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.
BY DREW DODSON The Star-News There are few things Cori Rice would rather do than help families debate the finer qualities of Christmas elves or find a new ornament to commemorate their latest family vacation to McCall. Rice, who owns The Christmas House at 136 E.
Stephanie Nelson is relieved that the Four Corners Fire near Cascade did not devastate neighborhoods on West Mountain Road, but she knows more preemptive work could have better protected those neighborhoods.
Brundage Mountain Resort opened on Friday Tamarack Mountain Resort is set to open tomorrow with a new ticket kiosk at the base of the Tamarack Express and a redesigned area to help visitors ski to and from the village. About 90% of the lower mountain will be open, with 100% of the upper mountain accessed by the Summit Express open for skiing, said Wolfe Ashcraft, vice president for resort marketing and operations at Tamarack Resort.
PHOTO BY CHELSEA TUTTLE / For The Star-News A proposed city code update that would limit new gas stations from being built along Idaho 55 in McCall was aired on Tuesday to the McCall Area Planning and Zoning Commission. The proposal would require fuel pumps on designated scenic routes in the city to be at least 150 feet away from the roadway.