Santa Warms Up Frosty Evening Santa Claus and dozens of his admirers—including Jake Jacoby, 3, on his lap—huddle around an open fire Wednesday evening in Ketchum Town Square. The gathering was organized to celebrate the official lighting of a Christmas tree in the downtown park. Temperatures hovered in the single digits and then dropped below zero overnight. Photo by Roland Lane

Friday, December 6, 2013

• Megaload will pass through Blaine County
  Shipment weighs 450 tons and is 376 feet long

• Marketing Alliance plots its course
  Organization plans to focus on 3 primary markets

• Hailey thwarts airport land purchase
  Effort deemed a violation of joint powers agreement

• Groundwater management will raise complex issues
  Panelists answer questions at Board of Realtors symposium

• Contract for design of transit hub delayed
  Mountain Rides and Keller Associates still fine-tuning agreement

• Visit by BSU officials raises hopes
  Delegation tours sites in central Hailey

• ITD worried about construction zone ditches
  Agency plans to mitigate likelihood of winter water retention

• Visitors are wealthy and love it here
  Survey queried air passengers on their vacation experience

• New businesses emerge in south valley
  In Hailey, more competition in pizza sector

• Church hosting reflective gatherings
  Taize tradition began in the 1940s in France

• BRIEFS
  

• Too cold to snow
  

• Noise is no measure of chance of success
  

• Ed loans cripple skiing
  

• National monument could help region
  

• Beware the coming water shell game
  

• Wrestlers open new season with a short bench
  Bailey, Anderson top the Wol-verine hopefuls

• Bulldog seniors stop WRHS 77-71 in overtime
  Wolverines boys show promise in close loss

• Ski Club plans busy winter with Baldy Cup
  Reunion Week is earlier this winter

• Jonna Mendes named Ski Academy program director
  U.S. Olympic skier takes a new job

• First night of skating for Senior “A” hockey
  League action kicks off at resort