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Thursday February 02, 2012

Photo of the week
The last rays of the setting sun highlight cliffs above the Salmon River near Pennal Gulch on a recent mild winter evening. Todd Adams photo

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Challis mayor proposes business license, changing water rates
Mayor Mark Lupher has suggested that the city adopt a business license with a nominal annual fee and consider a different commercial water rate structure. He gave those recommendations at the Challis Area Chamber of Commerce’s January 24 meeting.Lupher said his goal in floating the proposals to chamber members was to stimulate local businessmen

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Mortician gets license suspension, fines
The Idaho Board of Morticians has suspended for six months the license of Shaun O’Reilly, who owns Challis Funeral Home and Salmon River Funeral Chapel in Salmon, and levied fines against him for several violations of Idaho Code and mortician’s rules.The violations include holding a body for more than 24 hours without refrigeration or

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Study does not support lowering speed limit
Despite demands from Custer County Commissioners to lower the speed limit near the junction of Highways 93 and 75, Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) officials say a speed study does not support that action.At their January 25 meeting, the commissioners asked ITD District 6 Engineer Blake Rindlisbacher and Traffic Engineer Matthew Davison to

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Home has stovepipe fire
Another local family dodged fire damage to their home Friday night, January 27.It was a stovepipe fire and Challis fire and ambulance volunteers were called out to the Don and Damee Tinsley home to fight it at 9:55 p.m. Passerby Doug Robins saw the flames shooting out of the stovepipe’s top, blown sideways by the wind so it almost looked like

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Fireman of the Year

Ray Varney is the Challis Volunteer Fire Department’s Fireman of the Year for 2011, an honor he was awarded by a vote of his peers. At right, outgoing Challis Fire Chief Launna Gunderson recognizes Varney at the annual Fireman’s Appreciation Dinner. Varney is also the new Challis Fire Chief. Gunderson, a firefighting veteran of 31 years, has

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Q. Should the speed limit near the junction of Hwy. 93 & Hwy. 75 be lowered?

 

Yes, to 45 mph.

Yes, to 55 mph.

No,putting up flashing lights and more signs will be enough.

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