McCall

Valley County Commissioners unanimously approved a massive reduction Thursday to the area of impact around the city of McCall. Impact areas are not part of a city, but are subject to the city zoning code. These areas are being reviewed across the state in response to a law passed by the Idaho Legislature in 2024, which tightened guidelines for impact area designations.

The City of McCall is joining an international effort to make sure rivers, lakes, oceans and estuaries are safe for urban swimmers.

The Engelmann spruce that sits in downtown McCall is sick and may be dying.

Valley County wants to shrink and take back control of the McCall's impact area and will host a public hearing on the afternoon of July 7.

A new state law passed in 2024 could significantly impact how homes, commercial buildings and roads develop around McCall.

As families step away from the 2024-25 school year, school districts across Idaho are ramping up their plans for the next – and more than a few are wrestling with the idea of possibly joining the growing list of districts who have adopted four-day schedules.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it will reinstate thousands of workers laid off in February starting this Wednesday. That includes many hundreds of Forest Service workers across the Mountain West.

Massive federal layoffs are hitting communities across the West, including rural, recreation hotspots like McCall, Idaho. Here's how that town is responding.

The Trump administration’s mass firings of federal employees have hit McCall hard, especially because the Forest Service is one of the area’s most important employers.

“What this means is this access will be in perpetuity. It will always exist, no matter what happens to that land in the future.”