The demand for higher education in Lemhi County and the rest of central Idaho is high, three Lemhi County women say.
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Custer County Prosecuting Attorney Justin Oleson will not seek the death penalty against Ben Savage in the ongoing first-degree murder case against the Challis man.
March turned out to be a drier month than a normal Idaho March, according to Ron Abramovich, water supply specialist with the Idaho Natural Resources Conservation Service, but February’s major storms almost guarantee adequate water for users this year.
A registered sex offender is violating state law by living within 500 feet of school property, Judge Stevan H. Thompson ruled last week.
Custer County officials have begun planning for floods and other natural disasters.
Custer County Prosecuting Attorney Justin Oleson will not seek the death penalty against Ben Savage in the ongoing first-degree murder case against the Challis man.
Switched at birth and raised by another family.
March turned out to be a drier month than a normal Idaho March, according to Ron Abramovich, water supply specialist with the Idaho Natural Resources Conservation Service, but February’s major storms almost guarantee adequate water for users this year.
Community members turned out in force to watch a 52-member cast of Challis student-actors in the Missoula Children’s Theatre production of “The Frog Prince” last Saturday.
Challis City Council members approved garbage rate increases of between 1 percent and nearly 5 percent for customers who use Blue Mountain Refuse for in-town trash pickup.
Prominent Idaho Falls businessman and political activist Doyle Beck, the former Bonneville County GOP chairman, has been charged in Lemhi County with two misdemeanors after he reportedly used a helicopter for hunting.
Three Stanley Taekwondo Club students advanced to higher belt ranks on April 10.
The Challis-Mackay RiverCats had two conference matchups last week against the Salmon Savages and the West Jefferson Panthers.
The Challis-Mackay RiverCats beat the Soda Springs Cardinals in a March 27 game. The game was held at a neutral location — Tautphaus Park in Idaho Falls.
Five local tae kwon do students were promoted at a March 20 testing and rank ceremony at Chondo Martial Arts Academy in Challis.
The Challis-Mackay RiverCats played their first game of the 2019 season March 21 and left the field with a 15-1 win against the Gooding Senators.
Mackay High School has been awarded a $2,000 Northwest Farm Credit Services rural community grant for the cold water fish facility at the school.
Seven members of the Challis academic team competed at the March 14 East Idaho regional science bowl competition sponsored and organized by INL.
Challis school students celebrated Read Across America Day on March 7.
Challis and Mackay high schools will field a joint girls’ softball team for the next two years, with approval of a cooperative club sports team by trustees of the Challis and Mackay school districts.
Twenty-five Challis High School students learned more about themselves and each other during an early February leadership training and professional skills development session.
The fifth-graders fell eerily quiet as they focused on creating a Bristlebot as part of STEAM day at Challis Elementary School.
Voters in the Challis school district will be asked to approve a $400,000 supplemental levy in a March 12 election.
The Challis High School academic team hosted a 10-team tournament last week.
Calvin and Jenna McGowan of Challis welcomed a daughter, Macie Jo Jean McGowan, on Feb. 16, 2019.
Jace Jernberg of Mackay is a new member of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society.
Former Challis resident Chase Andrews and his wife, Laurel, are parents of a son.