As Drivers Slide, Skiers Glide Riley Fritsch, a sales associate at Main Strip T?s in Ketchum, clears more than a foot of snow Tuesday morning from the store?s sidewalk bordering Main Street. As a long-awaited late-autumn storm pounded the Wood River Valley Monday and Tuesday, car accidents and slick road conditions occasionally brought traffic in and around Ketchum to a complete halt. Skiers and snowboarders, however, were rejoicing. The storm dropped approximately 20 inches of powder on Bald Mountain, allowing Sun Valley Resort to open numerous ski runs that have been closed because of a lack of early-season snow. Photo by Willy Cook

Wednesday, December 8, 2004

• Attorney admits client shot youths
  Santistevan to take stand to make self-defense case

• 2 killed in plane crash
  

• Ketchum vs. Hall may see settlement
  Hall offers to forego pay as Fire Department employee

• Simon recall to proceed, opponent says
  Mayor claims plan to remove him is work of 'out-of-town opportunist'

• Sun Valley maps future
  City committee collaborates with resort to envision destiny of key land parcels

• SV eyes River Run annexation
  City's draft land-use map includes high-profile area at base of Bald Mountain

• Fire department names Martin volunteer of year
  

• Advisers reject sage grouse listing
  Biologists and Interior Department official differ on biological assessments

• Hailey P&Z hones land use plan, map
  

• Bellevue boy's life celebrated
  

• YMCA resolution prompts furor
  Citizens, Ketchum council denounce handling of proposed recreation center

• Gated neighborhood ban inches forward
  

• Lewis' success celebrated
  Surprise reception honors school district superintendent

• Changes bring new attitude
  Hailey woman continues her progress

• The hunt of a lifetime
  SVCA presents 'The Great Dance: A Hunter's Story'

• All the fun of the valley, in a book
  Local artist Betsy Pearson publishes "A Sun Valley Journal"

• What's for Christmas?
  

• We're stealing earth from our children
  Commentary by Dick Dorworth

• Pedestrians run Hailey gauntlet
  

• Beware when policy trumps science
  

• Black eyes for the Pentagon ... and liberals, too
  Commentary by Pat Murphy

• Midgets soar over Idaho Falls Eagles
  Sun Valley tastes ?sweet revenge? over rival

• Suns surprise Mountaineers 7-3
  Sun Valley hockey opener in McCall

• Kildow joins Bode with downhill gold
  Encouraging weekend for USST

• Double OT thriller in the Wildcat den
  Filer's seniors finally trim Wood River 60-55

• Public Meetings