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Sun Valley Resort to Join Epic Pass for 2019-20 Season

• By Lex Nelson
Sun Valley Resort and its sister property in Utah, Snowbasin, announced they will offer Epic Pass holders access to both resorts for the 2019-20 season. Passes go on sale in March.
• Tags: Rec News, Boise, Idaho, Local sports, Outdoors, snow, Sports, Epic Pass, Sun Valley, Snowbasin, ski, snowboard

Jingle Bells and Dinner Bells

• By Lex Nelson
In Sun Valley and Garden Valley, horse-drawn sleighs bring guests to the table.
• Tags: Food News, Eats, food, holidays, Holidays, sleigh rides, Sun Valley Resort, Trail Creek Cabin, Idaho Sleigh Rides

Sun Valley Hotels Go Above and Beyond for Winter Visitors

• By Lex Nelson
Check out these specials and packages for winter stays.
• Tags: Rec News, Holidays, Idaho, snow, Sports, Weather, travel, hotel, Sun Valley, special, package, Hotel Ketchum, The Limelight Hotel, Sun Valley Resort, Knob Hill Inn

Paddles Up Poke Expands to Sun Valley, Opens New Hotel Ketchum Location

• By Lex Nelson
Paddles Up will open in Ketchum on Thursday, Jan. 17.
• Tags: Food News, Boise, Eats, food, Hotel Ketchum, Sun Valley, Ketchum, Paddles Up Poke, poke

Going Skiing in Sun Valley? Hang Out at The Hangout

• By Lex Nelson
Meet the new watering hole and snack spot attached to Hotel Ketchum.
• Tags: Food Review, Culture, Eats, food, Beer and Wine, booze, liquor, The Hangout, Hotel Ketchum, Ketchum, Sun Valley

While Shepherds Watch: A Look at Life Tending Idaho's Sheep

• By Lex Nelson
"You know when you get a Christmas card and you see the shepherds around the stables at Bethlehem? It's about the same."
• Tags: Culture, Culture, Idaho, sheep, shepherd, sheepherder, Sun Valley

Can a Nonprofit Culinary School in Sun Valley Help Boost Idaho's Restaurant Industry?

• By Lex Nelson
The Sun Valley Culinary Institute is set to open in spring of 2019.
• Tags: Food News, Community, Culture, Eats, economy, education, food, Idaho, culinary school, Sun Valley Culinary Institute, Sun Valley, Ketchum, Idaho Chefs de Cuisine

Sun Valley Hotels Are Luring Boise Visitors With Gas Vouchers, Special Packages

• By Lex Nelson
Perks include Idaho resident-only packages, gas compensation and dog-friendly deals.
• Tags: Rec News, Boise, cars, Holidays, Transportation, Idaho, Sun Valley, Limelight Hotel, Sun Valley Resort, Knobb Hill Inn, dogs, gas, Idaho resident

Idaho-Raised Lamb Takes Center Plate at the Trailing of the Sheep Festival

• By Lex Nelson
"We really think American lamb is positioned to have a real renaissance ... a real revolution. People are finally discovering lamb again."
• Tags: Food News, agriculture, Eats, food, Warfield Distillery & Brewery, sheep, lamb, Ketchum, Sun Valley, Trailing of the Sheep Festival, Sean Temple

Sun Valley Two Ways: One of Idaho's Swankiest Regions on a $50 Budget, or Without One

• By Lex Nelson
Boise Weekly sent me east with the challenge to do Sun Valley two ways: first as a day trip on a $50 budget, and then as an overnight getaway in high style.
• Tags: Features, bicycles, Eats, food, Idaho, Sun Valley, travel, Knob Hill Inn

April 19, 2018: What to Know

• By George Prentice
A huge fire at a Sun Valley landmark, tuition hikes at Idaho's four-year universities, narrowing down the finalists for Boise State President and Saturday Night Live heads for the homestretch.
• Tags: Citydesk, Airport, education, fire, Movies, Television, Transportation, Southwest Airlines, Sun Valley, Idaho State Board of Education, Cannes Film Festival, Saturday Night Live

Deadlines Approach for Treasure Valley Calls to Artists

• By Lex Nelson
Got art? The City of Boise wants to know.
• Tags: Arts News, art, Arts, Boise, Community, Culture, Idaho, Film, calls to artists, Sun Valley, Boise Weekly, Zoo Boise, Wassmuth Center, Ketchum, BOSCO, James Castle House, Marsing, Alexa Rose Foundation, traffic boxes, Department of Arts & History, Boise Art Museum

