Indian Creek Fire Provides Brief Scare Courtesy photo by Isabelle Moore A lightning-caused wildfire burns briskly on hillsides above the Indian Creek drainage north of Hailey Sunday evening, sending thick smoke upward into the storm clouds. The fire burned an estimated 238 acres of sagebrush-covered land managed by the federal Bureau of Land Management. The blaze came within a half-mile of residences in Indian Creek but was quickly knocked down by rain and an aggressive aerial attack by the BLM to drop water and fire retardant on the area. The fire was fully extinguished on Monday.

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

• Ketchum election draws 13 candidates
  City Council could see 4 new members, or none

• School enrollment holds steady
  Numbers fall short of earlier enrollment projections

• FAA: Airport process ‘suspended, not abandoned’
  Q&A with Federal Aviation Administration official Donna Taylor

• Indian Creek fire scorches hillsides
  Blaze burns 238 acres, skirts rural residences

• Highway construction resumes in the valley
  Contractor falls short on completing project up north

• 4 vie for 2 Sun Valley council seats
  Mayor race matches incumbent and council president

• Hailey voters to decide on plastic bag ban
  

• Ketchum approves budget
  $13.3 million spending plan down from last year

• Ketchum scraps plans for advisory committee
  WREP-hosted debate set for tonight

• Candidates abound in south valley
  4 running for mayor in Hailey

• BLM, Hailey riders celebrate trails
  Seminars scheduled for later this week

• URA board sets budget
  

• No broken bones in bicycle crash
  Mother of crash victim relieved that injuries weren’t serious

• School enrollment holds steady
  Numbers fall short of earlier enrollment projections

• Briefs
  

• Whiskey’s invites in the Texas Heat
  The Reverend Horton Heat’s country-fed ‘punkabilly’ promises to turn rock club into ‘psychobilly ten

• Idaho BaseCamp’s Feastival
  Camping for a cause

• Art and movement in the garden
  Sawtooth Botanical Garden hosts fall workshops

• ‘NexStage Presents’ launches 10th season
  Play readings spur imagination

• Killed in production
  Movie’s start will be thwarted by murder at nexStage

• National Geographic to feature Idaho rivers
  Library offers rare sneak peek at images

• No chance
  

• Protect Idaho’s political minority
  

• New York, New York
  

• Legacy of hysteria
  Putting it bluntly, 9/11 caused us to go temporarily insane.

• Rumors about wolves need correcting
  

• Oppose Flat Top Ranch easement
  

• Wolf hunt is a witch hunt
  

• A dung or death issue
  

• Drive and ride considerately
  

• Long gainers send Carey past Vikings 46-0
  Panthers (3-0) sweep three bigger schools

• WRHS runners clear path for 72-13 record night
  Big win at Wendell

• She’s No. 1
  

• Swanson moves to top of scoring list
  For Cutthroat girls’ soccer

• Cutthroat boys stay unbeaten in HDSC
  Blank Filer 2-0 in exciting game

• WRHS boys rally past Burley 2-1 on home pitch
  Second-half goals are the difference

• Rams erase long WRHS win streak 2-0
  Wolverine girls fall at home

• Over 300 prep runners enjoy Sagewillow course
  Harris, Clegg take SV Classic wins

• Riverhawks surprise WRHS in volleyball opener
  Canyon Ridge shows promise, WR tourney next

• Golf finals held at Bigwood, Valley Club
  Club championships

• Sports summary
  

• Shane takes singlespeed title at Park City
  NUE Series 78-mile race

• Cyclist Feldman reigns at World Masters
  In Belgium

• Prepare for the hill climb at Nurge clinic
  Thursday at Warm Springs

• CAREY LINE SCORE
  Carey 46, Challis 0

• Staying in good spirits
  Small companies give local flavor to popular libations

• How a moral compass led to a D.C. jail
  

• Hailey OK’s footbridge across river
  Wood River Land Trust project would link Draper Preserve with Croy Wetlands

• Legal Notice Summary
  

• Gertrude ‘Trudy’ Brohan