FOR THE WEEK OF:
Feb. 2 - Feb. 8, 2000

• Buried alive Local avalanche forecaster Janet Kellam was buried by an avalanche in the Smoky Mountains and then rescued by two Sun Valley Avalanche Center associates

• A $37.7 million school facilities package could go to Blaine County voters as soon as this May It cleared a major hurdle on Monday when planners sent it to the Blaine County school board

• Utilities investigation The Idaho Public Utilities Commission is probing the quality of public service at Idaho Power Company's Hailey office

• Four coyotes skinned and dumped in the Big Wood Environmental, Fish and Game and Sheriff's officials say no laws appear to have been broken

• Investigators search for clues in deadly Alaska Airlines crash in Southern California Thus far, no Idaho crew members or passengers are known to have been aboard

• Psychological nightmare Lead editorial criticizes the Idaho Legislature's middle-class males for trying to enact a law requiring parental consent before a teenage girl may receive an abortion

• Block peril for deep pockets Editorial supports legislative proposal to protect companies from suits against them for actions of former employees

• Not even the Super Bowl topped this show Columnist Pat Murphy says opening up a blockage in his right coronary artery was an entirely civilized procedure and what preventive medicine is all about

• Head in the sand politics ensnarls roadless initiative Sierra Club Northern Rockies chairman Jonathan Stoke blasts Idaho Attorney General Al Lance for what he calls Fed bashing in Lance's attempt in court to extend the public comment period for 120 days on President Clinton's proposal to protect national forests from further development

• Comprehensive plan revival After a year of redrafting, Ketchum's plan is ready for public scrutiny

• The river of life Arts section front page piece focuses on James Prosek's Trout: An Illustrated History, a book wildly popular among Sun Valley trout anglers

• Silky smooth and shreddable The annual Beverly Hay Snowboard Cup on Bald Mountain featured some of the most talented riders in the area

• Twenty Years Ago Work space is cramped, general delivery lines are long, according to the paper's January-February 1980 issues writing about Ketchum's post office. So it's no surprise city officials support a move of the post office from its current A-frame site to the site of the former Scott USA building

• Public Notice Summary

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• Other Stories This Week:

  Inching toward consensus on the Greenhorn Bridge
  Where cougars roam
  Term limits: a sticky issue returns
  Education advocates pitch budget plan in legislature
  Community Recreation Bond's future considered
  Ketchum men arrested for alleged attack
  Hailey grapples with growth limiting initiative
  Final plans expected for new Ketchum post office
  Idaho U.S. Attorney supports investigation of state's high gasoline prices
  USFS meetings to be held on management plan for Sawtooth Scenic Byway
  News of Record
  

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