Bomb scare during Yellow Pine Harmonica Festival
Nobody was hurt last weekend when mining explosives were found in Yellow Pine during the annual Yellow Pine Harmonica Festival, according to the Valley County Sheriff’s Office.
August 2024
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Area Community Center Menus
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Promoting diversity in whitewater
With a helmet, life jacket and plastic paddle in hand, Sara Belen Tena navigated the rapids of the North Fork of the Payette River for the first time on Saturday. “I had never done anything like that, and I have driven up to McCall using that road so many times,” said Belen Tena, who is from Meridian and works at the University of Idaho McCall Outdoor Science School in McCall.
Cascade sidewalk revamped
Work started last week to replace sidewalks on the west side of Main Street in Cascade from Pine Street to Lake Cascade Parkway.
P&Z approves Builder’s First Source yard building
Three dilapidated buildings in the Builder’s First Source lumber yard will be replaced with one new steel frame building, the McCall Area Planning and Zoning Commission decided Tuesday.The commission voted unanimously to approve the company’s plans for its location at 400 Deinhard Ln., or at the road’s intersection with Idaho 55.“I don’t see really any issues,” P&Z Chairman Robert Lyons said.
P&Z: Woodmore Crest too dense, again
Plans for more than 40 homes and townhomes on First Street in McCall remain too dense despite repeated efforts to scale back the proposal, the McCall Area Planning and Zoning Commission said Tuesday.The Woodmore Crest Subdivision, proposed by Rick Williams of Star, would now build 10 single family homes and 32 townhomes, or two fewer units than proposed by previous versions of the project.The P&Z, however, was not impressed with Williams’ latest effort to scale back the proposal, which commissioners have now reviewed at four separate meetings.“In the last few hearings we’ve mentioned that density is an issue and we haven’t seen that change drastically,” commissioner Ryan Kinzer said.The commission voted unanimously to recommend denial of the application to the McCall City Council, which will make a final decision on the proposal at a future meeting that has not yet been scheduled.Commissioners also were critical of the latest version of the proposal because it did not include updated renderings of how the subdivision would look once built.“I just have a hard time…not being able to see how it’s gonna look,” P&Z Chairman Robert Lyons said.
Donnelly Huckleberry Festival
Donnelly will host a fun-filled weekend celebrating all things huckleberry Friday through Sunday, including live music provided by Bottom Line Band, a fun run, food and craft vendors and huckleberry breakfast served up at the Donnelly Community Center.Food and craft vendors will be open for business in Donnelly starting at noon on Friday through Sunday afternoon.To enter the Huckleberry Festival parade, go to https://donnellychamber.com/events/huckleberry-festival/ and click on Parade Entry.
Letters to the Editor
I can understand that after reading only one newspaper article on the subject of the Cascade City policing contract one might draw certain conclusions about the Mayor and City Council of Cascade.