Fly Sun Valley Alliance (FSVA) has launched a new Refer A Friend promotion and added new business deals to its ACCESS SUN VALLEY CARD, a valley-wide discount card with exclusive discounts on Alaska Airlines flights and deals at over 85 local participating businesses.  Sales from... (more)

Join Lee Pesky Learning Center’s Marvelous Minds Community Hunt on July 9, 2011 and be a detective for the day!

Show your support for kids who think and learn differently... (more)

The 8th running of the Sun Valley Half Marathon and Relay is quickly approaching; June 2, start time is 9am.

Early registration closes on April 29, at which time entry fees... (more)

By John Pluntze

The final two free concerts of the 2011-2012 school year for the Wood River Middle and High School students will take place tonight, and also tomorrow night as well -- at the Wood River High School's newly-remodeled Performing Arts Theatre, starting at 7 p.m. (1250 Fox Acres Road).

Tonight's "Orchestra Senior Night" concert will feature selections from Vivaldi, Gustav Holst, Edmund Siennicki,... (more)

The SVO Pet of The Week is Penny. Penny was surrendered to the shelter, because her owners felt she didn’t get along with their newly acquired dog. Penny is a sweet, yet independent, cat that had done well with her consistent routine for the past six years. Here at the shelter Penny... (more)

2nd Annual Fundraiser for Boulder Mountain Clayworks

Thursday July 5 from 5:30-8:30 $50.00/ticket

• Complementary...

All spring the Roosevelt Grille and Sawtooth Club have been bringing you the best Locals Appreciation Special ever....and today is the last day! Be sure to bring in those coupons you've been collecting, and with the purchase of an appetizer and entree, your 2nd entree will be absolutely FREE. Hope you'll join us today!

Around 1988, photographer Peter de Lory saw a couple standing in front of Yosemite Falls. The man was blind (you can see his walking stick in de Lory’s photo), so he wasn’t looking at the falls so much as listening to them. That got de Lory to thinking: What is it about waterfalls... (more)

Falling in Love

Falling in love involves an unconscious as well as physical and chemical response to another person, which is much more compelling than simply finding... (more)

We Idahoans love our rivers. Whether it is for fishing, rafting, irrigating or simply appreciating the unique beauty, we recognize this resource as the lifeblood of our state. The beauty and recreational opportunities Idaho’s rivers provide draw attention and visitors from around the world.... (more)

Men 2.0 Presentation at the Community Campus, May 29th

The Advocates, in association with the Idaho Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence will be presenting a program... (more)

By John Pluntze

In addition to the http://www.YouTube.com/gleeonfox and the http://www.Fox.com/glee websites, there's a new "Glee"-oriented website that the self-confessed "Gleeks" out there may want to know about (assuming they don't already, that is):  http://www.Fox.com/glee/socialhub .

In other FOX-oriented news, it was announced recently that the Twin Falls-based KXTF.com station that's based... (more)

Saturday May 19th was an amazing day for over 60 Girls on the Run participants!  They along with 200 community members who joined the run/walk as running buddies and general race participants, completed the 9th annual Girls on the Run Community 5k Fun Run/Walk that supports the Girls... (more)

By John Pluntze

The Wood River Valley isn't exactly short on talent (particularly musical talent), so anyone interested in submitting a video audition for the next season of NBC's "America's Got Talent" needs to upload a video audition tape to "AGT's" YouTube page by June 1st: http://www.YouTube.com/agt

Live.in-person auditions for 'America's Got Talent" will take place in various cities throughout this coming summer as well.

See submission details at both their YouTube page and also at their http://www.nbc.com/americas-got-talent site as well.

Online registration will close at the end of the day on May 27. Go to https://www.imathlete.com/events/SunValleyHalfMarathonRelay/Register What are you waiting for? Don't miss the opportunity to run this scenic and challenging course! Challenge yourself or challenge a friend. Not up for... (more)

Redfish Lake Lodge has one heck of a deal on Living Social this week for their Pontoon rental.  

This is one deal not to miss for the summer!  ... (more)

It's springtime in the Wood River Valley -- the grass is greening up, the flowers are blooming, hikers, runners and mountain bikers are out on the trails getting exercise, and domestic sheep are beginning their annual migration into the high country.... (more)

By John Pluntze

Wood River Valley residents who perhaps either missed those three terrific, standing room-only concerts featuring the Colla Voce and B-Tones choirs comprised of students from the Wood River Middle and High Schools, or else residents who perhaps want to hear MORE of those genuinely amazing voices in-action (not to mention scores of other music students from the Middle and High Schools in Hailey), you have three more opportunities to do so before the school year ends-- starting with tonight's "Spring Concert"... (more)

On Monday May 28, 2012 at 11:00am the 9th annual Hailey Memorial Day Ceremony will take place at the Hailey Cemetery. Our theme this year is, "Honoring the Unsung Heroes." We've got an incredible and honorable program lined up this year including the return of the 366th FW Honor Guard from... (more)

Watch the video below to find out what makes Wood River Middle School extraordinary.

Each summer more than 600 miners head for Idaho’s streams and rivers in search of gold. Imagine a high-powered vacuum, floating on pontoons. The miner dives to the bottom of the stream and sucks up gravel and sediment with a large house, excavating down to the bedrock. The load is discharged... (more)