June 2024

Eleven Cascade High School seniors received their diplomas on Saturday at a graduation ceremony at Kelly’s Whitewater Park.Graduates crossed the bridge to the island on the North Fork of the Payette River while bald eagles circled above the event.Christine Swanson, the school nurse and guidance counselor, introduced salutatorian Kallyn Rogers and the school’s first co-valedictorian speakers, with Tyler Thruston and Brenden Weirum achieving the same grade point average.Weirum also assisted in the presentation of colors, carrying the Idaho state flag in recognition of his commitment to serve in the U.S.

There will be one-lane traffic on Idaho 55 at Little Goose Creek between McCall and New Meadows this summer as crews work to replace a bridge under the roadway.The project will replace the bridge, widen the roadway shoulders and improve the approach to Last Chance Road, which is about four miles east of New Meadows and about six miles west of McCall.Work is expected to begin in June and finish in late 2024, The Idaho Transportation Department said.No exact start date was available.The highway will be reduced to one lane traffic with flaggers and a traffic signal in place.The work is needed because the current bridge was built in 1931, and has reached the end of its designed lifespan, officials said.Last Chance Road will be closed starting July 8, until the project is finished.For more information visit itdprojects.idaho.gov/pages/55-little-goose-creek.