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  • Look out for tax season scams and robocalls

    Kate Ready|Mar 7, 2024

    JACKSON — Amid the typical tax season stress, residents are also tasked with remaining vigilant when it comes to cybercrime. Don’t respond to emails or text messages about your refund, the Federal Trade Commission said. IRS impersonators want to dupe people into forking over sensitive information this tax season. Fake emails and text messages about “tax refunds” are being sent, the FTC said, with links the scammer is hoping residents will click on. The links may help the impersonator steal your identity or put malware on your phone or compute...

  • Rangers respond to climber fatality

    Kate Ready|Jul 13, 2023

    JACKSON — While Teton County saw no search and rescues over the Fourth of July holiday, one neighboring county reported four fatalities. Grand Teton National Park rangers on Tuesday responded to a death on Wolfs Head Mountain in Fremont County. Teton County Search and Rescue originally received the call to assist Fremont County in the rescue. That call was then sent to Grand Teton National Park, which flew three Jenny Lake rangers in a helicopter just before 11 a.m. Valerie Gohlke, public affairs officer for Grand Teton National Park, said F...