Lawn Care, Baldy-Style In preparation for the construction of a new gondola from the River Run base area to the Roundhouse restaurant, a helicopter crew from Oregon began clearing a 60-foot-wide swath of downed trees on Tuesday, May 13. The trees along the path, which runs for 6,200 feet, were transported from Bald Mountain to the River Run parking lot. Project manager Tony Patten anticipates that this part of the project will finish today, but said it’s possible it could take until Thursday to complete. Sun Valley Co.’s plans call for the gondola to be completed in fall 2009, just before the start of the 2009-2010 ski season. Photo by Willy Cook

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

• Violent crash kills Ketchum bookstore owner
  Authorities investigating puzzling circumstances of accident

• Could wolf management plan become a model?
  Sheep ranchers back non-lethal predator management, federal official says

• Supreme Court hears Johnson appeal
  Long road ahead in Bellevue woman’s attempt to have murder convictions overturned

• Hailey facing budget woes
  City Council looks for ways to cure $550,000 deficit

• Ketchum police lose 2 of 3 detectives
  Police chief declines to discuss possible connection to Reimer case

• It’s down to the wire
  Sun Valley, Ketchum look to fill city administrator positions before June

• Congress expands Minidoka site
  Ketchum man recalls his early years as an American captive

• A helping hand for housing woes
  Sawtooth Board of Realtors worked to increase loan limit

• Taking it down a notch
  Warm Springs Ranch Resort lowers height of proposed hotel

• Long-awaited pot lawsuit finally filed
  Hailey officials sue to overturn voter approved initiatives

• Hailey boy charged with battering policeman
  Youth faces 4 other misdemeanor charges

• Gary Hunt was a true ‘iconoclast’
  Death of bookstore owner mourned by community

• Be a Wondergirl: Run
  5k ‘fun run’ set for Saturday in Hailey

• Bellevue seeks feedback on policies
  Opinion surveys to begin this summer

• More employees needed to monitor new jail
  Sheriff proposes to hire civilian employees

• Mountain Town News
  

• News Briefs
  

• Putt around town
  Ketchum Wide Open is a stroke of fun

• Dream on
  Shamanic master to offer workshop at Wellness Festival

• Cry, laugh or become inspired
  Go to the Magic Lantern Spring Film Fest

• Celebrate the Sun Valley Ballet School
  Spring performance shows off valley talent

• On to greener meadows!
  Wood River Valley wildlife on the move as snowmelt reveals sprouting hillsides

• Exit Strategy
  

• Economic growth is an illusion in Ketchum
  

• Pastors and politics
  

• A president to trust, be proud of
  

• You Don’t Have To Be Crazy
  

• Increased water a homerun
  

• ‘Y’ deserves city funds
  

• You could need an ambulance
  

• Fresh air in Sun Valley
  

• Solution for dog waste
  

• Clinton cartoon demeaning
  

• State wolf plan unacceptable
  

• Valley residents are lucky folks
  

• Lunacy drives up food prices
  

• Deep Carey boys go the distance
  Panthers, Camas girls repeat in Northside

• Cutthroats sweep to tennis honors, await Parma
  TCS sends all 18 players to state tennis

• Boys come from nowhere for state baseball trip
  Nampa-bound Wolverines put Bees in bonnet 6-2

• WRHS softball draws Tigers for debut
  In Thursday’s State 4A opener

• First 4A title is sweet for WRHS tennis
  Wolverines grab Great Basin honors

• Jerome track meet a tuneup for regionals
  Wolverines make headway

• King of the Tetons
  SUFC U-11 boys take title

• Cyclists finish George’s stage, Feldman on top
  Two-wheeled Boise challenge

• Legal Notice Summary
  

• Gary Hunt
  

• Dwight Addison Newell