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May 6, 2026

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Washington County Election Tampering

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Adams County to Use Vote Tabulators May 19

April 29, 2026

Council Students Put on Talent Show

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Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive is May 9
Backflow Prevention
Cleanup Council May 16 & 17
Council Blood Drive
History Night at the Depot
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Council FFA Greenhouse Sale May 8
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New Meadows City Council
May 6, 2026

Wastewater Facility Plan, Old City Hall Auction Date

Council’s record breaking 4X400M relay team. Left to right: Rowan Green, Owen Hatfield, Ayden Heinemeyer, Greer Green. Photo credit: Lumberjack Sports.
Sports
May 6, 2026

Record Breaking Performances

A young boy goes ‘fishing’ at the MV Spring CarnivalPhoto credit: Klaryssa Keane
May 6, 2026

Meadows Valley PTO Brings Back Spring Carnival

Lloyd Brown poses next to a gyrocopter at the Council Airport on May 2. Photo credit: Matt Clayton.
May 6, 2026

Council Hosts Fly-In

Left Emmett Fire Chief & District 3 Director Curt Christensen, (middle) Meadows Valley Rural Fire District Chief Doug Buys, Ada County Paramedics EMS Division President Mark Babson
May 6, 2026

MV Fire Chief Receives EMS Service Excellence Award

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Adams County Commissioners
May 6, 2026

Adams County Preps for Wildfires and Development Pressure

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Cambridge City Council
May 6, 2026

City Approves Grandstand Project; Discusses Apartments

Master Carlson Gracie Jr. holds self a defense seminar for Council Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu students. Photo credit: Camille Collings.
May 6, 2026

Gracie Visits, Trains in Council

Some of the good ole’ boys at the Heath Saloon who unwittingly assisted the Weiser bid for the Washington County Seat.
May 6, 2026

Washington County Election Tampering

A DS300 vote tabulator. These machines will be in use in Adams County to count votes.
May 6, 2026

Adams County to Use Vote Tabulators May 19

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Midvale School Board
April 29, 2026

Legislature Requires Silence in Schools

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Adams County Commissioners
April 29, 2026

Growth, Roads, and Rules Under Pressure in County Meeting

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April 29, 2026

Washington County Candidate Information

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Adams County Candidate Information

Exeter Lane Gardens ‘soft’ opened last weekend. Photo credit: Camille Collings.
April 29, 2026

Garden Stores Spring Up

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Dale Fisk's History Corner &
Yester Years

1897

Steam boilers and winch that sit just above the Peacock Mine today.

Recent History Corner & Yester Years

1896 – 1897

In 1897 Council Valley people held a big Independence Day celebration near Camp Creek, about a mile northeast of town, where they posed for this picture. The Weiser Signal said a large procession ‘marched to a pleasant grove near Harrison Camp’s. The grounds had been previously prepared with platform, seats and tables.’

1896

I was wrong about the photo featured a couple weeks ago of the McMahan & Peters store. That store wasn’t built yet when the Signal credited ‘the artist’ with a photo. I’m now convinced this is the ‘artist’ photo taken in June of 1895. It has the freighters in the foreground that the newspaper referred to; they were transporting the first gold dredge to be taken into Warren. McMahan’s ‘Cash Store’ is in the background. He bought it from John Peters. After the new Peters & McMahan store was built in 1896, I think the old Cash Store was used for storage. The Moser Hotel is just visible on the right edge of this photo. The arrow points to blacksmith Mark Winkler who is working on replacing (or reattaching) a shoe on one of the horses in this team. The blacksmith shop was just out of sight to the left.

1895 – Part 3

This shot was taken closer to 1900, but it shows the Winkler’s horse-powered threshing machine in front of their blacksmith shop on Moser Avenue.

1895 – Part 2

Charley Anderson’s hotel / stage stop at Lick Creek. Exact year is unknown but it’s in the 1890s. Charley was one of the pioneer mining claim discoverers in the Seven Devils Mining District. Until many years after this, the road going on to Bear went right by this building and across the hills shown in the background here.
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