Idaho Briefs July 4, 2010
Singer Carole King puts Idaho ranch back on market
STANLEY - Songwriter and singer Carole King has put her 128-acre central Idaho ranch near Stanley back on the market with a reduced asking price of $16 million.The Robinson Bar Ranch compound includes a 7,300-square-foot lodge, a private residence, a caretaker's home, a professional recording studio, guest cabins and horse barns.
King put the ranch on the market in 2006 for $19 million. A listing agent said the ranch was taken off because of problems with a bridge on a U.S. Forest Service road that has since been repaired.King retains a condominium in the central Idaho resort town of Ketchum, where she is scheduled to perform with James Taylor on July 12 as part of their "Troubadour Reunion" tour.
King's signature album is 1971's "Tapestry."Blackfoot councilman killed in four-wheeler crash
MACKAY - Eastern Idaho police said a newly elected member of the Blackfoot City Council has died in a four-wheeler accident and that his wife has been injured.Police said Chris Gardner died Friday after he and his wife drove off a cliff in a riding area known as Copper Basin.
Blackfoot Police Chief David Moore said Wendy Gardner was injured and transported to Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello.Officials at the hospital said Wendy Gardner was listed in fair condition Saturday afternoon.
Fish and Game to trap grizzlies in E. Idaho
BOISE - The Idaho Department of Fish and Game said it will begin trapping grizzly bears in the Centennial Mountains in eastern Idaho near the Montana border and is asking visitors to heed bright orange warning signs and stay away.
Biologists with the agency plan to trap the bears after the Fourth of July in an area that runs from Henrys Lake to Interstate 15 near Spencer.The agency said the warning signs will be placed at major access points where the trapping is being done with bait, snares and culvert traps.
The trapping is part of the state's contribution to the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team efforts, and is required under the Endangered Species Act to study grizzly bear distribution in the region.
- The Associated Press