Name: Eye On Sun Valley
Address: P.O. Box 1453, Ketchum, ID, 83340, US


Where Did We Sit on the Bus Tells of Growing Up Brown in America
When a young Hispanic man pleads with his parents to tell him where he came from, his father responds that their family surname means “jaw”—a name given to the Quijadas because of their big jaws.
Friday, October 10, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Forging a Lamb in Glass
Cute little lamb faces will abound this weekend as the Trailing of the Sheep Festival trots out scads of amazing wool and sheep art at Saturday’s Sheep Folklife Festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Hailey and the Happy Trails Festival Closing Party from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at Ketchum Town Square.
Friday, October 10, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Legends Never Die Sees Three Course Records Broken
Runners cruised through spectacular fall colors and superb fall weather, thumbing their noses at a forecast that had called for snow, as they tackled the fifth annual Legends Never Die Trail Race held Saturday, Oct. 4, at Oregon Gulch north of Ketchum.
Friday, October 10, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Boulder Mountain Clayworks Seeks Volunteers to Make Bowls for Empty Bowls Fundraiser
Those attending Boulder Mountain Clayworks’ newly rebranded Ceramics in the Garden fundraiser chuckled as 2-year-old Selene Higueras, nestled in Jose Higueras’ arms, kept raising her paddle every time something went up for bid.
Thursday, October 9, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Sun Valley Holds Open House Concerning LOT Renewal Tonight
The City of Sun Valley is throwing on Open House tonight to acquaint residents with the Local Option Tax Renewal on the November ballot.
Thursday, October 9, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Sip and Shop to Benefit Sheep Guard Dog Rescue
Those in town for the Trailing of the Sheep Festival will have an opportunity to meet one of the white giants that help safeguard the sheep when JMcLaughlin hosts a Sip & Shop on behalf of the local Unega Mountain Dog Rescue.
Thursday, October 9, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Sheep Stories Recount Sheepherders’ Experiences in Idaho
One man describes why he left Peru to come to Idaho to herd sheep.
Wednesday, October 8, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


WRHS Students Offer Free Watercolor Class for Community Today
The Wood River High School Art Club is offering a free art workshop for the community from 4 to 6 p.m. today—Wednesday, Oct. 8—at Hailey Town Center West.
Wednesday, October 8, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Warm Springs Preserve Gets Funding to Complete Work This Fall
Donors stepped up to the plate, and the City of Ketchum has met its $500,000 match for the Warm Springs Preserve.
Wednesday, October 8, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Trailing of the Sheep Festival Resembles Yarmageddon at Times
She called it “Yarmageddon.”
Tuesday, October 7, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Trailing of the Sheep Festival to Bring Arborglyphs into Focus
There was a time that the aspen trees around Sun Valley served as mini-diaries—records left behind by Basque sheepherders.
Tuesday, October 7, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Sun Valley Ski Club Holds Kick-Off Gathering
The Sun Valley Ski Club will start gearing up for the winter ski season with a gathering from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8, at the Wood River Museum of History + Culture, 580 Fourth St. East in Ketchum.
Tuesday, October 7, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


100 Men Who Care About to Reach a Milestone
On a pleasant evening in July, about three dozen men and their spouses gathered on a private lawn underneath the red rock cliffs south of Ketchum. There, as they noshed on hummus and wine, they came face to face with three representatives of Wood River Valley nonprofits who had come to make a pitch for their money.
Monday, October 6, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


