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The COVID-19 pandemic has altered plenty of families’ Thanksgiving plans, as people swap large gatherings for Zoom calls and small dinners. Read more
The Hospice & Palliative Care of the Wood River Valley’s annual Memorial Tree Ceremony will take place in Ketchum on Monday, Dec. 7, at 4:… Read more
Thanksgiving is a holiday entirely about getting together with family and friends, sharing food and drink and fond remembrances. With Blaine C… Read more
Local author, Express reporter and historian Tony Tekaroniake Evans will present on his new book via The Community Library’s livestream Tuesda… Read more
So, we’re now less than a week out from Thanksgiving, which feels…odd. Every holiday feels odd this year and they all keep sneaking up on me. Read more
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Weekend storms dropped around a foot of snow on the valley floor—and up to 20 inches in the high mountain passes—meaning for many (like Garth … Read more
With now less than two weeks to go until opening day on Bald Mountain, a wintry turn from Mother Nature has helped Sun Valley Resort’s snow gu… Read more
Sun Valley isn’t the only local ski area prepping for a big winter (see Page 1). Rotarun Ski Area in Hailey is well underway, too, with snowma… Read more
To commemorate Veterans Day, volunteers from Higher Ground came together to distribute approximately 100 free lunches of burgers and bratwurst… Read more
The Wood River Valley chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness will have a change in leadership following a vote by the board during… Read more
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Veterans Bob Stone, left, and Lee Jones discussed their military experiences and what Veterans Day means to them outside the Senior Connection… Read more
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Sun Valley Resort has released a new trails map for Bald Mountain that reveals some of the names of new skiing and snowboarding terrain being … Read more
The Rev. Lea Colvill, priest of Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Hailey for nearly four years, announced last week that she will leave to become r… Read more
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Bellevue residents held a vigil for Ashley Midby outside the Coffee Corner cafe on the city’s Main Street Friday evening, where coffee drinks,… Read more
St. Luke’s Wood River has hired Dr. Derek Ipsen, a doctor of osteopathic medicine specializing in hand surgery, to its team of orthopedic surgeons. Read more
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When 17-year-old Devon Peterson, then 12, was getting her first break from chemotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia, all she wanted was to “fee… Read more
As Blaine County’s COVID-19 transmission risk level remains critical, celebrating Halloween will naturally look a little different this year. Read more
Get ready to “fall back” by turning your clock back one hour this weekend when daylight saving time comes to an end for 2020. The official tim… Read more
Sun Valley Resort turned on its snow guns on Bald Mountain and Dollar Mountain this weekend, giving Mother Nature a helping hand en route to t… Read more
Blaine County Commissioner Jacob Greenberg presented Bellevue-based food pantry The Hunger Coalition with a Governor’s Proclamation “recognizi… Read more
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The Environmental Resource Center in Ketchum will host the 26th annual Clean Sweep community cleanup on Saturday, Oct 24. Read more
A Navigating Longevity Summit was planned for this spring but canceled due to isolation orders put in place during the pandemic. The issues it… Read more
Flocks of sheep have been making their way down south for the winter, reaching Croy Canyon on Saturday. COVID-19 may have scuppered the annual… Read more
Cyclists enjoyed the smooth, new surface on the public bike path in the southern part of Elkhorn, in Sun Valley. Crews in recent weeks resurfa… Read more
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Bellevue resident Tommy Farr turned 100 years old Saturday and was honored with a parade led by the Bellevue Fire Department and the Hailey Po… Read more
Reconstruction of the iconic Grand Mogul bridge across Redfish Lake Creek inlet—which washed out in the winter of 2017—drew to a close last month with the completion of two access ramps. Crews were able to install an elevated replacement bridge last fall with a $67,500 grant from the Idaho D…
Around 100 volunteers participated in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area’s fall cleanup in September and October, spending over 260 collective hours removing rock dams, rehabilitating campsites, disposing of human waste and destroying fire rings. Sixty-six bags of garbage were collected, …
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Much to the excitement of skiers near and far, Baldy received its first light dusting of snow this weekend. Coupled with the brilliant yellows and oranges of the aspens, Baldy’s snow cap is a sure sign of autumn in the Wood River Valley.
