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THIS WEEK


Tony Holiday to Inject Blues and Soul into Mahoney’s Summer Concert Series
Tony Holiday grew up in Salt Lake City far from Beale Street. But that didn’t stop him from becoming one of America’s hottest blues artists—a skilled harmonica player and a man of soul.
Thursday, June 8, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


D.L. Evans Bank Funds Domestic Violence Services
D.L. Evans Bank has donated $35,000 to Voices Against Violence.
Thursday, June 8, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Jim Grossman Honored with Memorial Bench
Jim Grossman Honored with Memorial Bench
Thursday, June 8, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Kurt Nelson Fought Fires, Floods and More to Protect Resources
He served under five presidents, beginning with Jimmy Carter. He braved a plane crash in Alaska’s wilderness and dared to hunt wounded bears. He “trained” eight Forest Service supervisors, six regional foresters and eight Forest Service chiefs.
Wednesday, June 7, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Liberty Theatre Company Sells ‘Pay What You Feel’ Season Passes
Members of the Liberty Theatre company are hitting the streets in a door-to-door campaign to promote their new Local’s Season Pass.
Wednesday, June 7, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Wood River Farmers Market Launches Saturday with ArborFest Booth
Hailey ArborFest will help kick off the 2023 Farmers Market Season in the Wood River Valley on Saturday.
Wednesday, June 7, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Tammy Barnes Puts Her Problem Solving to Work at the Senior Connection
She’s practiced law, milked cows and worked at INEEL. And she moved to Hailey for health’s sake.
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Learn How Exercise Improves Cognitive Prowess
Learn about the benefits of physical activity when it comes to your cognitive abilities when speech therapist Anita Dromey presents another lecture in the Miracle of the Mind series.
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Make Fishing Fun for Kids on Free Fishing Day
On June 10, anyone can get out and enjoy a day of fishing without a fishing license.
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Caroline Fairchild-‘I Got There From Here’
Caroline Fairchild told her fellow Cutthroats Sunday afternoon to treasure their differences and their Cutthroat heritage.
Monday, June 5, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Sun Valley Writers’ Conference Offers Tickets to Pavilion Talks
A shipwreck tale, America at a crossroads and a look at what the heck is going on down in Florida from one of America’s funniest writers…all these and more are among the Pavilion talks that Wood River Valley residents can purchase tickets for during July’s Sun Valley Writers’ Conference.
Monday, June 5, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


