FOR THE WEEK OF:
August 2-8, 2000

• Driver steps forward in Cody Boyd death
  Police await crime lab results
  

• INEEL wildfire contained; no radiation leaks, spokesman says
  Fire danger extremely high in Idaho
  

• Weather outlook:
  Whew(!) and more whew(!)
  

• Hot, dry summer translates into water alert for three cities
  Water officials search for water saving measures; even Elkhorn Golf Course cuts back
  

• St. Luke's presents 'way-finding system'
  P&Z criticizes 'urban signs'
  

• Missing alpha female wolf found with pups
  Though the White Cloud wolf pack was disbanded in April, its progeny and dominant alpha female live on
  

• City, county fund carpool program
  Local planner to head up effort
  

• A moveable feast for the soul
  Ketchum's August gallery walk
  

• 'A concert with old friends'
  Alasdair Neale, Gil Shaham and Jian Wang reunite for the SVSS

• Classically hot
  Sure, it was in-the-90s hot. But, after all, these are world class musicians and their artistry reflected it.
  

• Zone now, not later
  Blaine County needs to prepare itself for the possibility that the Bureau of Land Management may sell off lands in the county.
  

• Be water smart
  The local skies are smoky from fires elsewhere in the state, but the tap water is running. But don't be fooled. The water is no assurance the valley will not face more extreme impacts from the intense drought this summer. It's hot, tinder dry, with no relief in sight.
  

• Another stoplight on Main Street—is the speed limit obsolete?
  Raise your hand if you believe traffic moves better in Ketchum now that Main Street has four traffic lights within six blocks. Commentary by Pat Murphy

• World Bank backs down after Washington stands up for Tibetans
  That the World Bank was forced to back down from one of its ill-concieved, destructive projects is as significant for the world as cancelling this particular project was for Tibet. The World Bank has never backed down. Commentary by Dick Dorworth

• P&Z's view of St. Luke's hospital puts valley health care at risk
  By way of introduction, I am a member of the St. Luke's Medical Center Community Council and a resident of the Wood River Valley. However, I am writing this on my own and not as a representative of the council.. Commentary by Gene Whitmyre
  

• 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:

• Man On The Street: Some like it hot...

• Nevada judges hand down death sentence in murders of two Wood River Valley men

• Young 'architects' build through imagination

• Conservation easement designed to protect water quality

• Information zone: Sun Valley/Ketchum visitor center serves up a smorgasbord of ideas

• Confronting the affordable housing dilemma

• Ketchum's design review turns to height and bulk

• Bellevue mayor calls county commissioners 'arrogant'

• Snake dams decision is over, but dam politics is just getting started

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