President Donald Trump and his bad-at-everything, bewilderingly bonkers bandwagon of “rigged election!” liars are going to get somebody killed… Read more

The snow starts to fall, the mountain opens and the holiday season is upon us, and unfortunately, so is the virus. As doctors prepared to take… Read more

Sawtooth Search and Rescue has deep concerns about the proposed lease to AT&T of a two-acre parcel of state endowment land near the Sawtoo… Read more

How many of you have stood in awe at the view of the Sawtooth Mountains from Stanley or as you made your way to Redfish Lake? How many generat… Read more

The current situation with COVID-19 in Idaho has me very worried. In the past four weeks at St. Luke’s Health System, we’ve gone from a challe… Read more

Dear Valued Pass holders, Guests, and Sun Valley Community, Read more

The Mountain Express characterized the Idaho Conservation League’s challenge to a proposed cell tower on state land in the Sawtooth Valley as … Read more

A lot has changed since March. The coronavirus pandemic has impacted our lives and complicated our ability to do everyday things, like visitin… Read more

Donald Trump is doing an excellent job creating a fantasy world—let’s call it “the MAGA-verse”—in which he won the 2020 presidential election. Read more

The key question this holiday gift-giving season is simple: What do you get for the person who only wants this godforsaken year to end? Read more

The key question this holiday gift-giving season is simple: What do you get for the person who only wants this godforsaken year to end? Read more

Gov. Brad Little last week moved the state back to Stage 3 of the state’s reopening plan, a nod to the state’s growing coronavirus crisis that… Read more

For over 26 years, the Wood River Land Trust has worked to protect, restore and enhance the treasured open spaces of our valley. That effort h… Read more

The Wood River Land Trust usually does good things, preserving natural spaces for beauty and human enjoyment. But it has gone “around the bend… Read more

Idahoans want to get back to normal. Our loved ones, our businesses, and our way of life have suffered, and we’re all ready to move on. Most i… Read more

We have different types of alarms in our life in order to be prepared and to remind us of things that are important. Some alarms we can hit sn… Read more

Without a doubt this summer was better than it could have been for business in the Wood River Valley. As the COVID-19 pandemic exploded in Bla… Read more

“Courage, awe, respect, precision, patience”: These were the virtues that Hemingway honored in the hunter. From his perspective, hunting was a… Read more

For about two minutes during Wednesday night’s vice-presidential debate, a large, black fly planted itself on Vice President Mike Pence’s white hair. Read more

That the scene has become familiar makes it no less wrenching: A distraught couple searches through the ash, char, and melted metal of what wa… Read more

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on Sept. 18 at the age of 87, will forever have two legacies. Read more

Like most Americans who have not spent the past decade broiling their brains in Fox News and right-wing radio, I watched President Donald Trump’s noisily toxic performance in Tuesday’s presidential debate and wondered: Which gods have I angered, and how might I appease them?

In March, we learned how quickly COVID-19 can spread in our community. As we discovered more about this coronavirus, we worked to develop a better picture of its prevalence in our community. This understanding has been pivotal in developing strategies for protection, mitigation and suppressi…

The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus reached 200,000 Tuesday.

With large fires still raging around the West, we can all feel empathy for those who lost their homes and even entire communities, as well as all of us suffering from the smoke.

As President Donald Trump continues to recklessly paint mail-in ballots as nefarious liberal creations, as he tweets and squawks nonsensically about a “rigged election,” there is silence from Republican lawmakers.

Our community’s demographics have changed significantly in the past two decades. The Blaine County School District now has 43 percent Hispanic students and is on track to have a majority Hispanic enrollment in a few years. These students and their families bring rich and healthy diversity to…

Great news, fellow Americans. Our tax dollars may now be used to help defend President Donald Trump in a defamation lawsuit brought by a woman who claims Trump raped her!

Idaho legislators missed an opportunity during last week’s special session to make it easier to vote during the coronavirus pandemic. Voting in the November election likely will be more difficult for those who want to vote in person on Nov. 3. 

Newly obtained records from Idaho Department of Fish and Game reveal that between January and September 2020, recreational wolf hunters and trappers, Fish and Game and the federal Wildlife Services killed 35 wolf pups and juveniles in Idaho, some weighing as little as 16 pounds, and likely o…

Jacob Blake didn’t kill anyone. He was shot seven times in the back by a police officer.

A pair of controversial bills sponsored by local lawmakers have failed in utterly predictable—and repeatedly predicted—fashion.

Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump’s former chief strategist, has always looked and sounded to me like someone who should be arrested for fleecing rubes.

Blaine County public school children will return to school on September 8th under a plan that has them in class two days a week, while learning from home the other three days. Local families join others across the nation feeling anxious and overwhelmed, with few good options for their kids o…

Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s decision to choose Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate leaves President Donald “Scared” Trump with little choice—he needs to dump Vice President Mike Pence.

The angst many educators and parents have surrounding whether students should return to the classroom or learn on-line is not surprising given the news we receive every day about the coronavirus’ spread in our state. In fact, the same debate is raging across the country.

As President Donald Trump and his cavalcade of Republican lemming impersonators work overtime to keep America No. 1 in coronavirus cases and pandemic ineptitude, the rest of the world is taking notice, with many shaking their heads and saying, “Wow, that country has really let itself go.”

2020 is an unprecedented year. Although residents of South-Central Idaho continue to face hardships that defy imagination, our communities have proven their resolve through a heroic commitment to stand together in this time of need. 2020 will surely be seen as a major historical juncture for…

In Idaho, our rich ranching heritage has existed for generations. Ranching has been a part of what has created our unique Western culture while providing a backbone for rural economies in our state. Ranching has managed to coexist in harmony with recreation for over 100 years without disrupt…

I’m black, and for years I’ve been saying that if you peel back a layer or two of anything, you find racism. People usually just look at me with polite skepticism. And I get it. How do you explain racism when it is so subtle and ingrained that it became invisible to white people generations ago?

The proposed Stanley to Redfish Lake trail is an important project for the public and the result of local efforts to bring to fruition a plan that’s been in the making for nearly 30 years now.

Let’s face facts, parents: Schools aren’t likely to open for in-person classes this fall, and if they do, it won’t be for long.

Although the Mountain Express claimed incorrectly in its July 24 editorial (“No mask, no mayor at City Hall”) that I did not abide by the Public Health Emergency Order, my hope is that it ends up creating a “teachable moment” for us all. A chance where we can all learn to spend a little more…

Idaho just ended its fiscal year with a surplus nearly three times what was expected before COVID-19.

President Donald Trump is right—Joe Biden, a known supporter of evil and Marxism and America-hating, wants to abolish the suburbs.

My mother suffers from advanced dementia. She has been in memory care in Coeur d’Alene for over a year and a half and was in an assisted living home in Eagle for three years prior.

To the mask-wearing and socially distanced few, the ones dutifully doing their part to slow the spread of the coronavirus across the country, this is for you.