‘Hope Lives Here’ Aims to Boost Resiliency
Have you noticed the new mural on the wall of the Crisis Hotline and Building Material Thrift Store in Bellevue?
Monday, June 5, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Hailey Lightning Heads to the Crème de la Crème of the Soccer World
When Manchester City beat Manchester United Saturday in an unforgettable FA Cup Final, 21 soccer players from the Wood River Valley were cheering loudly.
Sunday, June 4, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Wildflower Walk Goes in Search of Blue Camas
Check out the blue camas during the Sawtooth Botanical Garden’s 19th year of Wildflower Walks.
Sunday, June 4, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Water Hemlock-the Danger in the Water
Water hemlock, which can be found growing along small ditches and in wet meadows in the Wood River Valley, is considered the most violently toxic plant growing in North America.
Sunday, June 4, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Jamie Truppi’s Sweet Potato Avocado and Sauerkraut ‘Toast’
It’s colorful and it’s filling. And, most of all, Jamie Truppi’s Sweet Potato Avocado and Sauerkraut “Toast” is chock full of nutrition.
Saturday, June 3, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Idaho Native Plant Sale Today
A rare chance to purchase Idaho native plants will be offered from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. today—Saturday, June 3—in Bellevue.
Saturday, June 3, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Limelight Ketchum Offers Free Pet Portraits
Brush Fido’s curly locks and fasten down the bow!
Saturday, June 3, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Governor Bestows His Blessing on Hidden Paradise Medical Camp
More than 80 youth will arrive at Hidden Paradise next week, hoping to forget that they have cancer for five days as they take part in Camp Rainbow Gold.
Friday, June 2, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Papoose Club Gears Up for Plant Sale, Honors Kaz Thea
Excitement is running high for the Papoose Club’s Webb Plant Extravaganza Saturday at Webb Garden locations.
Friday, June 2, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Bike Rodeo on Saturday
Test your driving skills on the Ketchum Police Obstacle Course. Decorate your bicycle and avail yourself of a free bike helmet if you need one.
Friday, June 2, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Trade Camps Address Aviation Mechanics, Business Start-Ups and More
Blaine County youth will take part in introductory flight lessons, try their hand at simple plumbing and masonry, vie for culinary honors in a “Chopped”-style competition and learn the fundamentals of entrepreneurship in four week-long trade camps being held June 19-23.
Thursday, June 1, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Evacuation Orders Changed as River Level Lowers
Evacuation orders were lifted for the Della View neighborhood in Hailey on Tuesday as river levels come down.
Thursday, June 1, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Caroline Fairchild to Address Graduates at Sun Valley Community School
Caroline Fairchild will be the speaker at the Sun Valley Community School’s 2023 Commencement Ceremony this coming Sunday.
Thursday, June 1, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Sawtooth Furniture Promotes Amish Craftsmanship
The Amish buggies with the blinking lights speak volumes about the surprises hidden inside Sawtooth Furniture.
Wednesday, May 31, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Sun Valley Forum to Explore the Use of Gaming to Impact Climate Change
Aimee Christensen has been trying to chip away at climate change and ecosystem degradation for more than two decades—both as a policy maker in Washington, D.C., and as the founder of the Sun Valley Forum.
Wednesday, May 31, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Recreation on the Range at the Rinker Rock Creek Ranch
Build fences and learn about “Recreation on the Range” when the University of Idaho holds two events this week focusing on the Rinker Rock Creek Ranch.
Wednesday, May 31, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Sun Shines on Those Remembering Fallen Soldiers
Memorial Day is a special day for Sharon Grosvenor. But it’s a solemn day, nevertheless.
Tuesday, May 30, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Pioneer Cabin-From the Beginning
Pioneer Cabin is inarguably one of Sun Valley’s most iconic landmarks.
Tuesday, May 30, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Hailey Police Honored for School Resource Officer Program
The Hailey Police Department was recognized as a Model SRO Agency Friday, June 30, at the National Association of School Resource Officers annual National School Safety Conference in Indianapolis.
Tuesday, May 30, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Bug Zoo Festival Zeroes in on the Spices Birds Put in Nests
Anne Christensen cradled a tiny nest in her hands. Made from grasses and small twigs, it was covered in the luff from cottonwood trees as if someone had laid down a comfy comforter.
Monday, May 29, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Yee Haw! Veterans Trade Driving Tanks for Riding Horses
It may not have been the Calgary Stampede. But the seven cowboys and cowgirls holding the American flags at Higher Ground’s Military Camp this weekend were bursting with as much pride as the cowboys on the bigger stage.
Monday, May 29, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Memorial Day 2023
Originally observed as Decoration Day
Monday, May 29, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Sun Valley’s Cross Country Trails Set the Bar for Others
Galena Lodge opens for what is sure to be another stellar summer season on Friday, June 9. With that in mind, Eye on Sun Valley thought it would be fun to take a look at the early trails in the vicinity of the lodge. Those were the days when trails went out Milligan Creek in East Fork Canyon and Jackrabbit Johansen was cross-country skiing at age 102.
Sunday, May 28, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Galena Lodge to Offer Bike and Hike Nights
Galena Lodge will open for the summer on Friday, June 9. And it will sport four new monthly Community Bike ‘n Hike Nights through September.
Sunday, May 28, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


St. Luke’s Wood River Foundation Honors Nurses
Jennifer Rablin has been awarded the 2023 Carl A. Gray Memorial Award for nursing excellence.
Sunday, May 28, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


New River Monitoring System Coming to the Big Wood
“High water on the Big Wood.” That’s what experienced angler Amanda Bauman has predicted for today’s Opening Day of the local fishing season. And, after such a snowy winter, many forecast challenging river conditions for weeks afterwards.
Saturday, May 27, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Hail, Spring
Spring is bursting all over as the Wood River Valley heads into Memorial Day Weekend.
Saturday, May 27, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Memorial Day Ceremony to Honor 440 Veterans
More than 440 Blaine County veterans laid to rest at the Hailey Cemetery will be honored during the 22nd Annual Hailey Memorial Day Ceremony.
Saturday, May 27, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


