Custer County News

Notice of Trustee - sAos Sale Loan No 0060899887 T S No. 057-008594 On 10/13/2009, at 11:00 a,m. , at the following location in the County of Custer, State of Idaho: Front Steps of Custer County Courthouse 801 E Main St.

Representatives from Custer Eco-nomic Development Association got a positive reaction last week from Challis Mayor Jay Cook and the city council to their idea of building a community center onto the golf course clubhouse.

Notice of Trustee - sAos Sale Loan No 0060899887 T S No. 057-008594 On 10/13/2009, at 11:00 a,m. , at the following location in the County of Custer, State of Idaho: Front Steps of Custer County Courthouse 801 E Main St.

District Court Judge Don L. Harding on June 3 sentenced Jesus R. Espinoza, 45, to five years of probation in connection with a 1995 aggravated assault on a young Challis woman.

Custer Countya s comprehensive plan and an amendment were validly adopted under state law and therefore therea s no basis to consider the countya s zoning ordinance as null and void, a judge has ruled.

Rep. Mike Simpson is hoping for a 2009 hearing and passage of his Central Idaho Economic Development and Recreation Act .

JAMES R. BENNETTS ATTORNEY AT LAW P. O. BOX 36CHALLIS, IDAHO 83226 TELEPHONE: 879-4488IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRJCT OF THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF CUSTER MAGISTRATES DIVISIONIn the Matter of the Estate ofNINA ELIZABETH EARLE,Deceased.Probate Case No.

Nearly 5,600 Idaho workers lost their jobs last month, sending the forecasted seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for May to 7.8 percent - a 22-year high.

Jerinda A. Summers, 35, of Challis, has signed an agreement to plead guilty to one felony count of grand theft for embezzling nearly $7,000 from the Village Square grocery store in 2008.

Standing by...Bret Getty checks out his bulldozer as smoke rises from a Forest Service prescribed burn that high winds whipped out of control around noon on May 19.

JUST LAW, INC. P.O. Box 50271Idaho Falls, Idaho 834 523-9106 FAX Toll Free 1-800-923-9106NOTICE OF TRUSTEEa TMS SALEOn August 26, 2009, at the hour of 11:00 oa TMclock AM of said day, at Custer County Courthouse, 801 Main Street, Challis, ID, JUST LAW, INC., as Successor Trustee, will sell at public auction to the highest bidder, for cash, in ...

An estimated $200,000 in grants bolstered by funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is now available to help communities in Custer County clean up sites known as a oebrownfields,a which may be contaminated by hazardous chemicals or pollutants, said U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson last week.

The next time someone has a so-called controlled burn that becomes an uncontrolled wildfire in the North Custer Fire District, they just might be billed for hundreds or thousands of dollars in fire suppression costs.

Challis and Clayton volunteer firefighters responded to a two-alarm field fire up the East Fork of the Salmon River on Monday afternoon while the North Custer fire chief monitored another brush fire north of town.

The Custer County Jail Advisory Team met for the first time Thursday, April 2, in the Custer County Courthouse.

The first out-of-control fire from someone burning a field happened last Thursday afternoon along Highway 93 north of Challis, bringing out Challis fire and ambulance volunteers in force.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CITY OF CHALLIS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on April 16, 2009 at 7:00 p.m., Challis Council Chambers, 721 E Main Avenue a public hearing will be held to address:Amendments and Repeals to Challis City Code;Title 2, Chapter 1, 2-1-1: Boards and CommissionsTitle 9, Chapter 1, 9-1-1: Comprehensive PlanTitle 9 Chapter 4, 9-4-1: ...

Custer Telephone is keeping up with accelerating changes in the telecommunications industry, had a profitable 2008 and hopes to start paying capital credits to members by 2010.

A Custer County jury of seven men and five women Friday found Jesus R. Espinoza, 46, guilty of aggravated assault, but not guilty of rape, in connection with a March 19, 1995, incident.

A three-alarm fire of undetermined cause totally destroyed the Keppner ranch house above Challis on March 17.