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Sun Valley City Council members voted unanimously last week to appoint Dave Madaras to fill the seat vacated this month ...
13/02/2025

Sun Valley City Council members voted unanimously last week to appoint Dave Madaras to fill the seat vacated this month by the resignation of former Councilwoman Jane Conard. Councilwoman Michelle Griffith was appointed council president.

Sun Valley City Council members voted unanimously last week to appoint Dave Madaras to fill the seat vacated this month by the resignation of former Councilwoman Jane Conard.

“It’s about love and longing, and all the different ways in which we love—some passionate, some languid, some very compl...
13/02/2025

“It’s about love and longing, and all the different ways in which we love—some passionate, some languid, some very complex ways of love—and I think it’s going to be a very interesting concert,” opera singer Jordan Weatherston Pitts said.

Opera singer and Jordan Weatherston Pitts are set to perform a concert called “Songs of Love” at the American Legion Hall in Ketchum on Valentine’s Day, Friday.

The meeting was convened as a city response to a Jan. 13 City Council meeting in which dozens of Woodside residents voic...
13/02/2025

The meeting was convened as a city response to a Jan. 13 City Council meeting in which dozens of Woodside residents voiced concerns about a surge in unenforced parking violations, the Express previously reported.

More than 60 Hailey residents split off into focus groups in Hailey Town Center West during a parking workshop on Monday, Feb. 10, to brainstorm solutions to what many have

It was clear and shady on a late-November afternoon in 2019, as a 65-year-old, 210-pound skier from Boise made his way d...
13/02/2025

It was clear and shady on a late-November afternoon in 2019, as a 65-year-old, 210-pound skier from Boise made his way down Lower River Run at Sun Valley Resort, skiing with “poor control” on the moderately crowded groomed run, according to court records.

He skied across the backs of another skier’s skis and yelled, then fell and crashed head-first into a tall, yellow-padded snowmaking tower gun in the middle of the run. What happened next would not only bring tragedy to the skier’s family—it would also upend decades of court precedent on ski area liability in Idaho and potentially threaten the viability of the ski industry across the state.

It was clear and shady on a late-November afternoon in 2019, as a 65-year-old, 210-pound skier from Boise made his way down Lower River Run at Sun Valley Resort, skiing

Hailey firm Opal Engineering applied in October—on behalf of an unnamed developer—to remove an existing cap on allowable...
12/02/2025

Hailey firm Opal Engineering applied in October—on behalf of an unnamed developer—to remove an existing cap on allowable building density in the area, which is part of the county’s Community Housing Overlay District. Building density would instead be limited by open space, design and reduced parking standards.

Blaine County’s Planning and Zoning Commission is considering changing county code to allow for higher density building development in a special zoning district located near St. Luke’s Wood River Medical

These three students have been dancing since they were 4 years old, but it often takes two to four years of studying dan...
10/02/2025

These three students have been dancing since they were 4 years old, but it often takes two to four years of studying dance at a high school level to earn induction, Footlight stated in a news release.

Footlight Dance Centre is honoring three of its students, Wood River High School seniors Ellis Mallet and Grace Rushton and Sage School senior Sarah Leidecker, who are set to be

The Argyros Performing Arts Center on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, is set to host “An Evening of Romance & Music” with Celt...
09/02/2025

The Argyros Performing Arts Center on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, is set to host “An Evening of Romance & Music” with Celtic harper Maeve Gilchrist.

The Argyros Performing Arts Center on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, is set to host “An Evening of Romance & Music” with Celtic harper Maeve Gilchrist.

Two additional race types have been added to the lineup this year, including stick horse races for children 10 and under...
09/02/2025

Two additional race types have been added to the lineup this year, including stick horse races for children 10 and under and couples races.

The Bellevue nonprofit Wood River Extreme Ski Joring Association will host its annual skijoring races and fundraiser next weekend, Feb. 15-16, including two new races.

Sawtooth Avalanche Center forecaster Scott Savage attributed the avalanche cycle to “wet, warm, windy” storm conditions ...
08/02/2025

Sawtooth Avalanche Center forecaster Scott Savage attributed the avalanche cycle to “wet, warm, windy” storm conditions overwhelming weak layers of snow. Savage stated that layers of brittle frost interspersed with sugary snow formed during the month-long snow drought in January, and the layers “appeared to be [some] of the worst we've seen in recent years.”

The Sawtooth Avalanche Center logged more than 150 destructive avalanches in and around the Wood River Valley between Sunday, Feb. 2, and Friday, Feb. 7, with most slides documented Feb.

