Emmy Award-winning cinematographer Bob Poole has been working with the Hadzabe and Maasai Tribes in Tanzania to get up close with African wild… Read more
The city of Sun Valley is planning to significantly increase parking capacity at the Ernest Hemingway Memorial on Sun Valley Road, east of Sun… Read more
The Hailey Public Library will host a “Know the 5 Signs” discussion on Thursday, May 13, at 5:30 p.m. to bring attention to National Suicide A… Read more
The Heritage Court, a program of the Blaine County Historical Museum, is ready to return in 2021, after missing out on all its planned 2020 events. Read more
As the winter snow finally recedes, it inevitably reveals quite a lot of garbage on roadsides, in parks and by trails, but Ketchum-based nonpr… Read more
A large Canada goose, accompanied by a fuzzy little gosling, prepared for a quick swim near Warm Springs on Saturday. The first day of May bro… Read more
It may have snowed a little earlier in the week—and indeed it may rain a little over the weekend—but with temperatures blazing past 70 degrees… Read more
The long-awaited reopening of the Blane County Recreation District’s Aquatics Center will take place on May 29. Read more
A rainy day gave way to sunny skies over Ketchum Town Square last Thursday, producing this brilliantly defined rainbow, photographed here by K… Read more
The Blaine County Recreation Districts’ newest playground opened recently and is drawing numerous cyclists of all ages. The Quigley Trails Par… Read more
After weeks of balmy spring conditions, winter came back for a curtain call Monday night, dumping 2-8” of snow throughout the Wood River Valle… Read more
A big annual push for charitable giving begins this week. Idaho Gives is a program of the Idaho Nonprofit Center. It is designed to “bring the… Read more
This weekend, residents from Ketchum, Hailey and Bellevue can partake in workshops, demonstrations and other fun-filled events celebrating Ear… Read more
The Wood River Community YMCA is ramping up its summer school programs to bolster students’ learning skills after a challenging pandemic year … Read more
The Wood River Valley was settled in large part due to a mining boom that took place in the 1880s. Hundreds of miles of underground tunnels an… Read more
Starting Thursday, residents from Ketchum, Hailey and Bellevue can partake in workshops, demonstrations and other fun-filled events celebratin… Read more
To mark Sexual Assault Awareness Month, The Advocates’ teen interns, in collaboration with The Community Library, are screening the documentar… Read more
Carey School Principal John Peck and Silver Creek High School Principal Mike Glenn will both retire at the end of the 2020-21 school year, the… Read more
This skiing banana braved the slippery slopes this past Saturday as the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation held its 24th annual Janss Pro-Am … Read more
It’s Easter weekend, and for those angling to celebrate the holiday with an outdoor egg hunt for the kids, it looks like the weather might act… Read more
When Tammy Davis was named one of three nominees for the Idaho Mountain Express’ Woman of the Year contest this year, she came to a troubling realization.
Sheep-shearing demonstrations, vendor booths and live music will return this fall at McKercher Park and Lions Park, the Hailey City Council decided this week.
John Sisko, center in the group photo, and Ted Yewer were honored as Ketchum Fire Department’s Firefighters of the Year last week. Sisko thanked his department and his team for their support, a sentiment Yewer echoed. Yewer could not attend the announcement in person, and was instead informe…
Skiers and snowboarders planning to hit the slopes of Dollar Mountain, above, and the Seattle Ridge area of Bald Mountain have four more days to do so. Sun Valley Resort will close Dollar Mountain and Seattle Ridge for the season at the end of the day Sunday, March 28, the resort announced. …
The newest member of the Bellevue Marshal’s Office is 21-year-old Deputy Marshal Daisy Perez. She was sworn in last week, taking an oath to put her life on the line if necessary while defending the safety of citizens.
