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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.”

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.

Oktoberfest to Pair Lagers with Schnitzel

Get your German on when the Sawtooth Brewery holds its annual Oktoberfest Friday and Saturday in Champions Meadow.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Ballet Idaho Talk Could Win You a Night in Boise

What does Sherlock Holmes and ballet have in common?

Galena Lodge to Close Sunday

Galena Lodge will bid adieu to the summer season on Sunday, Sept. 14.

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.

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.

Mythbusting Hemingway

Did Ernest Hemingway, who called Ketchum home, kill 122 Nazis during World War II? Did he really fight champion Gene Tunney?

Ketchum Man Focuses on the Subtle Joy of Aging

Wally Collins knows his mantra--”Where’s my phone? My glasses? My keys? My remote?”--resonates with a large percentage of the Wood River Valley population.

Garden of Infinite Compassion to Mark Twenty Years with Celebration

The Sawtooth Botanical Garden will celebrate 20 years of compassion on Thursday, Sept. 11.

Sound of Music Singalong Invites You to Twirl in Champions Meadow

Celebrate the 60th anniversary of the iconic musical film “Sound of Music” Thursday night in Champions Meadow.

Ketchum Hair Stylist Says TED Technology Can Restore Hair

Tamra Thrall has spent 25 years making her clients beautiful by styling their hair. But she increasingly found clients asking her what they could do about thinning hair.

The Attic Holds Progressive Sale as Summer Comes to an End

The Attic will have its first ever Progressive Sale as the thrift store flips the store from summer items to fall and winter items.

BCRD’s FitWorks Offers Free Use of Gym and Fitness Classes

FitWorks fitness center is offering free use of fitness equipment and free classes to start the new school year off.

Hike for Hope a Community Call to Action

Judd Effinger’s life took on a new path after he suffered the loss of his son Ky when the young man ran into the engine of a plane in Salt Lake City during a mental health crisis.

Giving Done Right Talk to Explore How to Make an Impact

Phil Buchanan, president of the Center for Effective Philanthropy, will discuss “Giving Done Right” on Wednesday, Sept. 10, at The Argyros in Ketchum.

Off Leash Dog Training Classes Coming

Want to teach Fido some new tricks? Like “Sit.” “Leave the bunny alone.” “Skip the food” (even if it is lying on the ground in plain sight). And, of course, the all-important “Come.”

Bellevue Labor Day Video Offers Two Minutes of Small Town Americana

Small town America doesn’t get much better than Bellevue’s Labor Day Parade. Liberty Films paired with Eye on Sun Valley to hop aboard the Bellevue Library’s Books are a Blast float to catch the view from a float.

Big Tree Walk Heads to Cathedral Pines

The Idaho Native Plant Society of the Wood River Valley is inviting the community along on a time-honored tradition—to see a big tree.

Sun Valley Film Festival Passes on Sale

The 2025 Sun Valley Film Festival passes are now on sale.

Trainer Takes Her Wellness Philosophy Around the World

Brenda Powell stands in her Sun Valley studio at Zenergy gym surrounded by the tools of fitness transformation she's wielded for nearly two decades, including yoga mats and kettlebells.

Caritas Chorale to Perform at Fall Fundraiser

It’ll be “A Grand Night for Singing” when the Caritas Chorale throws its annual fall fundraiser on Sept. 14.

In Idaho History Decides Who Drinks First

When the rivers run low in Idaho, who gets the water first? According to Idaho water law, the city of Hailey comes before the farmer in Gooding. And waiting in line is the homeowner in Ketchum turning on the tap.

Sun Valley Ballroom to Showcase World’s Best Dancers

Experience the world-class beauty and pizzazz of ballroom dancing, including the flirtatious cha cha and the exotic samba, when the Sun Valley Culinary Institute presents an evening of ballroom dance performances at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26, at The Argyros Center for the Performing Arts in Ketchum.

