Disabled access upgrades to the McCall City Hall Campus, Gold Glove Park and a public boat ramp near Legacy Park are top priorities under a plan adopted last week by the McCall City Council. The plan, called “Access McCall,” outlines upgrades needed to make city sidewalks, parks and buildings more accessible to people with disabilities as outlined by federal law.
PHOTO BY CHELSEA TUTTLE/FOR THE STAR-NEWS Bridge would cost millions, take years to replace A minivan traveling west on West Roseberry Road last month lost control on the icy s-bridge about a mile west of Donnelly and careened into a large truck pulling a trailer. It was one of dozens of car crashes that happen on an almost weekly basis on the preposterous bridge that makes a serpentine path across Lake Fork Creek where it meets Lake Cascade instead of following a straight line.
Angels Among Us are the people in our community who work to touch lives, help the less fortunate, make a difference for others. We all know someone who fits that description.
Nobody hurt, but mill closed temporarily The Evergreen Forest Products sawmill south of New Meadows on U.S. 95 closed this week after a fire broke out in the mill’s main building early Monday morning, according to Meadows Valley Fire and EMS.
HazMat team cleaned spill nonstop for two days One errant spark of static electricity was the difference between life and death for Dewayne Birch and other HazMat workers last week on U.S. 95 north of New Meadows.
PHOTO BY CHELSEA TUTTLE/FOR THE STAR-NEWS A committee to review a 2015 Cascade Schools policy on gender identity and sexual orientation met last Wednesday to take public comments on whether to repeal, update or leave the policy in place. The committee was formed by the Cascade Schools Board of Trustees in a special meeting on Jan.
A proposal for 14 new townhomes along Boydstun Street was recently remanded to city staff by the McCall City Council. The application was la-beled by council members as “incomplete” despite a Sept.
The Shoemaker Storage facility, with about 97,000 square feet of space in five buildings near Donnelly, was put on hold Monday after Valley County Commissioners tabled an appeal of the proposal. The facility, which is proposed to be built on 27 acres about a mile south of Donnelly, had been approved by the Valley County Planning and Zoning Commission in a split vote Dec.
Big Heart auction Payette Land Trust will auction off the Big Heart during the Sweetheart Party and Auction on Saturday from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Cascade Fire able to save main house Dolly Wolverton looked out her car window last Tuesday, before leaving home, to see smoke pouring out of her garage, so she ran to the phone to call 911. Cascade Fire & EMS arrived about30minuteslater,at about 1:30 p.m., to her house at 170 Crest Place about 15 miles south of Cascade.