The “Idaho Mountain Express” will be a newspaper unlike any previously published in the Wood River Valley. Although the staff of the “Express” have all worked together elsewhere, all agree that there would be no point in mere repetition. The “Express” will follow a course of its own, and its staff will endeavor to publish a newspaper uniquely suited to the needs and interests of the people in the Wood River community.
One of these needs is to give people a chance to see themselves. Our community is different than most, and the people here know it. We have ranchers and ski bums in nearly equal numbers, with most of the occupational gradations in between also represented. People here seem more independent than our urban-dwelling cousins, and of course it takes independence to find happiness amidst the low wages and uncertain working conditions which often prevail.
All this makes for a dynamic community, one with more than its share of excitement and interest. The “Express” will aim to provide a reflection of this excitement and interest. It will be an unashamed booster of the good things which make living here different from living anywhere else.
Another major area of concern at the “Express” will be the quality of the environment, both in the Wood River Valley and throughout Idaho. The Thanksgiving season is a good time to give extra thought to this. We should be thankful that we have a natural environment which still offers extraordinary quality. We benefit from this in two ways: we have the sheer joy of living here, and we have the raw material for our recreation-based economy. The “Express” will take aggressive stands to protect these assets in the months and years to come.
In the best of times it is hard for the majority of our permanent residents to make their livings. Most accept this cheerfully, seeing it as the price they pay for the area’s other benefits. The “Express” will do what it can to oppose increases in the economic hardships which people of average resources must experience to live here. Many have a fatalistic belief that the Wood River Valley is doomed to become the exclusive playground of the rich. At the “Express” we do not share that belief, and we will search actively for ways to prevent that from happening.
Finally, we hope that the “Express” will be accepted by the community as a public forum. Those who work on newspapers get a chance forcefully to express their views. However, they know, or should know, that they are not infallible. The best function of a newspaper is to provide a rallying point for public debate. If ideas flow in from all directions, then there is some hope that the truth can be discovered among them.
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In the unlikely event that Donald Trump does the right thing, or have an intelligent thought, I am sure the IME will cover it.
However, based on his performance thus far, I am not going to hold my breath!
At least when Nixon was charged guilty, he resigned. If Tramp (No that is not a typo he is a tramp!) does the right thing and resigns, I would be willing to overlook the many, many crimes against the American people.
Of course, when he is found guilty and he is incarcerated, I will dance in the street!
And I hope the IME covers that!
Not likely, Jaminator737, since no one to date has provided any credible evidence of criminal activity by President Trump.
Besides, I heard you're an embarrassingly bad dancer.
Best election ever!
Jaminator 737: You will dance in the streets, not because Trump is guilty of anything, but only because you want him to be. You have some idiots on your side, such as Maxine Waters. Chuck Schumer, AOC, Nancy Pelosi, Adam Schiff, Jerry Nadler, etc. who have all pronounced him guilty from the day of the election. That is not justice! That is dance music to the real criminals.
JAKE JACOBY
We need to make Sun Valley Great again. Close the highway and airport and bring back the train.
fun idea !!
I DO look forward to the Wednesday and Friday editions of the IME. It is our local news, whether in paper or online. I cringe at the editorials and selected 'Other Views'; overly liberal and for the times, so far overboard on the anti-Trump slant. Good fodder for debate. Usually easy to discredit.
Agreed that IME should include other viewpoints in its op eds.
You can only beat a dead horse so many times....
And it makes a good fire starter when you are done with it. Just don’t take more than your one free copy.
IME has transform itself from an Express to an Excess machine. I liked the opinion recently that we should let developers/hotels set the zoning laws to suit themselves. Wow what a change.
Go home Sammy. [sleep]
Do you realize editorials are only
Published by the publisher??
IME does an excellent job of unbiased reporting IMO. Back up your “reporting” with some facts next time. Which articles are biased? Would love to see a list.
Much more efficient to list fair and unbiased reporting by the IMX.
List: 0 fair and unbiased reporting.
It's why IMX wins awards from their corrupt eastern partners who don't know where Idaho is. Blind as Democrats to the bias you deny! It's TRUMP mental derangement!
S.T. Mark Dee wrote one just recently involving subsidized school lunch programs and why the enrollment is down. Huge emphasis on the “theory” that Latinos are afraid to sign up when clearly the main reason is a good economy. The entire piece was slanted to bash immigration policies.
Living here for over 30yrs really makes me miss the good old days when we had two local papers, The Wood River Journal and the Express, it made us feel like you could get balanced reporting of local and national news that was unbiased. Fast forward to today and we have one paper, The Express. The Express has turned into a mouth piece for the extreme left socialist party on nearly every subject it reports on,very sad.
The IME does report on local fluff but never really goes in depth with it's reporting,again very sad. The only thing they really hammer in depth is the constant Socialist one sided editorials focused on the division of local residents,congratulations!
This paper will never be accepted by the community as a public forum due to the very nature of your obviously biased agenda, I'm just conveying what a lot of my co workers and business partners express nearly every time this paper hits the stand,save your negative comment people I'm just reporting.
“Extreme left socialist party”? America’s leftists are actually slightly right-of-center on the global political spectrum. The “extreme left” is communism and guillotines.
Yeah.. God forbid you care about the people in your community! Money will never love you back. Sad.
You are sad.
Why? Because I don't worship money? Ok.. 🤷🏽♀️
It’s “its”.
Go back to school.
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