App Now Lets People from Around the World Tour Historic Ketchum Sites

See a historic video of Ketchum’s first Wagons Days Parade in 1958, tour the Ernest and Mary Hemingway House in Ketchum by video and listen to stories about Hemingway during the 22 years he was a part of the Sun Valley community in a tour narrated by his granddaughter Mariel Hemingway..

No Kings Rally Planned in Hailey on Saturday

A No Kings Rally is being planned for 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 14, at Hop Porter Park in Hailey.

Contra Dances to Make the Rounds on Saturday

Kick up your heels once again when contra-dancing returns to the Hailey Grange.

App Now Lets People from Around the World Tour Historic Ketchum Sites

See a historic video of Ketchum’s first Wagons Days Parade in 1958, tour the Ernest and Mary Hemingway House in Ketchum by video and listen to stories about Hemingway during the 22 years he was a part of the Sun Valley community in a tour narrated by his granddaughter Mariel Hemingway..

No Kings Rally Planned in Hailey on Saturday

A No Kings Rally is being planned for 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 14, at Hop Porter Park in Hailey.

Contra Dances to Make the Rounds on Saturday

Kick up your heels once again when contra-dancing returns to the Hailey Grange.

Ready for Takeoff-Mural Tells Story of Beaver Drop

A new take on the story of the Sun Valley beavers that Idaho Fish and Game officers once dropped out of planes with parachutes is unfolding on the back wall of the Sun Valley Museum of Art.

Speak to Look at Oratory’s Super Bowl

The Sun Valley Film Festival will pull a curtain back on the world of the spoken word on Thursday when it presents “Speak” at The Argyros.

Backwoods Mountain Sports Kicks Off Summer with a Party

Backwoods Mountain Sports is celebrating the start of summer with a Sun’s Out, Fun’ Out party on Thursday, June 12.

Winston Churchill-I told the British People the Truth

The air raid sirens wailed and smoke filled the rafters of The Argyros Performing Arts Center as black and white footage of bombs dropping and fire raging during the London Blitz filled the screen behind Winston Churchill.

YMCA to Offer Mahjong Games

The Wood River YMCA is kicking off Mahjong Tuesdays at the YMCA beginning today.

Examine the Aftermath of the Fire in Croy Canyon on Rinker Rock Creek Ranch Tour

The Wood River Chapter of the Idaho Native Plant Society is partnering with University of Idaho/Rinker Rock Creek Ranch for a free evening tour on Wednesday, June 11.

When the Christiania Ruled Gambling in Ketchum

Gambling has long existed in the Wood River Valley, as was true for most areas that were originally mining centers.  However, it took the arrival of Sun Valley in 1936, to bring organized gambling to Ketchum.

Joy Summit Aims for Smiles Beginning Wednesday

Hillary Anderson only intended the Joy Summit to be a one-time thing.

An Unbear-ably Stunning Sight

Do you, by chance, remember the tongue twister “Fuzzy Wuzzy Was a Bear?”

Sawtooth Botanical Garden Bug Festival Sports Friendly, Even Helpful, Critters

Meet Bruno the tarantula and Dennis the gecko lizard, along with a tail-less whip scorpion and other critters. And learn how insects help farmers when Eye on Sun Valley’s takes you to the annual Sawtooth Botanical Garden Bug Zoo Festival in today’s video.

Scientists Wonder if Stanley’s Sleeping Giant is Awakening

There’s a whole lot of shaking going on in Stanley.

Sun Valley Joins in on the Road Construction Fun

Just when you think there couldn’t be any more road construction in the Wood River Valley, the City of Sun Valley has decided it wants to get in on the action.

Ketchum to Try to Speed Highway Construction Along

There may be a glimmer of hope for commuters who have sat in standstill traffic heading into Ketchum in the morning and outdoor enthusiasts who have had to restrict hiking to trails south of Ketchum.

Pride Week to Include Bike Ride and Duck Race

A Rainbow Duck Race, lawn games, all ages-music and educational speakers will highlight the annual Pride in the Garden on Saturday, June 14.

Second Highway Construction to Commence on Highway 75

Commuters already dealing with traffic delays caused by road construction south of Ketchum now have a new construction project to hurdle.

Idaho Power, Others Take Precautions Ahead of Hot, Dry Summer

Last summer in late July Idaho Power Company shut off power to more than 42,000  customers near Boise to reduce the risk of wildfire in the face of scorching hot weather and 70-mile-per-hour winds.

Churchill Festival Examines the Man of the Century

The resolute statesman Winston Churchill will come to The Argyros when the performing arts center kicks off its inaugural Churchill Festival.

