FOR THE WEEK OF:
April 26 - May 2, 2000

• Campaigns address school levy vote
  With less than a week before voters cast their ballot on the Blaine Co. School District's extensive facilities improvement plan, the district's campaign election team is gearing up for its final push, while a handful of vocal critics denounce the plan
  

• Interim building limits may be extended
  Council to consider six-month plan Tuesday
  

• It's a green light for Greenhorn Bridge
  Despite uncertainty about the size of a new Highway 75 through the Wood River Valley, officials of the Idaho Transportation Dept. say construction of the new Greenhorn bridge will proceed as scheduled this summer or fall
  

• The cost of affordable housing
  Riverside lot targeted by PUD (Planned Unit Development) ordinance
  

• White Cloud wolves shot
  One member of pack survives
  

• County considers tighter control of wild animals
  Blaine County Commissioners are considering making a change to the county's animal control ordinance to allow local officials to pursue and capture or kill dangerous wild animals on private property
  

• County considers two new St. Luke's applications
  Reduced roadwork commitment, new building in the works
  

• ZAP! A new power agreement
  Hailey and Idaho Power work out the details
  

• Two charged with credit card theft
  May be part of a multi-state ring
  

• Inevitable incinerator?
  The project's not dead

• The Thais that bind
  When JoEllen Collins left Thailand nine years ago, her Thai "family" said there would always be room for "Mama Jo"
  

• Street party caps ski season
  Fantastic spring skiing conditions, some splashes of rain, a flash of lighting and a gala street party combined to cap the 99/00 ski season on Saturday
  

• Resounding architecture
  Two local architects take home pretigious AIA Idaho Design Awards

• School levy looks like a good investment
  Investing in new schools is like buying anything from cars to stocks
  

• Don't laugh - Earl Holding may be on to something!
  Fie on naysayers! Fie on provincial thinking! Fie on fears of plagiarism!. Commentary by Pat Murphy
  

• "A kick in the gut" : yurts arson case revisited
  As the sole owner of Sun Valley Trekking Company, and it's five backcountry huts, including the yurts at Boulder Creek, I am concerned about how the press has represented my feelings about the arson of the Boulder yurts and implicated the arson in the issue of snowmobile riders and skier zoning. Commentary by Bob Jonas
  

• Attention anarchists:
  The return of the Mountain Gazette
  A few readers of this column will remember the Mountain Gazette, a free-form, free-spirited publication offering an eclectic blend of fiction, opinion, humor, art, photography, reviews, essays and perspectives loosely connected with the peoples, landscape, environment, adventures and issues of the mountains. Commentary by Dick Dorworth

• Glovework, pitching combine for seven-game winning streak
  April has been a record-setting month for the Wood River High School varsity baseball team, thanks to outstanding defense, clutch pitching and timely hits

• 20 years ago
  News from the April and May 1980 issues of the Idaho Mountain Express

• Public Notice Summary
  

The Idaho Mountain Express is distributed free to residents and guests throughout the Sun Valley resort areas. Subscribers to the Idaho Mountain Express will read these and other stories  in this weeks' issue:

• Bridge selection design: Council to decide Monday

• Taxi companies air opinions

• Sun Valley Council puts off dark sky regulations

• Emergency regs stump cell phone provider

• ICL joins BLM fray

• INEEL officials work for better public relations

• Judicial elections could have unprecedented result

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