Windermere's Inaugural Golf Tournament Brings Putt-Putt Fun to Trail Creek

While serious golfers tackle the 18-hole scramble at Windermere's first annual Sun Valley Golf Tournament, the real party might just be happening on the putt-putt course at Sun Valley Resort’s Trail Creek Golf Course.

Wild Gift Community Picnic Offer a Chance to Meet Young Entrepreneurs

The community is invited to meet young startup founders involved with the Wild Gift Fellowship from 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6, at Atkinson Park in Ketchum.

Duffy Witmer Reveals What He Did for Clint Eastwood

Duffy Witmer considers the path Ketchum’s Big Hitch ore wagons took more than a century ago every time he drives his Ford pickup down the same winding road from his ranch atop Trail Creek Summit to his Pioneer Saloon.

Valley Music Festival to Offer Music in the Mountains

The Valley Music Festival will bring country twang, bluegrass pickin’, folk harmonies and alternative music swagger to Champions Meadow this weekend.

Bicyclists See Detours, Too

Attention, bicycle commuters:

Hospice of the Wood River Valley Came Out of Closet to Provide Comfort for Life’s Final Chapter

The Wood River Valley lacked services for patients and families dealing with life-limiting illnesses when Ellen Fisher heard about the hospice movement, which was fairly new, having started in the 1970s.

Caritas Choral Presents A Grand Night for Singing

It’ll be “A Grand Night for Singing” when the Caritas Chorale throws its annual fall fundraiser on Sept. 14.

Rebecca’s Private Idaho Boasts a Devilish Delight

Rebecca’s Private Idaho is no small challenge—not with a climb up Trail Creek Road with its 7 percent grade, followed by three races ranging from 19 miles to 103 miles on rocky dirt roads that don’t exactly feel like butter when you’re riding them.

Bellevue Labor Day Includes a Poignant Tribute to a Little Boy

The smart thing to do would have been to take a sack to the Bellevue Labor Day Parade and stock up on candy for Halloween.

Bike Raffle to Benefit Wood River Trails Coalition Trail Work

When the Trump administration laid off Forest Service workers, the nonprofit Wood River Trails Coalition sprang into action.

Shoshone Ice Caves Looks to Repair Bridge After Accident

Three people were injured Saturday evening when a bridge collapsed inside the Shoshone ice Caves.

Bellevue Labor Day-A Peak Inside the Museum

A nod to World War II, an antique sale for the Bellevue Historical Museum and a “Wanted” poster photo op. They’re all part of today’s Labor Day Celebration in Bellevue, in addition to the parade at noon and live music from 1 to 6 p.m. in Bellevue’s Memorial Park.

Ernest Hemingway’s Grandson to Speak at Ernest Hemingway Seminar

Ernest Hemingway’s grandson will be among the presenters at The Community Library’s annual Ernest Hemingway Seminar, which will be held Thursday through Saturday, Sept. 4-6.

St. Luke’s Wood River Adds Psychiatrists to Staff

St. Luke’s Wood River has added two psychiatrists to its behavioral health team to address what a Community Health Survey determined was a big gap in care.

Sasquatch Sighting at Wagon Days Parade

Ketchum boasted 200 people when Anne Zauner moved to town in 1951. The number of people taking part in Saturday’s Big Hitch Parade eclipsed that.

Wagon Days Parade Marks End to Summer in Sun Valley

A man carrying two pair of Stockli skis walked briskly down Sun Valley Road as spectators readied for the 2025 Wagon Days Parade.

Ketchum’s Ore Wagons Up Close and Personal

The cheers resound up and down Sun Valley Road and Main Street as Horace Lewis’ tall skinny ore wagons pass by.

Shoshone Project Garden Party Raises Support for Blaine County Workforce

When Kristen Gedeborg had to move adult materials in The Shoshone Library, she didn’t know where she was going to put them. But the Shoshone Project stepped up with a donation of shelves.

Bellevue Hails a Hundred Years of Labor Day Celebrations

Get ready for a slice of small town USA when the City of Bellevue celebrates a hundred years of Labor Day festivities.

