As COVID-19 continues to impact people in Blaine County and across the United States, health… Read more
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The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warming for southeastern Idaho, in effect from 6 p.m. Thursday to 10 p.m. Friday. The alert area covers the Sawtooth and Stanley Basin and the Sun Valley Region, including Ketchum, Sun Valley and Stanley. Read more
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare reported 423 new confirmed and probable cases of … Read more
Medicaid expansion, the COVID-19 pandemic and education standards are among District 26 lawm… Read more
The Hailey City Council introduced and passed the first reading of a franchise ordinance Mon… Read more
Following few public comments and a unanimous vote, Bellevue’s City Council passed the city’… Read more
After considering substantial changes to recycling services, Ketchum is opting to keep thing… Read more
With nearly 100 nominations between them, residents of the Wood River Valley overwhelmingly backed three finalists for the 2021 honor of “Woman of the Year”: Executive Director of the Crisis Hotline and Bellevue Alderman Tammy Davis; Dr. Deb Robertson, emergency department physician at St. Luke’s Wood River Medical Center; and nonprofit leader Penny Weiss. Read more
Young hockey player Locke Vanbragt of Ketchum made the most of Christina Potters ice rink’s … Read more
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The Locally Grown Food Guide’s Meet Your Farmer spring webinar series begins Wednesday, Feb.… Read more
Christina Potters Rink, the annual temporary skating rink made atop a flooded soccer field i… Read more
It wasn’t the win they were looking for, but the Carey High School girls’ basketball team still brought home hardware. Read more
Getting double-digit scoring from five players in a well-rounded team effort, the Carey High… Read more
With a field of 150 skiers and riders, Rotarun Ski Area in Hailey hosted the 51st Arkoosh Cu… Read more
It was a short, not-so-sweet season for the Sun Valley Community School boys’ basketball tea… Read more
This year’s Sturtevants Standhope Ultra Challenge is set to sell out before summer even arrives. Read more
On July 2, 1961, at his house in Ketchum, Ernest Hemingway ended his life. Likely the last thing he ever saw was the sublime Idaho wilderness he loved so much. Read more
Wood River High School seniors Britta Heaphy and Sydney Herold alongside juniors Dakota Bart… Read more
The all-Idaho film “Making Sense” was set to premiere at the 2020 Sun Valley Film Festival, … Read more
Rick Kessler, owner and founder of Magic Lantern Cinemas in Ketchum, is fulfilling a dream t… Read more
As a professional educator who spent 13 years teaching in a high-poverty elementary school, I have seen firsthand the important role public education can play in creating opportunities for our children. I have also seen how difficult it can be for educators and schools to meet this pressing … Read more
Congressman Simpson’s $33 billion proposal to breach the four lower dams on the Snake River is quite a read. My review of this unique and costly plan raised more questions than were answered b… Read more
The freedom of Idaho citizens is being threatened. Our common voice and rights—guaranteed by Idaho’s Constitution—are being jeopardized. How? State Sen. Steve Vick is sponsoring a bill that wo… Read more
In this pandemic that is in an escalating stage why aren’t the valley enforcement agencies working with the businesses that cater to tourists and enforcing the mask mandates? The locals are tr… Read more
We are writing to voice our vehement opposition to wolf trapping in Blaine County (or anywhere else). Killing wolves is bad for wildlife, communities and economies. Read more
Brenda Kay Burns, 61, died of natural causes on Jan. 23, 2021, at her ho… Read more
Tim Daley was born to Robert and Ona Daley in Jerome, Idaho, on April 29… Read more
Inge-Lise Eckmann Lane, 70, a nationally respected conservator of modern… Read more
Jean peacefully passed away in her sleep of natural causes at her home i… Read more
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