Baldy deemed safe from beetles Forest Service says population has collapsed Bald Mountain rises above the clouds earlier this month. Forest Service officials stated last week that Baldy’s Douglas fir trees are safe from the bark beetle scourge following two years of treatment and the collapse of the beetle population. Photo by David N. Seelig

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

• Baldy deemed safe from beetles
  Forest Service says population has collapsed

• 6 candidates in race for council seats
  Ketchum special election to be held May 15

• Forest Service OKs ‘sidecountry’ skiing
  2 outfitters withdraw applications

• Rental car agreements to be extended
  Airport denies Enterprise request for in-airport service

• Latest Parkinson’s research unveiled
  Deep-brain stimuation therapy among treatments

• Commissioners: Dispatch funding method is fair
  County says it’s open to suggestions

• Bellevue term-length bill stalled
  House committee calls for advisory vote from city residents

• February snowpack well below average
  Precipitation lags, but reservoirs are full

• Meth dealers sentenced to prison
  Defendants were indicted by a Blaine County grand jury

• Hailey LOT up over last year
  Car rentals and hotels still down 28 percent from 2008

• Cancer experts impart wisdom, offer hope
  Researchers are optimistic about potential breakthroughs

• Ketchum LOT up for 5th straight month
  January hotel receipts up nearly 20 percent

• Sun Valley Film Festival gets wild
  Nature and the power of film to be celebrated this weekend

• Ketchum woman charged with burglary
  Police allege suspect stole meds and cash from Hailey home

• District extends deadline for textbook committee
  Public now has until April 2 to submit applications

• Judge: Suspect guilty in felony DUI trial
  Defense challenges prior out-of-state conviction

• Man serves his time in domestic battery case
  Felony charge pleaded down to misdemeanor

• Mountain Town News
  

• Briefs
  

• Sun Valley Film Festival debuts
  Offers a bit of animation, ‘ski porn,’ war documentaries and some world premieres

• ‘Nobody Cares’
  But Hailey producer Josie Pusl (hearts) this film

• Idaho Film Synopsis
  

• Enter the galaxy
  This artsy universe is for kids

• Reconcile with your Irish roots
  Dervish is as close to Ireland as Idahoans can get without a plane

• Groove to Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band
  

• Newtie and the moonie
  

• Going Nordic with Hans Muehlegger
  Valley People

• Ideology trumps sense and science on smoking
  

• Resist the war on women
  

• What women want
  

• The prime of Mrs. Jessica Trager
  

• Obama didn’t make insurance costs go up
  

• Seniors need Croy Canyon care facility
  

• Is GOP a religious police force?
  

• Idaho needs tougher animal-cruelty laws
  

• SVSEF’s Cole Morgan wins Junior National Championship
  

• Martinez commits to Dartmouth
  Star point guard chooses Ivy League school, wants to study Neuroscience and Biology

• Kindercup Results
  

• Lady Wolverines open season with win
  Wood River pounds out 16 hits in win

• Wood River baseball off to slow start
  Coach Matt Nelson proud of the effort

• Mini World Cup results
  

• BCRD Men's Basketball League Tournament
  

• March Madness begins for Wood River golf
  

• Sports summary
  

• Shelter hounds venerated in print
  ‘Rover’ photographer to work with Blaine County dogs

• Legal Notice Summary
  

• Richard N. Roskie
  

• Wendy Jo Wenglikowski
  

• Marjorie ‘Midge’ Stastny