Parents and kids gathered last Friday evening to paint and sculpt jack-o’-lanterns in preparation for Halloween
With the coronavirus negatively affecting many businesses, one industry is seeing increased revenue.
Oct. 11 marked 27 years since Stephanie Crane was last seen in Challis, Linda Dubiel with the Custer County Sheriff’s Office reminds people.
Most people started their Labor Day weekend with hopeful intentions, but two hikers exploring Idaho mountains Sept. 5 found themselves with busted ankles as search and rescue workers mobilized to reach them.
It will be a quiet 70th anniversary celebration for former Challis residents Francis "Speed" and Donna Mae (Crawford) Doffing because of COVID-19.
Challis may not being the best place to grow a fruit tree, but local gardeners said they can’t help but notice this has been a good summer for all sorts of fruit.
Custer County Sheriff Deputy Trevor Downey has been in law enforcement for about a month, and he said he’s glad he gets to start this new phase of his life here.
A series of paintings which depict scenes along the salmon migration route from the Sawtooth Valley to the Pacific Ocean will be shown in Stanley on Sunday, Aug. 23.
People can adopt cats from the Heart of Idaho Animal Sanctuary for no fee through the end of October.
Members of E Clampus Vitus, or Clampers, from across the West gathered in the Bayhorse Cemetery late last month to pay respects to the dead and their history.
When she first learned her husband bought an electrical company without telling her, Challis resident Keasha Arneson said her response was a mix of anxiety and enthusiasm.
The annual Idaho rally of the Christian Motorcycle Association is scheduled in Challis this week.
After having a bumper crop of wood to donate the last few winters, Challis Lions Club President Julie Rodman said the club’s wood lot is looking sparse for the demand she envisions in the coming year.
Arts councils in Challis and Salmon received grants from the Idaho Commission on the Arts.
While a lot of students spent time lounging at home last spring, Challis teens Kasen Hohnstein and Daryn Provence got to work testing water meters and cutting grass for the city.
With summer’s arrival, following a statewide lockdown, many people are venturing outdoors in Idaho. But Sawtooth Search and Rescue Commander Gary Gadwa said some aren’t being smart about it.
Independence Day will be celebrated in Challis this year with an abbreviated schedule because of COVID-19 concerns.
When Sawtooth Search and Rescue Commander Gary Gadwa heard that an elderly couple got lost on their way to Bench Lake near Stanley, he had no idea what it would take to find them and return them to civilization.
BLACKFOOT – Some say it is not possible to pass through Blackfoot without stopping by the Idaho Potato Museum on the old highway while others who have lived here their entire lives may have never stepped foot inside the building. One thing is sure, the potato is memorable.
With the purchase of the Challis Lodge and Custer Land Management, Mia and Andy Baker want to help Challis grow without taking away the town’s charm.
Salmon River Electric Coopertive workers stood steady in a crane as they replaced a damaged electric pole last week.
Before Forest Service employee David Morris had a chance to set up his booth to give away ponderosa pine seedlings on Arbor Day, he already had customers waiting.
You’re stuck at home, the national parks are closed, and cabin fever is setting in.
In the final week of February three dogs went missing within two days in Challis, and their owners have had no luck finding them.
People move to Challis for the same reason they move to anywhere in Idaho — clean air, low housing prices and the chance to start a life far away from any heavily populated areas.
JL and Lisa Parker were on the look-out for a business to take over and a town to raise their family in.
The first baby of 2020 took a week to arrive at Steele Memorial Medical Center.
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People gathered in the American Legion Hall last week to learn methods of preparing beef, but because of Sarah Baker they may have left with a bias against chicken.
The Holiday Open House kicked off the Christmas shopping season in Challis, with vendors selling handmade items to shoppers who filled the Legion Hall.
Challis native McKinsey Bruning, née Van Pelt, grew up with the Salmon River in her backyard, “born and raised doing all things outdoors.”
The latest “Old Farmer’s Almanac,” published last week, is predicting “no fewer than seven big snowstorms from coast to coast, including two in April for the intermountain region west of the Rockies.”
Idaho, you’ve got some catching up to do.
Texas Red Dirt musician Stoney LaRue returns for a show at the Mountain Village Resort in Stanley on Saturday, Sept. 7.
People have a chance to learn about Idaho, its rivers and “the miracle of wild salmon,” and observe wild salmon spawning in the streams of their birth at the annual Sawtooth Salmon Festival in Stanley.
Redfish Lake will be cleaned up on Aug. 18, as part of a senior project for Madison Branchflower.
Salmon-Challis National Forest staff and volunteers this month are preserving the Lower Parrott Cabin at the confluence of Nugget Creek and the Middle Fork Salmon River within the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness.