Isabella Boylston

American Ballet Theatre principal will bring world premiere back home to Sun Valley

• By George Prentice
• Tags: Citizen, Arts, Dance, Sun Valley Pavilion, Isabella Boylston, ballerina, eclipse, ballet, Sun Valley, Ketchum

Sun Valley Wellness Festival

• By George Prentice
The four-day festival—now in its 20th year—is packed with lectures, workshops, music, film, plus morning sessions of meditation, resistance flexibility vinyasa, quigong and a sunrise hike.
• Tags: Culture, Sun Valley Resort

Arianna Huffington

On technology, Greek wisdom and President Donald Trump's sleep patterns

• By George Prentice
• Tags: Citizen, Books, Donald Trump, Idaho, media, technology, Sun Valley Resort, Arianna Huffington, Agapi Stasinopoulou, women, sleep

Sun Valley Film Festival

Around 60 screenings, parties, labs and discussions will make up the five-day festival.

• By Zach Hagadone
• Tags: Screen News, Sun Valley, Ketchum

Blaine County P&Z Denies Permit for Second Transmission Line, Idaho Power Moves Forward With Application to PUC

• By George Prentice
Idaho Power will appeal the denial while still moving forward with its full application to the Idaho Public Utilities Commission
• Tags: Citydesk, energy, Idaho Power, Blaine County, Wood River Valley, Sun Valley, Ketchum

On Seventh Anniversary of Massive Christmas Power Outage in Sun Valley, Plans For Second Transmission Line Still Being Debated

• By George Prentice
A second 138,000-volt line could cost as much as $30 million, with Ketchum and Sun Valley shouldering anywhere from $2.7 million to $7.9 million for the cost of running part of the line underground from northeast Ketchum to a Sun Valley substation.
• Tags: Citydesk, energy, Idaho Power, Sun Valley power outage, Ketchum, Sun Valley Resort

Sun Valley Resort Asking Public to Stay Off Baldy Until Snow and Slope Prep Complete

• By George Prentice
“Slope construction, snowmaking, snow-pushing and cable-winching are happening, both day and night.”
• Tags: Citydesk, Outdoors, Sun Valley, Mount Baldy, Sun Valley Resort

Sun Valley Police Chief Hospitalized After Apparent Stroke

• By George Prentice
“We have only one priority right now. To take care of the health and welfare of Chief Femling and his family.”
• Tags: Citydesk, Idaho, Idaho Mountain Express, Mountain Express, Sun Valley, Blaine County

Best Local Ski Resort

• By BW Staff
• Tags: BOB Sports & Recreation, Best of Boise, Best of Boise 2016, Bogus Basin Mountain Recreation Area, Brundage Mountain Resort, River Run Lodge, Sun Valley Resort

Public Will Weigh In On Second Power Transmission Line for Sun Valley

• By George Prentice
The Idaho Mountain Express reports the expense "would have to to be paid by local governments, by ratepayers or by local improvement districts."
• Tags: Citydesk, energy, Utilities, Idaho Power, Sun Valley, Ketchum, Idaho Public Utilities Commission

FAA Lowers Cloud Cover Restrictions for Sun Valley Airport

• By George Prentice
"We're expecting a 60 percent reduction in diversion, possibly more."
• Tags: Citydesk, Airport, Idaho, Transportation, Weather, Friedman Memorial Airport, FAA, Horizon, Delta, United, airport, plane, travel, Sun Valley

Plan for Second Power Line for Sun Valley Might Soon See Light of Day

• By George Prentice
Idaho Power "is preparing to go to the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, potentially by the end of August, to apply for approval to build the project."
• Tags: Citydesk, energy, Idaho Power, Ketchum, Hailey, Sun Valley, transmission line

Allen and Co. Sun Valley Conference: Gates, Murdoch and Zuckerberg—Oh My

• By George Prentice
Attendees of the Allen and Company Sun Valley Conference 2016 included Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, CBS CEO Les Moonves, Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger. famed film producer Harvey Weinstein, DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg, Warner Bros. CEO Kevin Tsujihara and powerful media mogul Rupert Murdoch.
• Tags: Citydesk, Sun Valley, Allen and Co. Sun Valley Conference, Sun Valley Resort, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook, Jack Dorsey, Les Moonves, Bob Iger, Harvey Weinstein, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Kevin Tsujihara, Rupert Murdoch, Mauricio Macri, Michael Bloomberg