McCall adopts 2025 budget
The City of McCall’s proposed $56.4 million budget for 2025 was adopted last week by the McCall City Council.The budget proposal includes all expected city expenditures from Oct.
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Roots Forest School to test all-day care
Anna Looper has enrolled her children in Roots Forest School for the past three years, but classes at the outdoor preschool only last for part of the day, making it difficult to work full time while juggling childcare.Roots classes for children three to five years old are held in half-day sessions in the morning or afternoon.
Payette cancels fire restrictions – Boise Forest restrictions remain
Stage 1 fire restrictions will end tomorrow in the McCall, Donnelly, New Meadows and Council areas.The restrictions had been enacted earlier than usual on July 26 in unseasonably high fire danger.With cooler temperatures and precipitation returning to the region, fire danger has decreased and restrictions are no longer required, officials said.“Fire restrictions are rescinded but we urge the public to be wise with fire.
Casting Idaho’s votes at the Democratic National Convention
Bill Thomas was in Chicago last week on the floor of the Democratic National Convention to help cast Idaho’s 27 votes for Kamala Harris to become the Democratic nominee for President of the United States.Thomas, who lives in McCall, is the chair of the group Valley County Democrats and was selected to serve as an Idaho delegate in the first two days of the convention, which ran from Aug.
Reinforcements arrive to fight Snag Fire
U.S. Army soldiers traded camouflage fatigues for the yellow shirts and green pants of firefighters this week as a battalion was assigned to assist on the West Mountain Complex.
Cascade Schools looks to renew $650k supplemental levy
Cascade Schools will ask voters in November to renew the district’s $650,000 two-year supplemental levy that the district relies on to provide elective classes, buses and food services.The Cascade Schools Board of Trustees approved the move to renew the levy in a meeting on Aug.
McCall to reconsider Mile High Marina approval
An expansion of Mile High Marina on Payette Lake that was approved earlier this year will be reconsidered by the McCall City Council at its meeting tonight. The council, which approved the application in June after a 3-2 split, is revisiting the approval after a request for reconsideration was submitted to the city by Boise lawyer Abigail Germaine of Elam & Burke on June 26.
McCall budget proposal adds $1M in personnel costs
Several new City of McCall employees would be hired under a 2025 budget the McCall City Council is set to consider adopting tonight.The council will hold a public hearing on the city’s budget proposal for 2025 at 5:30 p.m.
Electric buses take over at M-D
The sounds and smells of idling diesel engines picking up elementary students are set to become a thing of the past as the McCall-Donnelly School District transitions to an all-electric school bus fleet for most trips. Diesel powered buses will still be used for school trips outside the district.
M-D to move slowly on student phone policy
Rules regarding cell phones at schools in the McCall-Donnelly School District will remain the same, for now, as the start of the school year approaches.Parents approached the M-D Board of Trustees in July to ask for stricter rules governing cell phone use at school.The district already limits phones in classrooms, where they are only allowed with teacher approval, but there is no policy restricting phone use at recess, between classes and generally on school property.Parents worried about the effects of phones relating to mental health, school performance, personal development and potential exposure to pornography, among other concerns.To address the issue, trustees formed a committee tasked with researching the issue and presenting a policy recommendation and plan of action by Aug.