Bayhorse townsite and trails officially open to public
At the top of Ernie Lombard’s “bucket list” was to save an old ghost town. After two decades of effort, he finally got to mark it off.Lombard, an Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation board member, joined a crowd of nearly 150 people at a ribbon-cutting ceremony Saturday, June 27, to open the historic Bayhorse mining town and adjacent ATV

Cigarette butt ignites grass fire along highway
A small grass fire along Highway 93 during the wee hours of Tuesday morning got Challis volunteer firefighters out of bed, but a passing motorist had smothered the flames using a floor mat before they arrived.The alarm sounded around 3:30 a.m. and three firemen responded to the scene about three miles north of Challis with two engines and a

Missing Middle Fork boater found last Wednesday
The missing Middle Fork boater who disappeared from his camp June 20 was found dead three and a half days later.An aerial search found Eddie Miller, 57, of Bend Oregon, about 11:30 a.m. June 24 at the base of a fir tree between Parrot and Tumble creeks in the Impassable Canyon section of the Middle Fork of the Salmon River, Lemhi County Sheriff

Getty Memorial Pathway dedicated

Stanley city council briefs
The Stanley City Council wants public input at hearings, but now requires lengthy written comment be submitted in advance.Mayor Hannah Stauts made that announcement at the council’s June 10 regular meeting. She explained that council members need time to digest input and cannot do so when written comments exceed several pages. A one-page letter