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.

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.

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.

Many hands have been getting dirty in the Salmon Firewise Garden, according to Bureau of Land Management Fire Information Officer Kelsey Griffee.

Agnes Ricker Kays’ birthday is a patriotic day and she is a stealth patriot.

Two mainstays of Main street in Challis recently recently retired, but that doesn’t mean the businesses where they worked are in any danger of closing.

The parade held every year as part of the Mackay Rodeo drew 23 entries this year, according to parade co-organizer Penny Wall

REXBURG — The first time the teenaged paratrooper Verlan Lauder from Rexburg touched French soil it was in a pigsty after falling from the sky and bouncing off a barn about 3 a.m. It was June 6, 1944, D-Day.

A former Idaho Falls city councilman is coming out with an action-thriller novel partially inspired by his experiences during the Vietnam War.

The vision is a 180-mile-long separated trail from West Yellowstone, Montana, through the Teton Valley, over Teton Pass and deep into Grand Teton National Park. But like an uncompleted puzzle game, several elusive key pieces are missing and still being worked out.

About 40 light years away, seven planets similar in size to Earth orbit the ultra-cool dwarf star TRAPPIST-1.

BLACKFOOT — There’s a magical place about 14 miles west of Blackfoot and a mile or so off U.S. Highway 39 on Liberty Road that’s likely to make you feel refreshed and happy.

BLACKFOOT — Ding, ding, ding goes the trolley, through downtown Blackfoot.

Custer and Lemhi county students learned about history at last week’s Archaeology Day at Land of the Yankee Fork State Park.

POCATELLO — An Idaho State University student, who spent part of her childhood in Challis, has been named Miss Idaho Teen America.

There are probably no bigger fans of Wendall Gohn and his Blue Mountain Refuse crew than the students at Round Valley Preschool in Challis.

25 YEARS AGO

Billie Jo Olson of May was recently honored with the ranch woman of the year award from the Custer County Farm Bureau.

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25 YEARS AGO

Stanley’s annual winterfest had fewer spectators, a lot more snow and more variable weather both in Sawtooth Valley and surrounding areas this year than a year ago.

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25 YEARS AGO

25 YEARS AGO

Eight Mackay Girl Scout Troop 165 members were joined by five chaperones for a road trip to go ice skating in Challis on Jan. 5