A surge runs through it A group of mostly Colorado boaters lifts a cataraft over a guard rail and onto a snow ramp at Cape Horn Creek, a tributary of Marsh Creek, which is the early-season put-in for the Middle Fork of the Salmon River. Photo by Greg Stahl

Friday, May 16, 2008

• Ketchum faces budget shortfall
  Hiring freeze to help possible $500,000 deficit

• A surge runs through it
  Weekend temperatures should bring first river-level spikes

• Hailey city attorney to defend pot initiatives
  Lawsuit filed on the eve of another marijuana election

• Vandalism targets Christmas lights
  Lift Tower Lodge latest victim in scrooge campaign

• Ramping it up in Idaho
  State commerce and tourism heads speak in Sun Valley

• Last summer’s fires lead to campsite closures on Middle Fork
  Forest officials have closed 5 campsites along popular wilderness river

• Hailey gets its carbon footprint
  Small steps taken to prevent global warming

• New road cut into Croy Creek trailhead
  Route replaces older roads that connected with Croy Creek Road

• Experience spring at Craters of the Moon
  Numerous outdoor events planned at site near Carey

• Authorities still investigating Hunt death
  

• News Briefs
  

• Students singled out for awards
  Wood River hands out academic and citizenship honors

• Space Age
  Endless conversation

• Reintroduction
  

• Freeing judges from politics
  

• Congress still ducking hard decisions on energy
  

• Why Proposition 1 deserves your ‘yes’ vote
  By LEN HARLIG

• Eames, Robinson put on show at Carey rodeo
  Final stop before Jerome finals this weekend

• WRHS golf team earns a state trophy
  And a medal for hot golfer Stearns

• Redfish triathlon adds another option
  Duathlon now slated for June 21, too

• Hailey ace Patterson throws 1-hitter, blanks Hawks 4-0
  Kramer’s 3-run homer beats Lakeland at state

• The Wood River Valley Experience