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Teton Valley Health Care, emergency services, road safety, and public health coverage for Teton Valley, Idaho.
Teton Valley sheriff blotter for September 13–19: 279 dispatch calls, two DUI arrests, a rescue on the Grand, and asphalt left in a ditch.
Teton Valley sheriff blotter, the week of September 13–19. Two hundred seventy-nine calls came in to the Teton County Sheriff's Office.
Read full storyDRIGGS — Idaho Fish and Game regional wildlife manager Eric Freeman told Teton County commissioners Monday that most of the valley's bear conflicts are preventable, and that problem bears reported early generally end better.
Commissioners invited Fish and Game after a Driggs resident used the open mic at their Sept. 14 meeting to ask whether the county could help find "a positive solution there that doesn't look like just killing bears all the time." Freeman, who manages human-wildlife conflict for the agency's Upper Snake Region, joined Monday's meeting remotely.
Teton Valley sheriff blotter, the week of September 6–12. Two hundred ninety-nine calls came in to the Teton County Sheriff's Office.
Fourteen wrecks came in, thirteen of them without injuries. Six landed inside a single day, four of those inside a little over two hours. No assault, battery or threat was reported all week.
DRIGGS — Fire Chief Mike Maltaverne told Teton County commissioners in a Sept. 29 letter that his fire district, Teton County Fire & Rescue, is stepping back from its offer to pay for an outside review of the county's 911 dispatch center until there is "demonstrated commitment and full cooperation from all parties."
DRIGGS — The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) will begin closing five Highway 33 access points and two four-wheeler tracks between Driggs and Victor on Oct. 1, working with Teton County to remove them one at a time.
Teton Valley sheriff blotter, the week of August 30–September 5. Three hundred six calls came in to the Teton County Sheriff's Office.
Teton Valley sheriff blotter, the week of August 23–29. Two hundred ninety-six calls came in to the Teton County Sheriff's Office.
DRIGGS — Teton Valley Health Care CEO Leianne Everett told Teton County commissioners Sept. 14 that she will leave the hospital at the end of the calendar year. In the same report, she put the hospital about $1 million ahead of budget through July and said its consultant found staying independent "a very viable option" if the hospital meets its priorities.
TETON PASS — The Wyoming Department of Transportation plans to bar recreational vehicles, vehicles towing trailers and vehicles over 10,000 pounds from Teton Pass this fall unless the driver holds a certificate earned by reviewing safety material online and vouching for their own ability to drive the grade.
Teton Valley sheriff blotter, the week of August 16–22. Two hundred fifty-nine calls came in to the Teton County Sheriff's Office.
Teton Valley sheriff blotter, the week of August 9–15. Three hundred eighty-five calls came in to the Teton County Sheriff's Office.
Teton Valley sheriff blotter, the week of August 2–8. Three hundred two calls came in to the Teton County Sheriff's Office.
Teton Valley sheriff blotter, the week of July 26–August 1. Two hundred ninety-seven calls came in to the Teton County Sheriff's Office.
Teton Valley sheriff blotter, the week of July 19–25. Two hundred thirty-eight calls came in to the Teton County Sheriff's Office.
DRIGGS — Twenty-eight minutes after the 911 call came in, the chief of Teton County Fire & Rescue keyed his radio to ask the dispatch center where the fire was.
DRIGGS — Commissioners from Teton County, Idaho and Teton County, Wyoming steered away from standing up a dedicated around-the-clock sheriff's office in Alta and toward an arrangement Wyoming already pays for, the fire and rescue contract that funds Idaho crews to answer calls on the Wyoming side of the Tetons.
DRIGGS — Mike Maltaverne still owes Mike Moyer for lunch. He drove over Teton Pass one day for his turn to buy, forgot his wallet, and the Jackson fire chief covered him at Nora's. "Probably still owe you," Maltaverne told him, in front of two counties' worth of elected officials.
Teton Valley sheriff blotter, the week of July 12–18. Three hundred sixty-three calls came in to the Teton County Sheriff's Office.
Teton Valley sheriff blotter, the week of July 5–11. Three hundred thirty-three calls came in to the Teton County Sheriff's Office.
Teton Valley sheriff blotter, the week of June 28–July 4. Four hundred eighty-three calls came in to the Teton County Sheriff's Office.
Teton Valley sheriff blotter, the week of June 21–27. Three hundred seventy-one calls came in to the Teton County Sheriff's Office. Most were patrol, traffic enforcement, and after-hours security checks.
DRIGGS — Teton County asked the Driggs City Council on July 7 to help pay for its Sheriff's Office, requesting $150,000 for two dispatcher positions, $5,000 toward a data dashboard, and, later, money toward more deputies.
