Growing up, the closest thing Morgan Ballis had to a sport was running from the cops.   He isn’t proud of [...]

Jenna Vagias has always been a problem solver, bringing a collaborative and solution-oriented mindset to her years of work with [...]

When Dr. Katie Quayle and her husband, Forrest, moved to Hailey in 2018, they immediately realized it would be a [...]

Amber Acker-Sanborn and her sister Maggie Acker-Buck can’t recall a time when they weren’t hanging out in their dad’s Sun Valley Animal Center. [...]

As a recent addition to the local business landscape of the Wood River Valley, Defense Technology startup Forterra breaks the mold of the typical mountain town business that the Sun Valley area has attracted for generations. [...]

In 1999, Kathleen and Brian Bean drove east of Carey to the land that would become their legacy. The Bay Area couple—Brian, a retired Marine turned investment banker, and Kathleen, a development director for The Nature Conservancy’s California operation—set out for a new start, a place to put their visions of conservation to concrete work. [...]

Pat had grown up racing on the Sun Valley Ski Team, raced in Jr. and US Nationals, Nor-Ams, and a year for the University of Colorado Boulder before attending Boise State University. Following this, he began his long coaching career with SVSEF in 1983. Pat also coached the Men’s US Alpine Tech Ski Team, the Albertville Olympic Men’s Alpine team and the World Championship Men’s Alpine team. In 1993, Adele finished college, and the two got married. [...]

In 2013, she applied to patrol at Alyeska, where Mike Welch, whom she knew from Alta, was working as a patrolman and helicopter ski guide. They both went to work for Chugach Powder Guides and soon fell in love. Janet was a member of the 1944 Olympic Ski Team and was ready to race for the USA. Unfortunately, for all the athletes, the games in Cortina d’Ampezzo were canceled because of WWII. She was a true pioneer for women in winter sports. [...]

Dr. Tony Buoncristiani grew up in the Bay Area of California. His mother was and still is a nurse, and his sister also became a nurse. As a child and young adult, he was athletic, goal-oriented, competitive and driven. He attended UC Davis pre-med and medical school at USC through a Navy scholarship (HPSP, or Health Professionals Scholarship Program). He then went to Pensacola Flight Surgeon School and interned at Balboa Naval Hospital in San Diego. [...]

Though Terry is busier than ever, he doesn’t have much time for photography... or fishing! He’s often on his feet for up to 12 hours a day. He founded Silver Creek Outfitters, a Sun Valley institution and one of the finest flyfishing guiding services in the country. He’s been doing that for half a century and over 30 years in SC’s current location—on the east side of Main Street at 5th Street—a place to shop and talk shop. It’s a destination for the right flies for the river, the right dress for the Sun Valley Pavilion, the right gun for elk season and the right Stetson for the Cowboy ball. Terry has ensured that Silver Creek offers everything one could need for their Sun Valley Lifestyle—all year round and under one roof. But it was a slow process— “not a revolution, but an evolution,” as he said. [...]