The COVID-19 surge in Idaho will likely worsen in coming weeks and put added stress on healt… Read more
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The South Central Public Health District raised Blaine County’s COVID-19 risk level from “high” to “critical” on Thursday based on surging test-positivity rates and case counts in the two-week period of Dec. 26 to Jan. 8. Read more
The city of Ketchum has commenced a broad analysis of how it manages applications for hotels… Read more
A pattern of intense snowfall from mid-December through last Friday has brought Blaine Count… Read more
The Friedman Memorial Airport Authority Board marked the airport's first concrete steps towa… Read more
The Ketchum Planning and Zoning Commission gave a preliminary nod of approval Tuesday to a n… Read more
Blaine County Prosecuting Attorney Matthew Fredback will not bring any criminal charges agai… Read more
Last week, stand-up comedian Eddie Ifft was stuck at home with COVID. He called me between naps and binging the “Karate Kid” spin-off “Cobra Kai” on Netflix. Read more
The Wood River Valley was a quieter place than it is now when Mary Clare Griffin showed up in 1991 with a master’s degree in creative writing from San Francisco State University, a budding career as a chef and the need to find meaning and redemption in the written word. Read more
A herd of elk waded through deep snow into a paddock at the Sun Valley Stables on Saturday, … Read more
It's always a little suspect when too much is made of a big action movie being "female-front… Read more
Botulism is a rare disease that causes generalized weakness involving many of the nerves tha… Read more
The matchup between the Sun Valley Suns Senior A Elite hockey team and the Wilmington Wheels has been years in the making, and this coming weekend, local hockey fans will be delighted to know the Wheels of Delaware are coming to Campion Ice House, with games Friday and Saturday night at 7 p.m. Read more
In our last Avalanche Report, Ben talked about our third multi-day storm cycle of the winter… Read more
One of the biggest local Nordic events in recent memory hits Lake Creek Nordic Center north … Read more
The Dietrich community came together to help Dietrich High School football and girls basketb… Read more
A homeowner’s roof leaked for years. It was a game of patch and leak, leak and patch, until the financial picture improved and enough money piled up to repair the entire roof. Read more
Without the indoor mask orders in Blaine County, Sun Valley, Ketchum and Hailey, the spread of COVID-19 in our winter recreation paradise could have been far worse. Read more
The current Chicago Public Schools mess is a perfect microcosm of this country’s increasingly boneheaded handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Read more
In the upcoming session, it’s imperative we address the vast infrastructure needs facing our state, which continues to grow at an unprecedented rate. Idaho’s nearly $2 billion budget surplus a… Read more
The Idaho Supreme Court should ensure one person, one vote Read more
To be an effective recycler, it is arguably more important to know what cannot be recycled than what can be. “Wish-cycling” might feel better than sending things to the landfill, but it causes… Read more
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