Crews make quick work of fire rehab About 400 acres within Castle Rock Fire perimeter treated to prevent erosion, landslides A heavy-lift K-Max helicopter owned and operated by Mountain West Helicopters of Alpine, Utah, lifts off with a several-thousand-pound load of straw on its way to a burned hillside inside the Castle Rock Fire burn area last Sunday. The private contractor was hired by the U.S. Forest Service to treat about 400 acres prone to landslides with a mixture of straw and woody mulch. Inset: The load is dropped from the sky. Photo by Willy Cook

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

• Crews make quick work of fire rehab
  About 400 acres within Castle Rock Fire perimeter treated to prevent erosion, landslides

• Police: 2 girls raped in Hailey
  20-year-old, 17-year-old suspects being held at separate sites

• A little help from a flame
  Elkhorn Resort demolition interrupted by fire

• A top ranking SkyWest doesn’t need
  Hailey flights among most delayed in nation

• Pothier turns himself in, then released
  

• Recreational pressures challenge forest managers
  All off-trail, motorized use on the Ketchum Ranger District will cease Friday, June 13

• County OK East Fork project
  Improvements to include painted bike lanes

• Up and barking in no time
  Despite blaze, Animal Center continues its work

• Ketchum city attorney resigns
  Worst plans to head into private practice

• A good starting point?
  Proposed Bigwood affordable housing project continues to face opposition

• Getting ready for the big day
  Public hearings held in anticipation of decision on Warm Springs Ranch

• 15 affordable units coming online
  About 100 attend open house at Scott/Northwood commercial building

• Hailey moves to protect water supply
  ‘Conjunctive management’ practices could jeopardize municipal supply

• St. Luke’s tallies big numbers
  Hospital issues report for 2007

• Hailey’s Grange reopens for business
  Historic group looking for members

• Gliding into a driveway near you?
  Ketchum, Hailey consider adding electric cars to fleet

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• News Briefs
  

• Blaine County students thank their teachers
  Youngsters write letters for ‘Teacher Appreciation Month’

• TCS grads walk out proudly into the world
  32 graduate in school’s 32nd commencement

• Ski racer to be honored for humanitarian work
  

• Margaret Murdock is crowned again
  Carey resident to sit on 2008 Heritage Court

• Tea, cake, and a whole lot of memories
  Party honors inductees of 2008 Blaine County Heritage Court

• Let the landscapes tell the story
  Green Antelope opens new show

• Read the photograph
  The new look of Mark Johnstone’s vintage images

• Food and spirits lift Sun Valley
  

• Making the movement count
  Neale will talk about the emotion and art of classical music

• My Pet Goat
  

• Obama and the English language
  

• Can’t have it both ways
  

• Take a vacation
  

• Mercy Corps and Myanmar
  

• Questions linger about Idaho uranium plant
  

• The ‘Don’t-Care’ Americans
  

• Warm Springs is a ‘gem’
  

• Sadness for the Hunt family
  

• Galena wrong for cell tower
  

• Be safe on the bike path
  

• Make somebody miserable
  

• Caritas is charming
  

• Housing project in wrong place
  

• Nine golds for Blaine kids at State Hershey
  Saturday morning meet in Hailey

• First tournament for golfers at Valley Club
  Cool, windy for President’s Cup

• Hail can’t keep mountain bikers from their tracks
  39 in Pro/Expert group

• Mendy Benson is named WRHS girls’ basketball coach
  Former Oregon Ducks cage captain comes from Alaska

• Talk about hot, let’s talk some Legion
  Wood River (7-1) stays hot on the diamond

• 2008 Coed Soccer League schedule
  

• Heat meet is breezy for SV5B swimmers
  Slew of placings for locals

• 2008 Adams Gulch run results
  

• Sports summary