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Thursday September 02, 2010
Photo of the week
Smoke and cars... There was a lot of smoke, dust and cars smashing into each other at Saturday night’s fifth annual Challis Demolition Derby, making for a surreal scene under the lights during the main event. Above, the drivers of two cars battle in the foreground. Two others, one up on the berm, are partially obscured by smoke and dust in the
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County adopts budget, Commissioners plug deficit with PILT funds
Custer County residents can expect an increase in their property tax bills this December due to a huge drop in the county’s valuation between 2009 and 2010, mostly because of a decline in net profits at the Thompson Creek Mine.The commissioners had to plug a $220,777 deficit to balance the county’s fiscal year 2011 budget by drawing on federal
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Lost River Highway commissioners seek legal advice on no trespassing signs
Lost River Highway District commissioners are seeking legal advice in response to ongoing complaints by Mackay residents that Mick Halverson has posted No Trespassing signs and closed public fishing access to his property along the Big Lost River at the Smelter Bridge.Bob Demorest and several others in a crowd of about 15 people protested at the
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Fire alarms keep volunteers running all weekend
Two federal agency crews plus volunteer firefighters from Clayton and Challis stopped a fire up the East Fork of the Salmon River from spreading into a full-blown wildfire.Firefighters were called out about 1:30 p.m. Thursday, August 26, to a fire that afternoon winds were quickly spreading up Marco Creek, across the East Fork Road from the Dick
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Banner Fire slows down; lightning sparks little fires
The largest wildfire on the Salmon-Challis National Forest, the 2,365-acre Banner Fire, had slowed considerably with cooler, wetter weather this week, but storms also brought lightning and lots of smaller fires over the weekend, which were soon extinguished.BannerMost of the road closures, including Highway 21, have been lifted around the Banner
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