Rich Swenson heard a crackling sound in his house late Friday night, but the telltale sign of fire was not coming from the fireplace. “I finally looked up at the ceiling and I saw that the fire was glowing next to the chimney box up at the very crown of the ceiling,” said Swenson, who quickly called 911 after realizing the situation.
McCall-Donnelly High School Drama Club won the first-ever “Sweep” Championship award presented to a 3A school at the District III Drama Tournament last Saturday at Nampa’s Ridgevue High School. The tournament has only awarded “Sweep” championship plaques in the 4A and 5A school classifications in previous years.
Charges against former Cascade Schools bus driver Sally Brown for striking a child on a district bus will be dropped if she completes court-ordered classes and does not work with children for two years.
Courageous Kids Climbing recently visited several locations in Idaho and Nez Perce counties, publicizing their upcoming Autism In The Wild training program. This four-hour training session provides information for first responders on how to enhance their ability to respond to incidents involving people with autism.
A steady beeping noise droned loudly in Janna Allen’s ear as she sliced her shovel through snow last week during a rescue training drill at Brundage Mountain Resort. The noise was coming from a new radar device available to the resort to help find lost skiers and snowboarders this coming ski season, which is set to begin on Friday at Brundage.
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Cascade Rural Fire District officials want voters to tell them why they rejected a property-tax levy increase that would have paid for six more firefighters. Voters rejected the levy increase on Nov.
American Rescue Plan Act money now totals nearly $9 million Valley County officials on Monday met to consider what to do with an additional $6.75 million in federal funding from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. Commissioners recently learned the county would receive half of the money this year and the rest next year.
$2 million bid now must close by Dec. 14 The Bellevue attorney who bid $2 million on a Cougar Island lot during a September auction has paid for a 30-day extension to close on the sale, according to the Idaho Department of Lands.
CherryRoad Media will launch a new website for The Star-News this Friday, Nov. 18.