SVMoA Launches First Fridays with Andrew Sheppard Tonight

The Sun Valley Museum of Art will launch its First Fridays at Sun Valley Museum of Art tonight—June 6.

Constitutional Scholar Explores Whether the U.S. Constitution Can Survive

The U.S. Constitution is 238 years old. But both conservative and liberal political analysts are wondering whether it has a future given the refusal of the current administration to honor it.

Stewarding the Sawtooths

The Sawtooth National Recreation Area is the crown jewel of Idaho’s public lands, what with 756,000 acres of jagged mountains alpine lakes and key salmon spawning grounds.

Happiness Professor to Headline St. Luke’s Well-Being Speaker Series

Psychology professor Laurie Santos will discuss “The Science of Happiness: How to Live a Happier and More Fulfilling Life” as part of St. Luke’s Wood River Foundation Health and Well-Being Speaker Series in August.

Sawtooth Botanical Garden Gets a Little Pixie Dust

Winslow Vail and Amarah Wesley talked in hushed whispers as they walked along the creek flowing through the Sawtooth Botanical Garden south of Ketchum. After all, they didn’t want to disturb any fairies that might have taken up residence there in the past few days.

Papoose Club to Hold Plant Sale

The Papoose Club will hold its annual Plant Extravaganza from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 7. The sale will be at both Webb Garden Centers—the one at 891 Washington Ave. in Ketchum and the one at 162 Glendale Road in Bellevue.

Wood River Farmers Market Celebrates 25 Years

The Wood River Valley Farmers Market is leaning into its Silver Anniversary as it prepares to start up for the summer.

Blaine County Historical Museum Turns Back a Page in Time

Meghan Flanz looked the part as she stepped into The Writers Corner in the Blaine County Historical Museum.

Blaine County Hires New Administrator from Local Ranks

Kirk Flannigan, the area ranger for the Sawtooth National Recreation Area, is moving to a new post—that of the new Blaine County administrator.

Far and Wise Career Exploration Program Gets Workforce Development Grant

Far+Wise has received a $250,000 Workforce Development Council grant for its Cimino Center for Career Exploration.

Chamber Honors Hometown Heroes

Some of those who have made the Wood River Valley a better place were honored this past week at the 2025 Chamber Awards Banquet.

Craters of the Moon Offers Photography and Geology Walks

Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve is inviting the public to “walk on the moon” this month.

Craters of the Moon Wraps Up Record Breaking Centennial

This past month Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve east of Carey, Idaho, turned 101, bringing its 100th anniversary year to a close.

Shoshone Was the Gateway to Wood River Mines

Shoshone, one of the oldest towns in the Magic Valley, was originally known as Naples, Big Bottoms, and Junction City—so named because of the Oregon Short Line Railroad that made it a hub. In 1882 it received the name that stuck—Shoshone, from the Native American word meaning “The Great Spirit.”

Examining the Current Tensions Prompted by Recent Executive Orders

Take a look at the U.S. Constitution in light of today’s political climate when constitutional scholar David Adler returns to The Community Library at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 3.

Astronomer Musician to Look at Stars through Indigenous Lens

Daniel Peluso spent years working in the music industry, developing and promoting such artists as Bon Jovi and Alison Krauss. His first full-length album explores cosmic themes and the human experience through music and storytelling as it draws inspiration from scientific concepts and cultural awareness.

Meet the Poison Hemlock, Monkeyflower and Others

The spring of 2025 is shaping up to be an extraordinary year for wildflowers with big bouquets of various flowers lining trails in Croy Canyon, south valley gulches and out Rock Creek.

The Waverly Gallery to Tackle the Subject of Memory

“The Waverly Gallery” touches a place in our hearts for all those who are suffering the slow decline of memory due to Alzheimer’s disease.

Wendy Pesky Summit to Show How Vital Arts Are to Education

The Sun Valley Museum of Art will hold the inaugural Wendy Pesky Educator Summit on Monday and Tuesday, June 9 and 10.

They’re the Ones Who Knew When to Bring a Casserole

Rebecca Cox looked out across a room filled with women in frilly white blouses sitting around tables boasting vintage teacups rescued from the Gold Mine and delicate cucumber sandwiches.

Advocates to Hold Color Our World Cocktail Party and Ribbon of Hope Display

Every 24 hours the hotline at The Advocates rings about 51 times.

Colla Voce to Wrap Up Gold Season with Two Free Concerts

Members of Colla Voce, dressed in T-shirts and sweat pants, took a break in their four-hour rehearsal Wednesday night to walk from the Liberty Theatre to the Blaine County Historical Museum two blocks away.

Bellevue Man Recalls When Checks were Written on Paper Bags

Les Cameron can tell tales that bring old Bellevue to life. Such as how horses helped build Main Street in the 1930s, later pulling weights to grade the dirt highway.

