Cascade Schools will ask voters in March to renew the district’s $650,000 two-year supplemental levy that the district relies on to provide elective classes and buses for school sports. Seeking a new levy in the March 14 election was unanimously approved by the Cascade Schools Board of Trustees in a meeting on Wed.
The next time McCall police officer Jack Pape pulls over a speeding car in McCall, a small device affixed to his uniform will watch his every move. Pape is among 12 McCall police officers now wearing body cameras during regular patrol shifts to ensure officer accountability while also protecting officers from false accusations.
Perpetua Resources should help create more housing in the City of Cascade if its proposed Stibnite mine near Yellow Pine is approved, according to the Cascade City Council. The council on Monday approved a letter to be submitted to the Payette National Forest on its draft environmental study of the Boise company’s latest proposal for the proposed gold and antimony mine.
2.5 acres on island now privately owned The Bellevue attorney who bid on a Cougar Island lot during a September auction paid $2.1 million to complete the sale by yesterday’s deadline, according to the Idaho Department of Lands. Jim Laski, who owns a home on a 2.5-acre lot on the 14.2-acre island in Payette Lake, was required to pay $2.1 million to the lands department.
Payment limits development on 2.5-acre parcel The Bellevue attorney who paid $2.1 million to buy a lot on Cougar Island in Payette Lake sold development rights for the land to the Payette Land Trust to help complete the sale. A conservation easement purchased by the land trust permanently bans a home on the 2.5-acre lot from being used as a short-term rental, as well as other commercial development.
A 36-year-old man and a juvenile were arrested near New Meadows last Thursday on five warrants from Florida, before a search of his vehicle found multiple stolen credit cards and other paraphernalia. Adams County Sheriff’s Office deputies came to assist Donnell Johnson, of Sunrise, Florida, at 9:30 a.m.
Third District Court The following cases were heard recently in the Third District Court in Council. Standard fees have been added to any fines noted here.
A storage facility with about 97,000 square feet of space in five buildings less thanamilesouthofDonnelly was approved by the Valley County Planning and Zoning Commission last Thursday. Shoemaker Donnelly Storage includes plans for five buildings on about 27 acres to the north of Eagle Lane and west of Old State Road.