1+ week, 2+ day ago   (668+ words) Chemicals will be used to kill an invasive plant around the shoreline of Payette Lake for the first time this month. A contractor hired by the Idaho State Department of Agriculture will apply herbicides to about 43 acres of Eurasian watermilfoil…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (585+ words) A lease that would reopen a gravel pit in McCall was voided last week amid concerns that neighbors were left in the dark on the proposal. Last week, the State Board of Land Commissioners chose not to approve a 10-year…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (578+ words) Flushing the toilet at Brundage Mountain Resort could eventually help protect the resort from wildfires and get ski slopes open earlier in the season. Last week, the resort announced it is beginning construction on a wastewater treatment plant capable of…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (742+ words) Plans for over 100 storage units along Idaho 55 in Lake Fork were approved on Tuesday despite two previous denials by the Valley County Planning and Zoning Commission. The project, known as Rocky Mountain Storage, calls for 10 buildings containing 103 storage units to…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (866+ words) Upgrading stormwater drainage outlets that discharge to Payette Lake could keep more pollutants from road runoff out of the lake, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. A study commissioned by the federal agency at no cost to the city estimated…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (364+ words) For more than a decade, a private dumpster has occupied a spot on the shoulder of East Lake Street in downtown McCall. The dumpster is surrounded by an enclosure built into the pavement in front of a building at 203 East…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (917+ words) A mediator will be hired by the City of Donnelly in hopes of settling an ongoing dispute between neighbors of a large subdivision proposal and the developer of the project. That decision on Monday by the Donnelly City Council followed…...

3+ mon, 1+ day ago   (566+ words) An access road for 176 homes proposed in McCall was approved on Thursday by the Valley County Planning and Zoning Commission. The application, submitted by developer Craig Groves of Donnelly, calls for building the new roadway between Stockton Court and a…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago   (869+ words) Work to build a new road to a gold and antimony mine in eastern Valley County is underway after a favorable court ruling for the mine. Boise-based Perpetua Resources recently started a three-year, $2.6 billion construction phase needed to develop its…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (960+ words) The environmental risk posed to Lake Cascade could be a deciding factor on a plan to build what local officials have described as a “new city” near McCall. On Thursday, the Valley County Planning and Zoning Commission met with representatives…...