Girls on the Run Needs Coaches

Girls on the Run Southern Idaho is looking for volunteer coaches for its upcoming season, which starts Sept. 4.

Duffy Witmer Spills the Beans on Pioneer Saloon Ghost

The Pioneer Saloon has long been entrenched in the history of Idaho and the Wood River Valley, what with its vintage cowboy posters, Hemingway memorabilia, bison heads and rifle mounts. And on Saturday its owner Duffy Witmer will add to that history when he rides in the 68th Wagon Days Parade as Grand Marshal.

Five Bee Quilt Show Among Wagon Days Activities

They were a feast for the eyes—quilts sporting cowboy boots, aboriginal cowboys, nutcrackers and sheep. One was made out of T-shirts from the Northern Rockies Folk Fest, which was a highlight of summer in Hailey for many years.

Rebecca’s Private Idaho Celebrates Twelve Years

It’s been billed as one of the 25 Best Bike Rides in the World by Outside Magazine and a Top Five Gravel Event by Global Cycling Network.

Mountain Rides’ New Electric Bus Facility Gets Fifteen Minutes of Fame

Architect Jolyon Sawrey found himself with plenty of brain teasers as he helped design Mountain Rides’ new electric bus facility in Bellevue.

It Was Mining That Led to Skiing in Sun Valley

It was silver—not gold—that lured thousands of miners to the Wood River Valley in 1879—thirty years after the Forty-Niners sought their fortune in California.

SVSEF Names New Big Mountain Team Director

The Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation has named Sarah Verst the Program Director of the Big Mountain Team, succeeding Banks Gilberti, who has accepted a full-time position with the Sun Valley Fire Department.

Ketchum’s Ore Wagons’ Mules Danced During the Big Hitch Parade

Over the years Ketchum’s Big Hitch parade has featured everything from the Budweiser Clydesdales to chickens pretending to pull an 80-ish year-old farmer behind his makeshift wagon.

Wagon Days Started to Rev Up Tourist Season

Labor Day Antique Show Aug. 29-31 at Roberta McKercher Park jewelry, kitchen items, statues and other art.

Scott and Carol Glenn to Be Honored by Sun Valley Film Festival

Sun Valley’s Scott and Carol Glenn will be honored with the Sun Valley Film Festival’s prestigious Harriman Award Thursday, followed by a free sneak peek screening of “Eugene the Marine.”

Shirley Yang Crutchfield Trades High Tech for Old World

Shirley Yang Crutchfield worked on the cutting edge of technology, launching an Audible app, following a career with Amazon, NBC and Fox.

The Salmon School Inspires Awe at Gail Severn Gallery

Some of those taking in part in this weekend’s Sawtooth Salmon Festival’s fish spawning tours emitted audible gasps as they watched salmon up to two feet long lay on their sides and scour out a redd to spawn in the rivers and creeks of the Salmon Basin.

Gallery Walk to Feature ‘Paradise’ and More

Art made with wool from endangered Navajo-Churro sheep, handblown glass salmon suspended from the ceiling, artwork created by painstaking Byzantine/Renaissance techniques using gold leaf—these will be among the works you can see at Friday’s Wagon Days Gallery Walk.

When Rodeo Cowboys Rode Bulls in Warm Springs

The Sun Valley Rodeo, so popular in the resort’s early years, was left sitting on the fencepost after the end of World War II as Union Pacific leaders declined to continue it.

Baldy Hill Climb Coming Up

Online registration is now open for the 47th Annual Baldy Hill Climb, which will be held on Saturday, Sept. 27.

Sunset Over Sun Valley Lake

We get pretty dang excited about seeing the Northern Lights around here.

Flourish Foundation Provides an Emotional Compass

Brian Jacobs had a student last year who struggled in so many areas. He was in the lowest reading and math groups and he couldn’t keep up with his classmates on the soccer field or basketball court.

Artists’ Studio Tour Offers an Adventure Through Art

The adventure begins with a trip up the narrow secretive-like stairwell in one of Bellevue’s oldest buildings to see Bex Wilkinson’s expansive art studio where she is donning her paint-splashed lab coat to paint a painting offering commentary on the world we live in.

