Blaine County News

Airport officials in central Idaho say the contentious debate on whether or not to move Friedman Memorial Airport to a new location farther south is over and it's time to transition to a new governing body for the replacement airport.

Former Cheatham County Director of Schools Lynn Seifert is headed to Idaho. Seifert is being recommended for hire by the Blaine County School District as the alternative school/academy/community campus administrator, a district official there told The Times on Monday.

The American Medial Association passed a resolution on June 15, 2009 recognizing the problems with light pollution and the health issues associated with human eye exposure to light at night.

TV Today's 6 News Two Inmates Escape from north Idaho prison Law enforcement officials are on the hunt for two inmates who've escaped from a north Idaho prison.

Peter Shelton, the well-known journalist of ski magazines and books, didn't always live near the ski slopes.

The Republic of Poland will establish an honorary consulate in Ketchum this June, with weekend festivities marking both the official opening and the appointment of Ketchuma s Susan Passovoy as honorary consul.

Hailey 4th of July Criterium Road & Dirt and the Blaine County Recreation District present the 2nd annual BCRD Hailey 4th of July Criterium scheduled following the Hailey 4th of July Parade.

Warm Spring Road closed again Warm Springs Road as of yesterday, Sunday. A mess.

A central Idaho man will be allowed to keep his bobcat at his home at least until August.

Ketchum agrees to contract with Sheriff The Ketchum City Council on Monday accepted a contract for Sheriff Walt Femling to provide law enforcement services to the City of Ketchum.

Ketchum city leaders will discuss whether to enter a one-year contract with the Blaine County Sheriff's office for the county to provide law enforcement services for the City of Ketchum.

When it comes to jobs in construction, that's where experts say they are seeing one of the larger loses during these tough economic times.

Hop Porter Park vandalized Kids are spray painting the public restroom in Hailey's lovely Hop Porter Park and Police Chief Jeff Gunter believes it may have been done by kids kicked out of the Hailey Skate Park.

Blaine County's Road and Bridge crew used this loader and grader to reopen Warm Springs Road as of late morning Monday.

The end of the road, 3.1 miles west of Skiway Drive and 4.8 miles from Main Street in Ketchum.

The Road Apple Roulette again promises to be one of the big crowd pleasers at this years 4th of July Days of the Old West Parade.

Warm Springs Road west of Ketchum is blocked following at least two mudslides that covered the road.

The Bureau of Land Management wants to remove diseased trees from 250 acres just south of Bell Mountain near Bellevue in Blaine County.

An Idaho family is suing federal immigration officials and the Blaine County sheriff's office claiming agents and local authorities illegally searched its home in September 2007.

The complaint says Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, along Blaine County sheriff's deputies, searched the home of Jesus ``Jesse'' Ayala and his wife, Dana Marie Fejardo Ayala, without a warrant.