The Powder Gods Giveth A flash of color in an otherwise plain world of white, a lone skier heads down the upper flanks of Bald Mountain Saturday. Skiers over the weekend enjoyed the fruits of a storm that dropped nearly 2 feet of powder on the high elevations of Baldy late Wednesday and Thursday. Sun Valley Resort reported Tuesday that the ski mountain has a 65-inch snow base near the summit, 48-inch base at mid-mountain, and 35-inch base at the bottom. Dollar Mountain, Sun Valley's beginner's hill, is set to reopen Saturday, Dec. 10, after a brief post-Thanksgiving closure. Photo by Willy Cook

Wednesday, December 7, 2005

• Hailey man rescued after four days in the snow
  Parents see happy ending to frightening ordeal

• Charitable giving enhances holiday season
  Volunteer opportunities abound in Wood River Valley

• Party request stumps Ketchum Council
  

• Local option taxes see modest rise
  Building down, drinking up in Ketchum

• Coal plants, property taxes top Reps' legislative list
  

• Santa Claus makes early visit for Bellevue confab
  More appearances planned in Ketchum and Sun Valley

• Wood River students demonstrate aptitude at senior projects contest
  

• Snow delays school day
  District says delays are preferable to 'snow days'

• Discuss threat of theocracy
  Iconoclast hosts foreign policy whiz kid

• Sentencing delayed for former Bellevue employee
  

• Survivors tell avalanche tales
  Roundtable discussion features Ketchum survivor

• County host meeting on USGS water study plans
  

• Threats to Yellowstone cutthroat could lead to federal protection
  Park biologists report 'imperiled' population in Yellowstone Lake has declined 60 percent

• Fine-spotted cutthroat seen as separate subspecies
  

• Local agencies frown on federal protection for cutthroat trout
  

• Be careful who you invite over...
  Company of Fools presents comedy classic

• Secret prisons
  

• Domestic security boasts just hollow claims?
  

• Pretext for plunder
  

• Before it's too late
  Guest opinion by Scott Boettger

• Traffic speak
  Commentary by JoEllen Collins

• McCain: Washington is 'very corrupt'
  Commentary by Pat Murphy

• Crime and punishment
  Commentary by David Reinhard

• Carey's big rally stuns Mackay 67-60 (OT)
  Simpson's 3-pointer sends it into OT, Cook scores 31

• Watanabe makes a splash in Jeep Series
  Gold at Crested Butte

• First victory on the board for WRHS boys
  59-21 breeze over Filer

• Young Suns light up for home tournament
  Midgets take first place in Sun Valley meet

• Suns debut 31st season against Park City
  Men's senior hockey this weekend

• Focus on skating in Suns hockey rules
  Stricter fighting penalties

• Bode, Rahlves are Beaver Creek winners
  Kildow captures DH at Lake Louise

• Public Meetings
  

• Legal Notice Summary