WILSON — A fatal Teton Pass crash closed the road in both directions for most of Tuesday afternoon and evening, cutting Teton Valley's main route to Jackson. Two people died, and four were injured in a multi-vehicle collision near milepost 6.8 on the Wyoming side of the pass, before noon on July 7.
Teton Valley sheriff blotter, the week of June 14–20. Three hundred ninety-seven calls came in to the Teton County Sheriff's Office. Most were patrol, traffic enforcement, and after-hours security checks.
DRIGGS — Five weeks after Teton County commissioners agreed to stand up an advisory committee to rebuild the county's 911 dispatch arrangement with the fire district, they spent much of an hour on July 1 relitigating what the committee is, who belongs on it, and when it should meet. They pushed their first full meeting to early August.
Teton Valley sheriff blotter, the week of June 7–13. Three hundred forty-five calls came in to the Teton County Sheriff's Office. Most were patrol, traffic enforcement, and after-hours security checks.
Editor's note: The following Fourth of July fireworks safety advisory is from Teton County Fire & Rescue Chief Mike Maltaverne.
DRIGGS — Teton Valley Health Care handed Teton County a $164,750 check Monday that included a $94,749 share of the hospital's 2025 profit. But the recovery behind that payout still rests on a billing operation that isn't working yet, CEO Leianne Everett told county commissioners.
DRIGGS — Highway 33 between Driggs and Victor carried as many as 17,367 vehicles in a single day last summer, an Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) planner told Teton County commissioners June 22. The agency's highest-priority safety project on that stretch, turn lanes at the 6000 South intersection, was scheduled for 2031 and now has no construction money after the Legislature cut the department about $1 billion over seven years.
Teton Valley sheriff blotter, the week of May 31–June 6. Four hundred eighty calls came in to the Teton County Sheriff's Office, the busiest week logged this spring. Most were routine patrol, traffic enforcement, and after-hours security checks.
Teton Valley sheriff blotter, the week of May 24–30. Three hundred and sixty calls came in to the Teton County Sheriff's Office over the Memorial Day holiday week. Most were routine: 93 traffic stops, 65 after-hours security checks, 19 permitted burns. Just one was a DUI arrest.
Three hundred and ninety calls came in to the Teton County Sheriff's Office the week of May 17–23. Most were routine: 118 traffic stops, 46 after-hours security checks, 29 permitted burns. None were DUI arrests.
DRIGGS — Teton County Fire & Rescue Chief Mike Maltaverne asked county commissioners Wednesday to "amicably terminate" the 2024 dispatch services agreement between his district and the county and replace it with a multi-stakeholder advisory committee. Commissioners agreed at the table. The new committee will first draft a replacement agreement before the BOCC winds down the 2024 contract.
Three hundred and three calls came in to the Teton Valley sheriff's blotter this week. Someone set off a firework in a Driggs field on Friday morning, and the field caught fire. It burned a couple of acres before crews knocked it down. A separate unpermitted burn went up in Driggs the same afternoon. No arrest or citation followed either.
DRIGGS — Teton Valley Health Care CEO Leianne Everett told Teton County commissioners May 11 that the hospital is running ahead of budget six months into fiscal 2026, posting a $13,000 operating margin against a forecast loss of $478,000.
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK — A grizzly attack on the Mystic Falls Trail near Old Faithful injured two brothers on Monday, May 4, the National Park Service said. The agency airlifted both men to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls.
DRIGGS — Federal forecasters expect an above-normal fire season across southern Idaho this July. Snowpack across most of the West is at or near record lows after a record-warm mid-March. Spring snow and rain since have driven a fast green-up that's complicating the prescribed burns the Caribou-Targhee National Forest planned to run this spring.
Two hundred and eighty-one calls came in to the Teton Valley sheriff blotter this week. A white horse spent part of Tuesday evening weaving through Highway 33 traffic north of Victor while the sheriff's office worked its way through five possible owners, none of whom owned the horse. The animal left the highway on its own; its fate is unknown.
DRIGGS — A statewide petition drive to put reproductive rights on Idaho's November ballot enters its final 24 days, and Teton Valley volunteers are collecting signatures at four local businesses through the April 30 deadline.
Driggs, Idaho — March 23, 2026
TETONIA — A 35-year-old Rexburg man died Monday morning after his truck struck a dead elk on State Highway 33 and rolled off the road.
DRIGGS — Teton Valley Hospital has secured enough philanthropic support to keep its doors open while leadership evaluates the hospital's long-term future, according to a public FAQ the hospital posted on March 6.