GRANGEVILLE – Seven Idaho County Fair royalty 2020 candidates and the three current members of the court gathered Wednesday, Aug. 7, at the Grangeville Church of the Nazarene for the annual royalty luncheon.

KOOSKIA – Federal agencies continue to investigate a fatal plane crash last Sunday, Aug. 11, outside Kooskia.

Clearwater Valley Hospital and Clinics, St. Mary’s Hospital and Clinics and Kootenai Health have entered into a letter of intent to transfer ownership of the two critical access hospitals from Essentia Health to Kootenai Health.

GRANGEVILLE – Idaho County’s solid waste contractor, Simmons Sanitation Service, Inc., of Kamiah, told the county commission Tuesday, Aug. 6, that garbage collection is once again on pace to total about 4,900 tons this year. That would again trigger an excess tonnage provision in the county’…

GRANGEVILLE – Spend your lunch hour with an interesting story, as the Brown Bag Program continues for the next three weeks.

Stites Days took place July 13 and 14 with people flocking to town for a 20-entry parade, park play, horseshoes, food and more.

COTTONWOOD – It’s In Our Nature is the theme for the Idaho County Fair that runs through Saturday, Aug. 17.

The Idaho County Fair, which features a wide variety of 4-H projects, a parade, talent show, pigtail contest and much more, runs through Saturday, Aug. 17 in Cottonwood.

GRANGEVILLE -- The 2019 Idaho County 4-H Horse Show was held Saturday, July 20, at the Grangeville Border Days Arena. Two dozen 4-H members participated in the show to complete their 4-H project. The judge for the show was Dondi Hilderbrand of Clarkston, Wash., and Klae O’Brien of Moscow was…

Town was busy with activities and people during the annual Kooskia Days celebration, which ran last Thursday through Saturday, July 25-27.

A Friend of the Kooskia Library member restocks the Little Free Library located in front of Stites Hardware on Main Street.

Syringa Hospital & Clinics has scheduled free sports physicals 4-6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6, at the Grangeville clinic and 1-5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7, at the Kooskia clinic. The physical is free; 100 percent of any donation goes directly to the school of your choice. Information is online at…

Drug-related offenses moved to the top spot of Idaho County crimes last year, which also stood out as the record high in the five-year trend.

KOOSKIA – “We are so honored to represent Kooskia Days and this community,” Wayne and Barbara Weathers agreed.

KOOSKIA – Helping lead the Kooskia Days parade this year will be Kooskia Saddliers Royalty Queen Mary Morrow and Princess McKenzie Winkler. The two are cousins.

KOOSKIA – Join in for the 66th annual Kooskia Days Celebration July 25-27 as participants “Celebrate the Past, Embrace the Future.”

A hot, dry day recently made way for dusty harrowing in a field on Lukes Gulch Road between Grangeville and Stites.

Sealcoats to preserve existing pavement on several highways across North-Central Idaho will begin Thursday, July 25. All work will be done by September.

Bridge replacements and highway repairs are part of an estimated $70 million in proposed projects for the next several years in Idaho County as part of the draft Idaho Transportation Investment Program (ITIP).

GRANGEVILLE – Farming work can be good for the mind, body and soul. It also offers a good time to think.

Don’t miss the chance to attend a public meeting on July 30 to learn about a potentially new fall chinook salmon fishing opportunity in the Clearwater River. At this meeting, you will learn about why this fishery may be possible, and you will have the opportunity to provide your comments and…

Area highway districts on the Camas Prairie will be conducting chip sealing operations during the next two weeks. The anticipated schedule is as follows:

Incorporated cities within Idaho County have seen minor population increases – on average nearly 0.9 percent -- in the past two years, according to estimates for 2010 to 2018 recently released by the U.S Census Bureau.

Implementation is set to begin later this summer on the Lolo Insect and Disease project on the Lochsa-Powell Ranger District.