The Race Is On Valley resident Laura Todd, of Hailey, shovels snow Wednesday morning toward the finish line of the Boulder Mountain Tour, near the Sawtooth National Recreation Area headquarters north of Ketchum. Todd and other event supporters gathered at the site to bolster the snowpack at the end line of the 32-kilometer Nordic ski race. The race starts at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, in the northern Wood River Valley near Galena Lodge. Nordic skiing has been hampered by a lack of snow in the southern valley but conditions remain favorable to the north. Photo by Roland Lane

Friday, January 24, 2014

• County backs plan to preserve ranch
  Conservation groups seek $1.1 million from Land, Water and Wildlife fund

• Commissioners support national monument
  More detailed resolution is yet to be written

• Hailey, Wood River sign agreement
  Old differences put aside to provide automatic aid

• At district, sadness breeds action
  Trustee’s resignation prompts urgent response to ‘social hosting’

• Ketchum OKs funding for business incubator
  Facility expected to help local entrepreneurs foster ideas

• Olympian to run for state Legislature
  Dick Fosbury announces campaign

• Ketchum mulls composition of URA
  Size, terms of service examined by City Council

• BRIEFS
  

• Devil baby
  

• Private storage of secrets is a bad idea
  

• Make Idaho’s money work
  

• Bill would improve firefighting resources
  

• Lights, pucks and outdoor hockey action!
  Pond Classic provides a classic ending

• Campbell, Gaspar are Olympians from Virgin Islands
  Verge to coach U.S. freeskiing team

• Freestyle contest arrives on Dollar, Baldy
  Sun Valley Freestyle Spectacular

• Ty Jones gets IHSAA top job
  New executive director

• Hailey boys rally, fall 58-57 OT at Jerome
  Nordsieck’s 29 leads WRHS boys

• Carey starts fast, beats Mushers 63-47
  Cutthroats play Wolves tough

• Aardvarks slip past Bad Dogs 3-2
  All teams square after Sunday’s action

• Senior skaters play with short benches
  Teams finish with identical records

• 105 racers kick off Town Series gate races
  Weekly team races on Baldy

• Mancuso keeps moving up on the World Cup
  Season best finish Thursday at Cortina

• William A. ‘Bill’ Hon
  

• Tiny Pentheny
  

• The effort to save Galena Lodge
  How an old log cabin helped put Sun Valley on the Nordic world map

• Nordic Fest offers events all week
  Reggae, recreation and racing all part of the Sun Valley celebration

• Ski Hall of Fame to enshrine 8 more
  Ceremony to take place Jan. 29 in Ketchum

• Nordic Festival a cure for the winter blahs
  All grown up, it goes beyond racing