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.
Farm and Ranch, Spring 2021 issue for North Central Idaho.
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No injuries were reported in two unrelated vehicle fires last week.
A Washington State man was sentenced last month on charges related to a 2020 pursuit through Kooskia, resulting in damage to a Main Street restaurant.
GRANGEVILLE — Idaho State Police is continuing to investigate last week’s vehicle accident that injured two Grangeville pedestrians.
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.
Idaho Fish and Game staff in coordination with the Idaho Department of Lands and US Forest Service conducted a 314-acre prescribed burn last month on the Red River Wildlife Management Area.
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.
KOOSKIA — A Washington state man is charged with a felony, following a pursuit in and around the Kooskia area last week. A preliminary hearing was held in magistrate court on Monday, May 3, for Bradley McCain, 34, of Spokane Valley, who is charged with fleeing or attempting to elude a police…
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.
GRANGEVILLE — Sentencing is set this summer for a Grangeville man, convicted at trial last week on felony charges related to the 2019 incident involving severe injuries to a 15-month-old girl.
GRANGEVILLE — Idaho County Sheriff Doug Ulmer recently announced several promotions and additions to the office.
GRANGEVILLE — Vehicles burglarized, some driven off from the property and left abandoned a few blocks away: A series of these events last month were the focus of an extensive investigation by the Grangeville Police Department, and last week, a North Dakota man was arrested and charged with i…
Sheriff Doug Ulmer would like to share the following promotions and additions to the Idaho County Sheriff’s Office.
Multiple new felonies have been charged against a couple arrested earlier this month in connection with burglarizing several Cottonwood storage units.
GRANGEVILLE — Odd car thefts: Stolen, driven not far from where the cars were taken, and then abandoned.
COTTONWOOD — Two Lewiston residents were arraigned this week on felony charges related to Cottonwood storage locker burglaries committed last Sunday afternoon.
Idaho County Sheriff Doug Ulmer is introducing some members of the department and sharing with the public their new roles in the office.
A jury trial has been tentatively set Feb. 8 for a Grangeville man arrested on a federal warrant last month on drug charges.
WHITE BIRD — No injuries were reported from a vehicle fire last weekend that destroyed a pickup.
SYRINGA — Investigation is continuing for single-vehicle crash near Syringa on U.S. Highway 12 that resulted in injuries for an Idaho Falls man.
Beginning Friday, Jan. 1, drivers reported in violation of Idaho’s “hands-free” device code risk receiving a citation.
RIGGINS — Idaho State Police (ISP) is investigating last week’s two-vehicle crash that resulted in the death of a Michigan man.
Court proceedings are on hold for a Grangeville man — who is charged with felonies in the alleged beating of a woman earlier this summer — due to mental incompetency.
GRANGEVILLE — Prison time is pending for a Stites man sentenced this month on felony charges related to an August shooting incident.
COEUR D’ALENE — Idaho County Light and Power Cooperative is not to blame for a 2012 wildfire near Lucile that burned nearly 50,000 acres. This according to a jury that — following an eight-day trial in U.S. District Court in Coeur d’Alene — found ICLP not negligent.
The Idaho County Sheriff’s Office will be one of 53 law enforcement agencies statewide partnering with the Idaho Transportation Department’s Office of Highway Safety (OHS) to increase impaired-driving enforcement and education from Dec. 11 to Jan. 3, 2021, surrounding the holiday season. The…
GRANGEVILLE — A Washington State man charged with a low-speed pursuit incident in Kooskia last month faces new felonies for allegedly physically assaulting an Idaho County jailer.
COTTONWOOD— Responding to a residential burglary in progress, law enforcement were led on a chase near Cottonwood late last month that resulted in the arrest of a 35-year-old man on felony charges.
KOOSKIA — What started as a citizen driving complaint report ended in multiple charges, including one for felony eluding, for a Washington State man, alleged to have failed to yield to a county deputy during a low-speed pursuit around Kooskia last week on Thanksgiving eve.
Investigators have determined an Elk City man, who died at his own hand early last month, was responsible for the September murder of LeAnna Maree Bailey.
(Editor’s preface: This is the first in a two-part story on how the court and prosecution have been functioning since COVID-19 safety restrictions have been imposed.)
Investigators have determined an Elk City man, who died at his own hand early last month, was responsible for the September murder of LeAnna Maree Bailey.
GRANGEVILLE — Heading to the Idaho County Sheriff’s Office for non-emergency business? Staff asks the public, before they make a trip to the Idaho County Courthouse, to call ahead to ensure personnel will be available or the office will be open. According to Capt. Jim Gorges, recent COVID-19…
KAMIAH — Travis D. Ellenwood, 43, has been indicted on one count of strangulation, a felony, in connection with last month’s death of an adult female at a Kamiah residence.
Substantial damages and losses from a structure fire earlier this month could have been much worse, say officials, if not for infrastructure and equipment improvements provided earlier this year to the Ridgerunner Volunteer Fire Department through the generosity of its community.
GRANGEVILLE — Trial set this month for a 2019 felony battery case has been canceled, with a rescheduled date as yet undetermined, due to COVID-19 concerns.
GRANGEVILLE — It’s a smooth transition as outgoing Grangeville police chief Morgan Drew works beside incoming new chief Joe Newman. With about 30 years of law enforcement background, Newman takes charge of a six-person department overseeing city law enforcement when Drew steps down in mid-De…
STITES — Cause is undetermined and under investigation for a structure fire last week that substantially damaged a Stites residence. According to Chief Mark Anderson, Kooskia Volunteer Fire Department (KVFD), the state fire marshal’s office is handling the investigation.
KAMIAH — The possible murder of a Kamiah woman is under investigation by federal, tribal and county law enforcement.
Two Idaho County positions — for sheriff and commission — will be contested in next Tuesday’s Nov. 3 general election.
KAMIAH — Idaho Falls firefighter Bill Arsenault was appointed last week as the Kamiah area’s new fire/EMS chief. This selection follows the retirement of Dan Musgrave who served in Kamiah for 41 years.
ELK CITY -- Nearly a month into the investigation, the Idaho County Sheriff’s Office is releasing preliminary information into a homicide investigation in Elk City.
GRANGEVILLE -- Idaho County Sheriff’s Office (ICSO) were suspended on Tuesday, Oct. 13, following notification that a currently incarcerated inmate has tested positive for Covid-19.
SPOKANE, Wash. – Prison time was ordered for a Lenore man last week who was convicted of assaulting a woman within the Nez Perce Tribe Reservation.
ELK CITY -- The Idaho County Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating a death reported last weekend, Sept. 19-20, in Elk City.
A California man died in a motorcycle accident on the Magruder Road last week.
GRANGEVILLE – With Grangeville Police Chief Morgan Drew’s announced retirement, the city council Monday night accepted his resignation, effective on Dec. 11.
