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…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (788+ words) McCall is considering buying nearly 250 acres of land to buffer the city’s airport from incompatible development. The city’s 2027 budget includes a $31.4 million placeholder for acquiring 247.5 acres of undeveloped land around the McCall Municipal Airport, though Airport Manager Emily Hart emphasized to…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (231+ words) The City of McCall’s top executive will step down from his post next week. On Tuesday, the city announced that City Manager Forest Atkinson’s last day is effective Aug. 17. The McCall City Council appointed Phil Kushlan as interim city manager…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1033+ words) Infrastructure needed to build nearly 1,000 new homes, condominiums, and hotel rooms at Tamarack Resort could be financed by a new taxing district. Last week, Tamarack President Scott Turlington briefed Valley County officials on the resort’s proposal to create a Community…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (743+ words) Commercial businesses that occupy space in city parks fronting Payette Lake could soon be banned by the McCall City Council. Earlier this month the council began reviewing a 2011 policy governing commercial agreements with businesses seeking to operate in some of…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1156+ words) It could take nearly a decade for property taxes generated by a ‘new city’ proposed near McCall to fully fund public services for the development. That is the conclusion drawn by an economic study of Red Ridge Village, a proposal…...

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+ week ago   (467+ words) The next time you take a load of trash to the Valley County Transfer Site, it could cost you an extra $25 if the load isn’t properly covered. On Monday, the Board of County Commissioners adopted a new $25 fee that can…...

4+ mon, 5+ day ago   (636+ words) A proposal to build a new road linking two subdivisions could have unpredictable consequences for McCall’s infrastructure and residents, according to the McCall City Council. The road, proposed by Donnelly developer Craig Groves, would be built on county land, but…...