Join Project Big Wood for the launch of The State of the Big Wood—an annual snapshot of the river we all call home. Built from collaborative data, sweat, and stories gathered across the basin, this isn’t just a report—it’s a yearly river manual for anglers, outfitters, landowners, students, families, and anyone invested in building a better Big Wood River. We’ll screen a short film featuring local characters and open the floor after a keynote by our board president, Kenny Van Zant. $25 Ticket Includes: – Light Appetizers – A pint of Big Woody Lager – A copy of the 2025 State of the Big Wood – Film screening Help us raise $30K to change the future of the Big Wood through data, education, advocacy, and earthworks programs.
Locals Guide to Driving & Parking around Sun Valley
Chief Deputy for the Blaine County Sheriff’s Department, Will Fruehling, has been patrolling the streets of the Wood River Valley for over 20 years. Since starting his career as a patrol officer for the Ketchum Police Department in 1995, Fruehling has been a patrol deputy, a Sergeant, Investigator for the Idaho Department of Corrections, and was appointed to his current position in 2017 by Sheriff Harkins. As a local and a police officer, Fruehling has seen plenty of visitors come and go over the years and through the seasons. So we asked him some tips on driving and parking, what his driving pet peeves are, and Fruehling settles the Miscellany II debate between left-lane drivers and right-lane once and for all. What tips do you have for visitors who haven’t driven in snow before? Will: “Obviously, the first thing is for people to slow down when the road’s covered in snow or when the road is slick. You see these people who wiz by and then you see them right in front of you at the next stoplight in town and you’re like, they made it at the same time that I did, but they went too fast for these …