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I’m the Town and Health Reporter at the Jackson Hole News&Guide in Jackson, Wyoming. I write about a slew of things, from locals turning to ketamine to treat severe depression to how social media is changing the way people use our public lands. In general, I cover health issues and the changing pressures facing people in Teton County.

I was the Editor in Chief of my college newspaper, The Tufts Daily, during the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. I graduated from MIT’s Graduate Program in Science Writing and have interned at Science News, Chemical & Engineering News, Science Magazine and The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.

I was raised in Palo Alto, California, and am fluent in Spanish. When I’m not on deadline, I’m usually snowboarding, climbing, mountain biking, hiking or otherwise playing outside in Jackson Hole.

You can reach me at alexv@jhnewsandguide.com.

Featured Clips

Teton babies get measles shots early as outbreak looms

Jackson Hole News&Guide (July 22, 2026)

With outbreak of measles in Teton area, parents take extra vaccination precautions.

At Delta Lake, AI mogging TikTok

Jackson Hole News&Guide (June 3, 2026)

Modern visitors are finding the ancient, Instagram-famous alpine lake in new, digital ways.

Jackson Hole’s teen girls tear ACLs more often

Jackson Hole News&Guide (April 22, 2026)

Skeleton structure and lack of early exposure to strength training may play role.

Lithuanian barflies obsess over yellow cars, America — and a Jackson Hole livestream

Jackson Hole News&Guide (December 17, 2025)

Webcam delivers eastern Europeans free drinks, and the Tetons a dose of virtual tourism.

The severely depressed are desperate. For some in Teton County, ketamine is the answer

Jackson Hole News&Guide (November 5, 2025)

Though one provider backed off, others are at capacity providing psychedelic therapy.

First Place: Mental Health News, Society of Professional Journalists 2026 Top of The Rockies Excellence in Journalism Awards.

Dancing with the banda at the Teton County feria

Jackson Hole News&Guide (July 30, 2025)

For Jackson Hole Latinos, Teton County Fair is a community treasure.

First Place: News-Feature Story, Wyoming Press Association Pacemaker Contest

Two cities stopped adding fluoride to water. Science reveals what happened

Science News (April 28, 2025)

Calgary, Canada, and Juneau, Alaska, show how ending fluoridation can affect health

Jackson Hole tracks viruses from the toilet

Jackson Hole News&Guide (July 2, 2025)

Human waste analysis gives local doctors a better idea of how sick — or healthy — the population is.

Fired federal workers share the crucial jobs no longer being done

Science News (February 24, 2025)

Six people describe what they were doing to benefit public health, safety and the environment

Pain meets precision medicine

Chemical & Engineering News (January 29, 2025)

Targeting voltage-gated sodium channels could usher in new opioid-free solutions for pain relief

What’s going to happen?’ Tufts scientists race to stay ahead of H5N1 as officials announce third human US case this year

The Boston Globe (June 2, 2024)

It’s still an open question, experts say, what will happen as the bird flu virus continues to spread.