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October 15, 2025

Dinosaur Museum Visits Midvale

October 15, 2025

Council, Meadows Schools get SRO

October 15, 2025

Food for Fines and Fall Happenings

Sports
October 15, 2025

Titans Roll Over Ramblers

Letters to the Editor

United States Forest Service or the Funeral Service
Sincere Thank You
US Funeral Service
An Interesting Public Hearing in Weiser
Thanks from the Council Mountain Music Festival

Community Bulletin Board

History Night at the Depot
Liberty Quartet at First Baptist Church in Cambridge
New Meadows Area Meet the Candidate Night
Council Area Meet the Candidate Night
Burn Bans
Marymount Open House
Midvale VFW/American Legion Breakfast
The Redeemed Inspirational Concert

Other Local News

Why Do We Serve?
Tech Literate?
Work Like Tychicus
Bingo October 10
Flu Shot Clinic on October 22
New Titles at Meadows Valley Public Library
Be Free
Food Pantry October 15, Donations Welcome
Car Wash Theology
Foot Clinic October 20

Thank Yous

Thanks from the Council Mountain Music Festival
Thank You
The Council Senior Center would like to thank the Council Loggers Jubilee board for their very generous scholarship donation. It will help us with our Home Delivered Meals program. Nancy Schwartz, Coordinator
The Council Elementary school library
Thank You from the Chamber
Cambridge Senior Center Menu
Council Senior Center Menu

Current News

Meadows Valley Middle School volleyball team. Photo credit: Kayrene Brown
Sports
October 15, 2025

Meadows Valley Volleyball

Senior Ella Fontana jumps for a play during Council’s game against Salmon River on October 8. Council lost in three sets to the Savages. Photo credit: Nate Estes
Sports
October 15, 2025

Council Volleyball Update

Council plays in Notus on the 10th. Council won 46-7. Photo credit: Lumberjack Sports
Sports
October 15, 2025

Lumberjacks Maroon the Pirates 46-7

Meadows Valley School Board
October 15, 2025

‍Enrollment at 139; New SRO on Duty

Midvale City Council
October 15, 2025

Water Rate Hike to Begin in January

A young visitor bravely touches a model of a dinosaur head as large as she is. All models are actual replicas of fossils in the museum at Pocatello. Photo credit: Bonnie Evans
October 15, 2025

Dinosaur Museum Visits Midvale

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October 15, 2025

Council, Meadows Schools get SRO

Children at the Meadows Valley Library show off their craft creations.Photo credit: Rachel Reynaga
October 15, 2025

Food for Fines and Fall Happenings

#30 Freshman Kellan Moura runs the ball against the Cascade Ramblers on October 10. The Titans won 74-0.Photo credit: Abby Ochoa
Sports
October 15, 2025

Titans Roll Over Ramblers

The Council Chamber of Commerce held a Chili Cook-off during the end of year Council Mountain Farmer’s Market on October 3. 1st place: Mary Jane sponsored by The Boardroom at Wilson’s Lounge with Beef, Black Bean, and Jalapeno Chili. 2nd place: Dan Roberts with Beef & Pork chili. 3rd place: Shani Smith sponsored by Huptye with a Venison Burger Chili. Photo credit: Council Chamber of Commerce.
October 8, 2025

Pictures from the last Council Mountain Farmer's Market

Meadows Valley Schools Superintendent Dee Fredrickson, Meadows Valley School Board member Barbara Dixon and State Superintendent of Education Debbie Critchfield stand in front of a handmade sign welcoming Critchfield to the school.
October 8, 2025

State Superintendent Visits Meadows Valley School

Members of the Meadows Valley Fire Department, Grangeville Mountain Rescue Unit, Riggins Ambulance and Valley County Search and Rescue practice carrying a stokes basket down the side of a rock face. The training was part of the annual Introduction to Rope Rescue training event held in New Meadows.
October 8, 2025

Local Responders Receive Rope Rescue Training

Council faces off against Garden Valley on October 3. Photo credit: Lumberjack Sports
Sports
October 8, 2025

Lumberjacks Slay the Wolverines 40-8

October 8, 2025

Local Effects of the Federal Government Closure

Lions George Dempsey and Scott Jones work on one of the tables at the County Park. Photo courtesy of Council Lions.
October 8, 2025

Lions Service Project

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Council 4th of July

July 4, 2025
A child races their soap box car.

Council Boys Basketball vs Notus

June 12, 2025
Council boys basketball action

Council Junior High Track Meet

April 25, 2025
An athlete competes at Council's Jr. High Track Meet on April 25, 2025.

Council Basketball Boys District Championship

February 26, 2025
Basketball action on 2/26/2025

Council Boys Basketball vs Garden Valley

February 19, 2025
Basketball action on 2/19/2025

Titan Girls Basketball District Tourny

February 7, 2025
Titan Girls basketball

Council Boys Basketball vs. Tri-Valley

January 14, 2025
Council vs. Tri-Valley

Latest Government Reporting

Cambridge

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Elections
Local Candidates
August 20, 2025
Rock Fire Update
August 20, 2025
How Clean is the Air you Breathe?
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Cambridge City Council
Cambridge City Council Signs Civility Pledge
August 20, 2025
Candidate Filing Deadline Aug. 29

Council

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September 25, 2025
Council School Board
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September 25, 2025
Council Airport Gets New Asphalt
September 25, 2025
Adams County Commissioners
Safer Streets, Smarter Spending, Stronger Forests
September 25, 2025
Council City Council
City Explains Need for Water Work

Midvale

October 15, 2025
Midvale City Council
Water Rate Hike to Begin in January
September 25, 2025
Midvale School Board
Wi-Fi Monitoring Considered by Trustees
September 25, 2025
Midvale City Council
Water Rate Public Hearing Scheduled For October 13
September 25, 2025
Elections
Local Candidates
September 25, 2025
Rock Fire Update

New Meadows

October 15, 2025
Meadows Valley School Board
‍Enrollment at 139; New SRO on Duty
October 15, 2025
Council, Meadows Schools get SRO
October 8, 2025
State Superintendent Visits Meadows Valley School
October 1, 2025
New Meadows City Council
October 1, 2025
P&Z Commission Recommends Denying RV Park Permit

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Dale Fisk's History Corner &
Yester Years

1878

Calvin White, whose family was the first to settle in Meadows Valley.

Recent History Corner & Yester Years

1877

Looking east at White Monument, with Smith Mountain in the background. The white outcropping is composed of a type of crude marble, which is rather granular. Several copper claims were filed along this ridge, including the one mentioned that was filed by Allen and Lewis.

From Peace to Panic

Mail carrier 18-year-old Edgar Hall made a desperate ride from Warren to Fort Boise in just 24 hours without rest and arrived in the middle of the night with the news of the Nez Perce murders.

Upper Weiser River Valleys in 1876 – Part 2

Solon Hall’s old house at Indian Valley in 2001 just before being remodeled. It looks very different today.

The Upper Weiser Valleys in 1876

Alex and Martha Kesler. They lived in the Salubria Valley (and are listed in Milton Kelly’s 1876 account) before moving to the Council Valley.
History Corner & Yester Years Archives

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