The Idaho State Police currently have all available troopers working throughout the state to keep Idaho roads safe. The increased patrols will focus on reducing the number of impaired and other unsafe drivers on Idaho roadways during the holiday season.
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The Idaho State Police currently have all available troopers working throughout the state to keep Idaho roads safe. The increased patrols will focus on reducing the number of impaired and other unsafe drivers on Idaho roadways during the holiday season.
The Grangeville Police Department (GPD) is currently investigating the Dec. 10 discovery of a skimmer device on a Main Street gas station fuel pump.
WHITE BIRD – Lucile resident Thomas Lindsey was treated for injuries received in a head-on crash on U.S. Highway 95 last week.
COTTONWOOD – A Lewiston man was injured in a single-vehicle rollover accident on Graves Creek Road last Wednesday, Dec. 11.
GRANGEVILLE – A Grangeville man faces felony charges for the alleged severe beating of a 15-month-old girl.
GRANGEVILLE – Building damage estimates are pending following last week’s single-vehicle crash into the credit union last Wednesday, Dec. 4.
GRANGEVILLE – A former Idaho County man will serve a minimum 10 years in prison, following his sentencing this week for felony sexual abuse of a minor.
GRANGEVILLE – A District Court judge has denied a motion by Mark Lankford for a new trial concerning his conviction earlier this fall for the 1983 murders of a couple at Grangeville.
RIGGINS -- A Washington State commercial driver was cited for inattentive driving following last week’s noninjury rollover semi-truck crash north of Riggins.
GRANGEVILLE – “I’m about people serving people, and making sure we are operating under a righteous leadership,” Casey Zechmann said. “I feel I have the integrity and the right intent to lead, as I would expect from a sheriff.”
The FBI has concluded a forensic examination of the remains of Shawnta L. Pankey. According to a joint release from Nez Perce County Coroner Joshua Hall and the Idaho County Sheriff’s Office, at this time, neither agency will be releasing any of the FBI’s report to the public.
Vehicle owners will need to provide proof of insurance for two consecutive months or risk having their registration suspended beginning in 2020.
GRANGEVILLE – A Middleton man charged in September’s carjacking and pursuit across the Camas Prairie is petitioning for a change of venue for trial, due to claims he will not receive an impartial jury in Idaho County.
GRANGEVILLE – Five people have a new home, for now, after being displaced following last week’s Pleasant Valley Apartments complex fire.
GRANGEVILLE -- Persons displaced by last Thursday’s Grangeville apartment complex fire have nothing but the clothes on their back. With American Red Cross (ARC) shelter services ending Monday, organizers have arranged housing for the remaining five without a place to stay, but the home will …
GRANGEVILLE -- An early morning structure fire at Pleasant Valley Apartments resulted in four residents being transported for medical treatment – one with burns – and an estimated 16 residents currently displaced from their units.
LEWISTON -- Found guilty at trial last month for double murder, Mark H. Lankford is set for sentencing in the case this Friday, Oct. 25.
GRANGEVILLE – A Grangeville woman on probation for a 2018 forgery and grand theft conviction has incurred the same charges from a new incident from earlier this summer.
GRANGEVILLE – County law enforcement moves a step further into the computer age later this month when e-ticketing goes online.
GRANGEVILLE – A court date is pending for a Grangeville woman, alleged to have forged a $1,722 check.
Idaho State Police is currently investigating two unrelated traffic crashes on U.S. Highway 95 from Friday night, Oct. 4, with both resulting in fatalities.
A 2017 lawsuit brought by a Syringa wrecking services provider -- alleging civil rights violations and breach of contract on the part of the Idaho County Sheriff’s Office and Idaho County Commission -- has been dismissed in federal court.
Idaho State Police is currently investigating two unrelated traffic crashes on U.S. Highway 95 from Friday night, Oct. 4, one of which resulted in the death of a Sandpoint man.
A Kooskia man will spend the next several years in prison for a series of burglary, theft and related crimes committed across three counties late last year.
GRANGEVILLE – A Grangeville man was evaluated at Syringa Hospital Monday afternoon following a three-vehicle crash at the intersection of State Highway 13 and the truck route.
