Boise – In the lead-up to Election Day, Attorney General Lawrence Wasden, Secretary of State Lawerence Denney, U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho Bart M. Davis and Idaho’s county clerks are urging Idahoans to get their election-related information from trusted sources.
The following are featured in this year’s special section:
The 2020 Idaho County Fair, held in Cottonwood Aug. 18-22, is in the books. Here are a few p…
Youth in Focus 2020.
On Oct. 27, the Clearwater County Sheriff's Office and Backcountry Medic's responded to a UTV accident near Cayus Junction. Upon arrival they found Derek Dayley, 40, of Boise, had rolled his Can Am UTV down an embankment. He walked several miles before building a shelter. He was unable to ge…
Boise, Idaho – Governor Brad Little has appointed Ron Davies of Clayton as the Idaho Fish and Game Commission Salmon Region representative.
Adams County has seen an upsurge in criminal activity in recent weeks, particularly with regard to car and home thefts. Suspects have been sighted checking car and house doors. Thefts of items such as ATM cards and valuable equipment in vehicles and have been reported from unlocked areas. Th…
Valley County’s three fire chiefs on Monday told Valley County’s commissioners that consolidating the county’s fire districts would be “an exercise in futility”.
The Greater Chamber of Commerce of Craigmont presented Erle Streibeck of Craigmont with a plaque to thank him for all of his volunteer work during the chambers regular monthly meeting on Wednesday Oct. 14 held at Sweets & Eats in Craigmont.
The Lewis Clark Valley has been welcoming riverboat cruise traffic for several decades. In recent years there has been an uptick in the number of cruise vessels with additional growth expected in the future. The Ports of Clarkston and Lewiston, with support from local stakeholder organizatio…
A proposed cap on new sewer hookups in McCall could hamper the city’s efforts to generate housing for local residents, the McCall City Council was told last week.
Crews are nearing completion of a $6.6 million project to move a mile-long taxiway at the McCall Municipal Airport about 100 feet east of its previous location.
POLLOCK — Two construction personnel are back at work this week, following an equipment failure that caused the pair to fall at the Pollock slide south of Riggins last week.
On serving: ‘I consider a calling from the Lord to do’.
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.
Several pieces of Council history are missing.
With an area of over 500 cubic yards, the job of replacing the tarmac on the McCall Smokejumper Base and helibase was a hefty job.
Construction on the new Orofino Creek Bridge has been slightly delayed due to the boulders they encountered and had to drill. LaRivierre will be working longer days and during the weekends to get caught up.
COEUR D'ALENE – Bren Allen Goodnight, 31, of Lewiston, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to six years in federal prison for unlawful possession of a firearm and unlawful possession of ammunition.
Two missing persons cases from this year remain open with the Clearwater County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO), and the agency asks the public to keep an eye out for them.
Between 50 percent and 80 percent of Midas Gold workers would not live in the area during construction and operation of Stibnite Gold Project, according to Payette National Forest’s draft study of the proposed mine.
Human remains have recently been discovered along the Selway River, with one set currently undergoing analysis to assist in identification. With two men -- brothers Jesse and Raymond Ferrieri-- still missing following a 2018 vehicle accident in the region, investigators are hopeful these may…
The public should plan for a slower process at county DMV offices mid-month as the state transitions into an updated vehicle registration and titling system in October.
Sewer Revenue Bond Election will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 3.
Orofino City Council members and city staff praised the efforts of several local members of the community at the meeting held Sept. 22, to deliver some long-awaited projects in Orofino.
The nearly 64-year-old Pilot Peak Lookout on the Payette National Forest has received some much-needed restoration to keep the remote lookout in operation.
In lieu of a speaker an open forum evolved at the Sept/ 2 Chamber of Commerce meeting, Paul Pence, Natural Resource Manager at Dworshak Reservoir, provided an update as folks from all over the country flee to Idaho from COVID, bringing record number visitors to Dworshak Reservoir.
Illegal killing of non-game wildlife is a global, decades-old, yet poorly documented issue. The prevalence and ecological consequences of illegal killing are often underestimated or completely unknown.
BOISE -- Governor Brad Little recently announced the Idaho Department of Commerce (IDOC) awarded $48.9 million in federal coronavirus relief funds for 102 projects across Idaho that support improved broadband infrastructure, equipment, and services.
NEZPERCE – Four Lewis County Fair Royalty members will pass the baton this weekend at the fair, set for Sept. 24-27.
