Critters
seek refuge

Wild neighbors
descend to
valley floor

January snows have prompted Central Idaho’s wild creatures to seek the relative refuge of the valleys. Elk and deer are increasingly common sights in the Wood River Valley’s subdivisions and neighborhoods. Moose, however, don’t tend to move much because of the weather. “They’re here all the time,” said Idaho Department of Fish and Game Conservation Officer Roger Olson. “They are deep snow machines. They are incredible. There’s lots of food down along that river.”. Express photo by Willy Cook

For the week of January 14 - 20, 2004

• Beef: ‘It’s what’s for dinner …’
  Local beef sales strong despite ‘mad cow’ scare
   

• Beef prices could climb in 2004
  Demand is still high, industry official says

• The West seen through the prism of art
  Sun Valley Center exhibits ‘Cowboys and Indians’

• Mad policy, mad cows
   

• Money-saving tip

• Is Bush ‘president' in name only? 
  Commentary by Pat Murphy

• An ode to grapefruit
  Commentary by Dick Dorworth

• Suns add four January games with Moose

• Bode back in title chase
  Wins Kandahar combined

• Higgins fourth in Tech Series slalom
  At Snowbasin

• Telemark racers get their first shot
  All-terrain on Cozy

• WRHS boys shake off the rust, 47-40 over Gooding
  Hard-fought SCIC league win

• Bronze for Patzer at U.S. Nordic finals
  Lars Flora wins 50k skate

• 2004 Prairie Creek Snowmaker results

• Public Notice Summary

• Public Meetings

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