County Commissioner Sarah Michael resigns Three-term Blaine County Commissioner Sarah Michael is stepping down from her position with the county, effective July 1. Michael and her husband, Bob Jonas, will embark on a 10-month trip in September. Photo by David N. Seelig

Friday, June 20, 2008

• County Commissioner Sarah Michael resigns
  Three-term commissioner will step down July 1; plans to travel

• Quigley hearing raises growth issues
  Development in upper reaches of canyon criticized

• Sex-crime convict gets 4 years
  22-year-old man sentenced for lewd conduct

• Judge gives Crain another chance
  Defendant gets ‘rider program’ instead of prison

• Fire exercises planned near Hailey
  Agencies to fight mock ‘wildfire’ in Croy Canyon

• Feds pay $228 million in PILT to counties
  Idaho gets $16 million from federal in-lieu program

• Feds may give $1M to Idaho Meth Project
  Universities, state police also benefit from funding bill

• High-country trails still holding snow
  Some trails in the Castle Rock Fire area will remain closed through the summer

• Crunching the numbers
  Sun Valley begins to look at budget, improvements

• Helping people, one chair at a time
  Free Wheelchair Mission founder to speak in Ketchum

• Spirituality guru to visit Sun Valley
  

• Mountain Town News
  

• News Briefs
  

• Riding for a cause
  Cross-country voyage raising funds for canine cancer research

• Helping others 'knows no borders'
  Mission group assists Mexican village

• 'She is Bellevue'
  Anna Faye O’Donnell to sit on 2008 Heritage Court

• Wood River grad lends a hand to Thai children
  Senior project helps keep kids out of sex trade

• Made Out of Meat
  

• Cooperative project may keep wolves and sheep alive
  

• Road crisis
  

• Leaving public office
  

• Reefer Madness: Hailey sues Hailey
  The reefer vote passed to sanctify into law a de facto practice.

• Great day for the Sawtooth Relay
  Hundreds stream into Ketchum

• Pletcher to cycle across Pennsylvania
  450 miles in big international tour

• Time trial bikers invade U.S. 20 Saturday
  Idaho State Championships

• Old West rodeo tickets go on sale
  Days of the Old West July 2-4

• New uniforms, and a 16-hit attack for Wood River
  Legion doubleheader split at Founders

• Father’s Day Scramble held at Bigwood
  34 players turn out

• Summer Driving Test
  

• George W. Goodwin