Challis Chamber plans Land of Yankee Fork support group
The Challis Area Chamber of Commerce is forming a “Friends of the Yankee Fork Association” to try to save the state park and interpretive center south of Challis from closing in the wake of proposed state budget cuts.Chamber president and local attorney Curt Thomsen volunteered to do all the legal paperwork needed to create the new fundraising

People continue to dump garbage at the HUB

Craw appeals conviction to Idaho Supreme Court
Stanley Hiram Craw is appealing his conviction on one count of aggravated battery with intent to commit rape to the Idaho Supreme Court after Judge William Woodland denied a defense motion for a new trial.In November, Woodland sentenced Craw to 3-7 years in prison on two felony aggravated battery charges for severely beating a 30-year-old Challis

Middle Fork floating stats show decline
The numbers of people floating the Middle Fork and wild and scenic section of the Salmon River were down in 2009 and Middle Fork Ranger Chris Grove attributes that to the poor economy.However, 2007 saw the lowest number of floaters over the past five years and that was due to forest fires in the wilderness and temporary safety closures of the