Is health care bill a fix for system? Former health secretary weighs in on new legislation Former Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala talks about health care at the Presbyterian Church of the Big Wood in Ketchum Monday night. The lecture was organized by the Ketchum-based Sun Valley Center for the Arts. Photo by Willy Cook

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

• Is health care bill a fix for system?
  Former health secretary weighs in on new legislation

• ‘I wanted to continue Clint’s legacy’'
  Michelle Stennett looks to step into the ring full time

• Hailey leaders reject Colorado Gulch plan
  Developer says he will pursue project through county

• Fire season shaping up as a dry one
  With valley snowpacks at 62 percent, local fire officials are watchful

• Hailey to seek $3.5M rodeo bond
  Vote on initiative set for May 25

• Suicide on the rise in Blaine County
  Self-inflicted death rate triples in the last 6 months

• Delinquent Ketchum businesses pay up
  20 out of 22 businesses hand over owed LOT plus fines

• 5 of 6 county seats not challenged
  Elections filing period closes with some surprises

• Developers try to revive Carey project
  Waterford Park stalled during real estate crash

• Attorney kicks off campaign for judge
  Werth promises to preside with ‘judicial restraint’

• Man arrested in Ketchum bar brawl
  

• Ski journalists to convene at resort
  Sun Valley plans to show off facilities

• A Sun Valley Gentleman Retires
  

• Briefs
  

• String quartet gives classics attitude
  Sweet Plantain to perform classic and modern sounds

• Get down with SolFest
  Ketchum throws a spring gig

• Boiler room gets jazzy with Café Americain
  Acoustic band plays jazz, blues and rock

• Spring into live music
  Live music

• Colbie Caillat to perform during Wellness Fest
  Grammy Award-winning singer booked for May 30

• Fur Ball debuts with Steve Miller
  

• The Govenor is the problem
  

• Changed nation
  

• Frivolous politics and fringe behavior make Idaho look foolish
  

• Declaration of independents
  It is not fine to demonize dissent and cultivate rage.

• These Republicans want to run the nation?
  

• Suicides can be prevented
  

• Secrecy violates public rights
  

• Well done, valley residents
  

• Graham slam
  Watanabe finishes third in overall World Cup standings

• Racing from around the region
  Baldy babes ripping up the runs

• WRHS baseball team launches spring season
  Games at Kimberly and Buhl this week

• Softball team heads into league play Friday
  WRHS girls travel to Minico for GBC debut

• Savaria on the podium at Junior Olympics
  Bachelor party

• Prep sports schedules
  Gold, Tennis, Track

• Feathered friends on the move
  For bird watchers, spring brings a bounty of opportunity

• Losing it
  

• People and Places
  

• Student volunteers sought for SNRA
  

• Legal Notice Summary
  

• Berton William Lange
  

• Welcome to Valley Woman
  

• Golden Girl: Kimberly Coonis
  Meet the Idaho Mountain Express Woman of the Year 2010

• Woman of the Year award
  A list of the nominees

• Can valley moms have it all?
  The quest for a work/life balance in the Wood River Valley

• Girl Power: Finding a path in Ketchum
  ‘Whiskey Jacquelyn’ rises from the ashes

• Girl Power: Finding a path in Ketchum
  Right time, right place?

• Girl Power: Finding a path in Ketchum
  Child’s play

• Hardly ever by the book
  Why women (and sometimes men) love to talk about books

• Women in men’s business
  The first female career firefighter in the valley and the most recent on working in a man’s world

• Man on the Street
  What makes Wood River Valley women unique and special?