BCSD and ARCH Turn a Spade Full of Dirt for Teacher Housing
If the new housing for teacher goes in as quickly as the groundbreaking ceremony, there should be five new units for teachers in a blink of an eye.
Friday, May 26, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Sun Valley Resort Gears Up for Summer
Sun Valley Resort is gearing up for a sunny summer after an extra special snowy winter this Memorial Day Weekend.
Friday, May 26, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Hailey Seeks Housing Committee Members
The City of Hailey is seeking five to seven Hailey citizens to serve on a committee to figure out how to allocate Local Option Tax monies for affordable housing.
Friday, May 26, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Uvalde Native Asks ‘What if Kindness is the Answer?’
Sheena Perron choked back tears as she addressed hundreds of Wood River High School students on the anniversary of a mass shooting in her hometown of Uvalde, Texas.
Thursday, May 25, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


D.L. Evans Bank Donates to ARCH for Community Housing
D.L. Evans Bank has contributed $45,000 to ARCH Community Housing Trust.
Thursday, May 25, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


From Butchering to Plate Class Focuses on Idaho Lamb
Learn about cooking with lamb—from “Butchering to Plate”—on Wednesday, May 31.
Thursday, May 25, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Realtors Offer Hailey Vet a Nifty Birthday Present
Robert “Lee” Jones and his wife Nancy moved into a tiny home in Ketchum that is now the site of Hailey Coffee Company when their daughter was nine months old. They moved into a new home they’d had Tom Richmond build in April 1973 when that same daughter was nine years old.
Wednesday, May 24, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Students to Lead a Walk-In to Mark Anniversary of Uvalde Shooting
The Blaine County Amnesty International will hold a walk-in at 9:45 a.m. Wednesday, May 24, marking the anniversary of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
Wednesday, May 24, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Ernest Hemingway’s ‘One True Sentence’ To Be Dissected
Ernest Hemingway’s admission that “all you have to do is write one true sentence” has long fascinated both writers and Hemingway readers.
Wednesday, May 24, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


‘The Persistent Guest’ a Humorous and Telling Look at Fighting Breast Cancer
Jodeen Revere’s one-woman play on having breast cancer is humorous, raw and illuminating as she explores such things as “the severely psychedelic nature of doing cancer drugs.”
Tuesday, May 23, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Wood River Valley High Schools Bring Home Idaho State High School Tennis Championships
Sun Valley Community School, which kicked off the 2022-23 school year with a Girls State Championship in soccer, finished the year on a good note at state tennis championships held at Ridgevue High School in Nampa.
Tuesday, May 23, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Adult Summer Reading Program Begins Saturday
“Exploring Our World’ will be the theme of the 2023 Adult Summer Reads for the Hailey Public Library, The Community Library and Bellevue Public library.
Tuesday, May 23, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Men’s Second Chance Living Offers a Chance at Sustained Sobriety
Sonya Wilander and her husband Mats, a champion tennis player, moved to the Wood River Valley in 2000 because Sun Valley’s climate was better for one of their four son’s skin disorder.
Monday, May 22, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Deluge Floods Ketchum Wide Open as River Flooding Forces More Evacuations
The players wearing snorkels and fins were best suited for the annual Ketchum Wide Open held Saturday in Ketchum.
Monday, May 22, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Play Mexican Bingo for Prizes and Aperitivos
Play a game of chance, also known as Mexican bingo, when Loteria Night makes its debut at Hailey’s Town Center West.
Monday, May 22, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


New Hospice Director Has a Passion to Help People Die Well
Allison Holland worked for years for IBM. But she found her calling as she watched her mother die of breast cancer.
Sunday, May 21, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


