Brenda Anne Douglas was delivered in the Hailey hospital on March 15, 1976. On that day a generous heart and a devoted caregiver was born. Brenda’s first job was taking care of her older brother, Michael, who has cerebral palsy. She honed her people-pleasing...

Valley proprietors grapple with the economics of clean air By Eric Valentine Chances are you’ve probably received an email by now from a business that goes something like this: “In these unprecedented times (insert company name here) … our first...

By Robin Sias When Julie Youngblood committed to being one of the ‘pioneers’ in the first Gaucho Derby, a race billed as the “greatest test of horsemanship and survival skills on earth,” spanning two weeks and 500 kilometers through the most...

BY ERIC VALENTINE Summer camps are as much an American tradition as fireworks and hotdogs on the Fourth of July. But in a COVID world, what’s traditional can sometimes be literally a thing of the past. Enter camp operators like Lauren Street,...

Cancellations, changes and outlooks on the summer of 2020 By Eric Valentine Memorial Day has come and gone. Typically, that means the launch of summer events in resort towns like these. But the summer of 2020 figures to be nothing but atypical....

Ernest Hemingway STEAM School’s dual immersion will merge with Alturas Elementary BY ERIC VALENTINE Body Text: Not everything involving school these days has to do with coronavirus safety and distance learning. There’s good old-fashioned...

Idaho – Last Friday, Governor Brad Little put forward a plan to cut nearly $99 million from education. The cuts will come from a variety of places including teacher salaries, classroom technology, professional development training, and curriculum planning....