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McCall to ask voters for 1% LOT increase on lodging
McCall voters will decide on a 10-year renewal and 1% increase of the city’s “streets” local option tax in the May 20 election.
Lessons for McCall from the Palisades Fire
McCall Fire & EMS Deputy Chief Mike Bertrand and three McCall firefighters recently returned from a two-week assignment on the Palisades Fire, where the crew gained firsthand experience in what the worst-case fire scenario can look like.
Parking Pests
Competition around Cascade Lake has gotten fiercer recently, both for prime perch fishing spots and for parking around the lake.
Valley County adopts comp. plan changes
Three changes to the Valley County comprehensive plan were finalized on Monday, encouraging new construction closer to higher density development, warning about building in timber areas and adding agricultural protection areas.
Warren Brown’s gift to skiers
Warren Brown, born in McCall in 1912, was a talented and tenacious athlete, a timber industry builder, a state senator, a builder of two ski areas, a pilot, author, devoted family man, altruist and visionary.
‘Cafe for teens’ opens in Cascade
A new cafe designed to mentor and provide jobs for local teenagers recently opened in Cascade.
Protecting Payette Lake: Watershed Advisory Group reinstated
The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality recently revived the Big Payette Lake Watershed Advisory Group in an effort to better monitor water quality.
Commissioners to consider comp. plan change
Valley County Commissioners will hold a public hearing on Monday Feb. 10 to consider three changes to the county’s comprehensive plan, encouraging development closer to towns, warning about building in timber areas and adding agricultural protection areas.
Life lessons from McCall’s first Olympians
Eighty-six-year-old Olympian Corey Engen, walked to the microphone in the middle of the McCall-Donnelly High School gym to address 200 raucous youth assembled for the 2002 Junior National Ski Championships awards ceremony.