‘Mending the Line’ Kicks Off Sun Valley Film Festival’s Monthly Movies
The film “Mending the Line” will kick off the Sun Valley Film Festival’s new year-round program SVFF Monthly Movies on Thursday, May 25.
Sunday, May 21, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Carry the Load Pays Homage to Service Men and Women
A brightly painted red, white and blue bus pulled into the parking lot at the Ketchum Fire Department Friday evening.
Sunday, May 21, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Spring Sprinkles Bring Wildflowers
It’s springtime in the Rockies and that means wildflowers. The showy arrowleaf balsamroot are beginning to show up on sagebrush-covered hillsides. So, too, are lovely lavender penstemon, death camas, longleaf phlox, sweat pea aka Nevada pea and false or mountain dandelion—or, what wildflower lover Kristin Fletcher likes to call “the real dandelion.”
Saturday, May 20, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Hemingway Seminar to Look at Fathers and Sons
“Fathers and Sons” will be the theme of the 2023 Ernest Hemingway Seminar at The Community Library.
Saturday, May 20, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Alzheimer’s the Subject of Lunch Talk
Learn the differences between Alzheimer’s and dementia when the Hailey Public Library presents the second of its four-part series: Living with Alzheimer’s.
Saturday, May 20, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Rodeling and Yodeling through Winter Adventure
While others were trying to will the snow away this winter, Muffy Ritz was doing what she always does: Chasing it around the world.
Friday, May 19, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Bug Zoo Festival Returns on Saturday
The Bug Zoo Festival is back following a hiatus due to the COVID pandemic.
Friday, May 19, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


‘Don Giovanni’ to Grace Magic Lantern Screen
Finally! MET HD Live is back in Sun Valley.
Friday, May 19, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Bike to Work Comes with Blessings
Word spread fast along the Wood River Trail Wednesday morning.
Thursday, May 18, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Goat Yoga on Tap in Carey
Indulge in Goat Yoga when Silver Oaks Farm in Carey offers a Goat Yoga Experience.
Thursday, May 18, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Sun Valley Skiers Named to U.S. Ski Teams
Seven Sun Valley Education Foundation athletes so far have been named to national teams by U.S. Ski & Snowboard.
Thursday, May 18, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Blaine County Historical Museum Names 2023 Heritage Court Ladies
One woman started her long career of service in the Wood River Valley chinking log cabins. Another proudly claims that her father scouted potential ski hills in Sun Valley for Averell Harriman.
Wednesday, May 17, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Colla Voce to Sing and Swing Way Through Three Concerts
The overall winner in the Heritage Music Festival in Anaheim will rock out for the Wood River Valley with three free concerts.
Wednesday, May 17, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Voters Say Yes to Everything
Voters in Sun Valley, Ketchum and Hailey handily passed laws that would reallocate 0.5 percent of the LOT taxes imposed on tourist-related items like lodging and rental cars for affordable housing projects in those three cities.
Wednesday, May 17, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Sawtooth Botanical Garden Serves Up Signs of Spring, New Life
Judy Wampler stepped up into a large flat decorative rock in the Sawtooth Botanical Garden. Then she stretched out her arms, her hands gripping her yellow shawl. and twirled around.
Tuesday, May 16, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Airport to Hold Artist’s Reception for New Exhibition
Lee Higman has a new work in ink of a hawk that has to be seen in person to fully appreciate. Bill Hamilton is paying homage to the Sun Valley area’s stellar mountain biking in an oil painting titled “Attacking the Grade.”
Tuesday, May 16, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Mountain West Bank to Host Summer’s First BAH
Rixon & Cronin and Mountain West Bank will host a spring Business After Hours from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, May 18, at the Hailey branch of Mountain West Bank.
Tuesday, May 16, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Jamie Truppi Discusses ‘Clean Food, Messy Life’
Jamie Truppi knows first-hand about the value of food to heal the body, serve the environment and help one achieve their physical best. That’s why she went back to school to become a nutritionist.
Monday, May 15, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Bike to Work Serves Up Treats and New StoryWalk
The temperature’s expected to climb into the mid-60s with sunny skies. April snowstorms have given way to May flowers—or, at least, a few shoots of fresh green grass. And the voles are scampering around the Wood River Trail trying to avoid the crush of bicycles rolling down the path.
Monday, May 15, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


