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YOUR VOICE IN THE WOOD RIVER VALLEY
Free | Dec 28, 2022 - Jan 10, 2023 | Vol. 3 - No. 26 | woodriverweekly.com
“ H a v e y o u r a d v e n t u r e s , m a k e y o u r m i s t a k e s , a n d c h o o s e y o u r f r i e n d s p o o r l y. A l l t h e s e m a k e f o r g r e a t s t o r i e s . ”
– Quotezine
PUTTING 2022 IN THE REAR VIEW
New Year’s Eve festivities and celebrations are back for 2022. Photo credit: Sun Valley Resort
Inflation, housing and early snow cap off year
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By WRW STAFF
s 2022 winds down, many of the year’s headlines can be described in the most pedestrian of terms. Kids went to school in person every day. People went to the office. Guests traveled to the Wood River Valley and enjoyed epic skiing, camping, biking. People made reservations at restaurants where they sat down and were waited on by well-trained servers. Enthusiasm was high for concerts, performances, lectures, and life during the third year of the Covid-19 world, returned to something resembling … normal. Though the pandemic that changed the way the world operated in 2020, and 2021 no longer dominated most people’s days, many were infected for the first, second, or third time in 2022. Thanks to vaccines, new treatments, and resistance
gained from prior infection, the virus did not shut down our hospitals, schools, restaurants, and workplaces. Even though in January 2021, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare recorded its highest single-day Covid numbers to date, 4,537, life returned to many pre-pandemic rhythms this year. But that doesn’t mean it was a year without highlights and lowlights, worries and joys. Here is a look at some of the local, regional, and national stories that impacted life in the Wood River Valley this year. Continued 2022 In Review Pages 8-9
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