Custer County

Stanley Mayor Steve Botti says that small businesses in the Sawtooth Valley town lost about $1.5 million dollars in revenue from the Wapiti fire that has burned more than 128,000 acres with 85% containment.

The Wapiti fire started at the end of July by lightning. It’s now burned more than 110,000 acres and is just 4% contained.

The case was filed by Michael Boren last year against opponents to a permit he obtained for an airstrip on his Sawtooth Valley ranch.

An Idaho district court judge dismissed defamation claims made by Boise businessman Michael Boren against people who opposed his application for a private airstrip on his Sawtooth Valley ranch.

Custer County approved a conditional use permit for a controversial airstrip on a private Sawtooth Valley property last summer. Now the owner is suing opponents of that permit for defamation.

Custer County is hosting a day-long workshop today with a national group at the center of opposing a Biden administration conservation initiative.

Custer County Commissioners will hear an appeal Wednesday evening on a decision to give landowners Michael and Amanda Boren a conditional use permit for an airstrip on their property.

For the first time in decades, Idaho Fish and Game is stocking the Big Lost River in Butte and Custer Counties with thousands of rainbow trout. Since the…