for Going Back, and Why it's Closed", "summary": "Three councilors treated the Victor wastewater vote as an execution step. The lone dissent wanted to reverse course. Three facts close that path.", "date_published": "2026-04-24T18:28:12+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-05-22T16:40:08.586867+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability", "Waste Water"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/victor-drops-its-public-records-policy-and-leaves-the-coletti-dispute-unresolved/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/victor-drops-its-public-records-policy-and-leaves-the-coletti-dispute-unresolved/", "title": "Victor Drops its Public Records Policy and Leaves the Coletti Dispute Unresolved", "summary": "Victor Council dropped its public records policy for Idaho Title 74 but deferred Coletti's $1,390 billing dispute to a future session.", "date_published": "2026-04-24T18:27:18+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-05-22T16:40:04.488098+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/driggs-wastewater-funding-tops-state-list-at-25-million/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/driggs-wastewater-funding-tops-state-list-at-25-million/", "title": "Driggs Wastewater Funding Tops State List at $25 Million", "summary": "Driggs wastewater funding tops Idaho DEQ's draft priority list, making the city eligible for $25 million to rebuild its treatment plant.", "date_published": "2026-04-24T18:27:07.360360+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-04-27T04:33:59.225845+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/victor-council-approves-2-million-evans-land-purchase-for-wastewater-plant/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/victor-council-approves-2-million-evans-land-purchase-for-wastewater-plant/", "title": "Victor Council Approves $2 Million Evans Land Purchase for Wastewater Plant", "summary": "Victor council voted 3-1 to approve the $2 million Evans land purchase for the wastewater plant site and ratified the lawsuit against Driggs.", "date_published": "2026-04-23T03:16:50+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-05-22T16:40:13.172519+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability", "Waste Water"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/sheriff-blotter/teton-valley-sheriff-blotter-2026-week-16/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/health-safety/sheriff-blotter/teton-valley-sheriff-blotter-2026-week-16/", "title": "Teton Valley Sheriff Blotter 2026 Week 16", "summary": "Teton Valley sheriff blotter for April 12\u201318: 281 dispatch calls, three DUI arrests, a loose horse on Highway 33, and a phone that dialed 911 on itself.", "date_published": "2026-04-22T22:59:56+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-05-22T16:40:17.236160+00:00", "tags": ["Sheriff Blotter"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/birch-crossing-zoning-victor-pz-recommends-single-family-for-entire-13-acre-site/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/growth-land-use/birch-crossing-zoning-victor-pz-recommends-single-family-for-entire-13-acre-site/", "title": "Birch Crossing Zoning: Victor P&Z Recommends Single-Family for Entire 13-Acre Site", "summary": "The Birch Crossing zoning recommendation from Victor P&Z assigns RS-7 single-family to all 13 acres, rejecting the scaled-down 146-unit rental proposal.", "date_published": "2026-04-21T19:26:47+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-05-22T16:40:22.711825+00:00", "tags": ["Growth & Land Use"]}, {"id": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/victor-ethics-complaint-attorneys-clear-consultants-dual-roles-25000-in-2025/", "url": "https://valleysignal.com/government-accountability/victor-ethics-complaint-attorneys-clear-consultants-dual-roles-25000-in-2025/", "title": "Victor Ethics Complaint: Attorneys Clear Consultant's Dual Roles, $25,000 in 2025", "summary": "A Victor ethics complaint alleged conflict of interest in Athenian Partners' dual city roles. Two attorneys found no conflict.", "date_published": "2026-04-16T15:51:40+00:00", "date_modified": "2026-05-22T16:40:29.314938+00:00", "tags": ["Government & Accountability"]}]}