Star-News A Garden City man was killed last week when the car he was driving went off the road in icy conditions while trying to overtake another car about three miles south of Donnelly, officials said. Killed in the Nov.
Cascade fire levy fails; MV ambulance tax passes Voters in the City of Cascade on Tuesday approved borrowing up to $4 million to build a new city well, improve water lines and install more fire hydrants. Also on Tuesday, voters in the Cascade Rural Fire Protection District rejected a permanent tax levy increase to hire more firefighters.
The American Red Cross will host its next McCall blood drive on Tuesday, Nov. 29, from noon to 6 p.m.
More than 45 employees and volunteers fanned out across the summit ridge of Brundage Mountain recently in an effort to preserve the whitebark pine. Members of the group were armed with planting hoes, tote bags of seedlings, and a specific set of planting instructions for the 600 seedlings.
Sherry Maupin kept her seat on the Valley County commission in Tuesday’s election while Neal Thompson was elected to the commission. Maupin, a Republican, defeated Democrat Joey Pietri, wining with 52% of the vote for the Second District seat on the three-member panel.
Agency to tackle lack of worker housing A new government agency aimed at creating housing for working residents of McCall was formed last week by the McCall City Council. The McCall Area Housing Authority’s first task will be to manage the 14 homes and apartments available only to McCall residents already under the city’s control.
Work on two-year job to start next spring Work to rebuild First Street in downtown McCall will begin next spring under contracts awarded by the McCall City Council last week. Council members voted to award a contract worth $759,000 to Knife River Corp.
early Tuesday morning, McCall Fire & EMS Chief Garrett de Jong said. Firefighters were called to the scene at 12:46 a.m.
Proposal for water quality, fish singled out The newest plan by Perpetua Resources to improve water quality and fish habitat at Stibnite is the best among all plans submitted, the Payette National Forest said last week. The Payette selected Perpetua’s plan as the “preferred alternative” among five plans studied for Perpetua’s proposed gold and antimony mine at Stibnite.
BY DREW DODSON The Star-News Public meetings on a new draft environmental study of Perpetua’s proposed Stibnite mine will be held next month in McCall, Cascade and Boise. The meetings will be hosted by the Payette National Forest, the lead permitting agency on the proposed gold and antimony mine near Yellow Pine, and the Boise National Forest.