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With less than a month until election day candidates for District 26’s Senate seat, House Seat B, and Blaine County commissioner explained their views for voters Wednesday night in a virtual forum hosted by the Idaho Mountain Express. You can see the full video on the Express’ YouTube channe…
Conservationist and noted Idaho philanthropist Greg Carr has spent more than 15 years organizing efforts to restore ecological biodiversity to Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique. His efforts and successes are being featured in a landmark PBS documentary series, “The Age of Nature,” premie…
The Ketchum Ranger District is seeking comments on a proposed adaptive sports enhancement project in the Adams Gulch trails area north of Ketchum that would add a three-quarter-mile trail for hand cyclists.
The Blaine County Recreation District is offering early season discount passes for winter use of hundreds of kilometers of Nordic ski trails. The deals last until Nov. 29.
The St. Luke’s health system has hired a new dermatologist, Dr. Garrett Coman, to join Dr. Matthew Reeck and Caroline Hobbs, a nurse practitioner, at St. Luke’s Clinic-Dermatology in Ketchum.
Doc’s Drifty Chex—a.k.a Woody—recently died in Blaine County at 36.
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The annual Trailing of the Sheep festival was supposed to take place next week, but organizers announced in July that, like so many other events in 2020, it could not go forward as planned.
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A teacher at Wood River Middle School has been named Idaho Teacher of the Year, state Superintendent Sherri Ybarra announced Tuesday.
The fifth annual National Alliance for Mental Illness—Wood River Valley Swing Fore Recovery 5B Open Golf Tournament and Raffle will culminate with a raffle, party and results reveal in coming days.
The Hailey-based Flourish Foundation is hoping that a lover of classic cars will be enticed to make a suitable offer on this unusual four-door 1960 Chevrolet Bel Air to help fund its educational activities. According to foundation Executive Director Ryan Redman, the car was meticulously rest…
Members of the Wood River Jewish Community are fasting and holding online services today until sundown for Yom Kippur, the last of the “Ten Days of Awe” celebrated by Jews each year.
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This is the fourth part in a series on wolves. The next story will highlight two local ranchers’ perspectives on wolf management and explore long-term coexistence.
Thanks to a collaboration between the Wood River High School W.A.T.E.R. Club and Hailey Climate Action Coalition, Jane’s Artifacts on Main Street in Hailey gained a new mural over Labor Day weekend. The artwork will be officially unveiled during a public ceremony at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept.…
Hailey and Blaine County leaders came together Monday, Sept. 21, to break ground on a long-awaited affordable housing project on the former Blaine Manor property in Hailey. With fiscal support from Blaine County and the Idaho Housing and Finance Association, the ARCH Community Housing Trust …
Two students at the Sun Valley Community School have been named National Merit Scholarship semifinalists, the school announced Monday.
Around two dozen young adults from Hailey-based Flourish Foundation have worked since June to restore 30 miles of trail in the central Idaho wilderness. The group recently polished up trails in the Salmon-Challis National Forest, Frank Church Wilderness and Sawtooth Wilderness, removing fall…
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Tuesday was the autumn equinox, and the first signs of fall were clear to see in the Boulder Mountains last weekend, as leaves begin to change color and temperatures cool off. Though daily highs in Ketchum continue to linger mostly in the 70s for the coming week, temperatures will likely dro…
The Blaine County Historical Museum in Hailey is celebrating the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which guaranteed women’s right to vote.
For the first time since its inception 45 years ago, the Wood River Jewish Community will have a permanent home of its own.
The Crisis Hotline has re-established the Building Material Thrift Store at 213 N. Main St. in Bellevue.
The Bellevue Public Library has opened for business under new policies and procedures to avoid COVID-19 transmission.
Do you ever feel like you’re dragging a steamboat over a mountain in the jungle?
Doro Lohmann, founder of Silent Voices Equine Rescue, leads Paulina the 10-year-old mammoth donkey through her pasture along Warm Springs Creek on Saturday. “Everybody seems to be wondering about the donkey noise. Well, Paulina is back in Warm Springs,” Lohmann said. The James and Barbara Ci…
Bikers decorated their motorcycles with toys and gifts and joined together for the 28th annual Wood River Valley Toy Run on Saturday, Sept. 12. The fundraiser collects money to support local families through the Sun Valley Board of Realtors’ Holiday Baskets program, which provides holiday me…
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The Bald Mountain Stewardship Project has made progress since resuming its tree-thinning work on Baldy in July. The project removes unhealthy tree strands from 920 acres of U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management land at the popular Sun Valley ski area. These efforts address forest…
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