100 Men to Hear About Levies and Youth and Elder Programs
With snow around the corner, 100 Men Who Care are considering making donations to Rotarun Ski Area.
Monday, October 6, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Free Curling Lessons and Play Tonight
Learn to curl tonight at Campion Ice House.
Monday, October 6, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Conquering the Baldy Hill Climb
John Steel Hagenbuch hadn’t tested himself in the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation’s annual Baldy Hill Climb for five years. But he wasted no time showing the strength he’s built amassed over the past few years on the U.S. Nordic Ski Team and Dartmouth College team as he shot 3,100 vertical feet up Bald Mountain, breaking a record set by Miles Havlick in 2014.
Sunday, October 5, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Aztec Tradition Comes Alive at Hispanic Heritage Festival
The grandeur of the Aztecs, who ruled a large empire in central Mexico from 1300 to 1521, was on display in Bellevue’s Memorial Park this past week as Temini Yocochcayoco performed traditional dances at the annual Hispanic Heritage Festival.
Sunday, October 5, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Mother Nature’s Yellow Crayons Color the Valley
Experts are warning that a dry fall and warmer nights, fueled by a warming planet, might mute the vibrancy of fall colors this year across the United States.
Sunday, October 5, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Wood River High School Alum Sets Third Course Record in Standhope Ultra Challenge
Volunteers at the finish line of the grueling Standhope Ultra Challenge weren’t supposed to set up the finish line until 7 in the morning.
Saturday, October 4, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Lawyers to Discuss Implications of Japanese American Resistance
In the midst of World War II, three Japanese Americans resisted federal orders that led to the incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans living on the West Coast of the United States following the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.
Saturday, October 4, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Sunset on a Season
It definitely feels like summer has bid adieu this week, what with a couple rainstorms and temperatures headed to freezing levels this coming weekend. With that in mind, fine arts photographer Anne Jeffery shot this photograph of the sun setting on the Tetons.
Saturday, October 4, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Tony Award Winner Hopes to Pen Another Award Winner in Ketchum
Stephen Karam won the 2016 Tony Award for Best Play for his play “The Humans,” which also was a finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Friday, October 3, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Lake Creek Fire Efforts Aided by Rain
Firefighters are to be commended for their hasty response to the Lake Creek fire, which started on sagebrush and foot-tall grass six miles north of Ketchum Sunday.
Friday, October 3, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Hispanic Heritage Festival Colors Bellevue
Bellevue Memorial Park came alive this past week with the smell of elote Mexican street corn dripping with cheese and lime and performances by the father-son team of Quinta Generacion and the band Kanu.
Friday, October 3, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Sun Valley’s ‘Godfather of Pickleball’ Celebrates Year 90
Arlen Chaney put down his pickleball racket long enough to address some 50 friends who had come from as far away as Fairfield to his 90th birthday party.
Thursday, October 2, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Volunteers Needed to Plant Sagebrush in Fire Area
Members of the Wood River Chapter of the Idaho Native Plant Society are among those who will help plant 3,000 sagebrush seedlings at the Rock Creek Ranch on Saturday.
Thursday, October 2, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


St. Terrible, Artists Featured at SVMoA
St. Terrible will headline the Sun Valley Museum of Art’s free First Friday event on Oct. 3.
Thursday, October 2, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Karla Bonoff Says Career Sparked by Linda Ronstadt
Karla Bonoff was just 15 when she embarked on her songwriting journey, playing her heartfelt songs in a duo with her sister called the Daughters of Chester P.
Wednesday, October 1, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Big Wood River Clean-Up Includes Raffle for Outdoor Goods, Ski Lift Tickets
The Wood River Land Trust is looking for volunteers to help clean up the Big Wood River on Saturday.
Wednesday, October 1, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Alturas Student Wins River Clean-Up Contest
A student from Alturas Elementary School won a T-shirt design contest for the 2025 Big Wood River Clean-Up.
Wednesday, October 1, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Where Did We Sit on the Bus? Celebrates Heritage and Identity
Brian Quijada listened with interest as his teacher told a story about a black woman named Rosa Parks, who helped change history when she refused to move to the back of the bus, defying racial segregation laws.
Tuesday, September 30, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Lake Creek Fire Burns into Eagle Creek
Firefighters made good progress on the Lake Creek Fire six miles north of Ketchum Monday. It was estimated to grow to 512 acres after tapping out at 300 acres Sunday evening.
Tuesday, September 30, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Preparing for an Unexpected Illness
If something were to happen to you, do you have a set of Advance Directives, a Living Will, a Last Will and Testament or after-death plans for your body?
Tuesday, September 30, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


