Valley County

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.

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.

Valley County Planning and Zoning has postponed a public hearing on a controversial housing development proposed by the Texas billionaire Wilks brothers.

Voters will get a third chance in three elections to approve a tax increase to fund the new county-wide ambulance district. The county says money previously used to fill funding gaps is gone.

The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality Board of Environmental Quality Wednesday pulled back a permit granted last year to Perpetua Resources for its planned gold and antimony mine at Stibnite in Valley County.

Voters will see two issues on the ballot November 7th: one would create a new county-wide EMS district, and separately, the $4 million dollar tax override levy to pay for it. County officials and first responders say the area has outgrown its existing EMS structure and funding.

The public is invited to submit public comment on a draft Forest Service environmental impact review of plans to resume and expand mining in Valley County's Stibnite district.

Boise State Public Radio and Idaho Matters are visiting Valley County, specifically McCall. It's our first big reporting trip after COVID-19 sent us all indoors to do interviews remotely, and we want to know how the lake town is recovering from the pandemic.

A coalition of business, recreational, environmental and other interests hopes to guide the management of state-owned endowment lands in the North Fork Payette watershed.