Nordic Skiers Greet The Season The courses were shorter than last December, but there was plenty of snow at Galena Lodge for Sunday’s 39th annual Winterstart cross-country ski races presented by the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation’s Junior Nordic ski team. A total 107 skiers finished the 5.5-kilometer and 2k courses, with Nicole DeYong and Cole Morgan clocking the best 5.5k times for the sunny day. Getting off the mark here at Winterstart are, from left, SVSEF racers Katie Feldman, Maranda Stopol, Ty Reinemann and Stephen Pfeiffer. Find race results on Page B7. Galena Lodge will also host the annual Christmas Classic Nordic races Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 17-18, at 11 a.m.—interval-start skate races Saturday and mass-start classic on Sunday. Photo by Willy Cook

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

• Skiers fight for ‘sidecountry’ powder
  Use of out-of-bounds area on Baldy up for debate

• Agencies prioritize ideas for housing
  Rehabilitation of older homes and construction of new rental housing top the list

• Jumpstarting airport EIS could be troublesome
  Airport in Jackson, Wyo., located in sage grouse habitat

• County to revise Mountain Overlay District
  Changes could open Cold Springs area to development

• Lawmakers expect battles in 2012
  Education, budget likely to drive legislative session

• First wildlife levy project approved
  Commissioners award $217,500 for easement on Flat Top Ranch

• Sex-crime guilty plea could reduce sentence
  24-year-old man admits to having sex with 17-year-old girl

• County to weigh recycling options
  Public hearing on issue tonight, Dec. 14

• Judge holds felony traffic court
  Trials set in DUI and felony-eluding cases

• Hailey staff takes on public information
  City cuts costs on Woodside Boulevard project

• Judge: Elkhorn Association can build trails in gulch
  Ruling issued in suit against Sun Valley group

• Vigil planned for wild horses
  Event scheduled for Dec. 15 in Ketchum

• People and Places
  

• Student wins filmmaking award
  Tara Burchmore honored at D.C. event

• Ketchum Ice Rink Opens Today
  

• Trial set in embezzlement case
  Gooding woman pleads not guilty to 6 felony charges

• Bellevue men injured in single-vehicle crash
  Driver and passenger life-flighted to Boise hospital

• Light up the night
  And dampen the fire of hunger in local bellies

• Retailers surprised by Ketchum LOT gains
  First month of fiscal year shows small increase in sales

• Mountain Town News
  

• Briefs
  

• Family to Family
  nexStage production by families, for families

• Lyrical nights ahead
  Add a concert to your holiday to-do list

• African art, giving tree
  Both benefit women and children

• Around Town
  

• All I want for xmas
  

• Trust your lying eyes
  

• Guided ‘sidecountry’ skiing an excellent idea
  

• The Republicans’ death wish
  

• Students deserve honest debate over drug use
  We must turn away from panic and fear.

• Wolf paranoia is out of control
  

• Say ‘no’ to sidecountry skiing plan
  

• New airport would boost economy
  

• Super-majority serves a purpose
  

• Land deal is rotten
  

• Wolves aren’t the problem
  

• Reusing is better than recycling
  

• Drafters of immigration law aren’t Nazis
  

• Help sought with Carey pavilion
  

• Check out options for seniors
  

• Sawtooth Garden a good neighbor
  

• Hailey girls go OT to overcome Burley 48-44
  Rally from 17 down for first home win

• Quick start lifts WRHS boys 55-46 over Buhl
  25-game losing streak comes to end

• Panther teams put a buzz on Hornets
  Carey boys, girls prevail at home

• NorAm sprint win to Sinnott in Canada
  Kikkan Randall a winner at Davos

• 107 on Galena’s trails for Winterstart
  

• Suns bring back Hockey Night at SV
  Whiskey’s benefit Thursday starts kickoff weekend

• Barrymore grabs skier halfpipe victory, $10,000
  Copper Mountain World Cup race

• Sports summary
  

• For Powder fans, a night to remember
  

• Target Hispanic buying power
  Neighbors/Vecinos

• Legal Notice Summary
  

• James Jacobson
  

• Kathleen Mingo Kramer