Dashing Through The Snow Elk run toward the hills after drinking from Warm Springs Creek west of Ketchum last weekend. Elk have been highly visible in the Wood River Valley this fall, including along the valley’s main thoroughfare, state Highway 75. Photo by Roland Lane

Friday, December 14, 2012

• Proposed tax repeal concerns county leaders
  End of personal property tax could affect services

• School District considers new classrooms
  Planning under way for expansion at middle school

• Students strive to save elk
  ‘Keep them alive on 75,’ third-graders urge

• P&Z: ARCH project needs redesign
  Affordable housing proposed for Bird Drive site

• Discount store to open in Bellevue
  Nationwide retailer Family Dollar has 7,200 stores

• County, cities say vehicle policies are strict
  Fire chiefs say volunteers respond in personal vehicles

• Sun Valley to open Seattle Ridge
  Roundhouse set to open Saturday

• ‘Hermoni’ retired after 36 years
  Frank Zamboni threatened to sue Herman Maricich over patent infringement

• Land agreement still a work in progress
  Sun Valley, county discuss future of public sites

• Hemingway students win video award
  Fifth-graders take 3rd place in Morrill Act competition

• Mountain Town News
  

• Briefs
  

• Cookies for Santa
  The Beet

• What to do with the kids this holiday
  Winter vacation activities for children

• Snow!
  

• Don’t blame messengers for the circus at City Hall
  

• Wolverines battle back and beat Gooding 35-30
  “Stall Ball” is effective down the stretch

• Wolverine girls find outside range at Kimberly
  Fall 54-38 in non-league hoops

• Sawtooth revamps, 6-man football gets trial run
  Camas County’s push gets IHSAA approval

• Pirates hold on, beat Carey boys 61-59
  Hot game at Arco

• Yellowstone Park winter season begins Saturday
  

• Wood River honors Fred Trenkle Dec. 20
  At halftime of Buhl home game

• Christmas absences