Far and Wise Buoyed by Donation from Cimino Family

Far+Wise has renamed its Center for Career Exploration the Cimino Center for Career Exploration after the Cimino family gifted the program with what executive director Laura Lewis calls “a transformational gift.”

The Barber of Seville Rounds Out Met Live HD Season

A performance of “The Barber of Seville” will close out the Metropolitan Opera’s 2024-25 Live Simulcast season on Saturday, May 31, at Merlin’s Magic Lantern in Ketchum.

Local Librarian Unearths Sun Valley at the World’s Fair and More

Spring cleaning and wondering what to do with those boxes collecting dust in the attic? The Center for Regional History Librarian at the Community Library could become your new best friend IF the contents relate to the Wood River Valley, Central Idaho and/or the American West.

Galena Lodge Gearing Up for Summer Season

Need an espresso in the mountains?

Summer Tourism Outlook in Sun Valley is Uncertain

The word for the tourism outlook in Sun Valley this coming summer is “uncertainty.”

Memorial Day-Our Deaths…Will Mean What You Make Of Them

There was no flyover—not with Mountain Home Air Force Base troops sent to the Middle East.

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun-damental Human Rights Funk Raiser Coming Up

Calling all fun-loving women who want to kick up their heels for a cause.

Kim Frank to Tell Story of Asian Elephants in the Chicken Neck of India

Kim Frank, an award-winning Ketchum writer and photographer will discuss her new book, Elephants in the Hourglass: A Journey of Reckoning and Hope Along the Himalaya, at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 29, at The Community Library.

Ketchum Soldier Packed Army Supplies on Mules

Memorial Day is not just about playing “Taps” and watching a flyover.

Carry the Load Honors Fallen Police Officers and Military Personnel

Retired Dallas Police Lt. Miguel Sarmiento is continually surprised by the encounters he stumbles into as he canvasses the United States carrying the names and faces of fallen police officers and veterans on his backpack.

Into Your Wild Workshop to Explore Inner Selves

Head into your interior wilderness to meet your secret biospheres when Heidi Kraay, a writer-in-residence at the Hemingway House in Ketchum, presents a free “Into Your Wild” workshop.

Wood River Orchestra Hits All the Right Notes

Mila Lyon grew up playing the flute but hadn’t played for 30 years. But she picked it up again in 2008 when the orchestra instructor for the Blaine County School District sounded the call for anyone who could blow a horn or draw a bow across a violin to be part of a fledgling community orchestra.

Sun Valley Tour de Force to Hold No Speed Limit Event in Fairfield

The Sun Valley Tour de Force is moving the No Speed Limit portion of its event to Fairfield when it returns July 17-19.

Summer Reading Challenge for Adults and Kids Promises to be Colorful

“Color Our World” is the theme of this year’s Summer Reading Program in the Wood River Valley.

They Had Mexico in Their Heart During Noche de Mariachis

The show was titled “Mexico en el Corazon” and you could tell 1,750 Hispanic residents of the Wood River and Magic valleys had Mexico in their heart.

Spur Community Foundation Awards Eleven Grants to Wood River Valley Nonprofits

Eleven Wood River Valley nonprofits are reveling in the generosity of the Spur Community Foundation.

SNRA Offices Closing for Nearly a Month

Sawtooth National Recreation Area offices in Ketchum and Stanley are closing just as the busy Memorial Day Weekend, which marks the unofficial start of summer, commences.

Walking in an Ocean of Sagebrush

Pyramid-shaped, cream colored death camas waved in the breeze sparked by a passing shower as 18 Wood River Valley residents trekked across the hillside in Bellevue’s Slaughterhouse Canyon.

St. Thomas Playhouse Offers Tuition-Free Intensive Culminating in Spamalot

Wanted: A King Arthur, several Knights of the Round Table, peasants and penitent monks—oh, and a Lady of the Lake—to take part in St. Thomas Playhouse’s upcoming production of Monty Python’s “Spamalot! Young@Part.”

BCRD Swimming Pool Opens Saturday

Calling all waterlubbers. The outdoor Aquatic Center at the Community Campus in Hailey opens Saturday, May 24.

Beetlejuice Sports High Spirited Youngsters Singing Wickedly Fun Tunes

Are you sure these are middle schoolers?

Memorial Day Ceremony to Honor Those Who Sacrificed

Join together on Memorial Day to honor more than 445 veterans from Blaine County who rest at the Hailey Cemetery.

Los Angeles Arts Innovator to Head Up The Liberty Theatre Company

The director of The Artists’ Lab in Los Angeles will step into a new role as executive/artistic director of The Liberty Theatre Company on July 1.