Hailey's Rotarun ski area held its closing day on Saturday, the first official day of spring, but the Croy Canyon hill isn't ready to call it a winter. Rotarun will hold a bonus evening of skiing and riding on Friday, March 26, from 4-10 p.m., staff announced on Facebook following Saturday's…
The Mountain Humane animal shelter east of Hailey in Croy Canyon has been running on a tighter budget since it cut seven staff positions and nearly $1 million from its budget in 2019. Those tough decisions paid off in 2020, with the nonprofit solvent despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pa…
Wednesday brought a green scene to Bellevue, where St. Patrick’s Day brought a celebration—and a sense of regularity—to Mahoney’s Bar and Grill. The restaurant went through 120 pounds of corned beef in one night, according to owner Shaun Mahoney, pictured here preparing a plate of the classi…
A Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation rider aired it out during an intramural contest at Rotarun on Saturday, March 13. This upcoming weekend is the last one of the season planned for the Hailey hill, with skiing tonight and tomorrow, March 19-20. Sun Valley plans to keep Dollar Mountain ope…
With an increasing number of people hiking, snowshoeing and skiing up Bald Mountain during the ski area’s off hours, Sun Valley Resort and the U.S. Forest Service are reminding uphill travelers that they have to follow specific regulations and routes established to promote safety.
The Ketchum City Council on Monday issued permission for three major events in summer 2021 that were hindered by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
The Blaine County Recreation District is offering free spring Nordic skiing and snowshoeing for the rest of the 2020/2021 winter season, beginning today, March 15. That includes the trail system at Galena Lodge.
There is a rebirth in the ski pole industry and it’s happening right here in Ketchum.
Daylight saving time begins on Sunday, March 14, at 2 a.m., meaning central Idaho residents will need to set their clocks forward by one hour.
The nonprofit Hunger Coalition has begun moving into a new 13,000-square-foot location in Bellevue after a $6 million renovation. The new building will replace the food pantry’s current 5,000-square-foot facility, which has provided curbside emergency food pick-ups since the start of the pandemic.
Despite continued challenges and life-altering restrictions, a sense of hope seems to be resurfacing. Longer days promise more sunshine; spring break is on the horizon; and for some, there’s optimism that life will “open up” again.
The ingestion of raw dough used for baking bread or pizza crusts can pose a hazard to dogs. Dough containing yeast rises in the warm humid environment of the stomach. Expanding dough can compromise blood flow to the stomach wall and decrease blood return to the heart. Yeast fermentation rele…
The nonprofit Sun Valley Culinary Institute will host a prospective student open house on Friday, March 5, from noon to 7 p.m. and host a Cook-Off Competition for its scholarship awards on April 11.
Voting for the Idaho Mountain Express’ 2021 Woman of the Year and 2021 Best of the Valley are drawing to a close. Both surveys will close tonight, Wednesday, March 3, at 11:59 p.m.
The moon was late to bed on Tuesday morning, easing behind Hailey’s Carbonate Mountain. With spring on the horizon, daylight hours are expanding, meaning earlier sunrises and later sunsets. Temperatures are keeping up in kind, with the Hailey forecast predicting highs around 47 degrees for t…
The outlook for local nonprofits approaching the tail end of a global pandemic will be the topic for weekly discussions scheduled through March 17 at the Argyros Performing Arts Center in Ketchum, beginning Wednesday at 6 p.m.
For longtime Hailey resident Greg Plowman, a day spent skiing the mountain—or biking Croy Canyon, or gathered around the table with family and friends—was always a good day.
Robert Contreras was one of many recreationists to enjoy wintry conditions on Wednesday, sledding down Sun Valley’s Penny Hill. Though warmer temperatures earlier in the week suggested spring might be settling in, a winter storm warning issued by the National Weather Service Thursday evening…
If you feel sore and stiff, you might want to consider foam or ball rolling. Whether you’ve skied too hard, or overdone any activity, you can fix your post-exercise pain with a technique called self-myofascial release. Rolling can improve flexibility, restore movement function and help with …
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