At about 3:45 a.m., Clearwater County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of a wildfire near mile marker 2 on Upper Fords Creek Road. CPTPA, Orofino Fire, and Upper Fords Creek Fire responded to the area. Two helicopters were designated to assist in fighting the fire. The fire was contain…
The Environmental Protection Agency in September awarded the Nez Perce Tribe a $200,000 grant, part of a $2.053 million amount split among 14 organizations, universities, and government agencies to reduce and assess toxins affecting the Columbia River Basin watershed.
The Cottonwood City Council held their regular meeting Monday, Sept. 14.
Due to the significant loss of homes and property by the Whitetail Loop fire on Sunday, Aug. 30, and more recent Sunnyside Complex Fire (Clover and MM49) on Monday, Sept. 7, Harold Kinne VFW Post 3296 has established an account at Lewis Clark Credit Union to help the victims of these devasta…
On Sept. 9, at approximately 8:45 a.m., the Clearwater County Sheriff's Office responded to a single vehicle crash at about mile marker 1 on Townsite Road. Upon arrival deputies discovered the driver of the white Toyota Tacoma a 71-year-old male identified as Michael Brown from Moscow. Micha…
The Cambridge School District closed school for Monday and Tuesday due to a confirmed case of COVID-19 in a staff member that had the potential to spread the virus to a large majority of the student body. At a special board meeting on Monday night, the board decided that school would be able…
BOISE -- Nearly three dozen venomous snakes were recently seized from a Boise residence following a lengthy Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) investigation. While many of the specimens were Great Basin rattlesnakes – a species native to Idaho – many others were exotic species from Sou…
City Council members faced a busy agenda for Aug. 25. Under Petitions, Appeals, Applications, and Communications, a letter in reference to the City of Orofino’s Forgone Tax Accrual was received from Don Gardner, and distributed to council members, recommending the council not to use the Forg…
Owyhee County -- Idaho’s first locally-acquired human West Nile virus (WNV) infections this year have been identified among two Owyhee County residents. Both residents were over the age of 50. One was diagnosed with West Nile fever and the other was identified through blood donor screening. …
Idaho County’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 6.2 percent in July, the third in a series of monthly declines since the peak caused with the start of the COVID-19 pandemic procedures.
Public schools from across the state are in various forms of flux as they navigate COVID-19 and what it means for school re-openings.
Got a call to make or a text to answer? Better not do that while you’re driving.
LEWISTON – Lewis-Clark State College’s Adult Learning Center is offering General Education Development (GED) Certification orientation sessions in September at locations in Grangeville, Lewiston, Moscow and Orofino.
The Clearwater County Sheriff's Office received report of the overdue hiker, in the Black Lead Mountain area, on Sept. 1. Andrew Schubauer, from Missoula, was supposed to return on Aug. 31 for work, and did not show up. Deputies and Back Country Medics responded to search for Schubauer. The …
POLLOCK – Detour traffic is open 24-7 on the Old Pollock Road as crews continue to remove rock blasted at a slide location south of Riggins last Friday afternoon, Aug. 28. Work is expected to take a week, after which traffic will be shifted back on to U.S. Highway 95.
AHSAHKA -- Cooler temperatures and Monday night's rain aided in fire suppression efforts on the Whitetail Loop Fire, which is currently mapped at 450 acres.
STITES – A section of Lukes Gulch Road will be shut down this week as Idaho County begins a series of long-awaited repair projects that are estimated to be completed later this fall.
POLLOCK -- Both U.S. Highway 95 and Old Pollock Road are expected to close this Friday evening, Aug. 28, to allow crews to blast an estimated 14,000 cubic yards of unstable rock from the slope, the same amount that has fallen to the road since the first slide at milepost 188 on July 3.
Though threatened, no structures have been lost to the Shissler Fire near Elk City, which as of press time is nearly 2,400 acres. In fact, the Forest Service reports the firs continues to move east away from structures
A 62-year-old Clarkston, Wash., man died Sunday afternoon following his being swept underwater on the Selway River.
A new study shows seniors are contracting STD’s nationally at historic levels and Idaho ranks No. 47 for infections among states.
On Friday, Aug. 14, New Meadows Mayor Darbey Edwards turned in his resignation letter to the City of New Meadows.
(McCall, Aug. 21, 3:40 p.m.) - The Idaho Department of Lands (IDL) is urging the public to be aware of and avoid the area near the Copeland Fire, burning approximately 5 miles east of McCall on Idaho Endowment Land. It is 90 acres in size.
According to court documents, Nez Perce County prosecutors have charged a Peck man with voluntary manslaughter after his roommate died Sunday, Aug. 9 at Deaconess Medical Center in Spokane.
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