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This Sunday, August 1st,  we are very honored to have Carrie Rodriguez back! Carrie was recently featured on Austin City Limits and has toured with Lucinda Williams.

Rebates for assessments and retrofits will save thousands in dollars and carbon emissions

The details for a new local rebate program have just been announced.   Entitled...

Purchase your Sun Valley Season Pass or discount passes by Saturday, July 31. Prices for all passes will go up on Sunday, August 1.

Passes may be purchased in person at the River Run lift ticket office, at the Sun Valley Recreation Center in the Sun Valley Village or online at: MySVFun.com

On Monday July 26th, 2010, HSBCAMPS & Camp Rainbow Gold, a nationally recognized annual oncology camp bringing 85 young cancer survivors to the Sawtooth Mountains of Ketchum, Idaho, teamed up to bring 10 young campers face-to face with the pros.  HSBCAMPS, America's fastest growing youth...

The new Blaine County Affiliate for Habitat for Humanity is currently seeking interested and qualified families for a unique and exciting opportunity to own an affordable home in Blaine County. 

Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit housing organization dedicated to building simple, decent and affordable housing in partnership with people in need.  Since 1976, Habitat has built over 300,000 homes worldwide.  Houses are possible through donations of time, labor, materials, and funding. Selected families...

The SVO Pet of the Week is Larry. Larry is a wonderful dog! He came to the shelter when his owners’ living circumstances changed.  Sadly, his family could no longer keep him. Because it was him first time away from home, Larry was nervous when he first arrived. He quickly...

The Sun Valley Ice Show continues with its dazzling lineup of champions on ice this Saturday, July 31 featuring Olympic Silver Medalist and 2X World Silver Medalist Sasha Cohen. She will also perform in the final ice show on September 4....

By John Pluntze

Sooo many summer events ... but sooo little actual summer left!!! Well, time (and calendar) constraints notwithstanding, here's a wrap-up of some...

By John Pluntze

There's sooooo much going on for the rest of this week -- and also this weekend -- that there's simply no way to cover all of it in just one SVO article ... so here, instead, is Part One of a two-part events wrap-up.

Tonight, that wonderful (and free) Ketchum Town Plaza concert series across from Giacobbi Square that Stefany Mahoney there at the Sun Valley-Ketchum Chamber has...

On Sunday, August 1, 2010 country music legend Garth Brooks joins the Sun Valley Summer Symphony for this year’s annual Benefit Concert.  This is a special engagement for which there will be only one show at 6:30pm.

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Blaine County 4-H Youth, Kendrick Villavicencio and Zach Olsen of the Hog Rock Cafe 4-H Club, teach locals about cuts of pork while they promote the 4-H Market Animal Sale and the Blaine County Fair during the Ketchum Farmer's Market.  They worked to emphasize that this is the...

The Hunger Coalition Introduces "Language in the Garden" on Monday Evenings

The Hope Garden is growing more than plants this summer.  Beginning Monday August 2...

Comedian, actor and author Steve Martin shows off his impressive musical ability in a concert with his band, the Steep Canyon Rangers, at River Run on Tuesday, August 3.

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The Sun Valley Figure Skating Club proudly hosted the 2010 Annual Sun Valley Summer Championships July 22 – 25. Drawing 192 skaters from 35 skate clubs, the Summer Championships...

By John Pluntze

Well, the cloudy weather right now may not be inspiring too many smiles, but the Wood River Valley's always-energetic and -eclectic music scene certainly...

Once-in-a-Century Honor among Programs Celebrating Scouting’s 100th Anniversary

Washington, D.C., July 26, 2010 – Amy DiFrancesco, a past Boy Scouts of...

Akiva Tor, the Consul General of Israel for the Pacific Northwest region, is coming to Idaho as part of The College of Idaho’s Judaic studies program, the Howard Berger Lecture Series. Tor, who is headquartered in San Francisco, speaks at 7 p.m. August 10 at the Community School theatre in Sun Valley. His lecture, entitled Middle East Peacemaking: The Iranian Nuclear Crisis and U.S.-Israel Relations, will be followed by a reception.

Tor has served as World Jewish Affairs Adviser to the President of Israel, as Director...