OROFINO — Idaho State Police investigation is ongoing into last week’s two-vehicle injury crash on Gilbert Grade outside Orofino, resulting in the injury of a Lewiston man.

KAMIAH — For last month’s murder-suicide incident, answers came quickly into what happened and who was responsible. But the question on why this happened remains as-yet unknown as investigators work through the substantial amount of evidence already gathered, and wait on pending processing f…

GRANGEVILLE — “Every school except CV elementary has fire teams using the facilities,” said Mountain View School District 244 Superintendent Todd Fiske at the July 19 board of trustees meeting.

KAMIAH — Identifications have been released, but what led up to last week’s shooting in Kamiah is still under investigation by the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

KAMIAH — Identifications have been released by the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office of all three individuals involved in Monday’s shooting at the Sundown Motel in Kamiah.

KAMIAH — “...a great loss and tragedy,” for the community of Kamiah, commented Mayor Betty Heater following Monday evening’s shooting incident at a local motel that resulted in three people dead.

Among the activities curtailed during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic year was criminal, as statistics released from the state’s annual Crime in Idaho report show. For Idaho County, criminal offenses were at a five-year low last year, which also showed a nearly 17 percent decrease in crime from 2019.

GRANGEVILLE — A Riggins man will spend more than a decade in prison for a 2020 assault on law enforcement officers involving a firearm.

With the threat of wildfire danger increasing rapidly in northern Idaho, local land management agencies will implement Stage II Fire Restrictions on all lands within the Grangeville Fire Restriction Area beginning at 00:01 a.m. (one minute after midnight) PDT, on Friday, July 16.

With 232 structures under threat from the Dixie Fire, 422 firefighting personnel under command of a national Type 1 IMT (Incident Management Team) were on the job July 12.

The Too Kush 2 Fire located about two miles east of Kooskia grew to 1,150 acres leading into Monday, July 12, due to burnout acres within the containment lines fire managers are establishing. The total was anticipated to increase to 1,300 acres when a burnout on the east flank is completed. …

Firefighting resources continue to engage in suppression operations on multiple fires on the Nez Perce-Clearwater Forests. These fires were ignited by the thunderstorms that swept through the region recently. More than 70 fires were ignited during these thunderstorms as the area is experienc…

The Too Kush 2 Fire has now been determined to be 30 acres in size, due to accurate GPS assessment rather that visual estimation. No structures are threatened, and no evacuations or road closures are in place.

Fire managers are urging the public to be cautious during the upcoming Independence Day weekend as firefighters respond to multiple small fires and smoke reports across the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests. Currently, the Grangeville Interagency Dispatch Center has helped to coordinate …

GRANGEVILLE — Four people were injured — with one listed in critical condition — following a Friday afternoon two-car collision on U.S. Highway 95 south of Grangeville.

Thursday, July 1 — Located 14 miles northeast of Riggins, the Sand Creek Fire is currently between 40 to 50 acres, according to the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests. A total of 85 personnel are now assigned to the fire including aviation resources, hand crews, engines, smokejumpers, and…

SLATE CREEK — Two people were injured on Saturday afternoon, June 26, after their motorcycle crashed into a passenger car south of Slate Creek on U.S. Highway 95.

UPDATE: Saturday, June 26, 8:07 p.m. – Idaho State Police has identified the persons involved in the crash.

KAMIAH — A structure fire last month outside Kamiah has been ruled arson-caused, and law enforcement is seeking information on a suspect believed involved in not only this incident, but several acts of vandalism committed at this same property stretching back to last fall.

GRANGEVILLE — Idaho State Police is continuing to investigate last week’s vehicle accident that injured two Grangeville pedestrians.

Grangeville Rural Fire District

KOOSKIA — A complex conflagration to fight with many concerns for safety: Last week’s CFI Mill fire drew multiple agencies from a three-county area to assist on a fully involved commercial structure fire. The prompt suppression and avoidance of any injuries, according to Kooskia Fire Chief M…

Idaho is seeking to execute a prison inmate for the first time in nearly a decade, issuing a death warrant for next month for convicted double-murderer Gerald Pizzuto, Jr.

KOOSKIA — The state fire marshal’s office will be investigating Tuesday night’s blaze at the CFI Mill, in which one building was reported a total loss.

GRANGEVILLE — Sentencing is set July 12 for Sean L. Anderson of Riggins, who was found guilty at trial last week of aggravated assault upon a peace officer.

GRANGEVILLE — An Idaho County jury this afternoon (Wednesday, April 28) unanimously found Sean L. Anderson of Riggins guilty of aggravated assault upon a peace officer.

Investigation is under way into an early morning fire last week that destroyed a U.S. Forest Service residence at the Fenn Ranger Station compound.