John Steel Hagenbuch Sets New Baldy Hill Climb Record
John Steel Hagenbuch didn’t mince words when asked how it felt setting a new course record in the Baldy Hill Climb.
Monday, September 29, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Lake Creek Fire Prompts ‘Ready’ Evacuation Order
Residents who live on the east side of Highway 75 between Lake Creek Road and Eagle Creek Road were asked at 5 p.m. Sunday evening to start gathering important items and maintain situational awareness for a potential evacuation due to a wildfire in the canyon above.
Monday, September 29, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Stars of Tomorrow Tackle the Kinder Climb
Wilder Doan won’t turn two until Thanksgiving Day. But he has his first foot race under his little grey tennis shoes, with a little help from Mom.
Monday, September 29, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Charley French-Life in the Fast Lane
Sun Valley’s Charley French turned 99 this past month and we figure that’s reason to replay a video interview Eye on Sun Valley’s Karen Bossick had with Charley a few years ago.
Sunday, September 28, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Observatory, Fundraising Campaign Launched for Idaho’s Dark Skies
The Idaho Dark Sky Alliance is ramping up its work to celebrate and protect Idaho’s dark skies.
Sunday, September 28, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


The Book Thief to Showcase the Power of Storytelling
A film showcasing the power of books to feed the soul even in the darkest of times will be shown Tuesday, Sept. 30, at Ketchum’s Community Library.
Sunday, September 28, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Legends Never Die Run Inspired by Grandfather’s Heroism
Thomas Smiley grew up listening to stories of how his grandfather survived a bayonet attack during World War II.
Saturday, September 27, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


BCRD Revises Summer Trails Website
The Blaine County Recreation District has launched a new and improved version of its Summer Trailink portal, the community’s official source for trail information.
Saturday, September 27, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Fire Insurance Talk to Include Free Pizza and Beer
The Sawtooth Valley Wildland Fire Collaborative is hosting a free talk to explain fire insurance. And the event under the umbrella of the Sawtooth Society is throwing in free pizza and beer, as well.
Saturday, September 27, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Patrolling on Two Wheels
Blaine County Sheriff Sgt. Andrew Schiers had stopped to talk with a couple women surveying users of the Wood River Trail when a man in his early 30s sped past him. Not only was the speeder exceeding the 20-mile per hour speed limit on the path, but he was riding a pedal-less cycle, which is illegal on the path.
Friday, September 26, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


SVSEF Gold Team Has Olympic Aspirations
In February 2026, the Winter Olympic Games will return to Italy for the first time in 20 years.
Friday, September 26, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Meet the Practitioners Dedicated to Spiritual Counseling and Prayer
Light on the Mountains has four new licensed practitioners dedicated to serving the community through spiritual counseling and prayer.
Friday, September 26, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Fishermen Hope to Hook Some Courtesy with New Etiquette Card
Road congestion due to highway construction and increased traffic on the Wood River bike path have topped the conversation this summer.
Thursday, September 25, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


The Nature Conservancy Acquires Key Silver Creek Partial
The Nature Conservancy has purchased a 1,461-acre property adjacent to Silver Creek Preserve.
Thursday, September 25, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Hispanic Heritage Festival Moves South
The Hispanic Heritage Fest, which enlivened a fall afternoon in Hailey last weekend, is moving south to Bellevue this weekend.
Thursday, September 25, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Giant American Flag Unfurled in Idaho’s Snake River Canyon
You may be used to standing at attention for a flag raising. Crowds stood at attention for a flag unfurling—a flag billowing out of a pouch—during Monday’s Magic Valley 9/11 Memorial Ceremony.
Wednesday, September 24, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Craters of the Moon to Host a Free Photo Workshop
A special Nature Photography Workshop is being offered at Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve to celebrate National Public Lands Day.
Wednesday, September 24, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Oktoberfest Celebration to Feature Hot Wing Eating Contest and More
The countdown is on for Oktoberfest in downtown Twin Falls.
Wednesday, September 24, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Cleaning the Outdoors
The 2028 Summer Olympics are coming to Los Angeles. And Serena Allen wants to make sure the athletes taking part in the summer games can compete in clean air so they can be the best they can be.
Tuesday, September 23, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


