River height projections for the Big Wood River in Hailey were revised upward Thursday, showing a Friday peak of 7.88 feet around 6 a.m., a drop to roughly 7.3 feet through the weekend and a rise to 7.85 feet by Tuesday morning. Read more
The final floodwater peak is projected to hit the Wood River Valley midday Friday, and local officials are urging residents to not to let down their guard. Read more
The U.S. Forest Service and BLM are seeking comments on a proposal from Sun Valley Co. to co… Read more
The U.S. Forest Service and BLM are seeking comments on a proposal from Sun Valley Co. to construct a new, longer Cold Springs chairlift on a different alignment and to expand inbounds ski terrain within the area covered by the resort’s existing special-use permit. Read more
After rejecting a proposed master agreement last week, the Blaine County Education Associati… Read more
The Sun Valley Animal Center is being recognized for practicing high standards of veteri… Read more
ARCH Community Housing Trust is receiving a $3,000 grant from Washington Federal Bank. Read more
Rev Up Blaine, Sun Valley Institute’s program for discounts on buying electric cars, has… Read more
Students Jatziri Guzman, left, Sophia Guillen, center, and Emily Chavez, members of the last preschool class of the College of Southern Idaho’s Head Start program, on Wednesday help bag sand in the preschool’s sandbox to donate to residents and businesses being threatened by rising floodwaters around the Big Wood River. The Head Start program has been in Hailey for 26 years. Federal budget… Read more
Boston College-bound Brock Mary, who will graduate from Hailey’s Wood River High School today, is the recipient of the first Larry Lloyd Memorial Scholarship. Read more
Beautiful spring weather greeted 76 golfers on 19 teams Tuesday and Wednesday during the… Read more
There are still openings for the fifth annual Wolverine Coed Cage Camps overseen by Woo… Read more
On a sunny Saturday in the Stanley Basin, former Twin Falls High School and Brigham You… Read more
Many of south-central Idaho’s best senior-class prep football players suited up, strappe… Read more
Comedian Kathy Griffin and photographer Tyler Shields were well within their constitutional rights but way outside the bounds of decency when they concocted a gruesome image of the severed head of President Donald Trump. What they did was monumentally wrong. Read more
Once upon a time, to be conservative meant being slower to change policy, spend money or impose a government solution on a problem that a private one might fix more effectively. The word conservative was not a synonym for cruel. Read more
At is clear that this Blaine County School District board of trustees is attempting to balance the budget on the backs of teachers, support staff and ultimately students. While this board’s budget principles of creating a balanced budget, closing the achievement gap and keeping class sizes s… Read more
When unprecedented deviation from the customary rules and laws written to guide the annexation process has been engineered behind closed doors along with the ultimate outcome, an inexcusable b… Read more
As an animal science major at Cornell University with a focus on dairy veterinary medicine, I am extremely interested in dairy farming and would like to take this opportunity to help dispel an… Read more
Suffering from extreme spring fever, I ventured down to Silver Creek to check on the flow. I practically drove into the creek when I was confronted by a big, ugly house being erected across fr… Read more
Earlier this month, animal rights activists shut down the 146-year-old Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus after years of effectively exposing the circus industry for animal abuse. C… Read more
Many who live in the mountain West appreciate the region for its dramatic landscapes, big sky and variety of animals. Some seek to express this appreciation through art, though few have done so as prolifically and with such critical acclaim as Hailey resident Theodore Waddell. Read more
If variety is the spice of life, then Sun Valley Opera’s Summer Festival will season the sum… Read more
At the end of June, hundreds of writers and readers will descend on Sun Valley to attend the… Read more
As temperatures warm and trails become open in the valley, mountain bikers of all stripes ar… Read more
Claudia moved on to the next phase of her journey on Easter 2017 surroun… Read more
Raul Bernardo Hunt, 88, died on May 26, 2017, at his home in Sun Valley, Idaho. Read more
Gertrude Hackett Potters died on March 25, 2017, at her home on Dataw Is… Read more
Steve John Robertson passed away on May 16, 2017, at age 63 in Hailey, I… Read more
Images from flooding throughout the Wood River Valley on May 13, 2017. Idaho Mountain Express video by Roland Lane.
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