Sublette County

One of the hardest endurance adventure races in the lower 48 is right here in Wyoming, in the Wind River Mountains. Due to an extreme winter storm, this year was the hardest version of the race to date.

Sublette County commissioners recently voted against expanding the acreage for a planned luxury resort in Bondurant, a largely untouched area in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. The decision comes after years of controversy.

The Upper Green River Basin has been under an air quality alert for the last couple of days. This comes after 15 years of air quality issues for the area.The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) issued an ‘Ozone Action Day’ on Tuesday, March 7, for Sublette County, which means the air quality could be harmful for the elderly, children and those with pre-existing respiratory conditions.

Sublette County is the only county in the state without a hospital but the community is trying to change that. Back in November of 2020, voters approved the formation of the Sublette County Hospital District by a 60 percent margin. This granted the district the ability to levy a property tax to build a hospital and long-term care facility. Since then, the Sublette County Health Foundation has been trying to secure funding. Wyoming Public Radio’s Kamila Kudelska spoke to Kari Dewitt, Sublette County Hospital District public relations director and the Sublette County Health Foundation director, on the challenges and need for this new hospital.

Sublette County’s Tip Top Search and Rescue hosted a public avalanche awareness class. John Kochever, a senior search and rescue member, led the class. As Kochever talked to the group, the sound of snowmobilers revving their engines echoed around. The class is being held at a popular trailhead in the area for backcountry users.

People living in Wyoming are very familiar with mosquitoes. In fact, there are 45 species in the state. To keep them away, people use personal bug spray, citronella candles, head nets, etc.

The search and rescue agency in Sublette County has had a busy July so far; however, it was a slow start to the season due to the long, cold spring weather.Tip Top Search and Rescue is a volunteer team that rescues people who are hurt or missing in Sublette County, often deep in the mountains, that other emergency services do not have the capability to help.

Sublette County received federal money to move forward with construction of a hospital later this summer. It is the last county in the state to not have a hospital.

In Pinedale, affordable housing is becoming a rarity, and town officials are exploring what they can do to curb skyrocketing real estate prices.

The Pedigree Stage Stop sled dog race kicked-off in Jackson Friday, Jan. 28, and 23 of the mushers were in Sublette County as of Monday – racing the fourth leg of the race in white-out, single-digit conditions.