David McRaney to Explore Conspiracy Thinking
What made a prominent conspiracy theorist finally see that 9/11 was not a hoax? Can a nation rise to the occasion with empathy in an age of dangerous conspiratorial thinking?
Tuesday, September 23, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Trailing of the Sheep Festival Wins Another Accolade
The Trailing of the Sheep Festival has been selected one of the Top 10 Best Fall Festivals by USA Today readers as the time approaches for the 29th festival.
Tuesday, September 23, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Trading Mortarboards for Chefs Hats
The Wood River Valley’s culinary scene gained several new professional chefs last week as the Sun Valley Culinary Institute graduated eight students.
Monday, September 22, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Community Library Offers One More Reason to Get a Passport to Wonder
You’d think that a free library card ushering you into a world far beyond the scope of one human’s imagination would be enough.
Monday, September 22, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Stanley School Celebrates with Open House
The Stanley School has grown from a two-room schoolhouse to a four-room citadel of learning.
Monday, September 22, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Trout Roulade
Some of the best, most sustainably produced trout in the United States is grown just down the highway in the Snake River near Twin Falls. And Riverence’s Todd English is in the habit of stopping by Marie Gallo’s kitchen to show her new ways of cooking it.
Sunday, September 21, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Blaine County Charitable Fund Offers Financial Empowerment Class
In collaboration with the nonprofit organization Money Fit, Blaine County Charitable Fund is offering a free Financial Empowerment strategy session from 4 to 6 p.m. Sept. 26. The session will be conducted in English and Spanish at the BCCF offices in Hailey at 111 N. 1st Ave, Suite 2J next to Java.
Sunday, September 21, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


From the Heart of Our Community or Querida Comunidad
Leader of Neighbors Helping Neighbors \| Vecinos Apoyando Vecinos
Sunday, September 21, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Moving the Miller Mansion
Shortly after he moved to Bellevue, Henry Miller fell in love with a 16-year-old woman, Annie Gallagher, whose mother ran a boarding house in Broadford, a town west of Bellevue near Galena Gulch.
Saturday, September 20, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Warm Springs Work Leaves Some Homeowners Aghast But It’ll be Beautiful When Done
Ketchum resident Penny Coe was aghast as she watched trees being felled and dirt piling up on the Warm Springs Preserve, or what some affectionately call “the dog park.”
Saturday, September 20, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Shoshone Bannock Tribes Put on a Show
Visitors to this year’s Wagon Days Parade sadly missed out on a performance by the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes due to a scheduling snafu.
Saturday, September 20, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


New Zealand Offers an Appetizer Tray Full of Hikes
Have you dogeared the pages of the local hiking guides? Are you looking for new routes to explore? The South Island of New Zealand is worth a look.
Friday, September 19, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Putting Six Gun Jack and Other Blaine County Outlaws Under the Microscope
Learn the true stories of Blaine County outlaws, lawmen and inmates—from their daring escapes to notorious crimes—during a special presentation offered by the Blaine County Historical Museum on Wednesday, Sept. 25.
Friday, September 19, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Kiss of a Spider Woman Stars Jennifer Lopez
Get a first look advanced screening at “Kiss of the Spider Woman” during the Sun Valley Film Festival’s screening on Thursday, Sept. 25.
Friday, September 19, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Garden Lovers Don’t Let a Few Rain Showers Dampen Wine, Art and Song
Sharon Heitur had a line of folded black umbrellas lined up on the picnic table, along with the wineglasses and dinnerware, as wine and garden enthusiasts began streaming in for the annual Wine, Walk + Art at the Sawtooth Botanical Garden.
Thursday, September 18, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Gimlets in the Garden Offers Chance to Savor Sawtooth Botanical Garden
Gimlets in the Garden will offer nature lovers one more chance to enjoy the public garden south of Ketchum paired with wine before it’s bathed in snow.
Thursday, September 18, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Coaches Seek Soccer Jerseys for Middle School Students
Last year Shannon Nichols and Weylin Barrett watched as their sons play for the Varsity Middle School Boys Soccer Team. When they realized that more than 50 kids had tried out for varsity but that no Junior Varsity team existed due to lack of a coach, they decided to change that.
Thursday, September 18, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


