The state’s further right is pushing for deep spending cuts, book bans, abortion policy, election reform, property tax reductions and dramatic changes to funding public schools. Better Wyoming is organizing opposition. 

Executive Director Nate Martin joins co-host Pete Muldoon on KHOL's public affairs show to break down what’s ahead in Wyoming’s 2026 budget session and how broader political fights are taking shape.

A debut Olympian in a debut Olympic sport. A reigning world champ’s shot at athletic revenge. A third and fourth chance at an elusive gold. 

These are just some of the narratives that Jackson Hole News&Guide Sports Editor Kyle Leverone (and Wyoming and the United States) will watch starting on Feb. 6. 

Co-host Frederick Reimers sits down with Leverone to talk about what he’s looking for and how he’s scoping the region’s chances. 

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Christine Walker remembers Jackson Hole in the ‘90s. It was hard to find full-time, year-round work. Housing was a huge stretch. Especially for those earning their income locally. 

Today, Jackson Hole’s economy is more advanced. Year-round jobs are plentiful. But, Walker tells co-host Pete Muldoon, finding a free-market home for local earners has gone from hard to “downright impossible.” 

Having experience with affordable housing policy in towns from Aspen, Colorado, to Bozeman, Montana, the strategist thinks it's time Jackson Hole takes a holistic look at its housing goals for the decades to come. That means drilling down on housing demand from the source: commercial development.

It’s only 3.6 miles. But the chunk of pathway in the news right now is the most technically challenging and expensive stretch Teton County has planned to date. 

Brian Schilling is Teton County’s pathway coordinator. Dave Bergart is a former Victor, Idaho town councilor and a pathways enthusiast. The close friends are now part of an effort fundraising for a piece federal dollars aren’t covering. The aim is to extend the existing pathway from the Trail Creek campground to Coal Creek.

Schilling and Bergart talk with co-host Frederick Reimers about why they say this stretch is the linchpin of a bigger vision: the nearly complete 180-mile Greater Yellowstone Trail. 

Our theme music is from Teton Music School student composer Jamison Aughenbaugh with guidance from instructor Joe Rudd.

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From a conversation in the belly of Pinky G’s Pizzeria to packed audiences across town, the Cabin Fever Story Slam has become a Jackson Hole institution. 

That’s thanks to the careful work of Leah Shlachter, the Teton County Library’s Adult Program Coordinator, and emcee Jeff Moran. Even approaching 70 events, it can still be nerve wracking to the hosts and regulars (that’s the excuse from co-host Frederick Reimers for his on-stage absenteeism). But regardless of experience, the pair encourages Jacksonites to find their voice and walk the tightrope. 

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From a simple Kickstarter to coverage in Vogue, Emily Byrne’s last three-ish years have been more of a sudden leap than a gentle rise. Byrne is the founder of Rise Centered, which makes boutique sunrise alarm clocks that brighten gradually for a better awakening 

Co-host Frederick Reimers talks with Byrne and Silicon Couloir Executive Director Rob Kellogg about the petri dish of ideas cultivated at the annual Pitch Day and about what it takes to run the day-to-day of a Jackson-based startup. 

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In 2009, Dr. Travis Riddell started practicing pediatrics in Jackson similarly to many of his peers: both in a private office and as a member of St. John’s Health. He closed the shop in 2025. The old-school model was no longer sustainable. It’s part of a trend he sees locally and nationally, where the share of physicians practicing independently has steadily declined over the past decade, according to the American Medical Association. 

With rising costs of insurance premiums on the horizon, Congress slashing Medicaid support and St. John’s Health looking to prevent acquisition, community health is facing more major challenges. 

That means it's time for a serious community conversation, said Riddell, now the leader of the county’s health department. 

He sits down with State of Jackson co-host Pete Muldoon to talk about health access: both the barriers and what services in Teton County are available to help. 

Referenced in this episode:

Premium tax credit costs estimates memo, Congressional Budget Office, 2025. 

“Why VIP Services are Ethically Indispensable in Health Care," AMA Journal of Ethics, 2023.

“Hospitals Cash In on a Private Equity-Backed Trend: Concierge Physician Care,” KFF Health News, 2024. 

Using AI to write a hard email to a boss. Watching television while clicking “share” on a social media post about shriveling attention spans. Downstairs, kids shovel in food after back-to-back sports practices and open a chatbot for essay help. 

What have we lost in this world? Is it our fault? How do we make sure our thoughts are our own? 

Téa Obreht and Matt Daly have front-row seats for the battle of writing in the age of autogeneration. 

The Jackson Hole-based writers sit down with co-host Frederick Reimers to talk fear and hope on reading, writing and vulnerability in a new era. 

Teton County’s Search and Rescue team is soon hosting the world’s best rescuers and the world’s best rescue technology. 

Tim Ciocarlan is a founding member of TCSAR. Cody Lockhart is the organization’s chief advisor. The pair talks with co-host Frederick Reimers about how the team has kept up with surging rescues in the Tetons while remaining volunteer-based. 

They discuss how technology has changed the rescue industry for the better and for the more complicated. 

There’s no official trail to Delta Lake in Grand Teton National Park. But on any summer day in the last five years, its 500-some daily visitors would signal otherwise. 

Many are what Christian Beckwith described as the “nontraditional” park visitor. 

“We're talking flip flops and bikinis and boom boxes,” he said. “In my mind, this is the most incredible opportunity the park has probably ever had.”

He talks with co-host Frederick Reimers about the balance of wilderness and access in one of the world's most Instagrammable spots.