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Outgoing Idaho Rural Health Association President Melody Weaver, left, and incoming President Keith Davis, right, congratulate Dr. Julie Lyons on Nov. 17 for being recognized as an Idaho Rural Health Hero, an award given by the organization to recognize health educators, community advocates,…

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This has been a start to the winter that the good people of this valley will talk about for a long time. Last weekend, an intense, slow-moving storm took aim at our area. Three-day totals of 2 to 3.5 feet of snow were recorded. If you melted this snow you would end up with over 3 inches of w…

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Volunteers for the Sun Valley Realtors Give organization gathered in Hailey on Tuesday to prepare gift bags for hundreds of families in need through the organization’s Holiday Baskets program.

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Spencer Cordovano was tired of seeing Wood River Valley skiers and boarders get the chance to showcase their skills at theaters across the United States, but not here at home. So, he did something about it.

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The Sun Valley Realtors Give Foundation raised more than $28,000 for its scholarship program at its seventh annual Golf to Give Tournament in late September at Sun Valley Resort, the organization announced this week.

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The weather this past Saturday was the perfect temperature for a chili cook off—warm enough to enjoy a refreshing beer, brisk enough for a piping hot cup of chili. A cloudless autumn sky invited patrons to hang around and watch an afternoon drift past. Friends and strangers alike chatted and…

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BCRD NORDIC TRAIL PASSES ON SALE: The Blaine County Recreation District Nordic trail system season passes go on sale on Oct. 3. During this pre-season sale, which runs through Nov. 20, adult passes are $245. A BCRD/Sun Valley Nordic Combo adult season pass is also available in this pre-seaso…

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The Ross Fire around Smiley Creek caused a cancellation of the 5th Annual Firefighters 5 Alarm Chili Cook-off. The Chili Cook-off has been rescheduled for Saturday afternoon, Oct. 15, from 1-5 p.m.

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The St. Luke’s Wood River Foundation, Sun Valley Community School and St. Thomas Episcopal Church will host a free, virtual seminar on estate and charitable planning on Friday, Sept. 16, at 10 a.m.

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Wagon Days 2022 was a hit yet again, with the parade as long and impressive as ever. The weekend’s festivities kicked off Friday at the Ore Wagon Museum with a less attended but just as authentic taste of frontier culture: cowboy poetry.

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Express photographer Roland Lane caught this osprey snacking on a trout it snatched from the nearby Big Wood River at Hailey's Draper Preserve.

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With views of Bald Mountain, a manicured lawn spread beyond French window walls and the smell of fresh-baked bread in the air, about 300 women gathered under the Trail Creek Cabin tent last Wednesday—as they do every year—to honor more than a dozen local nonprofit organizations.

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Organizers of the Sun Valley Tour de Force car event donated $600,000 to the Bellevue-based Hunger Coalition food pantry last week, after raising a record amount of funds through its three-day celebration of automobiles last month.

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The Wood River Community Fund—launched in spring 2021 to provide financial support to local businesses and individuals in need—has donated more than $34,000 since it was launched, the fund’s leaders announced this week.

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For Mat Gershater, there is nothing more rewarding than seeing the outdoors light a spark in a kid’s eyes. When it comes to the Outdoor Hispanic Leaders program that his organization—Idaho Base Camp—founded, there is one moment that stands above the rest.

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A group of kids was recognized in Ketchum this week for their part in helping to spruce up an eyesore in town: the massive hole along Main Street dug years ago for a planned hotel.