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The first week of Idaho’s 2021 legislative session brought a flurry of bills and resolutions… Read more
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare reported 1,112 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 statewide today, raising the total to 154,470. Of those, health officials continue to monitor an estimated 82,704 active cases. Read more
A judge this week struck down a Ketchum lawmaker’s request to require COVID-related accommod… Read more
On Wednesday, the National Weather Service issued a backcountry avalanche warning after Tues… Read more
The city of Ketchum is one step closer to enacting a plan to protect some historical and cul… Read more
Plans for a three-story, mixed-use housing and commercial building in Ketchum proposed by de… Read more
A bull elk that nearly drowned in the Big Wood River last fall after getting his antlers wra… Read more
Jenna Vagias was raised in the Boston suburbs and worked as a coach and teacher at private schools on the East Coast before setting her sights on a career in outdoor recreation. These days she is the director of recreation for the Blaine County Recreation District, navigating the vagaries of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more
A round of funding in December by the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund for Idaho brought … Read more
Brittany Shipley was recently appointed to fill the role of executive director for the Natio… Read more
Sun Valley City Planning & Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing on Thursday, Jan… Read more
The Carey High School boys’ basketball team was firing on all cylinders Tuesday night, coming away with a dominating performance over the visiting Hansen Huskies to open the Idaho High School Activities Association 1A Division 2 Sawtooth Conference play. Read more
The Carey High School girls’ basketball team was back in action Tuesday night, hosting the v… Read more
Colorado’s Mikaela Shiffrin, 25, marched back into the Audi FIS World Cup slalom conversatio… Read more
The Wood River High School girls’ basketball team had a tough go on the road at Twin Falls H… Read more
The Wood River High School wrestling team will take to the mats for the first time this seas… Read more
The Hailey City Council unanimously approved a joint application from the city and Chamber of Commerce for Hailey’s first ever “Snow Art” outdoor ice-carving festival, to be held outside City Hall in February. Read more
The Sun Valley Museum of Art kicked off its first Big Idea project of the year last week. Fo… Read more
The Sun Valley Museum of Art is putting women’s suffrage in focus with its new Big Idea proj… Read more
The annual Homegrown Film Festival benefiting the Sawtooth Avalanche Center is back in 2021,… Read more
Weeds of criminal conspiracy, anarchy and despotism cannot grow in inhospitable ground. Like all weeds, they seek out fertile soil to find the nutrients they need. Read more
All of us will have to resist marching toward tyranny if America’s political culture is ever to return to its democratic norm. Read more
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Happy New Year! Like educators and families throughout Idaho, I’m looking forward to this new year with the hope that we will be able to get back to school under more normal conditions. Read more
Parents and educators hear a lot about how important it is for our young students to be able to read at an early age. Studies show that children still struggling to read by the end of the thir… Read more
As of Jan. 4, over 4.5 million people have been vaccinated in the U.S. with either the Moderna or Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine (source: ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations). When million… Read more
On January 21st at 2pm the Sun Valley City Council will be holding a public hearing on a proposed rezone of the open hillside across from Dollar Mountain, aka Prospector Hill. While the city i… Read more
Donna-Rose Waller Rainey of Washington, Utah, 91, died Jan. 7 from condi… Read more
Craig Campbell, 62, of Hailey, died Jan. 2, 2021, after a year of termin… Read more
home since the 1960s, your path would have met up with Ron Vernia. With … Read more
The amazing Lois Allison (lovingly know as Gaga to friends and family), … Read more
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