DAYTON, Wash. – Marvin E. Vansickel, 80, of Kamiah, died Monday morning, Sept. 30, in a single-vehicle rollover accident near Dayton, Wash., according to the Washington State Patrol (WSP).
(This online story was corrected to clarify the agencies involved in the Lankford brothers’ arrests.)
STITES -- Alcohol is a suspected factor in a rollover accident into the Clearwater River last week.
An emphasis on drivers’ safety, conducted in Idaho County on U.S. Highway 12 by state and tribal police agencies, resulted in several dozen motorist contacts, along with traffic citations and two misdemeanor charges.
GRANGEVILLE – Idaho County’s calm was shattered last week when an armed subject sped through the region, eluding law enforcement, stealing two vehicles – one at gunpoint – and ditching north of Grangeville where he hid out in a canyon before surrendering to police.
Failure to negotiate a curve resulted in the death of a Grangeville woman on State Highway 14 last week.
GRANGEVILLE -- Multiple felony charges are pending against Jackie Shayde Sedillo, who is alleged to have fled from law enforcement in a stolen vehicle, took two more during his escape attempt – one at gunpoint – and fled into Cottonwood Creek canyon where he was taken into custody Wednesday …
SLATE CREEK -- Idaho State Police is investigating a Sunday afternoon noninjury crash on U.S. Highway 95 that blocked the road for 45 minutes.
The Salmon River Ranger District will be initiating the Wickiup prescribed fire southeast of Grangeville as early as Wednesday, Sept. 4, conditions permitting.
LUCILE -- Idaho State Police is continuing to investigate last week’s multiple injury collision between a car and motorcycle on U.S. Highway 95 at Lucile.
WINONA – Multiple law enforcement agencies were on search efforts late Tuesday afternoon for a suspect – believed armed -- involved in a high-speed chase from New Meadows to Grangeville.
Law enforcement officials are pursuing an armed suspect who allegedly fled a traffic stop in Adams County and then headed to the Grangeville area, according to David Rauzi, editor of the Idaho County Free Press, who is on the scene.
The Big Smith Fire, reported to Grangeville Interagency Dispatch Center at about 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 27, is about 1.5 acres in size, about 1.5 miles north of Syringa, and is being contested by 13 personnel and a helicopter with additional resources responding. Those resources include a Loch…
Public comment is sought on a prescribed burning project, the Rapid River Ecosystem Maintenance Burn Project, located on the Payette and Nez Perce-Clearwater national forests. Comment deadline is Sept. 16.
The Burgdorf-area Nethker Fire remains 98 percent contained at 2,355 acres in size. It has not increased in size for several days, according to the management team in charge.
GRANGEVILLE -- Law enforcement officers investigating a domestic abuse incident last week arrested a Grangeville man for physically combatting a police officer.
KAMIAH – Forest Service law enforcement officers are seeking information to recent vandalism at O'Hara Campground, located on the Moose Creek Ranger District of the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests at the confluence of O’Hara Creek and the Selway River. A concrete picnic table at one of…
Eating bugs and sleeping three hours a night, a lost Utah man survived five days in Idaho County’s remote back country until a guiding light helped lead him out to a rescue party camp.
STITES – An unfortunate osprey took a tangle into power lines last week that sparked a wildfire, which burned 20.1 acres outside the community.
Mark H. Lankford’s third murder trial related to the 1983 deaths of U.S. Marine Capt. Robert Bravence and his wife, Cheryl, a special education teacher, is set to begin Sept. 3 in Canyon County.
A Boise man was transported home for medical treatment following a two-vehicle sideswipe accident that occurred three miles south of White Bird on U.S. Highway 95.
SLATE CREEK – Susie Bradley of Slate Creek wasn’t on the phone long with this caller.
The Nethker Fire remains 98 percent contained as of Tuesday morning, Aug. 20, and is still 2,355 acres in size.
COTTONWOOD -- North Idaho Correctional Institution and University of Idaho celebrated the first Inside Outside course completion graduation. After the success of this course at Idaho Correctional Institution – Orofino, U of I assistant professor, Dr. Omi Hodwitz, was able to readapt the cour…
GRANGEVILLE - Judge Gregory FitzMaurice granted a motion from the defense to postpone from September to January the trial of two Greencreek sisters accused of attempting to contract the murder of their neighbor.
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