Is the end in sight? Frigid temperatures continued to ice over the Wood River Valley this week. At the base of Bald Mountain Thursday morning, Sun Valley Resort ticket checker Sam Turner left no skin exposed as he scanned lift tickets and season passes in near-zero temperatures. According to the National Weather Service, the air temperature dipped to –6 below zero Tuesday night in Hailey. The Sawtooth National Forest Avalanche Center’s weather station located on Titus Peak, elev. 10,079, showed a low of -14 below Tuesday night. The temperature was even colder in Stanley, 60 miles north of Ketchum, where a reading of -32 degrees below was recorded Tuesday. The region should be headed toward a reprieve in the coming days, as the Weather Service is calling for temperatures to rise progressively throughout the weekend. Photo by David N. Seelig

Friday, December 11, 2009

• River Run decision pushed to 2010
  Deliberation continues on Jan. 13

• Finding a fix for the Fish Creek Dam
  Farmers in the Carey area hope to resurrect 86-year-old dam

• Sweetwater standoff continues
  Hailey defends affordable housing requirements

• Wind-energy regs blow toward finish
  Final vote by county leaders slated for Monday

• East Fork speed limit shifts into 2nd gear
  County leaders agree to 35 mph maximum on new section of road

• District sets hearing on levy spending
  School board OKs plan to borrow against future revenues

• County mails out corrected tax bills
  Mailing includes letter explaining errors

• Ramsay appointed to housing board
  Ketchum contractor assigned by County Commission

• Ketchum can’t catch up
  Local option tax falls short for 14th straight month

• Sun Valley wades through 5-year plan
  City continues revising capital-improvements draft

• News briefs
  

• Health is a gift worth giving
  “For this holiday season, think about the gift of your own health.”

• Frog and Toad are back
  Broadway musical returns to Liberty by popular demand

• ‘Hokey Pokey’ in the news again, 60 years later
  Famous song streamed out of the Ram Bar

• Living Briefs
  

• Enhance the self
  Wellness group to engage men and women

• New generation of artists shows off
  Starving Artists Guild exhibits work at Penelope’s Café

• Stupid and Stupider
  

• Something new, something old to end U.S. economic crisis
  

• A hurdle too high
  

• Local partnerships created Croy trail system
  The summer of 2010 will see construction of an additional 2.5 miles of trails.

• No monkey, no more: Girls claw past Twin 37-35
  Martinez hits winner, ending 39-game league losing skid

• Team effort lifts Cutthroat girls over Warriors 39-27
  Boardwork critical to TCS success

• TCS welcomes Senegal student Gomis
  6-7 basketball player ready for action

• Basketball night in Carey matches Panthers, Mushers
  Northside boys’, girls’ games won by Carey

• It’s All About the ’tude