Misery Loves Company Elk graze in a snowy meadow Wednesday in Warm Springs canyon, west of Ketchum. With a cold snap bearing down on the Wood River Valley this week—bringing nighttime temperatures into the low single digits—and snow blanketing the high country, the ungulates have been on the move looking for comfort and food at lower elevations. Photo by David N. Seelig

Friday, December 9, 2011

• Bergdahl tried to escape captors
  Soldier returned to Taliban custody after 3 days

• Airport board eyes approval for regional jets
  SkyWest is confident larger aircraft could operate at Friedman

• 2nd councilman added to lawsuit
  City administrator adds Bob Youngman to list of defendants

• Poll: Airport not as valuable to some
  31 percent say Friedman closure would have ‘no impact’

• Defendant gets extra time for back-talking
  Benjamin Dugan sentenced to jail and probation in home theft case

• 2005 manslaughter case resurfaces
  Judge determines Cheryl Wise has met restitution requirements

• Special Olympics team seeks coaches
  Nordic squad begins training Jan. 7

• ‘Green’ building code shaping up
  Ketchum City Council may see draft ordinance in January

• A new time for signs
  Ketchum enacts new sign ordinance

• Airport Authority hires spokeswoman
  Members say local outreach has suffered

• Bellevue man charged with drug dealing
  Suspect accused of selling marijuana with his child present

• District seeks input on communications plan
  Proposed plan up for approval at next school board meeting

• Briefs
  

• Seasonal sadness
  Death doesn’t have to steal the holidays

• Listening to ‘The One Percent’
  Endless Conversation

• Running gates with Gingrich
  

• Is integrity the price of virtual education?
  

• No leniency for assassins
  

• Stingy Wolverines crank out first GBC win 36-32
  Canyon Ridge falls, Burley arrives today

• Vonn stays in her zone at Beaver Creek
  SG winner at Beaver Creek

• Trojans keep WRHS boys under wraps
  Hoops in eastern Idaho

• Hailey wrestlers (2-0) rally past Century 45-30
  Tri-meet success at Kimberly

• SVSEF alpine racers in Canada, at Copper
  Farrow podiums in J1 super G

• Running from office