Deep Winter Snows Hard On Elk, Deer More than 170 elk, including cows, spikes and several large bulls, feed Sunday at the Idaho Department of Fish and Game?s Bullwhacker winter feeding site west of Ketchum in the Warm Springs Creek drainage. The agency established the Bullwhacker site in 1980 to encourage elk to remain farther up Warm Springs Creek and not in residential areas of Ketchum. Fish and Game officials are warning local residents to keep their distance from the valley?s deer and elk, which are finding the going tough this winter. Photo by Willy Cook

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

• Hailey to vote again on legalizing marijuana?
  City clerk sets new election for May 27

• Caucus recount sought
  Blaine County Democrats look to improve caucus procedure

• Gondola, Roundhouse projects on track for next season
  Construction could start this spring

• Plea agreement reached in sexual assault case
  Crain pleads guilty to 2 lesser offenses

• Winter storm cuts off valley
  Workers, tourists left stranded by wintry weather

• Hailey appoints new city administrator
  Heather Dawson promoted from city clerk/treasurer post

• Wildlife showing strains of winter
  Deep snows are pushing big-game species into harm?s way

• Stennett goes back to work
  Senator to undergo radiation, chemo and experimental medication treatments

• Police investigate ?illegal? elk feeding at Sagewillow
  

• Five deer killed in late-night crash
  

• Airport site discussions move forward
  FAA, consultants launch round of EIS meetings

• Ketchum LOT revenue, skier count both on the rise
  Receipts increase from previous year

• Accident at YMCA still under investigation
  Curtis Hoffenbach recovering from back surgery

• Ketchum wrestles with Warm Springs? future
  Revitalization faces short and long-term challenges

• Hailey agrees to extend sewer services
  Spring Canyon Ranch developers give $250,000 to Hailey Ice

• Lawmaker reflects mid-session
  Environment bills don?t get far in House committee

• Speed limits raised in Bellevue
  City concedes to pressure from state

• County considering employee candidacy policy
  County staff could lose their jobs if they run for office

• Some valley lands may be irrigated illegally
  Water rights issues dominate Blaine County Commission meeting

• Snow Box Derby returns to Rotarun
  Annual box bash set for Sunday, Feb. 24

• Do you need flood insurance?
  Above-average snowpacks could mean flooding this spring

• Republicans to host Lincoln-day event
  Fundraiser to feature Simpson, Risch

• Broken window leads to felony arrest
  

• Transportation programs lauded
  Mountain Rides reports 70 percent rise in bus use

• Mountain Town News
  

• News Briefs
  

• Love runs deep
  Wood River Land Trust contest shows off valley talents

• Folks cool down as feast winds up
  Winter Feast for the Soul coming to a climax

• Snowshoe on the wild side
  Expedition Inspiration event takes to the snowy hills

• Traveling yoga teachers offer spiritual adventures
  Ryan and Paige Redman take valley locals on exotic journeys

• Baking a better world
  College student raises $721 for Hailey climate-change efforts

• Standing in the path
  Avalanche activity raises questions about building, zoning

• Beyond beacons and probes
  Avalanche expert emphasizes role of human factors in accidents

• Ketchum wants you to celebrate
  Presidents? Day street party is aprés ski and full of fun

• When your motherland is in tatters
  Filmmaker heads home after the war

• Opera is back and it?s hot
  Sun Valley Opera presents ?Love! Passion! Joy!?

• Grief finds its way into wonderland
  ?Rabbit Hole? opens month-long Fools Exposed

• Surrender Monkey
  

• Tracks
  

• Make way for ?slow pokes?
  

• Background checks vital for protection of children
  

• McCain and the conservatives
  

• County working hard on emergency notification
  

• Has Obama doomed ?black leaders? sham?
  

• Pity the caucus was raucous
  

• Control your dogs, please
  

• Time to rock the boat
  

• Support Obama for change
  

• High jumper Lisa Ramos back at Simplot Games
  Special guest for 30th track and field meet

• Leif?s pioneering spirit brings 40 for combined
  Giant slalom, Nordic skiing

• It?s tournament time for wrestlers, cagers
  Mat tourney today in Hailey

• Young racers grab podiums at Kelly Canyon
  Weekend giant slaloms

• Action from the Northside tourney
  Prep sports roundup

• News from the hills, flats and pipes
  Freeskiing, Nordic, snowboard and freestyle

• Suns snowed out at Jackson, back home Friday
  Hockey resumes Friday

• Lindsey Vonn stays red hot in downhill
  Equals Picabo with ninth DH win, at Sestriere

• Legal Notice Summary
  

• Mark Randall ?Hutch? Hutchison
  

• Nancy Lois Bowcutt