Sun Valley Gets Serious About Protecting City from Wildfire

John Vaillant in his book “Fire Weather” described how houses filled with modern furnishings made of plastic, wood products bound together with glues and resins,  polyester and nylon upholstery and polyurethane stuffing can become engulfed in flames in as little as three and a half minutes.

Community Resources Offered Following Ketchum Death

Wood River Valley residents are being encouraged to reach out to a variety of resources around the community following the death of a man outside the Limelight Hotel.

Beetlejuice Takes the Stage at The Spot

“Beetlejuice,” a frightfully funny and campy musical about a strange, unusual teenager, will take the stage at The Spot this week.

Hands Off Rally Addresses the Next Hundred Days

The day dawned rainy and chilly—hardly a day to be waving a sign at a protest. But, as one person put it, people were “steamed up and ready to go.”

Friedman Memorial Airport Holds Artists’ Reception on Wednesday

Take part in a Gallery Walk of another sort Wednesday when the Friedman Memorial Airport holds an artists’ reception for its new exhibition.

Trout Unlimited Expert to Discuss Stream Restoration

Learn how the practice of restoring streams has evolved Wednesday when Trout Unlimited’s Warren Colyer visits The Community Library.

Ketchum Wide Open Brings Out Dumpster Fires and More

They say rain never keeps a golfer off the greens. And Mike Hoover and his comrades were ready for it as they tackled the annual Ketchum Wide Open Saturday.

A Vision for Mexico-U.S. Progress the Subject of Tuesday Conversation

The evolving dynamics between the United States and Mexico will be the subject of a conversation on Tuesday featuring Sergi D. Suarez Ramirez, president of the North American Institute for Mexican Advancement.

Sun Valley Community School Students Sign NCAA Letters of Intent

The Sun Valley Community School celebrated the hard work of two of its athlete students as they signed NCAA letters of intent to compete at the collegiate level.

Heritage Court to Gain a Goggle Gluer and a Baby Lamb Champion

One woman was among those who founded The Advocates for Survivors of Domestic Violence. Another used to bottle feed orphaned lambs in her father’s flock of 1,200 sheep.

Wood River Student Chosen to Perform in Sydney Opera House

A Wood River High School student is trying to raise money to participate in the Young Adult honor Performance Series at the Sydney Opera House this summer.

May Showers Also Bring a Rainbow

The off-again, on-again rain showers in the Wood River Valley has played havoc with people’s outdoor plans.

Dandelions and Other Dandy Wildflowers

Dandelions are bursting all over—both the common yard variety and the mountain dandelions.

Salome Hits Big Screen Today

The biblical story of “Salome” will be screened as part of the Metropolitan Opera’s Live Simulcast today.

Color Me Fearless Fun Run to Provide Colorful Start to Summer

Girls on the Run is looking for runners and volunteers to take part in the annual Color Me Fearless 5K on May 31.

Bug Zoo Festival to Focus on Pollination

The dew was still on the grass at the Sawtooth Botanical Garden Thursday morning as fourteen 2 and 3-year-olds from Big Wood School ran from one chair decorated as a flower to another carrying tennis balls that were supposed to represent pollen.

Ketchum Wide Open to Fill K-Town with Goofy Golfers and Snazzy Greens

Grab your putters and head for the greens in … well, The Argyros, The Casino, The Cellar Pub and more restaurants and bars around town.

Hands Off Rally to be Held in Hailey Saturday

Those concerned about their country and fellow citizens are invited to move “Not left, not right, but forward, together” during the Hands Off! Public Rally being held Saturday at Hop Porter Park in Hailey.

Bicyclists Find Extra Big Perk During Wednesday’s Bike to School and Work

Traffic was at a standstill on Highway 75 leading into Ketchum as Matt Conover and his children Rosalie and Wyatt pedaled along the Wood River bike path to school Wednesday morning.

John Rember to Read New Essays About Life in the Sawtooths

John Rember has the unique ability to wax eloquent about the sense of place that is the Wood River Valley and the Sawtooth Mountains, having been born in Sun Valley several decades ago.

Caritas Choral to Perform John Rutter Piece

The Caritas Chorale will present two free concerts featuring John Rutter’s “Mass of the Children” on Saturday and Sunday.

Alejandra Campoverdi-Don’t Ask People Directions for Places They’ve Never Been

As a first-generation Latina, Alejandra Campoverdi never left work at night without turning around to see the lights outlining the White House.

Wildflower Walk to Include Look at Bellevue’s Geologic and Mining History

Take a walk in the Sagebrush Ocean this evening when Wood River Valley naturalist Kristin Fletcher leads a wildflower walk in Slaughterhouse Canyon.