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County commissioners drop in on city council

1 week ago | argusobserver.com | Corey Evan

FRUITLAND — Attendees at the Fruitland City Council’s regular meeting on June 9 witnessed a rare sight during the meeting — a visit by the Payette County Board of Commissioners. The commissioners, as part of their weekly agenda, dropped in on Fruitland City Hall to get comments from city officials on the topics of impact area updates and a proposed moratorium on new oil and gas leases. kAm~?
Coming to terms with election results

1 week ago | argusobserver.com | Corey Evan

FRUITLAND — On May 20, the City of Fruitland put two bond measure before voters, requesting the money to expand capacity within Fruitland’s water and wastewater systems. The measures sought up to $17,421,000 in bonds for improvements to water quality and capacity, and up to $7,899,000 for improvements to wastewater treatment and disinfection processes. Both measures failed, with the water system bond receiving 290 ‘yes’ votes and 426 ‘no’ votes, while the wastewater measure failed 305 to 422.
Fruitland is ranked third safest city in Idaho

1 week ago | argusobserver.com | Corey Evan

FRUITLAND — In its 11th annual Safest Cities report, released on March 17, Safewise — an organization whose website describes their service as “provides tools and information to help people make their life safer at home and in their community” — ranked Fruitland the third safest city in Idaho for 2025. As noted by Cathy Habas of Safewise in the report, Idaho saw some increase in gun violence while other crime levels remained flat or saw a small decrease. kAm“$6G6? :? `_ x529@2?D 766=D D276 :?
Crime reporting turns to AI

2 weeks ago | argusobserver.com | Corey Evan

FRUITLAND — Artificial intelligence has quickly evolved beyond being able to correct spelling, grammar and sentence structure, and even beyond writing your school reports for you. Now, it’s able to write crime reports. During the Fruitland City Council’s regular meeting on June 9, Police Chief J.D. Huff explained a proposed purchase of AI-driven crime reporting software made available by 2357 Solutions, LLC. kAm“%H@ H66<D 28@[ H6 925 @?6 @7 @FC @77:46CD 2EE6?5 … 2 =:EE=6 D6>:?2C @?
Payette to leave iii-A

2 weeks ago | argusobserver.com | Corey Evan

PAYETTE — After five years of obtaining employee benefits from the Idaho Independent Intergovernmental Authority, the Payette City Council has determined it will go through a broker to obtain those benefits starting in the 2025-26 fiscal year. The council made this decision during its regular meeting on June 2.
Let’s ‘shed’ some light on Head Start

2 weeks ago | argusobserver.com | Corey Evan

PAYETTE — Sheds hold a lot of memories for us, mostly in the form of our belongings. So when’s it their turn to have some light shed on them? In the case of the Western Idaho Community Action Program Head Start & Child Care facility in Payette, that light was shed on their sheds the week of June 2. WICAP operates the center to support children’s mental, social, emotional and physical development for economically challenged families.
Tank 9 recoating project moves ahead

3 weeks ago | argusobserver.com | Corey Evan

NEW PLYMOUTH — At its regular meeting in May, the New Plymouth City Council approved a change order for the ongoing Tank 9 recoating project in the amount of $20,200. This was confirmed in an email to the newspaper on May 29 by City Clerk Marianne Gatchell. The water storage tank recoating work is being performed by Fossil Coatings of Ogden, Utah. The contract was awarded by a unanimous vote of the council to Fossil Coatings on Feb.
School meal prices on the rise again

4 weeks ago | argusobserver.com | Corey Evan

NEW PLYMOUTH — Students and staff who get their meals from New Plymouth School District kitchens will notice a slight price increase at the start of the 2025-26 school year. This was approved by the Board of Trustees during its regular meeting on May 12. According to Superintendent Wade Wilson, the present economic uncertainty related to inflation and the impacts of tariffs by the Trump Administration indicates a need to adjust prices.
New Plymouth Class of 2025 is gone with the wind

1 month ago | tncontentexchange.com | Corey Evan

NEW PLYMOUTH — Decently high winds may have been blowing through the “world’s largest horseshoe” as it is known, but the annual graduation parade and commencement ceremony — as well as the families and friends of the outgoing seniors — withstood these blustery winds to walk the stage on May 18. According to New Plymouth High Principal Tamara Mahler, a total of 63 seniors received their diplomas for 2025. Out of those, 20 completed all of their K-12 voyage as Pilgrims in New Plymouth schools.
Snake River Oil and Gas to refile for new spacing unit

1 month ago | argusobserver.com | Corey Evan

FRUITLAND — In emails to the newspaper on May 19, officials speaking on behalf of Snake River Oil and Gas confirmed that they had withdrawn an application to create a new spacing unit in Fruitland. However, this was not because they had canceled plans, but instead that officials needed to add information on their application.