Sun Valley Music Festival Looks Towards Winter Season

The Sun Valley Music Festival’s 2025 Summer Season ended with a bang as the Festival Orchestra played the big booming waltzes of Richard Strauss Thursday night at the Sun Valley Pavilion.

Quilt Master Jill Johnson Creates Quilted Wax Canvas Handbags and More

Jill Johnson grew up on an Idaho potato farm, and she and her husband Mark currently live on a potato farm near Silver Creek. But she is equally passionate about quilting, and she makes some beautiful ones.

Learn About the Indians in the Sun Valley Area

Tony Tekaroniake Evans will discuss his book, “A History of Indians in the Sun Valley Area,” at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 28, at Hailey Town Center West.

Sun Valley Tops the State in Safety Report

Sun Valley has one of the lowest property crime rates in Idaho, according to a new SafeHome report.

BCRD to Go Ahead with Levy

The Blaine County Recreation District is moving forward to put a permanent levy override of $3 million for recreation on the Nov. 4 election ballot.

Walk, Wine and Art Offers Wine and Hors d’oeuvres in a Beautiful Garden

Check out the newest sculptures in the Sawtooth Botanical Garden’s $1.15 million art collection. Stroll amidst the five-acre garden’s luscious late season blooms. And top it all off with a variety of wines and paired appetizers as you take in the garden’s lovely Walk, Wine + Art.

Trailing of the Sheep Festival Seeking Votes for Best Fall Festival Honor

The Trailing of the Sheep Festival has been nominated by USA TODAY for Best Fall Festival as part of USA TODAY 10BEST’s Readers’ Choice Awards.

Good Night, Oscar Follows Wild Card Who Toed Line Between Insanity and Genius

Oscar Levant has a gift for sharp witty humor and he can play George Gershwin classics like no one else, even adding his own prodigious touch.

Ketchum Lawyer To Tell of Two Years in Ukraine

In 2023 Ketchum lawyer Jared Kimball left his quiet, tidy attorney’s practice in Ketchum to provide legal advice amidst constant air raid alerts and 3 a.m. drone and ballistic missile attacks as a resident legal advisor at the U.S. Embassy in Kiev.

Idaho Sees More Measles

Kids are going back to school with new tennis shoes, pencils and lunchboxes. And it’s possible they’re also going back to school with the measles.

Transforming Texas Longhorn Skulls into Art

Every so often the UPS truck pulls up at a contemporary ranchette bordered by Shasta daisies and other flowers south of Bellevue.  Out comes a box of Texas longhorn skulls carefully wrapped in layers upon layers of bubble wrap.

Artists’ Studio Tour of the Wood River Valley Includes Prizes for Tourgoers

Step into Jack Sept’s leathercraft studio, filled with the smell of freshly tooled leather used for saddles, belts and billfolds. Tour EJ Harpham’s expansive ceramics studio where she creates wall tiles, kitchen sinks and dishware when she’s not tending to her beautiful vegetable and flower gardens.

Hailey Hot Wheels Car Show to Feature Hot Cars and Kids Activities

The sixth annual Hailey Hot Wheels Car Show will be held from noon to 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, at Roberta McKercher Park in Hailey.

Don’t Miss a Note-Or a Thing

Pops Night typically attracts the largest crowd of the Sun Valley Music Festival season. And that means the odds are highest that some concertgoers left something behind after enjoying a medley of Latin-inspired dance music conducted by Jacomo Bairos.

The Spot to Stage Good Night, Oscar

In 1958 Jack Paar hosted pianist and comedian Oscar Levant on The Tonight Show.

Sun Valley Steadfast to Offer Therapeutic Retreat for Sexual Abuse Survivors

A four-day therapeutic intensive retreat for female survivors of sexual abuse will take place Oct. 16-19 in the Wood River Valley. An opening ceremony will kick off the retreat on the evening of Oct. 15.