Traci Jamieson works as the Executive Director of Ignite Idaho in McCall, but last week she spent an hour as “Nancy,” a woman on probation for internet fraud and drug possession just trying to make it through the week.
Lucky for me, my Olympic sport, biathlon, required an exceptional level of mental control and composure. Imagine cross-county skiing at maximum exertion, coming into a boisterous stadium filled with cheering, flag-waving spectators and a blaring PA system, and then hyper focusing on shooting at 2-inch targets 50 meters away.
The Meadows Valley Benefit Golf Tournament, aka “The Fosdick”, is offering second semester scholarships to graduating seniors at Meadows Valley High School.
Thank you to the Cascade School District for sending a selection of letters to Santa from the second rade class. Letters were transcribed as written. Dear Santa, Thank you for…
First graders at Barbara R. Morgan Elementary School have written letters to Santa as part of a class project. The letters were transcribed by school staff as written and have…
The Idaho Community Foundation recently announced over $89,000 in grant funding to nonprofit organizations in Valley and Adams County.Awards range from $1,000 to $7,500 to a broad range of groups including educational programs, health services, outdoor recreational opportunities, and cultural projects that enrich the lives of local residents.Organizations, the total amount granted and what the money will be used for are listed below.The contributions were awarded from two of the organization’s programs.About $46,400 was granted through the Perc H.
Support your local student athletes each week by voting for your favorite hometown sports stars in The Star-News Athlete of the Week contest.Winners of the contest of the week of October 7 to 13 are Annabel Gonda of the McCall-Donnelly girls soccer team and Stuart Derrick of the Cascade High School football team.Nominations for the week of October 14 to 20 are Maddie Lathrop (M-D girls soccer), Claire Pierce (Cascade HS volleyball), Bisbee Henderson (M-D volleyball), Max Stoddard (M-D football), Toby Klasner (M-D boys soccer) and Cole Olson (Cascade HS football).The online contest will select a nominated athlete who had outstanding accomplishments in their sport the previous week.Vote at www.mccallstarnews.com from the home page by clicking on the Athlete of the Week button.Participants can vote once per day, every day while the polls are open from Monday to Sunday at 11:59 p.m.
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.
Floating in the stratosphere thousands of feet above the West Mountain Complex fires is an experimental high altitude balloon carrying equipment to provide cell phone service to firefighters on the ground.The Thunderhead Balloon, operated by the Sioux-Falls, South Dakota firm Aerostar, launched from Baker City, Oregon on Aug.
Warm Lake Road was closed to the public as the lightning-caused Snag Fire grew to over 17,000 acres with 0% containment as of Tuesday.Warm Lake Road was closed at the Horsethief Road intersection east to Johnson Creek Road.