Hailey In the News

“Here’s where you’ll find maximum fun for your Fourth of July celebrations”

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Hailey is proud to be featured in Northwest Travel Magazine – check out the great article about our wonderful community! The article showcases the city’s history, access to outdoor recreation, events, and a number of local businesses. “You won’t find miner’s and pickaxes these days, but you will find a thriving town of 8,000 packed with opportunities for outdoor recreation, arts, culture and good eats.”

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“Things are definitely happening in Hailey. I have lived in this charming small town for nearly 20 years and have loved every minute of it.  While Hailey has always been the largest ‘city’ in the Wood River Valley, home to the majority of the valley’s residents and business owners, has not always had its due. Well that, my friend, is changing. And that change is good. With over $16 million dollars being invested in new commercial projects, a vibrant residential real estate market, new events, activities, shops, restaurants, recreational facilities, music and arts, this place is on a roll.  And some pretty nice national accolades are rolling in as well, including a recent ranking as one of the ‘Top Ten Small Towns in the US’ by livalability.com. As Hailey Mayor Fritz Haemmerle puts it, “It’s Hailey’s time to shine.”  READ FULL ARTICLE HERE

The accolades for Hailey keep rolling in! Most recently, Hailey was recognized as #1 of Top 10 most beautiful, charming small towns in Idaho!  “Voted as one of America’s top 50 small towns, Hailey is bursting at the saddle seams with beauty and rural je nai sais quoi. Home of the Trailing of the Sheep Festival — an annual event that honors generations of sheep ranching families in Idaho — Hailey also hosts the Northern Rockies Music Festival and boasts the oldest functioning courthouse in the state. But really, this view alone is reason enough to love this city, yes?”  Check out the full article HERE

Chalk up another national ranking for little Hailey, Idaho! We were recognized as having the #14 of Top 50 Small Town Main Streets in America by Top Value Reviews. Read about it HERE

Yet another top national recognition of the wonderful small town life we enjoy in Hailey, Idaho! This time it’s our #6 ranking in list of Top 50 Small Towns in America by discountmyflights.com.  Check it out HERE

September 2015.  ….Many food and drink festivals had added a host of additional experiences that make them even more worth traveling for. Consider the four-day Trailing of the Sheep Festival held each October in Idaho’s picturesque Wood River Valley.  Not only does it include multiple opportunities to feast on lamb, but it also includes cooking classes, a fiber festival with workshops, exhibits and lectures, a folklife fair featuring Basque, Scottish, Polish and Peruvian dance and music, plus sheep shearing and a wool exhibition; and perhaps the best photo op of all: 2,000 sheep parading down Main Street in Ketchum.

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June 2015.  Once again the Trailing of the Sheep Festival racks up another honor!

Cowboys & Indians Best of the West 2015_ 15 Foodie Festivals

June 2015:  Sun Valley is best known for its ski resort, celebrity sightings, and a lifestyle centered on the art of being outside. Residents boast a perennial tan, an effortless sense of eternal youth, and own enough seasonal sports gear to fill a commercial airplane hangar. It makes sense to spend most of your time outdoors in an area nestled between five mountain ranges and home to more than 40 miles of trails.

The town’s quirky, iconic sense of self is evident in the little things: it’s home to the world’s first chairlift, designed by Union Pacific engineer Jim Curran in 1939 to grace the slopes of Sun Valley’s Bald Mountain in order to lure luxury travelers away from the warmth of tropical beaches during the winter months to the cold, snowy mountains of Sun Valley; celebrities made it their “see-and-be-seen” hotspot in the heyday of the early years, hosting the likes of Gary Cooper, Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Clint Eastwood, and Ernest Hemingway, to name a few.

But the real stars of Sun Valley are sheep. Yes, sheep. The wooly creatures take center stage each fall at the Trailing of the Sheep Festival, an event celebrating the Valley’s rich history of sheep farming and ranching in a four-day, family-friendly fest that’s made the list of Top 10 Fall Festivals in the World by USA Today and The Huffington Post. 

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