Kallyn Rogers scored 24 points, but the Cascade girls basketball team’s spirited run through the 1AD2 District III Tournament came to an end last week with a 61-40 loss to Garden Valley. Senior Kyler Nitzel also fought through extra defenders to score seven points, but the Ramblers’ quest to advance to the state tournament fell short during an elimination game played in New Meadows, the tournament host site.
A $6 million grant was announced last week to replace the water treatment facility in the remote community of Yellow Pine. The grant was made by the Department of Environmental Quality with money from the American Rescue Plan Act.
New gas stations would be banned along Idaho 55 in McCall under a city code update recently recommended for approval by the McCall Area Planning and Zoning Commission. The proposed law would require any new fuel pumps at gas stations on designated scenic routes in the city to be at least 150 feet away from the roadway.
Herd to be culled to stop disease from spreading A deer herd north of Riggins will be culled starting this week after it was determined to be at the center of Idaho’s only major concentration of chronic wasting disease. The disease was found in 15 deer from the Slate Creek area about 19 miles north of Riggins last year, according to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game.
District gets $450k grant to start center The McCall-Donnelly School District will open a new early childcare education and daycare center in the fall, with parents telling the district they would sign up 55 children, superintendent Eric Pingrey told M-D trustees Monday. The program for children up to five years old will be hosted in the district offices at 299 S.
BY DREW DODSON Homeowners in neighborhoods along the North Fork of the Payette River in McCall should be wary of mountainlions,accordingtotheIdaho Department of Fish and Game. Several sightings reported since last month have led officials to believe one or two mountain lions are staying in areas around Rio Vista Boulevard and Mather Road, Fish and Game regional wildlife manager Regan Berkley said.
The Star-News The Payette National Forest is seeking public comments on the 40,000-acre Granite Goose Landscape Restoration Project on the McCall and New Meadows Ranger Districts. A public meeting on the project is planned for Wednesday from 4 to 7 p.m.
The City of McCall is seeking nominations for an exterior wall in downtown McCall to be the recipient of a mural painted by a professional Idaho artist. An artist will be invited to create a mural design and mentor up to three local artists to effectively execute a large-scale, eye-catching mural at no cost to the property or business owner.
Senior Ashtyn Jones scored 13 points and the McCall-Donnelly girls basketball team topped Payette, 51-31, on Tuesday at home during a 3A District III elimination game to keep its season afloat. Gabbi Green and Jenna Thomas each added eight points for the Vandals while Cassidy Crockett came through for seven points.