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Sitting six feet apart in the Stanley School gym, Challis school board members discussed the possibility of exempting the school from the district-wide yellow coronavirus status at their Sept. 8 meeting.
Custer County’s first COVID-19 death was reported Monday afternoon by Eastern Idaho Public Health officials.
After a short debate, Challis City Council members denied a conditional use request to allow a single-wide trailer within city limits at a public hearing Sept. 10.
Now that the concrete base has hardened, the steel structure that will be the new North Custer Rural Fire District’s Challis fire hall has begun to take form.
Idaho Public Television is helping families with in-home education while many students are attending school remotely.
A new fuel farm is on the docket for the Lemhi County Airport after the Federal Aviation Administration granted the facility $1.1 million to improve infrastructure.
People can weigh in on plans to reduce timber and hazardous fuels in the Salmon-Challis National Forest via a Sept. 16 virtual meeting.
Most people don't realize dumping a bucket of water on a campfire isn't enough to put it out, Sawtooth Rural Fire Chief Andy Gunderson said.
With about a dozen rattlesnake sightings this summer, Land of the Yankee Fork State Park Manager Joni Hawley said going into work is starting to become scary.
Custer County has been listed in the moderate risk category for coronavirus since Sept. 3, which includes a mandate that people wear face coverings.
The Challis Viking cross country team had its first meet of the year on Sept. 4 in Arco.
Anglers can now keep fewer steelhead they may catch on the Salmon, Little Salmon and Snake rivers.
The Challis Viking Volleyball team opened the season at the Ice Breaker Tournament at South Fremont High School.
Rewards are being offered for information related to two poached elk in the region.
Calling it a “big deal” for the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, ground was broken Aug. 12 for a fish weir on the outlet stream of Pettit Lake in Stanley Basin in the ongoing effort to restore sockeye salmon runs.
With the start of school in Custer County, the Challis and Mackay school districts have approved coronavirus guidelines for student activities.
Restrictions are now in place on stretches of the Upper Main Salmon River to protect spawning salmon.
NAMPA (AP) — Wildlife experts have reported more than a dozen sockeye salmon returned to Redfish Lake in central Idaho after reporting a record-low number of salmon last year.
Sitting six feet apart in the Stanley School gym, Challis school board members discussed the possibility of exempting the school from the district-wide yellow coronavirus status at their Sept. 8 meeting.
As Challis kindergartner Brynlee Kidd practiced coloring in Lori Gregory’s class, she said she was so happy to be in school.
New computers will soon be in use in the Challis School District with the anticipated receipt of a $108,984 grant.
Enrollment at Stanley School is expected to reach 19 students when classes begin Aug. 26.
Mackay Schools Superintendent Susan Buescher admitted it’s strange to start the upcoming fall semester on a Tuesday, but she said her teachers need an extra day to prepare due to the pandemic.
Plans for extracurricular activities in the Challis school district and bus routes for the school year pegged to begin Aug. 26 are on the agenda for the Tuesday, Aug. 11 school board meeting.
Plans to open Challis and Stanley schools for in-person learning later this month got another round of approval from the School Board last week.
Challis school board members have awarded contracts for fuel, propane and garbage collection for the coming school year.
Jodie D. Gadwa Callison of Stanley has completed the doctor of dental medicine degree at the College of Dental Medicine-Arizona of Midwestern University.
Justin Jay and Harley Marie Hansen of Idaho Falls have announced the arrival of their first child, Lexus Marie Hansen.
The Idaho Mining Association recognized three individuals for their dedication to the industry.
