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Thursday January 19, 2012
Photo of the week
A familiar white wooden cross stands as a sentinel on the cliffs above Challis, seen in this angle with the Pahsimeroi mountains prominent in the background. Sunny winter weather came to an end this week with a storm moving in and significant snow forecast for the surrounding mountains. Todd Adams photo
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Accident takes life of student
An accident at the Junction of highways 75 and 93 took the life of an 18-year-old Challis High School student Sunday afternoon.Adam Duane Smith, 18, the son of Aaron and Brenda Smith of Challis, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to an Idaho State Police news release.Smith was traveling east on Highway 75, approaching the intersection
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Firefighters confine fire to chimney
Challis volunteer firefighters confined a hot fire inside a chimney last week and were able to put the blaze out without any smoke or water damage to the house.Volunteers were called out to the Rob and Lisa Benson home along Highway 75 just after 7 a.m. on January 12, the coldest morning of the year so far, and slowly sprayed about 300 gallons of
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Stanley man gets probation for DUI
District Judge Joel Tingey on December 21 sentenced Ted L. Howard, 59, of Stanley to five years probation and suspended his driver’s license for one year on a felony DUI charge.Tingey suspended Howard’s prison sentence of up to four years in favor of probation.The judge also imposed 30 days in the Custer County jail, gave him credit for two
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School board briefs
The first school board meeting of 2012 was uneventful. Several attended to get the results of the Staff Satisfaction Survey given to teachers. Training momentSuperintendent Colby Gull told trustees about a new program the Idaho Department of Education (IDE) is introducing. The program, SchoolNet, takes data from standardized tests and makes
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City swears in new clerk, councilman
In a brief ceremony January 10, Challis Mayor Mark Lupher swore in newly elected City Councilman Ike Funkhouser and new City Clerk Kellie Wahlstrom and the new leaders got down to business for 2012.Sticker shockMichelle Zettel, trustee on the Challis school board, told the council the school district experienced sticker shock when the board looked
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