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Wind burst blows down tree
This 60-foot-high pine tree, slammed by a sudden wind, crashed
atop four cars Thursday evening in McHanville just south of Dean Tire & Automotive.
Two autos were damaged. There were no injuries. “The sky was black for two or three
minutes like a mini-tornado was blowing in,” said company owner Brent Anderson. |
School levy passes
Blaine County voters narrowly approved a historic $38 million school facilities levy
yesterday. The measure—which received almost a 59 percent "yes"
vote—required 55 percent voter approval.
School improvement plan to voters
Last night was the moment of truth for the Blaine County School District's plan to levy a
$4 million-per-year tax to finance extensive school facilities improvements
Six month building freeze extension
approved
Ketchum will retain its emergency regulations on downtown building height and bulk for an
additional six months while city planners work with a consultant to draft new design
review criteria
An American runaway in Spain
Since the beginning of April, when Adam Brod decided to eschew life in the
Wood River Valley, at least temporarily, for romance and adventure in Spain, his
days, he says, have been going fairly well
Council approves arch to span Big Wood
After nine months of Ketchum City Council meetings, the panel unanimously voted for an
arched wooden bridge to replace the historic Broadway Bridge, which spans the Big Wood
River adjacent to the Warm Springs Road bridge
On-site, off-site
Ketchum council asks developer to build affordable units on-site
Wolf wars
Idaho ranchers see their livelihood at stake
Local gardener-cooks appear in new book
Diane Peavey's slow-baked lamb shanks are about to become as well known as the Flat Top
Sheep Ranch she and her husband, John, own east of Bellevue
Time to change resort cities sales tax law
Approved in 1978, the law shifted the property tax burden from the
shoulders of working residents in Sun Valley and Ketchum to the shoulders of visitors who
were driving the demand for services
Roll over Averell
Sun Valley founder Averell Harriman, and a host of other ski luminaries,
will roll over in their graves if the name of their favorite resort is purloined by Utah's
Snowbasin
Half a century and the terror of
war cloud a reported massacre
The caller's question was to the point: Did I know anything about American
GIs massacring South Korean civilians in our sector in July, 1950, under a bridge outside
No Gun Ri, a month after the war began with North Korea's crossing of the 38th Parallel?
Commentary by Pat Murphy
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:
Highway 75 pileup: two to hospital, two to jail
Arson probe continues
Sewage plant budget woes
New traffic approach urged
Democratic forum scheduled
Blaine County cleanup week
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