The Weather Outside Is … Delightful Donning a T-shirt and flip-flops, employee Nappy Neaman shovels snow in front of the Elephant’s Perch outdoor-sports store in Ketchum Saturday. Mother Nature gave the Wood River Valley an early Christmas gift over the weekend, dumping a foot and a half of fresh snow in the valley and on the surrounding mountains. Photo by Willy Cook

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

• ITD to reconsider Timmerman 4-way
  Sheriff’s concerns will be discussed

• Council: Mayor’s trip ‘appropriate’
  Others question motives for private meeting with applicant

• State of the species
  Anti-wolf bills unlikely to pass before year’s end

• Alert system links dispatch with residents
  New software cheaper, more effective

• Students ask city to ban trans fat
  Community School eighth-graders cite health issues

• City, citizens face off over accounting
  Ketchum agrees to footnote about URA loan

• Staying safe in the backcountry
  Avalanche danger climbs after weekend storms

• Weekend storms costly at Friedman
  Heavy snow interrupts air travel

• Sun Valley approves $380K for marketing
  Council: Where did this winter’s marketing money go?

• County jobless rate drops slightly
  Unemployment spikes in rural Idaho counties

• P&Z: Less parking, more business
  Panel moves to reduce requirements for restaurants

• Bellevue rejects recycling grant offer
  Councilman wants to explore curbside recycling

• Bellevue reimburses some sewer charges
  Bond rate covers cost of new plant

• Craters of the Moon: A well-kept winter secret
  Park offers skiing, snowshoeing and expansive vistas

• Former policewoman sentenced to jail
  Edgerton gets 10 days for misdemeanor DUI

• Hearing set in Hailey fraud case
  Man accused of illegally using father’s VISA card number

• Santos going to trial on drug charges
  Co-defendant pleads guilty to meth conspiracy charge

• Trial set in elk-poaching case
  Anti-wolf activist accused of illegally killing trophy bull elk

• District judge hears felony DUIs
  Woman gets 14 days in jail, man admits to driving drunk

• Feds fund new Mountain Rides buses
  Equipment purchased with ‘economic stimulus’ dollars

• The Advocates celebrate 20 years
  New logo and tagline freshen up appeal

• Crisis Hotline calls spike in 2010
  Organization to hold fundraiser at Cornerstone Bar

• Trial set in pot case
  Sun Valley woman charged with felony delivery

• Mountain Town News
  

• Briefs
  

• Yoga stretches beyond the studio
  Ketchum’s yoga guru Richard Odom to release his first DVD

• Christmas concert is a holiday joy
  Sun Valley Resort to show off talent

• Jamie Lee Curtis brings No. 9 to town
  Children’s author, actress and mom is a valley favorite

• ‘Desert Heart’ is an artful story
  Film reveals the world of Australia’s Bidyadanga artists

• ‘Christmas Carol’ Is A New Lease On Life
  

• Live music
  Shake, rattle and roll

• Idaho’s grinches
  

• Alleged nuke fraud proves need for power plant siting law
  

• Enough with the word play
  

• A bad day for bigots
  

• Where were the snowplows?
  

• Grinch stole ‘giving tree’
  

• Don’t be intimidated!
  

• Valley needs a doggy park
  

• There’s no place like Sun Valley
  

• In war, absurdity rears its head
  

• Restore funds for water testing
  

• “Athlete of the Year” Vonn is double winner
  

• Carey girls rout Wolves, stay unbeaten at home
  Panther boys capture first division win

• Great start for riders at Copper Mountain
  Revolution Tour debut

• Wilander brings WOW tennis camp to valley
  Return some balls from the former world #1

• Harder a three-time J3 winner at Eric Hays
  SVSEF skiers on the road in Utah, Colorado

• Sinnott leads local Nordic pack in Canada
  Rossland races a plus for SVSEF

• Basketball teams take a break for Christmas
  

• Sports summary
  

• Wounded soldier stays positive
  Son of Hailey resident was victim in Fort Hood shooting rampage

• Congregation celebrates 125 years this Christmas
  Holiday services have a long heritage at Emmanuel Episcopal Church

• Hispanic traditions hold strong
  Church, family are focus of Christmas celebrations

• Into the unknown with Ryan Casey
  Valley People

• Legal Notice Summary
  

• Candida ‘Candy’ Cagney Forstmann
  

• Dorothy L. Hayward
  

• Roderick Hill Kagan
  

• Ike Kola
  

• It’s not just about the presents
  Spiritual leaders speak on the true meaning of Christmas

• ‘Looking to the skies for snow clouds’
  Lack of snow didn’t hamper Sun Valley’s inaugural holiday in 1936

• A slice of Idaho for Christmas
  In search of the quintessential Gem State meal

• Holiday traditions rich in Sun Valley
  Festivities include torchlight parade, Christmas concert and more