Halstead reaches nearly 78,000 acres Smoke causes headaches for river guides, airport The Halstead Fire near Stanley roars through a stand of live and dead timber. The wildfire grew 20,000 acres in 24 hours this week while marching steadily east toward Sunbeam and the Yankee Fork Dredge. Courtesy photo

Friday, August 17, 2012

• Halstead reaches nearly 78,000 acres
  Smoke causes headaches for river guides, airport

• Community School breaks enrollment record
  Number of students up 9 percent over previous high

• 3 wolf packs documented in county
  Depredations in region down since 2009

• Air-quality alert in effect for county
  Valley’s air deemed ‘unhealthy’ by DEQ

• Ketchum approves $13.5M draft budget
  Public hearing set for Sept. 4

• Cop accused of DUI remains on duty
  Assistant police chief cited last weekend

• Valley firefighters deployed to big blazes
  Staff, resources sent across the West

• Bellevue budget up from last year
  Public hearing set for Aug. 27

• Commissioner raises to be discussed Monday
  County meeting to include committee recommendation

• New plans in place for transit center
  Public invited to open house on Aug. 23

• Trustees to hear about ‘construction’
  District to discuss projects at Aug. 21 board meeting

• New, public pavilion opened in Carey
  Pioneers Alliance provides aerial tour of conservation areas

• Briefs
  

• From playgrounds to pancakes
  How the Papoose Club has nourished the community for 6 decades

• Can touch heal?
  St. Luke’s Health Watch

• Women Dole Out $126K To Charity
  

• Wildfire on facebook
  

• A cool glass of oil
  

• Bad decisions all around
  

• Riders, horses try their luck at Lucky 13
  Hunters, jumpers, equitation in Hailey

• Ice show number conjures up Marilyn Monroe
  “Let’s Be Bad” debuts at Saturday’s show

• WRHS, Cutthroats clash Saturday in Hailey
  Boys’ varsity game shifted to 10 a.m.

• Hailey boys push the soccer attack
  WRHS wants back to state

• More scoring, solid defense are Cutthroat goals
  Community School targets High Desert title

• Local thoughts
  

• Matthew Sheldon Sell, M.D.
  

• Billy Nordhoff