With no “crop insurance,” snow farming is a risky and precarious business. It depends entirely on the weather and nature’s ability to deliver … Read more
The United States federal budget totals more than $6 trillion a year. It is high time more of that money benefits women and children, families… Read more
Affordable housing is the number one problem in the Wood River Valley, but some things we can’t change. It’s a highly desirable place to live … Read more
The need for housing that is affordable for local residents has a long history in the Wood River Valley. The pandemic and subsequent demograph… Read more
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There are two school board seats up for election on Nov. 2. Early voting started on Monday at the Blaine County Courthouse and runs Monday thr… Read more
Over the last 20 years I have been fortunate enough to work for some great mayors in the Wood River Valley. My name is Robin Crotty, and I was… Read more
Public education is one of the most important aspects of a healthy country. Blaine County schools have been excellent for many years. In the l… Read more
Wolf bounty system ... I was hoping your Oct. 13 article regarding wolf bounties was an April Fool’s joke until I remembered we live in Idaho,… Read more
It’s election time in Idaho towns. Read more
I recently spent a week with my antifa platoon, passing out copies of U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s new book—“Nefariously Converting Am… Read more
Idaho’s Republican Party has backed itself into a corner. One well-known party moderate now wants Democrats to save it from itself. Read more
What can overcome the hand-to-hand combat typical of Washington these days? Or, the danger to children and to a civil society that is Facebook… Read more
Facebook has become the latest company that everyone loves to hate, and internal documents stolen by an employee have become an opening to bla… Read more
When will the Ketchum City Council require the developer of Bluebird provide the financials of the project? To date, the developer has refused… Read more
As some of you may already know, my dad, Dan Turner (aka Pop Pops to my boys), is running for Trustee of the Blaine County School District. If… Read more
After years of talk-talk under prior administrations, Ketchum Mayor Neil Bradshaw is actually getting things done. A new fire station, a new c… Read more
We’ll keep this short and sweet, just like Courtney. We are going to vote for Courtney Hamilton for Ketchum City Council, and we urge you to also. Read more
With Idaho health care facilities straining under the weight of COVID cases, it’s tempting to say that a vaccine mandate is a necessity. The p… Read more
Gretel Ehrlich is a skilled writer, but she is wrong to suggest that “grazing animals benefits the world, or that grazing can reinvigorate and… Read more
Janice McGeachin isn’t exactly a household name in the state, but the Lt. Governor’s cheap stunt this week showed that she is desperate to rai… Read more
I’ve been asked that question often since leaving the Capitol in May.
Two City Council seats are up for grabs in both Ketchum and Hailey. A four-way race for mayor of Ketchum is heating up.
The epidemic of the unvaccinated is exhausting health workers, slowing economic recovery and killing people. Mandates can end it.
Last week, my husband and I received a tax refund from the state of Idaho. Apparently, the Idaho Legislature cannot think of anything to do with the money. Perhaps they need some suggestions. How about a few dollars for preschool education? The long-term return on such investment is about $7…
Express Staff Writer Greg Foley wrote an excellent article on establishing a real estate transfer fee. This small fee would be paid by the buyers of purchased property in the Wood River Valley. Those fees would be used for helping to fund community housing projects.
I have a simple solution to the vaccine dilemma. No vaccine, no problem. But choices have consequences. Keep half of the ICU units available only for those who have been vaccinated. And most importantly, if you choose not to be vaccinated, fine, but you pay for your hospital stay and all oth…
Americans are deeply divided on COVID-19 and the response to it. Public health has turned political, there’s no doubt about it.
The standoff over whether Congress will raise the nation’s debt ceiling is a stupid and dangerous game.
President Biden’s first speech as Commander in Chief to the U.N. General Assembly on last week was full of the high-minded internationalist sentiment that defines his rhetoric. If only those words reflected the reality of the world he and America will have to navigate over the next four years.
Idaho taxpayers recently got income tax refunds in the mail. Yet, Idaho schools are still the most poorly funded in the nation.
The Big Lie isn’t working out so well for former President Donald Trump. That isn’t stopping those who expect to benefit from sowing doubt about the integrity of American elections.
Idaho’s redistricting efforts are underway. The bipartisan Idaho Commission for Reapportionment has drawn and publicized draft maps for new Federal Congressional Districts and State Legislative Districts. Every 10 years, each state undertakes this process to account for population growth and…
Bellevue Historical Museum would like to thank the city of Bellevue for having Jason and his crew rebuild both the front and back porches on the little cabin on the museum site. They did an excellent job of restoration so that the porches look original to the structure. We also want to thank…
On Monday, Sept. 13, President Biden visited Boise to talk with wildfire crews and offer federal support to the current wildfire crisis happening throughout the West. Several legislators had the opportunity to meet President Biden and share our concerns and need for support out here in the W…
Since the reinstitution of mask mandates throughout the valley, some businesses’ employees have been turning a blind eye to free breathers (and thinkers) like me. I’d like to heartily thank them for being the kind of people who wouldn’t have turned Anne Frank in.
Idaho Power is proposing to study the value of privately owned rooftop solar power generation. It should include the benefit of reducing dependence on long-distance power lines and on energy production by fossil fuel sources.
The anti-vaxers are holding the nation hostage. They are knowingly endangering innocent lives, especially those of our health care workers. They are negatively impacting the economy and livelihoods.
In reading the recent letters concerning confusion about needing the vaccine and the mask, they have inspired me to make a suggestion to the CDC and the FDA.
A letter to the editor recently said “Someone please explain…why the heck would Sun Valley mandate that I wear a mask and submit to all other restrictions?” I write this explanation as a 75-year-old man who is fully vaccinated. Here’s why I wear a mask and follow all other restrictions.
After decades of putting aside the issue of middle-income and workforce housing, elected officials in every town in the Wood River Valley are finally acknowledging the elephant that has been in the room for decades.
Now listen, I’m just a mild-mannered Midwestern newspaper columnist, but after watching what happened in the California gubernatorial recall election, my manners are feeling less than mild.
Since my family moved to Hailey in 2012, the value of homes in our neighborhood has quadrupled. The change was shocking to me, but it is all too familiar to many people who live here year-round. This past summer, I got to return to my hometown after my first year of medical school to complet…
What is it that attracts people to Ketchum and Sun Valley, or to the rest of the Wood River Valley? Is it towering hotels and buildings of empty condominiums that see a week of activity in summer and another in winter? Is it gleaming Teslas and Range Rovers crowding city parking? Is it milli…
Ideological hard-lines, social media run amok and a deadly worldwide virus epidemic have left tempers short and the restraining effects of good manners frayed. Walking away or noncommittal mumbling seem the wisest responses to vitriolic hate speech. However, the citizens of Whitefish, Montan…
The newspapers and local TV news keep publishing a design for the Hailey town gathering place which is simply a hole in the ground with an AstroTurf bottom. This concept is wholly inappropriate and an embarrassment to the city. The design for the city’s centerpiece needs further input from t…
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