Learning the ropes Instructor Jerry Smith, center, shows local firefighters techniques for using ropes to assist in backcountry rescues on a hillside northeast of Sun Valley. Eighteen firefighters from the Wood River, Ketchum and Sun Valley fire departments trained with Smith last week to learn about conducting rope rescues. Photo by Roland Lane

Friday, September 19, 2014

• Eccles annexation spurs rewrite of Bellevue comp plan
  City Council awaits $6,000 study on impacts from 227-acre development

• Commission race offers distinct choice
  District 1 county seat is for 4-year term

• Mountain Rides rejects bids for hub
  Ketchum transportation project delayed until 2015

• Hailey firefighters battle blaze near Canada
  Reciprocation expected next time fire threatens Wood River Valley

• Going for gold in the Legislature
  Dick Fosbury makes a bid for District 26 House seat

• The end of a good run
  Snowboarding instructor leaves legacy in the valley

• Association of counties urges fuel tax increase
  Increased revenue would fund road maintenance

• Superintendent plans ‘listening tour’
  Public invited to meet with GwenCarol Holmes

• Volunteer sought for levy board
  

• Endless Roadwork
  

• Not a drop to drink without change
  

• Balancing the biological books
  

• ‘Hawks earn sudden victory 4-3 over WRHS girls
  1-1 regulation tie forces kicks

• Wolverines storm back, stun Riverhawks 4-1
  Great Basin boys’ soccer race tightens

• Sun Valley boys outscore Buhl 8-0 on pitch
  High Desert results from Wednesday

• Hailey spikers top Jerome in Homecoming match
  Cutthroats capture first win

• FISHING REPORT
  

• Go Hawaiian for Saturday’s “Roadrunner”
  Meals on Wheels benefit in Hailey

• Four named to Intermountain ski shrine
  Induction Sept. 25 at Park City

• WRHS swimmers sweep high school opener
  Home meet Saturday in Ketchum

• Scott Bowlden