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.

(This online story was corrected to clarify the agencies involved in the Lankford brothers’ arrests.)

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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.

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.

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.

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.

An Orofino man is being charged with felony vehicular manslaughter following last month’s fatal motorcycle crash at Kamiah.

Kids Klub recently welcomed Grangeville Police Department’s Sgt. Mike Quintal who taught about 30 kids about bike safety.

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

US 95 is closed between Nora Street in New Meadows and Lake Road, which is about four miles south of Grangeville. 

BURGDORF -- Shortly after a column of smoke shot up in the Burgdorf area, Burgdorf-French Creek Road was pronounced closed by the Payette National Forest last Sunday afternoon, Aug. 4. The PNF declared the road open later in the evening, even as a “heavy presence of firefighting resources” w…

GRANGEVILLE – A Grangeville man received a misdemeanor citation following a single-vehicle crash on Washington Street last Saturday afternoon that put his vehicle on its top.

WHITE BIRD – While attempting to find a man to serve a protection order, an Idaho County sheriff’s deputy instead found more than two dozen potted marijuana plants. Now, a White Bird man faces a felony trafficking charge.

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.

GRANGEVILLE – Earlier this month, Idaho County Commissioners penciled a 3 percent across-the-board cost-of-living increase to county employee pay as part of the budget for the upcoming fiscal year.

The Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests marked the start of wildfire season last Friday, July 26, with an effort to counter the eruption of a lightning-caused burn six miles east of the Powell Ranger Station, near where Crab Creek meets Colt Killed Creek in the deep woods.

COTTONWOOD – Preparedness was the name of the game for Idaho Department of Correction personnel involved in an emergency training exercise at Cottonwood earlier this month.