In 1907, some 500 members of the Mixed Band of Shoshone, Bannock and Sheepeater Indians were forced to march more than 200 miles from their homes near Salmon, Idaho, to the Fort Hall Shoshone-Bannock Reservation near Pocatello. Some died along the way. Read more
The Blaine County school board on Tuesday opted to leave the Community Campus—other than for… Read more
The Blaine County School District board of trustees tried out a new process for taking publi… Read more
The Blaine County commissioners are backing a plan to curb drunk driving, taking the first s… Read more
Thriftiness will be key in Ketchum’s 2020 fiscal year, all four City Council members agreed … Read more
Cooler weather and a little moisture didn’t stop high school soccer players from picking up their intensity on the pitch over the last week. The Wood River High School girls’ varsity soccer team dominated the second half of Wednesday’s Great Basin Conference home game against the Pocatello Indians in Hailey. Here, Wolverine senior Ella Guy, right, pounds a shot defended by Pocatello senior… Read more
It’s been some time since the Wood River High School varsity volleyball team knocked off the Twin Falls Bruins in a regular-season match, but it nearly happened Thursday night during a hard-fought battle in Hailey. Read more
Local prep soccer teams stepped up the intensity in conference action this week, as the… Read more
Reigning USA Cycling Mountain Bike national women’s 19-29 enduro champion Kaia Jensen, … Read more
On a rainy Sunday, Carson Mooney defeated Mike Taylor 5&4 to win the 11-player Vall… Read more
Ketchum’s Dave Harrison raced in the first mountain bike world championships in 1990 at… Read more
Idled coal and uranium mines could show the way for the United States to regulate the unintended consequences of sustainable-energy technologies. Getting there will depend on finding the patience to understand the problems and the political will to fix them. Read more
On Wednesday, the Ketchum City Council approved a budget with cuts to funding for marketing. Discussion around the cuts revealed that the mayor and some City Council members are banking on Sun Valley Resort’s new affiliation with the EPIC ski pass to grow winter business instead. Read more
The Ketchum Planning and Zoning Commission has passed the proposed 100-unit Marriott Hotel slated for the gateway site on the west side of Highway 75 at the entrance to Ketchum. This was despite the many community objections to waivers for height, density, number of stories and setbacks. Nor… Read more
In politics, story-telling is a way of life. One side spins the facts and omits the negatives, hoping to persuade the voter to do their bidding. This is the case for Medicaid expansion here in Idaho. Read more
We are standing up for fundamental American principles of fairness and justice in support of our immigrant and refugee friends, neighbors and co-workers. The United States is a nation of immig… Read more
Ask any politician in the state what issue matters most to them and they will tell you education. It’s in all of their speeches, on all of their websites, on all of the literature they stick i… Read more
We are privileged to have what is certainly one of the classiest music events held anywhere! The name Sun Valley Summer Symphony appropriately described that event. Unfortunately, the name has… Read more
A mural titled “Idaho Blue” has been completed by local artist Molly Snee for display in the Sun Valley Visitor Center, in downtown Ketchum. Snee’s work spans 25 feet and features familiar valley sights: a mountain bluebird, aspen trees and a bright night sky. Read more
As the sun sets earlier and moods change, some people with depression and other mental illne… Read more
In 1878, Californian Sen. Aaron A. Sargent first introduced a bill to the Senate to secure t… Read more
Fiddler on the Roof,” one of the most beloved Broadway musicals of all time, is sauntering, … Read more
Ray Freeman, 70, a resident of Fairfield, passed away Sunday, Sept. 8, 2… Read more
Marvin G. Balis, 92, died Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019, in Pocatello. Arrange… Read more
Jeanne P. (Haight) See, 89, of Boise, passed away Sept. 9, 2019. Service… Read more
Del Lee Oveson, 45, of the Sawtooth Valley, Idaho, returned home unexpec… Read more
Massive ore wagons rolling down Main Street, cowboy poets and roaming musicians fi…
Brien and Norma Wygle lost four daughters to Sun Valley.
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