Stallion sells majority stake in Horse Heaven project
An 80% stake in a gold and antimony exploration project bordering Perpetua Resources’ proposed Stibnite mine is set to be sold to a private company for up to $2.2 million, Stallion Uranium Corp.
October 2024
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Stibnite objection period closes Monday
Public objections to the Payette National Forest’s draft decision on Perpetua Resources’ proposed Stibnite Mine are being accepted until MondayThe release of the draft decision opened a 45-day objection period open to anyone who previously submitted a substantive comment on the proposal to the Payette.The draft decision, a final environmental study of the project, and instruction for how to comment online can be found at https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=50516.Mailed objections should be sent to “Objection Reviewing Officer, Stibnite Gold Project, USFS Intermountain Regional Office, Room 4403, 324 25th Street, Ogden, UT 84401.”Objections should include a “narrative” of how specific issues related to the project would violate environmental law and what could be done to resolve the objection.Anyone who submitted a “substantive” public comment during any previous comment period on the project, including for draft environmental studies in 2020 and 2022, is eligible to write an objection.A “substantive” comment is considered by Payette officials to be those that cite specific elements of the project that need further study or have not yet been considered.
McCall objects to preliminary Stibnite approval
A draft approval issued earlier this year for Perpetua Resources’ proposed Stibnite mine “ignores” how the mine could affect McCall, according to the McCall City Council.Last week the council approved submitting a letter to the Payette National Forest objecting to a draft approval the agency issued in September for Perpetua’s proposed gold and antimony mine about 40 air miles east of McCall.The objection letter asks the Payette, the lead permitting agency for the proposed mine, to withdraw its decision and further study several worries raised by the city.“Whatever perceived benefits might accrue to Perpetua, they should not be realized on the backs or health of the local communities and population,” McCall Mayor Bob Giles said in the letter.Water quality, mining traffic on city streets, emissions and uncertain socioeconomic consequences of the mine are among the worries cited in the city’s letter.The objection letter mirrors worries outlined by the city in two previous comment letters sent to the Payette in 2020 and 2023 during the permitting process, which began in 2016.
Donnelly man killed in crash
A 19-year-old Donnelly man was killed in a rollover crash last week on No Business Road that left a passenger of the vehicle unharmed.Logan Adams was driving a pickup truck when he failed to negotiate a curve and left the roadway shortly after 9 p.m.
Watershed Coalition to meet Wednesday
Working groups focusing on areas of concern will be the center of the North Fork Payette River Watershed Coalition’s workshop on Oct.
McCall MTB team second at state
The McCall Area Composite Mountain Bike Team finished first at the state championship race on Saturday at Bogus Basin, despite fielding a third of the riders as the second-place Boise Brave team.The McCall team finished second out of 18 teams for the season, only 124 points behind the Boise team which won with a total of 21,046 points.“It is a 0.6% difference if you do the math,” said McCall Team Director Dean Cromwell.McCall racers notched three first place finishes, with Svea Eitel first in the sixth-grade race, Taylor Nalder first in the JV1 category and Payette Spangenberg winning varsity.Another standout performance was had by Max Coleman, who finished 28th in the sixth-grade race after his bike chain fell off several times on course.“After this happened a couple of times, he made the decision to run his bike in for the two-mile remainder of the course,” Cromwell said.
Letters to the Editor
As we observe Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October, it is crucial to emphasize the importance of early detection and the impact it can have on survival rates.
A paramedic point of view
Valley County EMS is at a tipping point and could fail if not adequately funded on Nov.
General election deadlines
Early voting for the Nov. 5 general election starts on Monday.
Logan fire remained active
Edwardsburg remained in a level 3 “go” evacuation order as of Tuesday with the Logan Fire continuing to spread over the past week.Firefighters, however, have completed extensive work to protect homes and other structures in the remote communities of Edwardsburg and Big Creek, with no structures lost since a duplex burned on Oct.