Halloween lands on a Saturday, so the valley spreads it over four days, and the best of it is below. Bring a raincoat: showers come and go Friday through Sunday.

Then it's Election Day, and Town Hall has what's on valley ballots. Also this week: Odin's Corner, the cafe at Ketchum's new Observatory hotel, is open, and taiko drummers play the Argyros.

Top of Mind

Halloween weekend, from Thursday's trunk or treat to Sunday's "Ghostbusters"

Thursday. Trunk or treat at the Bellevue Library, 3 to 5, then "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" at the Liberty in Hailey, 7:30, $20.

Friday. The Hailey Halloween Hoopla: trick-or-treat downtown, 3:30 to 5:30, with the Key Club costume contest at the Hailey library, 4 to 5:30. For grown-ups, the Monster Mash murder mystery at TNT Taproom (doors 6:30, $30, 21 and over) or "Murder Under the Marquee" at the Liberty (7, $75).

Saturday, for kids. Sun Valley Village's Halloween Fall Fest from noon: trick-or-treat through the shops, free skating noon to 3, and a free family movie at 3 at the Opera House. Ketchum's Main Street trick-or-treat runs 4 to 7, and the Argyros Trick or Treat Extravaganza is 5 to 7, free, with a costume contest for 12 and under. Carey's trunk or treat starts at 6.

Saturday, for grown-ups. Nightmare at the Argyros, 8 to 11, ages 14 and up, $10; the Liberty's costume party with DJ Ontic, 8 to 11, $10 in advance; Salted Sprig's benefit for Rilo's Rescue, 9 to 1, $20 presale, 21 and over; and the Sawtooth Club with DJ Sam Kroll, 9 to 2, 21 and over. Cutthroat Club in Bellevue starts at 6.

Sunday. "Ghostbusters" at the Liberty, 5, $14.

Town Hall

ElectionElection Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. Polls are open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., and you vote at your assigned polling place, which you can look up on VoteIdaho. You can register at the polls with a photo ID and proof of residence. Early voting ends Friday, Oct. 30, at 5, at the Old County Courthouse in Hailey. Absentee ballots must reach the Elections Office by 8 p.m. Tuesday. [county] [VoteIdaho]

Ketchum and HaileyTwo local questions. In Ketchum, a yes renews the local-option sales tax for 15 years at higher rates, about $2 million more a year for streets, sidewalks, and paths; a no lets it expire at the end of 2027. It needs 60%. In Hailey, a yes moves fire service into Blaine County Fire & Rescue's district, at an estimated $51.44 per $100,000 of taxable value starting in 2028, while the city cuts its levy; a no keeps it with the city. [Ketchum] [Hailey]

StatewideThree measures and an advisory question. A yes on Proposition 1 creates a right to abortion before fetal viability, and after it to protect health; a no keeps current law. A yes on HJR 4 gives the Legislature sole authority to legalize marijuana. A yes on HJR 6 makes English the official state language. An advisory question picks a state gun. Also on the ballot: District 26 legislative seats, a county commissioner, and the county clerk. [VoteIdaho]

KetchumTwo people were hit in the same Ketchum crosswalk in about ten days. A driver struck a pedestrian at Main and Fourth after the pedestrian pushed the button for the flashing beacons; no one was seriously hurt, and the driver was cited for inattentive driving. A cyclist was struck at the same crossing just over a week earlier. [IME]

KetchumKetchum's city administrator is leaving. Jade Riley departs in early November to become chief of staff at the College of Western Idaho. Finance Director Brent Davis will serve as interim. [city]

CountyAirport parking changes Sunday, Nov. 1. At Friedman Memorial, the first hour is free, one to three hours is $6, and three to 24 hours rises from $15 to $18. [IME]

MeetingsHailey Planning and Zoning, Monday 5:30, City Hall; Bellevue urban renewal agency, Tuesday 4:30, City Hall; Ketchum historic preservation, Wednesday 3:30, on Zoom. No city council meets this week. [IME calendar]

Out & About

This week

Thu Oct 29  Squash Blossom Farm's fall pop-up stand at Mountain High Creamery, across from Hank & Sylvie's in Ketchum, 3 to 5. Last one is Nov. 5. [info]

Thu Oct 29  "The Language of Movement," Ballet Idaho on its upcoming "Westward," the Community Library, 5:30 to 6:30. Register to attend in person; also streamed. [info]

Thu Oct 29  Artist talk: Jim Mangan on "The Crick," his new exhibition, Sun Valley Museum of Art, Ketchum, 5:30. Register ahead. [info]

