Dangerous conditions force highway closure ITD snowplow skids onto its side south of Timmerman Junction An Idaho Transportation Department snowplow sustained minor damage after it skidded off the road and onto its side Wednesday in treacherous driving conditions on state Highway 75 south of Timmerman Junction. Heavy snow and wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour forced closure of the highway between the junction and Shoshone for about four hours Wednesday afternoon. Photo by David N. Seelig

Friday, December 31, 2010

• Dangerous conditions force highway closure
  ITD snowplow skids onto its side south of Timmerman Junction

• Squad cars damaged in arson attacks
  Police in valley pooling resources to apprehend culprit

• Oh yippie
  

• Top picks for New Year’s resolutions
  

• Looking out 129,600 degrees
  Some conflict can be healthy, even productive.

• Riesch extends World Cup lead in Austria
  

• 2010 Christmas Classic Nordic results
  

• Birthdays and a baffling case of macho-nucleosis
  

• Morgan Arritola: Late bloomer with a big engine
  Ketchum’s Olympic cross-country skier is 2010 “Athlete of the Year”

• Sign up for “Spud Sessions” local ski clinics
  Not just January now, it’s all winter

• New Year choices
  

• In county, it was all about the money
  Issues included deficit spending, budget cuts and economy

• New candidates characterize elections
  5 contenders ran first-time campaigns

• ‘Protection’ was watchword for 2010
  Wolves, whitebarks and wilderness make environmental headlines

• Cartoons
  

• Hanging fire, turning earth, and saving water
  Year of compromise, creativity and triumph in south valley Valley

• Remembering friends we lost in 2010
  

• Johnson case resurfaces in 2010
  Santos, Santistevan, Stevens and Mayer also make the headlines

• Ketchum questions linger into 2011
  Hotel developers ask for more time; Ketchum Market off the table for now

• Pushing Sun Valley back into prominence
  City and resort focus efforts on building tourism

• Raymond McKinley Wheeler