Schools across Idaho have been awarded Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program grants so that they can provide healthy snack options throughout the day. A total of 113 schools were awarded the grant including 20 schools in 10 districts in North Idaho.

“The Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program is a voluntary program that many schools across Idaho have used not only to provide more nutritious options, but also as a creative way to teach Idaho students about history, geography, writing or other critical subjects,” said Tom Luna, Superintendent of Public Instruction.

The program is part of a federal initiative by U.S. Department of Agriculture to offer schools a wider variety of produce. Schools are reimbursed for providing fresh produce to all students during the school day, but it has to be at a time outside of the normal lunch hour.

It's a devastating loss for the community: Fire destroyed a building in Mullan that housed the iconic Silver Dollar bar and a steelworker's union hall early Tuesday morning.

The fire started around 3 a.m. on the 200 block of Earle Avenue.

When Mullan volunteer firefighters got to the scene the building was fully engulfed in flames. and it was clear that building was a total loss so they went into defensive mode and focused on protecting the surrounding structures from the fire.

"I got a call at 3 o'clock in the morning that said that my building was on fire," Terry Haumer said.

Fortunately that wasn't the case; Haumer owns the Motherload Bistro right next to the Silver Dollar Bar.

"The flames were coming this way, there were cinders about the size of a platter that were dropping on the roof of this building but there was about thirty firemen they were doing a good job of containing it," Haumer said.

"We had to put water on these buildings and across the street it broke some windows and things like that because of the heat, that was our main concern," Mullan Fire Chief Chuck Reynolds said.

A public auction for Silver Mountain Resort ended on March 19th but the fate of the one of the largest employers in the Silver Valley is still a mystery.

Jeld-Wen, a company known for window manufacturing, owns the ski resort and put it up for auction earlier this year. The auction allowed bidders to bid on the resort in it's entirety or on individual pieces such as the gondola and water park. 

Before the auction ended, Murph Yule, the Ameribid representative handling the sale, said it could take months before any final sale is made, if one is made at all. Calls to Jeld-Wen, Mr. Yule and Silver Mountain have not been returned. 

However, the Shoshone County Assessor's Office said that nothing regarding a sale or transfer of title has gone through their office. 

KXLY will continue to follow this story and update it as information becomes available.