One For The Ladies The 33rd annual Northern Rockies Folk Festival rocked Hop Porter Park in Hailey over the weekend, led by an array of female artists. According to festival director Pete Kramer, about 4,000 fans showed up for the two-day event Aug. 6-7. Texas country songstress Kelly Willis, above—Saturday’s headliner—sang an assortment of jazzy honky-tonk love ballads. Photo by Willy Cook

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

• After wolf ruling, all eyes on Wyoming
  Fish and Game officials consider alternatives for management

• Marketing board loses key player
  Jim Knight says ‘full-time’ commitment has become too much

• 2 killed in ATV accidents
  Filer man and Burley boy die in weekend 4-wheeler mishaps

• New charges filed in child rape case
  Defendant denies sex crimes against 7-year-old girl

• Judge to weigh Johnson bid for new trial
  Hearing scheduled for November on claims of convicted murderer

• Middle East conflict surfaces in valley
  Interfaith clergy hopes to address issues raised by Rachel Corrie play

• County seeks retrofit funding
  Improvements would make courthouse safer from earthquakes

• Returns don’t spell recovery
  Officials, advocates urge cautious optimism regarding sockeye

• Save energy, save money
  Homeowners can receive refunds for energy-efficient retrofits

• Black bear killed at Redfish Lake
  Animal was a repeat offender

• High-profile property deeded to bank
  Acreage was once planned site for Bellevue annexation

• Hailey brings ideas back from Boise
  Department of Commerce to survey local businesses

• Ketchum eyes 5 percent spending cut
  Tentative budget projects increase in LOT revenues

• Peter Smith, longtime valley influence, dies
  Jazz fan helped start local music events

• Ketchum Girl Recovering From Fall
  

• County planning office changes its name
  New title puts focus on service, official says

• Briefs
  

• Arts, crafts and a whole lot more
  Sun Valley Center festival one of the best in the nation

• Symphony brings out the big Gunn
  Baritone will perform Friday, Aug. 13

• ARCH to host art auction benefit
  Selling to be headed up by Hugh Edmeades of Christie’s

• Free booth fosters talent
  Artists’ Market welcomes student artists and their work

• Artist paints moonscapes in Idaho
  Craters of the Moon embraces artist-in-residence Cindy Tower

• Back on the bus
  

• From leader to also-ran
  

• Don’t blame the judge, blame Wyoming
  

• Idaho doesn’t need Areva uranium plant
  

• Ethics: a vanishing American virtue
  

• Taxpayers can’t fund everything
  

• Wolf advocates out of touch
  

• Come together on marketing
  

• Get Wyoming on board
  

• Nursing is a privilege
  

• Manor board thanks voters
  

• Weber State uses kicks to reclaim soccer crown
  First Ketchum Classic title in 15 years

• Wildflower spends some time in the thicket
  Women’s golf winners at Valley Club

• An excellent triathlon in Emmett
  Montgomery, French capture classes

• Lysacek brings golden luster to Saturday ice show
  Four more shows this summer, each with big stars

• Fishing Report
  

• Sports summary
  

• Con artist or consummate performer?
  John Lithgow to take the stage at Sun Valley Writers’ Conference

• A duo for Cleo
  

• Legal Notice Summary
  

• Ursula B. Hauschildt Warrum
  

• Thomas Goettelmann
  

• Peter Warren Smith
  Memorial Service