Sheriff Ryan Zollman said his department plans to begin using hand-held data entry devices to enter all the data for traffic tickets in Adams County later this year. Adams County Sheriff Department has received an E-Ticketing Grant through the Office of Highway Safety to provide equipment an…

Contractors are replacing signage and guardrails on US-95 near Winchester in preparation for extending the passing lane in the canyon by about three miles.

OROFINO – A country dance is set for the VFW Hall in Orofino this Sunday, April 7, 1 to 4 p.m. A potluck is set for 4 p.m. with the meat furnished. A cover charge of $5 allows for dancing and the meal. Mike Jenkins and Friends will provide the music. Everyone is welcome.

Registered voters for the Elk River returned to the polls or the post office in most cases, to cast their votes for the recall election for Mayor Dave Brown, 65, following a petition of numerous allegations against the mayor.

OROFINO – The Idaho Chapter of the American Fisheries Society (ICAFS) presented Dworshak National Fish Hatchery (Dworshak NFH) with the 2019 Excellence in Aquaculture Award earlier this month. Presented annually by the ICAFS Aquaculture Committee, the award honors achievement in the field of…

Midvale City Council met in regular session Monday, March 11. After two months of meetings, the committee examining the nuisance ordinance of the city submitted a rough draft to the council.

Road and Bridge Supervisor Kraig Spelman said that the thawing snow is causing sections of several county roads to become bottomless pits. The rising ground water causes the gravel base of the road to disappear leaving a slick clay roadway that can bury any vehicle without four-wheel drive.

Sen. Abby Lee and Legislators Ryan Kerby and Judy Boyle stopped in Council for a Town Hall meeting on Saturday to report on business from this year’s legislative session.

COUNCIL- Snow removal was the hot topic at Tuesday night’s Council City Council meeting. There has been above average snow falls and the city employees have been busy plowing. Local citizen, Heather Dickinson, was in attendance to tell the council her side of the snow removal story and how i…

Prairie River library district has hired Terra Baldus to replace Jenny Grobey as the manager of Nezperce Community Library. She started in the new position on Feb. 25 after being a consistent volunteer at the library for a little over a year, leading the toddler/preschool Play & Learn program.

With four new inches of snow since Tuesday, Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests developed recreation supervisor Samuel Manifold reported 60 inches in total with a temperature of 25 degrees at about 12:30 p.m. Friday, March 1.

A St. Maries man suspected of internet sex crimes did not appear in court Feb. 22. The reason: he had died at home of natural causes more than a week before. The Benawah County Coroner’s Office said the suspected cause of death was a heart attack around Feb. 11. Kenneth Campbell was set to a…

A St. Maries couple gambled and lost when they conspired to steal from a local business to fuel a casino weekend.

GRANGEVILLE -- The American Legion baseball team, The Camas Prairie Zephyrs, will hold sign-ups on Saturday, March 2, beginning at 9 a.m., at the Idaho County Veterans Center. A Booster Club meeting will be held concurrently. Players and parents who are interested in committing to this team …

LEWISTON -- Service Academy Day will be held at Lewiston High School Thursday, March 7, from 6 to 8 p.m. Students are invited to attend to learn more about the Service Academies, as well as how to obtain a Congressional Nomination.

Council and the surrounding area received about four feet of snow over the past week. However, the rest of Adams County received little snow. Highway 95 from Council to New Meadows was closed for more than four hours on Feb. 20 due to sow storms.

Lewiston Police arrested John M. Hill, 49, of Spokane, Wash., for trafficking in methamphetamines on Feb. 24. Hill was a passenger in a blue Subaru Forester that policde stopped for speeding in the 1000 block of Main Street. The police's narcotic detection K-9 alerted officers to the presens…

On Feb. 11, the Highland School Board approved adding one day a week - from three to four days a week - to its kindergarten schedule. Danette Horrocks, an instructor at Highland Elementary, said research supports the change, which will start with the 2019-2020 school year.

The St. Maries School District and other regional school districts have used up many of their snow days due to recent storms and are facing having to add days at the end of the school year to make up for the closures. 

Clearwater County would be the only county in the area without a Natural Resources Conservation Service office if plans to shut the location are followed. The NRCS Orofino office also hosts the Clearwater Soil and Water ConservationDistrict and the Idaho Soil and Water Commission offices. Sh…

Midvale Mayor Brian Graham said at the city council's regular session that two security cameras have been installed at the airport to improve security. The camera updates every 90 seconds, offering a current picture of airport weather.

Starting with the March 1 bills, the Cambridge City Council is raising water rates 5 percent. The council also approved of holding a vote, which is being scheduled for May, on a $1750,000 bond to pay for water-system improvements.