LOT Tax Change and Sewer Measures Up for Vote on Tuesday
Voters in Hailey, Ketchum and Sun Valley will have the opportunity Tuesday to cast their vote on a proposal that would reallocate half of the LOT taxes in those cities for projects involving workforce housing.
Monday, May 15, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Pieta and Yellow Bird Boy Take Place Among the Daffodils
Some 30,000 daffodils were the main attraction.
Sunday, May 14, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Daffodils Color Sawtooth Botanical Garden but Pasque Flowers Turn Heads, Too
Cherie Gervais sat on a bench at the Sawtooth Botanical Garden, her dog Harley at her feet, as she gazed across a field of daffodils towards the prayer wheel blessed by the Dalai Lama in the Garden of Infinite Compassion.
Sunday, May 14, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


‘Spiritual Audacity’ Examines Rabbi Who Walked with Martin Luther King
Polish-American Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel lost his mother and three sisters to the Nazis in World War II. And he himself was arrested by the Gestapo in 1938 and deported to Poland.
Sunday, May 14, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Classic Israeli Salad and Bulgarian Bureks
Stav Ohayon was shocked when she was introduced to American salad. Lettuce leaves topped with a few croutons and maybe a radish or two were nothing like the Israeli salads she was accustomed to—colorful and chock full of peppers, onions, cherry tomatoes and more.
Saturday, May 13, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Teens to Talk Challenges, What They Need from Adults
Learn what causes youth angst and the ways they think caring adults can help when St. Luke’s Wood river’s Center for Community Health hosts a youth panel on Thursday, May 18.
Saturday, May 13, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Blaine County School District Reaches Agreement with Teachers
The Blaine County School District Board of Trustees and the Blaine County Education Association released the following joint statement Friday afternoon regarding their new master agreement:
Saturday, May 13, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Post Prevention Work Aims to Make the Wood River Valley More Resilient
Alex Arriaga can’t stop thinking about what she might have done differently to help her niece.
Friday, May 12, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Mike Murphy to Headline Benefit for Shakespeare and Laughing Stock Theatre
A Love Fest for Laughing Stock Theatre will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, June 15, at The Boiler Room at Sun Valley Resort.
Friday, May 12, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Javier Zamora to Tell of Childhood Journey from El Salvador to the United States
Salvadoran poet Javier Zamora and bestselling author Curtis Sittenfeld will speak at the 2023 Community Speaker Series offered by the Sun Valley Writers’ Conference and The Community Library.
Friday, May 12, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


SVMoA Scholarships to Take Students to Classes in Barcelona, Boston and Oaxaca
In June Caroline Horner will head to Barcelona to study fashion design, while getting an insider’s experience of Spain—all part of the Putney Pre-College summer program for high school students.
Thursday, May 11, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Caritas Chorale Sings with Strings
The Caritas Chorale will “Sing with Strings” when it performs its spring concert Saturday and Sunday in Hailey.
Thursday, May 11, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Bob Kustra to Keynote Three Days of Storytelling
This May, writers and readers across the Wood River Valley are invited to join The Community Library and Story Forward for three days of free events and connecting over words and storytelling. This seminar-style event, dubbed the “To Taste Life Twice Seminar,” is free and open to all.
Thursday, May 11, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Hot, Dang! Thailand Native is Honored for Dang Good Food
It’s a testament to Dang’s popularity that his patrons began contacting Eye on Sun Valley as soon as waiters told them that their boss was going to Washington, D.C., to be honored as Idaho’s Small Business Person of the Year.
Wednesday, May 10, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Daffodil Festival to Include Brunch, Mimosa Bar
The second annual Wood River Valley Daffodil comes with a bonus—the official unveiling of four new sculptures in the Sawtooth Botanical Garden.
Wednesday, May 10, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Job Fair Offers Students, Business People a Chance to Connect
The 2nd annual Blaine County Youth Job Fair will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. today—Wednesday, May 10—at the Wood River High School Commons.
Wednesday, May 10, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Tulip Mania
It’s been a long white winter. That’s why Eye on Sun Valley thought it’s treat you to a splash of color by taking you to the Tulip Festival in the Skagit Valley of western Washington today.
Tuesday, May 9, 2023 \| Read Full Story.


Learn About Summit County’s Housing Efforts Tonight
Learn what’s being done to address the housing shortage in Summit County, Colo., when the City of Ketchum and Spur Foundation present the second in a series of conversations titled “Learning from Peer Communities.”
Tuesday, May 9, 2023 \| Read Full Story.

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