Charlie Reeder and Colt Value both scored twice as the McCall Vandals high school hockey team snared a tournament championship with a 5-2 win over Jackson Hole on Sunday.Carson McMindes also scored the puck during the title game, which was held at Hailey’s Campion Ice House.
Volunteers for the McCall Youth Hockey Association decorate a tree for their entry to the Festival of Trees which was held on Saturday.
The Washington man who shot and killed Rory and Sara Mehen at the Hartland Inn in New Meadows last year could be released from prison in 30 years, Third Judicial District Judge Matthew Roker decided on Monday.Roker sentenced John “Cody” Hart to life in prison with the chance for parole after 30 years following a full day of testimony at the Adams County Courthouse in Council.The ruling came despite a recommendation by Adams County Prosecuting Attorney Chris Boyd for Hart to be sentenced to life in prison with no chance for parole.Boyd argued that a fixed life sentence would give certainty to the New Meadows community and friends and family of the Mehens, while granting the chance for parole would leave them to hope that Hart would not kill again.“Hope is a pretty shallow thing to give to victims of a crime like this,” he said.The sentence means that Hart, 29, will be eligible for parole shortly before his 60th birthday in 2053.Hart’s release would require good behavior while in prison and approval from the Idaho Commission of Pardons and Parole.
Many factors, including overdevelopment, runoff, non-point pollution, cattle, and agricultural impacts, climate trends, a McCall leaking sewer pond, and possible approval of 90 more boat slips on Payette Lake and a 200-boat slip marina for Cascade Reservoir, threaten Valley County’s water.We must ban wake boats.
Rory and Sara Mehen were remembered as “beautiful humans” and “the kind of citizens you want in your community” this week at the Adams County Courthouse in Council.About 25 friends and family members attended a sentencing hearing on Monday for John “Cody” Hart, who shot and killed the Mehens at the Hartland Inn on Oct.
A Canadian mining company has found “significant” evidence of gold and antimony in a project zone near Yellow Pine after analyzing rock samples collected last year.Samples collected by Stallion Uranium Corp.
Plans for storage condos and multi-tenant industrial buildings on South Samson Trail would not be compatible with surrounding homes, the McCall Area Planning and Zoning Commission decided on Tuesday.The proposal by Carmello Echanis of Boise calls for four storage buildings and one storage canopy to be built on 2.8 acres at 450 South Samson Trail, which is near Krahn Lane.The buildings would be used for storage condos and industrial tenants, according to plans.However, the P&Z worried that traffic from the storage facility would conflict with residential and commuter traffic along South Samson Trail.“It seems to me as a real unsafe type of scenario,” P&Z commissioner Tom Mihlfeith said.The P&Z also agreed with public comments from neighbors of the proposal who said the storage condos would be a “sore thumb” for nearby homes.“This is a residential neighborhood,” said Kim Apperson, who lives across the street from the proposal.
Some shooters are sharper than others, and Tyler Thurston proved that again by scoring 25 points in 23 minutes as the Cascade boys basketball team cruised past North Star Charter of Eagle, 64-38, to open the season.Cole Olson added 16 points and the Ramblers jumped out to an early lead against the visiting Huskies and never looked back in a game played at Novotny Gym.“Our guys looked good in quite a few areas on Thursday,” Cascade coach Josh Hurley said.
Luke Scott scored 18 points and Sam Penny threw down a dunk as the McCall-Donnelly boys basketball team opened the season Friday with an emphatic victory over Orofino in front of a home crowd.It might have been fitting if the final score, 58-30, included an exclamation point at the end.“This was a statement game for us,” junior post Michael Foster said.
Two boys basketball players from Valley County recently made a “Players to Watch” list for the 2023-24 season.Cascade’s Tyler Thurston and McCall-Donnelly’s Michael Foster were both included among a grouping of top players to pay attention to this winter in a list compiled by the Idaho Statesman.This is Thurston’s second straight year earning preseason recognition from the Boise-based newspaper.