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


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.


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.
Wednesday, September 10, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Garden of Infinite Compassion to Mark Twenty Years with Celebration
The Sawtooth Botanical Garden will celebrate 20 years of compassion on Thursday, Sept. 11.
Wednesday, September 10, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Wednesday, September 10, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Tuesday, September 9, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Tuesday, September 9, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Tuesday, September 9, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Monday, September 8, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Monday, September 8, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.”
Monday, September 8, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Sunday, September 7, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Sunday, September 7, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Sun Valley Film Festival Passes on Sale
The 2025 Sun Valley Film Festival passes are now on sale.
Sunday, September 7, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Saturday, September 6, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Saturday, September 6, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Saturday, September 6, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Friday, September 5, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Friday, September 5, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Friday, September 5, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Thursday, September 4, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Thursday, September 4, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Bicyclists See Detours, Too
Attention, bicycle commuters:
Thursday, September 4, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Wednesday, September 3, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Wednesday, September 3, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Wednesday, September 3, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Tuesday, September 2, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Tuesday, September 2, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Shoshone Ice Caves Looks to Repair Bridge After Accident
Three people were injured Saturday evening when a bridge collapsed inside the Shoshone ice Caves.
Tuesday, September 2, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Monday, September 1, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Monday, September 1, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Monday, September 1, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Sunday, August 31, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Sunday, August 31, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Sunday, August 31, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Saturday, August 30, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Saturday, August 30, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Saturday, August 30, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Friday, August 29, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Friday, August 29, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Friday, August 29, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Thursday, August 28, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Thursday, August 28, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Thursday, August 28, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Wednesday, August 27, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Wednesday, August 27, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.”
Wednesday, August 27, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Tuesday, August 26, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Tuesday, August 26, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Tuesday, August 26, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Monday, August 25, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Monday, August 25, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


Sunset Over Sun Valley Lake
We get pretty dang excited about seeing the Northern Lights around here.
Monday, August 25, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Sunday, August 24, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Sunday, August 24, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Sunday, August 24, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Saturday, August 23, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Saturday, August 23, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Saturday, August 23, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Friday, August 22, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Friday, August 22, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Friday, August 22, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Thursday, August 21, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Thursday, August 21, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Thursday, August 21, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Wednesday, August 20, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Wednesday, August 20, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Wednesday, August 20, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


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.
Tuesday, August 19, 2025 \| Read Full Story.


The Spot to Stage Good Night, Oscar
In 1958 Jack Paar hosted pianist and comedian Oscar Levant on The Tonight Show.
Tuesday, August 19, 2025 \| Read Full Story.