A Day Of Honor Hundreds of Wood River Valley residents celebrated Memorial Day on Monday, May 27, by attending organized tributes to fallen soldiers in Hailey and Ketchum. In Hailey, members of the Mountain Home Air Force Base Honor Guard, above, participated in an event at the Hailey Cemetery that featured music, speeches, prayer and a blessing of a battlefield cross. Photo by Roland Lane

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

• State’s population growth mainly in cities
  Blaine County numbers down since 2010

• Idaho home price growth 4th in U.S.
  Prices up 15 percent after 1st quarter vs. 6.7 percent nationally

• Proposed charter school seeking state approval
  School board votes to pass decision on to charter commission

• Energy gurus advocate for change
  Amory Lovins, R. James Woolsey decry reliance on foreign oil

• McKinstry says district changed its story
  Court filings seek to hold ‘school district to its word’

• Ketchum celebrates building projects
  Mayor salutes developers for beautifying city

• Traffic diversions planned for highway
  Paving to start soon hear Hospital Drive

• Hospital to get new CT scanner
  High-tech device will dose 60 percent less radiation

• In Hailey, business activity brings optimism
  New restaurants, store open on Main Street

• Ketchum hires public works director
  Engineer Robyn Mattison to start Friday

• Briefs
  

• It’s hip to be square
  The Satin Chaps bring forward the memories

• Get out of your head
  And into your car

• MASSV impact
  Injured officer still recovering from last year’s event

• Around Town
  

• Good Luck 2013
  

• Take the job, or not
  

• Charity should go beyond home
  

• Referendum
  

• Safe Haven naysayers should move on
  

• Healthy range, sheep and John Peavey
  

• Beware of sewage-sludge compost
  

• Nice holiday weather boosts Redfish turnout
  276 runners make Memorial Day trek

• Shay awards single out top WRHS activity students
  Huntington is year’s top coach

• Sprinter Keys signs with BSU
  State 100m, 200m king

• Gates golf aims for Father’s Day treat
  June 16 at Sun Valley

• Triple play ends Rocky Johnson Memorial
  Holiday softball at Lions Park

• Great Basin chooses top players on diamond
  Prep All-Star softball, baseball

• 2013 Ketchum Coed Softball League
  

• Sports summary
  

• Legal Notice Summary
  

• Doug Abromeit
  

• Andrew Tranbarger
  

• Carl R. ‘Bo’ Horton
  

• Linda Anne DeEulis