In Valley, A Rocky Mountain Menagerie With signs of spring in the air and longer days filling out the week, some of the animals in the Wood River Valley are more visible and more active. A pair of horses in the pasture at Sun Valley Resort were all smiles Tuesday under sunny skies. Photo by Roland Lane

Friday, March 8, 2013

• Lawyers lock horns at defamation hearing
  Judge calls Donoval’s email to Brolin-Ribi ‘extreme’

• School board to consider top contracts
  Barber and 13 other administrators up for renewal

• Budget cuts to hit Blaine County
  Airport, Forest Service to be most affected

• Heavy snow leads to rash of accidents
  Backcountry rescue saves snowmobiler with broken leg

• Ketchum extends PR contract
  City to pay Boise-based Red Sky another $21,000

• Frugal BLM puts land grant on hold
  Partners still trying to move whitewater park plan forward

• WWII fighter pilot Denny Pace dies at 93
  Ketchum resident flew 50 missions over Italy

• ‘Spring forward’ on Sunday
  Daylight saving time will bring brighter evenings

• Highway reconstruction set to start soon
  ITD expects to award contract within next several weeks

• Silver Creek restoration plan up for hearing
  Commissioners to deliberate on merits of project

• Briefs
  

• Mental-health services today
  St. Luke’s Health Watch

• College races bring verve to valley
  Average age is half-year younger this week

• For girls, a race to the top
  Girls on the Run seeks coaches for new season

• The right place and time
  

• Ketchum behind the parade?
  

• Auto Club skaters reclaim the Gund Cup 4-2
  Grumpy’s edges Lefty’s in hockey finale

• Days of the Old West named top rodeo
  

• Ode to the Ski Patrol
  

• March madness
  

• John ‘Denny’ Pace