Area tourism promotion agency Visit Sun Valley at its Spring Shindig event on Wednesday shar… Read moreSummer tourism forecast improves
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Ketchum Urban Renewal Agency commissioners after an executive session Monday voted unanimously to allow city staff members to move forward with negotiations on and the possible purchase of a Ketchum property using $3 million in KURA funding allocated for community housing acquisition. Read moreKURA approves housing property purchase talks
An attorney for former Hailey Police Department Patrol Sergeant Gavin Wrigley has submitted … Read moreFormer Hailey police officer files tort claim against city
Sun Valley Community School senior Chaise Crus has won a $2,500 National Merit Scholarship, … Read moreSun Valley student earns National Merit Scholar title
Marcus Kendrot, 42, of Sandpoint, has been sentenced to three years on supervised probation … Read moreSandpoint man sentenced for battery
Ketchum residents attended an open house hosted by the city of Ketchum at Forest Service Par… Read moreResidents talk priorities at Ketchum open house
Utility work around the intersection of Elkhorn Road and state Highway 75 this week caused t… Read moreITD adjusts Elkhorn traffic signal amid southbound congestion
Musician Jeff Crosby lived for five years in Los Angeles, then in Nashville, and was based out of Austin for a couple years. But he grew up in central Idaho—signs along the road up there call it Idaho’s heartland—some 5 miles outside of Donnelly, population 249. Read moreSinging songs about Idaho's heartland
For the past week, the Sawtooth Botanical Garden has hosted school-age kids for educational … Read moreBotanical garden holds annual Bug Zoo Festival
On Saturday, Future Roots will host a spring gathering in the barn at The Sage School in Hai… Read moreFuture Roots festival celebrates spring
From May 18 to 20, Blaine County fourth graders will take their history lessons outside the … Read more'Wild West Days' take Idaho history outside the classroom
Editor’s note: This story is part of an Idaho Mountain Express project inspired by Studs Ter… Read moreValley Workers: Chad Cleveland
Middle school students from across the valley rehearse “Something Rotten! Jr.” at the Spot t… Read moreIn Ketchum, A 16th-Century Spoof
Spring has officially arrived in the Wood River Valley. Bulbs are pushing through the soil, … Read moreThe Pet Perspective: What to know about ticks this spring
Ketchum resident and Ernest Hemingway STEAM School teacher Ross Parsons kayaks down the Big … Read moreSpring Plunge
Ballard Griswold and Luca Finegan pushed Burley to three sets in the boys doubles tennis dis… Read moreWood River tennis sends athletes to state tourney
It’s becoming a trend at Sun Valley Community School. Read moreHistory repeats itself for Sun Valley Community School golf
The Blaine County Recreation District held the third race of its Short Track Mountain Bike S… Read moreMountain bikers compete in BCRD series
Wood River went 1-2-3 in the discus, and that was just the beginning. Read moreWood River sweeps discus at districts, turns attention to state
Without a vote, the Ketchum City Council is demanding a rush to judgment on selected new zoning ordinances that will affect development everywhere in the city. Read moreStop the rush
If 35 million Americans were injured in a shooting war, the outcry would be deafening. Yet, the digital war being waged on defenseless and innocent victims has received only quiet concern in response. Read moreUncloak the unseen war
As I read the current debates about the latest proposed levies, I am reminded of so many past levies which were never explained well, were not justified and in some cases represented what I can only classify as a “bait and switch.” Read moreFiscal responsibility rather than more levies
I am writing this letter to the editor in favor of Blaine County housing affordability, in favor of libraries and against the Big Wood River Library District formation. Read moreSupport libraries, support housing affordability. Vote no on the Big Wood River Library District.
Libraries are wonderful, magical places of exploration, information, learning, socialization, knowledge and refuge. They provide meaningful services to many in our community. But supporting li… Read moreLet voters keep the power of choice
Our business is a customer of the clerk and recorder, and we work with them every day. We need a change! Dawn Cieslik is the right person for the job. Read moreDawn for county clerk
I am writing to express my support for Dawn Cieslik for Blaine County clerk. Dawn’s experience in local government and public administration makes her exceptionally qualified for this important role. Read moreVote Cieslik
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Please join us to celebrate the life of To… Read moreTodd B. Sisiam
Hans Hub, 91, died May 4, 2026, at Wood Ri… Read moreHans Hub
Nancy Jane Bunker, 90, of Hailey, died on … Read moreNancy Jane Bunker
Lyal Schafer, 46, was found deceased on Ma… Read moreLyal Schafer
Please join us at a celebration of life fo… Read moreCody Ray Chandler
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