High Lake sits at 7,465 feet above sea level in the Strawberry Mountain Wilderness.

This is the last week to submit photos for the 2023 edition of Explore Grant County, our annual visitor guide. We’re looking for your best pictures of scenic Grant County locales, events such as ’62 Days or the Grant County Fair & Rodeo, and scenes of everyday life in this beautiful place we call home. Please send your high-resolution images in jpeg format by March 22 to editor@bmeagle.com. Please include a little information about the photo as well as the photographer’s name, so we can give you proper credit in the visitor guide.

In case you missed it, last week’s paper featured stories about a raft of ethics complaints filed by a conservative PAC, a hefty grant to support forest restoration in the southern Blue Mountains, a plan to eliminate non-native brook trout from High Lake and a surprising about-face from the Grant School District superintendent.

This week, look for the latest news on the Grant School District as well as stories on the Grant County budget and the start of spring sports at local high schools.

As always, I want to take this opportunity to thank our subscribers for their support. We can’t do this work without you!

— Bennett Hall, Editor