Thu Oct 29  TAIKOPROJECT, the Los Angeles taiko drum ensemble, the Argyros, 7:30. $48, students $28. [tickets]

Thu Oct 29 and Fri Oct 30  Warren Miller's "Days Off," Sun Valley Opera House: Thursday 7, Friday 6 and 9. [info]

Thu Oct 29 to Sat Oct 31  Live music in the Duchin Lounge, Sun Valley Lodge: Paul Gregory Thursday 6 to 9, Travis McDaniel Friday 6 to 9, Alan Pennay Saturday 6 to 7. [info]

Fri Oct 30  Free kids' climbing day with the Community School's Outdoor Program, the YMCA wall in Ketchum, 9:45 to 11, kindergarten through 8th grade. RSVP. [sign up]

Fri Oct 30  Free coffee for first responders at Countryside Cornerstore, Hailey, the first of the store's free coffee Fridays, which run through the end of the year. [info]

Fri Oct 30  Exhibition opening for Lucy Raven's "Level Distance" and Jim Mangan's "The Crick," Sun Valley Museum of Art, Ketchum, 6, free. [info]

Fri Oct 30  Bike Social Ride with the Ketchum Bike Coalition: meet at Ketchum Town Square at 6:15, roll at 6:30. Four to seven easy miles, free. [IME]

Fri Oct 30  Jesse Powers: Songs and Stories From the Spiritual Path, Light On the Mountains Center for Spiritual Living, Ketchum, 7 to 9, $25 suggested. [info]

Sundays Nov 1 to 22  Line Dance Idaho's beginner couples swing and two-step, BCRD FitWorks, Hailey, 3 to 4. Five couples, almost full; reserve at (208) 309-3037.

Mon Nov 2  Dinovember starts at the Community Library: a dinosaur scavenger hunt in the Children's Library. Drop in. [info]

Mon Nov 2, 9, and 16  Learn to Knit with Summer Neel of Knit + Needle, the Hailey Public Library, 5:30 to 6:30. A three-week beginner course; space is very limited, so register at (208) 788-2036. [info]

Tue Nov 3  The Sweet Lillies, a quartet that runs from folk to hip-hop, the Liberty Theatre, Hailey, doors 7:30, music 8. $15 in advance, $20 at the door. [tickets]

Wed Nov 4  Sterling silver stacking ring workshop with Jenn Tormey Jewelry, 260 Northwood Way, Ketchum, 4 to 8. Make three rings; $200 with all materials. Beginners 18 and up, six students max. An optional stone-setting day follows Friday, Nov. 6, $350 for both. [tickets]

Wed Nov 4  Art on Film: "Our Mr. Matsura," from the Sun Valley Museum of Art, Merlin's Magic Lantern, Ketchum, 5. [info]

Wed Nov 4  Tech Help, a free drop-in session at the Community Library, 5 to 7. [info]

Wed Nov 4  "The Sound of Music" sneak peek, the Community School's final dress rehearsal, SVCS Theater, Sun Valley, 6:30. Free for grades 5 to 11; RSVP. [sign up]

Every Monday

10:30  Story time at the Community Library, preschool age, free. [info]

2 to 4  Mondays We Stitch, Sun Valley Lodge atrium. Knitting, needlepoint, and crochet, all levels, free. [IME]

3 to 4  Paws to Read at the Community Library: kids read to therapy dogs, free. [info]

4 to 6  Community Meal at Bloom, 110 Honeysuckle St, Bellevue, free. Thursdays too, noon to 2. [IME]

4:30 to 6  Knitting Circle at the Community Library, free. Bring needles and yarn. [info]

6 p.m.  Mindful Mondays, the Advocates' women's support group. Childcare provided. Call (208) 788-4191 for the location.

Every Tuesday

1 to 2  Lunchtime Language Spanish at the Community Library, free. [info]

4 to 9  Teacher Tuesday at Roots Wine Bar, 122 S Main St, Hailey: two house wines plus fries, $30.

5 to 7  Cooking Club / Club de Cocina at Bloom Community Kitchen, free. Register at (208) 788-0121.

6 to 8  Free English class for adults / Clase de inglés gratis, the Community Library, through Dec. 15. [info]

7 p.m.  Trivia Showdown at Whiskey's on Main, Ketchum, free, through Dec. 29. [IME]

Every Wednesday

10:15  Baby and toddler story time at the Hailey library, free. [info]

Noon to 1  Yoga and meditation with Ryan Redman at the Flourish Foundation, free.

