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Parachuting Beavers Possessed Unique Adaptations
We normally think of beavers as submersible creatures happy to take refugee from the world in the ponds and beaver lodges they create. But in the late 1940s Idaho beavers became airborne as Idaho Fish and Game Department removed them from urban areas where they were believed to be creating problems and parachuting them into what is now the Sawtooth National Recreation Area.
Thursday, September 19, 2024 \| Read Full Story.


Bigwood Golf Course Undergoes Remodel Fifty Years After Its Founding
Lyndsay Lyle and her husband Christopher moved to Sun Valley from the San Francisco Bay area four years ago after comparing the attributes of eight mountain towns on a spreadsheet.
Wednesday, September 11, 2024 \| Read Full Story.


Fire Ravages Bigwood Home
Occupants of a home in the Bigwood neighborhood of Ketchum escaped from their home just before it became engulfed in flames early Wednesday morning.
Thursday, September 26, 2024 \| Read Full Story.


Baldy Hill Climb a Three Peat for Two Winners
Peter Wolter didn’t have Miles Fink-Debray challenging him to be first to the top of Baldy this year. But Alexa Turzian had her running shoes full fending off Mali Noyes.
Tuesday, October 1, 2024 \| Read Full Story.


Hemingway’s Grave-What Was Left
Duella Scott-Hull visited Earnest Hemingway’s gravesite while teaching at Fort Peck and pursuing graduate studies at the University of Montana. While here, she recalls, she sat at Hemingway’s grave, a gin and tonic in hand, and typed her dissertation on “For Whom the Bell Tolls.”
Monday, September 9, 2024 \| Read Full Story.


Frog Fire Forces Evacuations Near Challis and Clayton
The Custer County Sheriff has issued evacuations for the Boulder Creek turnoff to the Germania Creek trailhead and the Livingston Mine near Railroad Ridge as the Frog Fire grows out of control.
Wednesday, September 11, 2024 \| Read Full Story.


The Night Averell Harriman Jumpstarted a Wedding Proposal
In August of 1939, two members of the Northwest’s “ski royalty” announced their engagement in Sun Valley.
Tuesday, September 24, 2024 \| Read Full Story.


Sun Valley Resort Scores Coup with World Cup Finals
It’s official.
Sunday, September 29, 2024 \| Read Full Story.


New Hangman Gulch Trail Offers Nice Views of Hailey Fall Colors
Hang Tight and Hang Loose.
Monday, September 30, 2024 \| Read Full Story.


Gas Line Work to Close Trail Creek Bridge for Four Weeks
Main Street between the Limelight Hotel and Ketchum is now paved following a summer of road construction.
Monday, September 16, 2024 \| Read Full Story.


Andrew Dunning’s Quail or Chicken Thighs
Sun Valley resident Andrew Dunning has three passions: extreme kayaking, paragliding over Europe and preparing spectacular meals as a private chef.
Sunday, September 22, 2024 \| Read Full Story.


Highway 75 Projects Begin Monday for Ketchum and Bellevue
Think the roadwork is over? NOT.
Saturday, October 5, 2024 \| Read Full Story.


Poodle Skirts, Milk Shakes and Elvis
Creaky bones and sore hips went out the window Tuesday night as 150 young at heart twisted to Chubby Checker and twirled their poodle skirts to the chalypso as a jukebox blared out “Yakety Yak.”
Friday, September 27, 2024 \| Read Full Story.


Silver Creek-Hemingway, a Villain and a Sale
In 1940, Sun Valley expanded recreational opportunities for its summer and fall visitors on Silver Creek, 25 miles southeast of Sun Valley near Picabo.
Sunday, September 15, 2024 \| Read Full Story.


New Study Shows Preferences of Those Seeking Housing in Blaine County
A new look at Blaine County’s housing needs and the impact of new development will be held at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17, at Ketchum’s Community Library.
Sunday, September 15, 2024 \| Read Full Story.


Feisty Sheep Give Trailing of the Sheep Spectators Their Money’s Worth
They befuddled the dogs and enchanted the spectators.
Saturday, October 5, 2024 \| Read Full Story.


Sun Valley Culinary Institute’s New Culinary Director Dials up the Eating Experience
Tasty, innovative food is important to Jorge de la Torre, the new lead chef instructor at the Sun Valley Culinary Institute. But so is the experience.
Friday, September 13, 2024 \| Read Full Story.


Unity Alliance of Southern Idaho Introduces Itself to the Wood River Valley
It was born out of negativity and misinformation. Now, nine years later, the Unity Alliance of Southern Idaho is creating friendship and understanding across different cultures and different backgrounds as it combats racism and celebrates diversity.
Monday, September 23, 2024 \| Read Full Story.


Billy Elliott The Musical Features Music of Elton John
The Tony Award-winning musical “Billy Elliott” is set in a hardscrabble mining town in northern England where miners are barely eking out a living. But Brett Moellenberg sees a lot of parallels to the Wood River Valley.
Tuesday, September 17, 2024 \| Read Full Story.


Shoshoni Members Color Sun Valley Festival Meadow with Native Dances
Their ancestors moved up and down the Wood River Valley for centuries before white man came, stopping to fish, hunt and gather medicinal plants. And during Wagon Days members of the Northern Shoshoni tribe now living at the Fort Hall Indian Reservation near Pocatello returned to the Wood River Valley to showcase some of their native dances during the annual Wagon Days celebration.
Thursday, September 12, 2024 \| Read Full Story.

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