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Vote "YES" for Council-Manager Form of Government
The Council-Manager form of government combines the strong political leadership of elected officials with the strong managerial experience of an appointed manager. All power and authority rests with...
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Ketchum Voters: More reasons to vote "YES" on November 8 for the...
FACT: LESS POLITICAL The hired professional manager has no guaranteed term of employment. They must constantly respond to the citizens and be dedicated to the highest ideals of honesty, integrity and...
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Mayor Randy Hall Was For City Manager Before He Was Against It
Randy Hall said that Ketchum's current system has "worked for the history of the town," and that the change would "hurt the hotel process," a reference to his administration's tireless attempts to...
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Ketchum to Vote on New Form of Government:
(NB: This is the original, un-edited story):Mayor was for policy before he was against itA referendum on the Ketchum ballot this fall gives voters the chance to adopt a new form of government in city...
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Three more reasons to vote "YES" for Council-Manager Government
FACT: MORE ACCESS TO ELECTED OFFICIALS Decisions on policy and the future of the community are made by all five (5) elected officials equally, giving the residents more opportunity to become engaged...
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Fiction vs. Fact about the Council-Manager form of Government
The "no" campaign and it's supporters, including four (4) of the (5) current elected officials have been using misleading, misstated and nonfactual information. Let's set the record straight....
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Wild Horses Shot - Idaho BLM Offers Reward for Information
On January 3, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Boise District received a call from a local individual about two dead horses discovered on public land in the Wilson Creek area, approximately 15...
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Sun Valley Condominium Sales are up by 500%
Pending sales contracts for condominiums in the greater Sun Valley area for the month of January are up 58% (19 pending units versus 12 in 2011) over the same time period in 2011.Sales closed have...
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Banks Pay Homeowners as much as $35,000 to Avoid Foreclosures
Banks, accelerating efforts to move troubled mortgages off their books, are offering as much as $35,000 or more in cash to delinquent homeowners to sell their properties for less than they owe.Lenders...
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To the Man Who Shot Oregon 9
The photograph of you, spread by the media, shows a young man wearing a camouflage jacket, blue jeans and what is perhaps a wry grin. At your side is the body of a large gray and bloody wolf. He is...
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NEWS RELEASE: Housing Prices Are Now Bottoming!
March 23, 2012People continue to ask . . . Have home prices finally hit bottom? Do we as Realtor's know or really have a clue? Sorry to say our crystal ball is a bit cloudy, but . . . . according to...
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Why Pay Taxes? (Opinion)
Over the last 9 years I was employed at a local valley automotive business and earned a good wage. So did the person next to me. Only difference was, he paid no income taxes. He is paid in cash. He...
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Hailey Could Win $100,000 Grant in Nationwide Recycling Challenge!
Hailey has been invited to represent Idaho in the SC Johnson Green Choices Recycling Challenge, a nationwide contest that aims to encourage waste reduction and increase household recycling.Fifty...
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Sun Valley Idaho Real Estate Sales Report – YTD
Attached is a report that shows all sales and listing activity in the greater Sun Valley area for single family residential homes, condos and townhomes, vacant land, plus farms and ranches. Click on...
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Historical marker placed this week for WW II iconic Camp Rupert
Historical marker placed this week for WW II iconic Camp Rupert PAUL – A little-known area near the Minidoka-Jerome County line was home to the largest prisoner of war camp in Idaho. Camp Rupert,...
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VIDEO: August Existing-Home Sales and Prices Rise
WASHINGTON (September 19, 2012) - Existing-home sales continued to improve in August and the national median price rose on a year-over-year basis for the sixth straight month, according to the National...
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Power Outage Planned Due to Customer Moving House
BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 3, 2012 -- Beginning at 7 p.m. Oct. 10, sporadic power outages will follow the route of a customer moving a house from north of Ketchum south to Hailey. The temporary power outages...
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Idaho among states with biggest home price increases
A measure of U.S. home prices jumped 4.6 percent in August compared with a year ago, the largest year-over-year increase in more than six years.CoreLogic, a private real estate data provider, also...
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Existing home sales climb, housing recovery gains traction
The National Association of Realtors said on Monday that existing home sales climbed 2.1 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.79 million units.That was above the median forecast...
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Fannie Mae Announces Holiday Eviction Moratorium
Fannie Mae announced today that it will suspend evictions of foreclosed single family and 2-4 unit properties from December 19, 2012 through January 2, 2013. Legal and administrative proceedings for...
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