Sun Valley News

The former head of a Ketchum community development group has been cleared for extradition to California, where he is wanted on criminal charges.

Sun Valley last week dipped its toe in the transportation waters and found the temperature fine.

Rupert Murdoch, chairman and CEO of New Corporation arrives with his wife, Wendi, for the annual Allen & Co.'s media conference Wednesday, July 9, 2008, in Sun Valley, Idaho.

Deal talks between executives from NBC and other media outfits are likely to dominate this week's Allen & Co.

Rescue officials in the southern Idaho resort town of Hailey say a wildfire inside the city limits has begun to threaten homes.

Luxury homes in northern Idaho appear to be drawing buyers that have traditionally fixed on resort communities such as Sun Valley.

The sun shone for Barack Obama at the annual Allen & Co mogulfest in Sun Valley, Idaho, where many campers gave the Democratic hopeful the thumbs up.

Jeremy Herron, AP Business Writer, reports on the annual retreat in Sun Valley, Idaho, hosted by investment bank Allen & Co.

As most of you know, I am sure, we are now in the midst of Mogulmania Week atA the Herb Allen conference in Sun Valley, Idaho.

The former head of the Ketchum Community Development Corporation is accused in California of stealing money from his former employer.

By Sue Zeidler

SUN VALLEY, Idaho (Reuters) - The summer U.S. box office is sizzling due to hits like "Hancock" but Hollywood leaders focused on the chilling effects of industry change brought on by labor strife, fragmentation and new technology at the annual retreat of moguls this week.

"The whole industry is in transition," said Anne Sweeney, co-chairman of Walt Disney Co's Disney Media Networks and President of Disney-ABC Television, as she left the morning session of the annual Allen & Co media confab in Sun Valley.

Democrat Barack Obama appeared to be the favorite White House contender among media moguls at an annual Idaho retreat, even if they were not so certain how an Obama victory would affect their businesses.

Several hundred major media execs at Herb Allen's annual retreat in this remote Northwest niche thought they could get away from it all, including the ongoing labor strife 900 miles to the south.

The Ketchum Community Development Corporation Tuesday morning accepted the resignation of Gary Rapport, its recently-hired executive director.

FishbowlLA's Dan Cox is covering the annual Herb Allen media mogul get-together in Sun Valley, Idaho.

In this July 13, 2007 file photo, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, left, Britain's former Prime Minister Tony Blair and Herbert Allen, right, walk to a party at Allen and Co.'s annual media conference, in Sun Valley.

The summer lift service up at Sun Valley is underway and seeing many visitors. It was just a little more than a week ago when the summer chair lift service started on Bald Mountain.

Fireworks will light up the skies Friday for Independence Day and there are plenty of events for everyone.

Shea Anderson takes over Wednesday as editor for the Idaho Mountain Express, returning to a paper he worked as a reporter from 1996-97. Anderson is replacing Gregory Foley, who became editor in June 2006 and ...