Ketchum News

The group that pushed to take smoking out of bars in Boise is now following smokers to one of the only nearby places you can still have a drink and light up.

This coming Tuesday, May 21, voters across Idaho will be choosing whether to keep or replace representatives on school boards, highway districts and, in Boise, representation on the Greater Boise Auditorium District.

Federal safety officials want to lower the standard for drunk driving. Idaho State Police say it could be an effective change, but not one that would come easily in Idaho.

Sun Valley police announced Thursday that several explosives were found on the Elkhorn Springs property, located east of Ketchum, near Sun Valley.

Authorities in central Idaho say eight homemade bottle bombs laced with shrapnel found in the resort area in recent weeks are likely connected and possibly built by the same person or persons.

The Sun Valley Police Department is warning the public to be on the lookout after five explosive devices made out of plastic soda bottles were found this week in the Elkhorn Springs area.

Stepper Hall, the son of some friends of ours in Montana, sent me the following email: I'm writing my senior thesis on small business in the ski industry and I'd like you to help me with the question: "How can a small ski business survive in the ski industry that is dominated by a few big companies?" Most of the large companies of today started out ... (more)