When Wood River Mining Turned Deader Than a Lime Fossil
In the 1880s horse racing was big business in Bellevue, but it was not to last.
Wednesday, September 17, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Five Alarm Chili Cookoff Partners with Meet the Fleet
Sample some of the most imaginative chili concoctions in the valley, and get up close and personal with the gigantic snowplows that soon will be pushing snow off the airport runway and city streets on Saturday.
Wednesday, September 17, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Raise the Roof Campaign Gets a Boost
Efforts to put a roof over the new stage at Hop Porter Park in Hailey recently got a big boost with the Hailey City Council’s decision to earmark $200,000 for the project.
Wednesday, September 17, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Scott Slonim Knows How Long It Takes to Bike Around the Earth While in Space
The students in Hemingway STEAM School’s technology class are settling into the new school year. But their teacher Scott Slonim still hasn’t come down from Cloud 9.
Tuesday, September 16, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Play Covers Bras, Purses and Mothers
A poignant and humorous trip down memory lane covering everything women can relate to, including mothers, prom dresses, mothers buying bras, mothers hating purses, mothers…and why women wear only black, will be presented Thursday through Saturday in the Tierney Theater of The Argyros.
Tuesday, September 16, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Hispanic Heritage Festival to Mark Independence Day
The 8th annual Hailey Hispanic Heritage Festival returns on Saturday with live music, agua frescas and other foods from south of the border and kids activities.
Tuesday, September 16, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Annie to Bring Redhead’s Eternal Optimism to Stage
The stage of the Sun Valley Community School Theater will be transformed into the 1930s-era mansion of Oliver Warbucks this week when St. Thomas Playhouse presents the beloved classic “Annie.”
Monday, September 15, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


BAH Comes to Ketchum on Thursday
The Chamber will hold one of its periodic Business After Hours from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, at the Sun Valley Culinary Institute, 211 N. Main St. in Ketchum.
Monday, September 15, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Oktoberfest to Pair Lagers with Schnitzel
Get your German on when the Sawtooth Brewery holds its annual Oktoberfest Friday and Saturday in Champions Meadow.
Monday, September 15, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Late Summer Flowers Behind SNRA
L3Eye on Sun Valley’s Lisa Horton took a late summer hike into Murdock Creek behind SNRA Headquarters seven miles north of Ketchum where she found several wildflowers that are not as well-known as many: the Twinberry Honeysuckle, Catchfly, Sidebells Wintergreen and Lyall’s Angelica. Check them out in today’s video.
Sunday, September 14, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Sun Valley Airport Wants Your Art
Friedman Memorial Airport is reputed to be the second busiest airport in Idaho. And that gives artists a chance to have their art scene by hundreds of fliers.
Sunday, September 14, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Solar Cycle and Rally to Demonstrate Support for a Sun Powered Planet
The Climate Action Coalition is taking part in the nation’s first-ever Sun Day, and it’s inviting the community to join in.
Sunday, September 14, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Bellevue Once Boasted One of the Biggest Race Tracks in Idaho
Horses were critical to life in the Wood River Valley in its early days. After galena ore-- an amalgam of silver, lead and zinc--was discovered in the Wood River Valley in 1880, prospectors flooded in to seek their fortune.
Saturday, September 13, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Ballet Sun Valley is Bringing the Future Stars of Ballet to Ketchum
Tickets are now on sale for Ballet Sun Valley’s performance featuring San Francisco Ballet School Pre-Professional dancers.
Saturday, September 13, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Writing Retreat to Include Stargazing and Wildfire Talks
Boise State University is presenting aa Sawtooth Writing Retreat under the stars of Idaho Sept. 18-21.
Saturday, September 13, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Cox Communications Employees Gift Wood River Valley Nonprofits
L3Shannon Nichols was among the first to arrive at a luncheon in which Cox Communications employees were presenting nonprofits with grants pulled together by employees’ contributions.
Friday, September 12, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Ballet Idaho Talk Could Win You a Night in Boise
What does Sherlock Holmes and ballet have in common?
Friday, September 12, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Galena Lodge to Close Sunday
Galena Lodge will bid adieu to the summer season on Sunday, Sept. 14.
Friday, September 12, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Garden of Infinite Compassion Prayer Wheel Contains a Million Handwritten Prayers
Nearly 25 years ago Sun Valley resident Jeanne Cassell’s granddaughter Sarah exhorted her to follow her through a sagebrush steppe in the Sawtooth Botanical Garden.
Thursday, September 11, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Joe Cannon to Headline American Legion Gala
The David Ketchum American Legion Post 115, which is celebrating 88 years, will hold its 4th annual fundraising gala from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12.
Thursday, September 11, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Mythbusting Hemingway
Did Ernest Hemingway, who called Ketchum home, kill 122 Nazis during World War II? Did he really fight champion Gene Tunney?
Thursday, September 11, 2025 \| Read Full Story.