Chef and co-owner Ben Barlow, who has again been named as one of 20 semifinalists in the Rocky Mountain region for the f...
08/02/2025

Chef and co-owner Ben Barlow, who has again been named as one of 20 semifinalists in the Rocky Mountain region for the foundation’s Best Chef award, said this year’s recognition feels different from the first.

The Stanley Supper Club has earned a James Beard Foundation Award nomination for the second year in a row, solidifying its national reputation as a must-visit dining destination in the

A new daily nonstop flight from Salt Lake City to Friedman Memorial Airport and back from May through October will drive...
08/02/2025

A new daily nonstop flight from Salt Lake City to Friedman Memorial Airport and back from May through October will drive a 27% year-over-year boost in the airport’s seat capacity, Ketchum nonprofit Fly Sun Valley Alliance announced Tuesday.

A new daily nonstop flight from Salt Lake City to Friedman Memorial Airport and back from May through October will drive a 27% year-over-year boost in the airport’s seat capacity,

Carey, the No. 1 seed, raced out to a 15-2 lead after the first quarter against the No. 4 seed Wolves. The Panthers were...
08/02/2025

Carey, the No. 1 seed, raced out to a 15-2 lead after the first quarter against the No. 4 seed Wolves. The Panthers were able to spread the first-half scoring across the lineup to secure a 26-5 halftime lead.

The Carey Panthers girls basketball team earned a 48-21 victory over the Castleford Wolves in 1A Sawtooth Conference district tournament action Wednesday in Carey.

Last month, the Ponderay, Idaho-based Foundation for Wildlife Management submitted a proposal to the Fish and Game Commi...
07/02/2025

Last month, the Ponderay, Idaho-based Foundation for Wildlife Management submitted a proposal to the Fish and Game Commission to reinstate wolf trapping and snaring in Units 48 and 49, the only two units in the state where the practice is banned, and expand hunting options in both units.

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game will not entertain any changes to a longstanding ban on wolf trapping and snaring on public lands in Blaine County’s two primary game

Sun Valley’s own Gabriele Andersen-Schiess, a former Olympic marathoner, is one of roughly a dozen international athlete...
07/02/2025

Sun Valley’s own Gabriele Andersen-Schiess, a former Olympic marathoner, is one of roughly a dozen international athletes highlighted in a new novel authored by award-winning sports journalist Doug Levy.

Sun Valley’s own Gabriele Andersen-Schiess, a former Olympic marathoner, is one of roughly a dozen international athletes highlighted in a new novel authored by award-winning sports journalist Doug Levy.

Reynolds, an artist known for combining painting, video, sculpture and augmented reality, will speak about his ongoing p...
07/02/2025

Reynolds, an artist known for combining painting, video, sculpture and augmented reality, will speak about his ongoing project and the role art plays in fostering conversations about climate change, conservation and human impact on the planet.

The Sun Valley Museum of Art will host an artist talk with Rob Reynolds on Friday, offering an in-depth exploration of how art can both reflect and address the urgent

Mountain Rides Transit Operations Manager Jamie Canfield said the agency tentatively plans to use an electric 12-passeng...
06/02/2025

Mountain Rides Transit Operations Manager Jamie Canfield said the agency tentatively plans to use an electric 12-passenger van. Service would begin at 5:30 a.m. and run until 10:30 p.m. or 11 p.m., seven days a week.

Mountain Rides Transportation Authority is developing a bus route for dedicated service to and from Friedman Memorial Airport in Hailey.

There are tangible signs of people preparing for and responding to the Trump administration’s changes in immigration pol...
06/02/2025

There are tangible signs of people preparing for and responding to the Trump administration’s changes in immigration policies and enforcement priorities—such as a surge in passport applications for children in Blaine County and a series of community meetings hosted by The Alliance of Idaho, a Bellevue-based nonprofit organization offering low-cost legal services to immigrants.

Fear and uncertainty loom over the Wood River Valley’s immigrant community as deportation raids started across the country under U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

“It was a slog for the racers,” Race Director Jody Zarkos said. “They definitely suffered out there, but in the best kin...
06/02/2025

“It was a slog for the racers,” Race Director Jody Zarkos said. “They definitely suffered out there, but in the best kind of way. They were pushing a lot of snow around the course."

Joe Davies, of Salt Lake City, won the Full Boulder Male section of the 52nd annual Boulder Mountain Tour cross-country ski race with a time of 1 hour, 28 minutes,

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