'Natural causes' attributed to Galena fatality The Blaine County Coroner’s Office has determined that natural causes, possibly a heart attack or stroke, led to a fatal vehicle accident Sunday afternoon on the north side of Galena Summit. The victim was identified as Dennis Lawrence Schmidt, a 60-year-old Twin Falls man. Meanwhile, the Blaine County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a possible delay in receiving a 911 emergency call because of lack of cell phone service in the vicinity of the crash. Photo by David N. Seelig

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

• Wolves are back on the list
  Decision likely ends planned northern Rockies wolf hunts, at least for this fall

• Brush fire scorches 420 acres
  BLM investigating cause of blaze near Timmerman Hill

• Bottoms up
  Ketchum bars near top in liquor dispensary sales

• Hailey backs out of EMS dispatch plan
  Decision raises questions about who will fund dispatcher salaries, officials say

• Thunder Springs housing down, but not out
  

• County water quality staff threatened
  Threat stems from new push to begin managing septic systems in Blaine County

• Galena accident victim dies of natural causes
  Sheriff’s office investigating possible delay in 911 notification

• Sawtooth Society to host annual fundraiser
  Celebrate the Sawtooths at the Sagebrush Soiree

• People and Places
  

• Public to get first peeks at new airport sites list
  

• 'Prophet' pleads not guilty
  Jury trial set in felony domestic battery case

• County scrutinizing 2009 budget figures
  Tough economic times requires belt-tightening, county official says

• Fairfield man accused of felony DUI
  Charge follows vehicle crash west of Hailey

• Forest Fire News
  

• Consider philanthropy in Vietnam
  

• Politics, the press, and public opinion: who is influencing whom?
  Harvard professor Maxine Isaacs will explain

• Going, going, gone
  Workforce housing ordinance off the books in Sun Valley

• "Bring Rotarun into the 21st Century" campaign begins
  

• Carey honors Jim and Mary Peterson
  Muldoon couple will be grand marshalls for Pioneer Days

• KPD concerned about bike thefts
  Police advise cyclists to lock bikes and register them

• Recall petition making rounds
  Voters have until September 19

• Quigley annexation request raises concerns over water
  Cheap golf enticing to valley residents

• Back from California
  

• Commissioners wary of open space levy
  Decision about whether to place levy override on the November

• Unusually loud jet draws flood of complaints
  Midnight flight riles neighbors

• Mountain Town News
  

• News Briefs
  

• Sip and sup for The Center
  Wine Auction fund raiser makes the arts happen

• It’s music in the mountains
  Sawtooth Music Festival celebrates community

• Stealing beauty
  Steel artist Miya Ando Stanoff reflects on culture and ideology

• 'Killer View' presents dark perspective
  Catch the new Sun Valley thriller by Ridley Pearson

• New jail provides better digs than 'the dungeon'
  More humane environment will help inmates transition back into society

• It’s livestock and rollers on Main Street
  Fairfield’s Camas County Fair is a weekend of fun

• Mutts drag owners on strut
  

• Relaxing at Mamas’ Fair
  

• Guitar god slides at River Run
  

• Punch It
  

• Extraordinary rendition of the Fourth
  

• Death knell for workforce housing?
  

• Decrepit roads will get worse
  

• Wine auction’s impact is lasting
  If your business sees a bump in July it is due, in part, to the Wine Auction.

• On cartoons and caricatures
  The New Yorker seeks to lampoon Obama's right-wing critics and ends up offending Obama's boosters.

• 'Authentic' (and scary) John McCain
  McCain’s grasp of foreign affairs is abominable.

• Psycho
  

• Help for mentally ill
  

• A five-fer-one deal!
  

• On guns and judges
  

• Quite a weekend for figure skaters at Sun Valley
  42nd annual Summer Skating Championships held

• Silver lining for two Hailey teams in Nelson ball
  Wood River second in Majors and Minors

• Ray Nelson Invitational Little League tournament results
  

• Nordic skiers lead the Backcountry packs
  Sinnott, Hoffman and Arritola pull off wins

• 2008 Backcountry Run Results
  

• Late rally gives Legion home sweep, second seed
  Hailey batters knock off Pocatello 13-3, 12-11

• Twilight Criterium a bright stop for valley cyclists
  Thousands watch downtown Boise race

• Sports Summary
  

• Fishing Report
  by Bill Mason