A Star Is Born Sun Valley ice skater Katie Peters, a second-grader at The Community School, displays the first-place basic skills 3 & 4 showcase trophy she won Sunday at the Sun Valley Summer Figure Skating Championships. (For more photos and complete results of the competition, see the Friday Sports section of the Idaho Mountain Express.)

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

• Hailey mayor won?t seek re-election
  Susan McBryant opts to leave on ?high note?

• Wildfire burns more than 100 acres in Indian Creek
  Blaze narrowly misses several homes on East Gulch Road

• Feds to tighten fire restrictions
  Stage 2 restrictions to begin Thursday

• Fires reduce local air quality
  Current conditions in valley deemed ?moderate?

• Bail set at half million for shooting suspect
  Reimer accused of trying to kill her ex-boyfriend

• Sun Valley to refund in-lieu fees
  Recent court decision sets city housing plan back

• New charges filed against rape suspect
  Pothier accused of destruction of evidence

• Cities facing water conundrum
  As temperatures soar, so does residential consumption

• Sun Valley to unveil new trail network
  Gun Club 9 to be trimmed out with peripheral trails

• Sun Valley mayor to receive raise
  City Council votes to keep its salary the same

• Former policeman dies of gunshot wound
  Gonzalez served 10 years as a Ketchum patrolman

• Music Pavilion gets nod from city
  Design review will be last hurdle leading to approval

• Policies for new hotels need clarity
  Commission will try to level ?playing field?

• Ketchum planner gets Hailey job
  Robrahn to assume role of planning director

• Hailey adopts tentative $11 million budget
  City considers extending water services to elder-care facility

• Police return property to burglary victims
  

• Road rage altercation leads to arrest
  Hailey man faces assault and drug paraphernalia charges

• Bellevue eyes parks, open space requirements
  

• Animal Shelter hires new executive director
  

• News Briefs
  

• Benefit features Tweety?s houses
  Animal Shelter puts spin on annual benefit

• Art and community go hand-in-hand
  Sun Valley galleries celebrate past and future

• Wine auction dazzles patrons
  Sun Valley Center sets new record on wine-drenched weekend

• Iraq war veterans gather for river trip
  Post-war life to include journey on beautiful River of No Return

• Italy influences Sun Valley student
  Khrystyne Inman selected to join LeadAmerica in Italian Art Study

• Heed the call of Silver Creek
  The Nature Conservancy sponsoring special event Saturday

• Y welcomes Yoakam
  Benefit concert lands country classic

• Revel in the music
  Summer symphony to dazzle patrons

• Almost Toast
  

• On integrity
  

• Honoring a modest pioneer
  

• Global warming can?t wait on Washington for action
  

• The sham(e) of the Senate
  Forgive me for not taking the world?s most heavily coiffeured sleepover seriously.

• The NFL?s cult of thugs
  

• Don?t trash the valley
  

• Why delay wind power?
  

• Don?t blame McMansions
  

• Prison equation is easy math
  

• In God?s name?
  

• Thanks, Fairfield
  

• Field of screams
  Local Little League teams turn in fine performances at hometown Nelson tourney

• 2007 Backcountry Run Results
  

• One-run bummer for Wood River
  Legion team drops last two of regular season

• Sun Valley native cracks U.S. Ski Team
  Hailey Duke named to women?s C team

• 2007 Ketchum Coed Softball League
  

• 2007 Blaine County Title SV Men's Adult Baseball League
  

• Mountain bikers gearing up for Galena Grinder
  Annual mountain bike race on Saturday

• Legal Notice Summary
  

• Randy ?Banjo? Hartling
  

• Bud Grice