🌱 How Bald Mountain’s forest work just created 430 new skiable acres

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• How Bald Mountain's forest work just created 430 new skiable acres

Also on today's calendar: Live Music in The Pasture: Arthur and 1 more event.

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Nice with clouds and sun, with a high of 71 and low of 45 degrees.
• Wednesday: Mostly cloudy and cooler, temps: high: 64, low: 44.
• Thursday: Partly sunny and cool, with a high of 57 and low of 43 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Bald Mountain Stewardship Program aims to improve forest health at Sun Valley Resort (kivitv.com) — Work on Bald Mountain above Ketchum has thinned hundreds of acres of forest to reduce wildfire risk while also opening 430 new acres of skiable terrain at Sun Valley Resort. Backed by federal infrastructure funds and local donations, the stewardship program is planting tens of thousands of diverse trees and sending removed firewood to Idaho tribes, with strong support from Wood River Valley residents.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Ketchum

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Thursday September 3
• Live Music in The Pasture: Patrick Adams →
  Hotel Ketchum, 600 N Main St, Ketchum
  5:30 pm

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Other local events

Saturday September 5
• Live Music in The Pasture: Arthur →
  Hotel Ketchum, 600 N Main St, Ketchum
  5:30 pm
• An Evening with Sonny Landreth →
  Argyros Performing Arts Center, 120 S Main St, Ketchum
  7:30 pm
Sunday September 6
• Portugal. The Man →
  Sun Valley Pavilion, 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley
  5:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday September 1
• Kettlebells
  Wood River Community YMCA - Group Fitness (Aerobics) Studio - Aerobics
  5:45 pm
Wednesday September 2
• VB home with Camas
  Carey School Hailey, ID 83333
  6:00 pm
Friday September 4
• FB Crater Bowl home with Butte, 1/2 JV 5:00, V 7:00
  Carey School Hailey, ID 83333
  5:00 pm
Saturday September 5
• Horsemanship and Cultural Demonstrations →
  Champions Meadow, 200 Sun Vly Rd E, Sun Valley
  10:00 am
Tuesday September 8
• Regular Board Meeting
  Blaine County District #61 Community Campus - Bullion Room
  6:00 pm
• VB at Richfield
  Carey School Hailey, ID 83333
  6:00 pm
Wednesday September 9
• VB at Hansen
  Carey School Hailey, ID 83333
  6:00 pm
Friday September 11
• FB at Camas
  Carey School Hailey, ID 83333
  4:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

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🗞 Nearby News

Sun Valley

• Sun Valley Resort, ID, Details Major Progress on Christmas and Lookout Express Lifts (snowbrains.com)
• Julia Roberts' niece Emma turns heads in pretty slip dress at US Open weeks after intimate wedding (hellomagazine.com)
• Lindsey Vonn, still waiting on ACL surgery, faces 'another long road' to recovery (nytimes.com)

Hailey

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Gooding

• Offensive explosiveness driving Gooding toward success (idahostatesman.com)

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