It's a full week of news, and this is a special edition of the Spotlight, featuring an extended interview with Em Howe, Board Chair of McCall+Pride. This week in the headlines:

• The budget bill in Congress could eliminate 21 million acres of public land in Idaho.
• Cascade School Board supports geothermal energy project
• Herbicide Use Considered to Fight Milfoil in Payette Lake
• McCall Man Critically Injured in Crash Near Cascade
• Hundreds Join ‘No Kings’ Protest in McCall
• Agencies Convene to Address Septic Challenges at South Lake Cascade
• Local Group Questions McCall Hospital District Spending
• Sunken UTV to Remain at Bottom of Payette Lake
• Valley County Audits Tax-Exempt Properties for Misuse
• Local athletes compete at Nike Nationals
• Cascade Hires new AD
• McCall-Donnelly hires head football coach

And as always, we've got Todd with the weather! Make sure you subscribe to the pod, the paper, and support your local news.

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