2 to 5  Stitch group at Knit + Needle, free, all levels, drop in. [info]

5 and 6:30  Beginner Spanish at Town Center West through the Hailey library, level one then level two. [info]

5:30 to 7  Craft Circle at the Hailey library, ages 16 and up. Bring any handicraft. [info]

5:45 and 6:15  Country line dance lessons with Line Dance Idaho, BCRD FitWorks, Hailey: beginners, then intermediate. No partner needed. $8, free for BCRD members. [info]

All evening  Industry Night at Roots Wine Bar, Hailey, for restaurant and bar workers: $8 house wines with any two food items. [info]

6 to 9, then 9  At Whiskey's on Main: ballroom lesson at 6 ($40, a drink included), open dance 7 to 9, then free karaoke.

Every Thursday

11:30 to 12:30  Pop-In Poetry at the Community Library, free. [info]

4 p.m.  Teens Art Collective at the Hailey library, free. [info]

5 to 7  Stitch group at Knit + Needle again, the evening one. [info]

6:30  Trivia at the TNT Taproom, 271 E Sun Valley Rd, Ketchum. Free, 21 and over.

Every Friday

11 a.m.  Story time at the Hailey library, free. [info]

5:30 to 6:30  Flow & Restore yoga at the Flourish Foundation, Hailey, all levels, by donation. [IME]

6:30 to 8  Dusty Hayz & Drifter, country, vintage pop, and Latin ballads, La Cabanita at the Mint, Hailey, free, through Dec. 18. [IME]

Every Saturday

10 a.m.  Dungeons and Dragons club for youth at the Hailey library, free. [info]

3:30  Story time again at the Hailey library, free. [info]

Every Sunday

Noon, while supplies last  Tacos and Touchdowns at Whiskey's on Main: $20 all-you-can-eat taco bar.

Most nights

Thu to Sat 5:30 to 8:30, Sun 1 to 4  Live music in the Limelight lounge, 151 Main St S, Ketchum. Free, no cover. [IME]

Coming up

Thu Nov 5  Salted Sprig's community clothing swap, 700 N Main, Ketchum. Drop clean, gently used clothes at the deli by Nov. 4; 10 or more items gets you up to two bags. Otherwise $10 a bag. [post]

Thu Nov 5  CelloGayageum, cello and Korean gayageum, the Argyros, 7:30. $48, students $28. [tickets]

Thu Nov 5 and Fri Nov 6  Flourish Foundation at OCHI Gallery, Ketchum: exhibition opening Thursday 5 to 6:30, community meditation Friday 4:15. RSVP. [info]

Sat Nov 7  Girls on the Run 5K, Swiftsure Ranch, Bellevue, 10 a.m. Open to the community; register, $10 suggested donation. No dogs. [info]

Sat Nov 7  Potluck honoring Squash Blossom Farm, the Grange's agricultural persons of the year, Upper Big Wood River Grange, Hailey, 5 to 7:30. Bring a dish; RSVP. [info]

Sun Nov 8  Salted Sprig's Supper Club, a five-course prix fixe dinner with a secret menu built around one country or region, 700 N Main, Ketchum. Doors 5:30, seating 6. [tickets]

Thu Nov 12  Death Cafe, an open conversation about death, Flourish Foundation, Hailey, 6 to 8. $0 to $50; register. [info]

Thu Nov 12  Judith Freeman on "The Crick," a lecture at the Sun Valley Museum of Art, Ketchum, 5:30. Register ahead. [info]

Thu Nov 12 and Fri Nov 13  Gold Mine Thrift's ski opening, 331 Walnut Ave, Ketchum, doors at 9: skis, boards, boots, and winter coats. [info]

Sat Nov 14  Root Sellers, Future Roots' late-season market, the Sage School, Hailey, 10 to 2. Workshops need sign-up: hot sauce and elderberry, $45; seed saving, free. [tickets]

Sat Nov 14 and Sun Nov 15  Ballet Idaho, "Westward," the Argyros: Saturday 7:30, Sunday 2. $13 to $83. [tickets]

Sun Nov 15  Five Gates Grief Vigil, Flourish Foundation, Hailey, 5 to 7:30. $0 to $75. Limited to 20; register. [info]

Mon Nov 16  Rota-Rippers applications due. Free learn-to-ski and snowboard at Rotarun for kids 5 to 11, Mondays and Tuesdays this winter. [info]

Tue Nov 17  "Are Nativars Equivalent to Native Plants?" Dr. Stephen Love, the Community Library, 5:30. Register to attend in person. [info]

