Briefs

• Cd'A city offices closed on New Year's Day

Coeur d'Alene City Hall will be closed on New Year's Day, Thursday, Jan. 1. Other city offices and facilities will be closed as well.

Emergency calls for police, fire, and streets can be made by dialing 911.

Other city facilities have emergency numbers and can be reached if the need arises: Sewer backup 769-2241; water 755-9729.

City of Coeur d'Alene garbage pickup will also be delayed by one day.

• Aspen Skiing Co. plans hotel in Ketchum

ASPEN, Colo. (AP) - Aspen Skiing Co. plans to build a hotel in Ketchum, Idaho, modeled on its Limelight Hotel in Aspen.

The company said Tuesday the hotel will be near Sun Valley's River Run base at Bald Mountain.

It will also be called the Limelight.

The lot is currently vacant. Aspen Skiing bought it from Bald Mountain LLC. No cost figures have been released.

The company says the site has approval for 119 rooms and suites and 11 residential units.

The company says it will ask Ketchum city officials for minor modifications in the plans, including a reconfiguration of the main floor.

The Aspen Limelight has 126 rooms. Aspen Skiing Co. bought it in 2010.

Trumpeter swan poached in southwest Idaho

MIDDLETON (AP) - Idaho officials are trying to find out who illegally killed a trumpeter swan on the Boise River in southwest Idaho east of Middleton.

Citizens Against Poaching is also offering a reward for information in the case.

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game says the swan was likely killed on Friday.

It was discovered that day just upstream from the Lansing Lane Sportsman's Access. A waterfowl hunter discovered the swan and alerted authorities.

There is no hunting season in Idaho for trumpeter swans.

The swans can weigh more than 20 pounds and have a wingspan up to 8 feet.