Wed Nov 18  Holiday gift tag painting at Webb Garden Center, Ketchum, 5:30 to 7:30, with appetizers and drinks. Register ahead. [post]

Thu Nov 19  Santa's Workshop: floral candle lanterns and ornaments, Sawtooth Botanical Garden, 6 to 7:30, $40. Space is limited. [tickets]

Over Galena

Thu Oct 29  Community craft night at the Stanley Community Library, 5 to 6, then movie night at Mountain Village's Velvet Falls Dance Hall, kids at 6, teens and adults at 8. [info]

Sat Oct 31  Halloween at Mountain Village: a community party from 4 at Velvet Falls Dance Hall with trunk or treat, a chili and soup potluck, and pumpkin and kids' costume contests, then a dance party and adult costume contest at 7. [info]

Sat Oct 31  Sawmill Station's bistro serves its last day of the season. Smiley Creek Lodge stays open for meals and gas. [info]

Mon Nov 2  Block printing, part one, at the Stanley Community Library, 5 to 7. Pre-register. Story time is Tuesday at 10:30. [info]

The Dirt

River and fish. The Big Wood at Hailey is up to 172 cfs, 85% of the 202 cfs median for the date; a week ago it ran 140. Silver Creek at the Sportsman Access rose to 95 cfs from 86, though at 68% of a rising median, 139. [USGS]

A wet Halloween. Thursday is mostly sunny, with highs around 49 in Hailey and Ketchum and the mid 50s around Carey. Rain moves in Friday and comes and goes through Sunday, with snow levels between about 6,600 and 8,100 feet. For trick-or-treating Saturday, 4 to 7, the hourly forecast has a 66% to 79% chance of rain and temperatures sliding from the mid 40s to about 40. Monday and Election Day look mostly sunny, highs 46 to 53. [National Weather Service]

Getting ready for the season. Baldy's upper mountain picked up about 3 inches in the past five days, and OpenSnow forecasts about 3 more by Sunday, most of it Saturday night. Forecaster Matthew Platt calls the weekend's snow "nothing more than a teaser." Sun Valley opens Thursday, Nov. 26; the resort's Pray for Snow Party is Saturday, Nov. 7, at River Run, 4 to 8. [OpenSnow] [resort]

Over Galena. Valley Creek at Stanley is 109 cfs, 116% of its median, and the Salmon below the Yankee Fork is 524, 107%. Lows run 12 to 17 all week. Rain and snow arrive Friday, snow is likely Sunday morning, and sun returns Monday. [National Weather Service]

Open House

A plan for 32 deed-restricted homes on the Big Wood in Hailey is heading toward an annexation request. The Wood River Land Trust and LEAP Housing Trust propose Sawmill Cottages on 5 acres of a 15-acre parcel between Bow Bridge and Bullion Street,, with the rest preserved along the river. Annexation could take six to eight months of hearings. [IME]

Table Talk

Odin's Corner, the cafe at the Observatory, is open in Ketchum, pouring Intelligentsia coffee, listed Tuesday to Saturday, 7 to 11 a.m. The new Viceroy hotel takes its first guests Friday, Oct. 30, with Joan, its restaurant, 5 to 9 p.m., and Jerry's Bar, 4 to 10 p.m. [hotel]

Cookbook in Ketchum is closed for slack through Saturday, Oct. 31, lunch and dinner, and for lunch Nov. 2 to 7. [info]

The Wylde Beet in Hailey is closed for the month of November. [info]

Help Wanted

HaileyIdaho Lumber and Ace Hardware is hiring a full-time Class B CDL driver delivering building materials, starting at $32 an hour, plus yard associates at $22 to $28 an hour. [posting]

HaileyMountain Humane is hiring two full-time roles at $20 to $22 an hour: a customer and animal care provider at the shelter, and a customer service rep at the Barkin' thrift store [posting]

KetchumSt. Luke's Wood River needs a housekeeper at the hospital, $16 to $17 an hour and up, plus $1 more on weekends and $2 on nights. Full-time, with part-time options. [posting]

Sun ValleyThe City of Sun Valley is hiring a police officer at $36.06 to $47.12 an hour, with a sign-on bonus of up to $10,000, four 10-hour shifts a week, and housing assistance for qualifying hires. Open until filled. [posting]

KetchumHigher Ground is hiring seasonal adaptive snowsports instructors from Dec. 7 through April, $17 to $25 an hour, full-time or part-time. [posting]

Hiring? Put your opening in front of the whole valley. Email [email protected].

If you do one thing this weekend, pack a raincoat for trick-or-treating.

See you next Thursday.

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