By Zach HagadoneReader Staff The Lightning Creek fire, burning on about 2,400 acres nine miles north of Clark Fork, remained at 0% containment as of Aug. 6, officials with the U.S. Forest Service reported....
By Ben Olson Reader Staff More than two months after it was first detected, the Cougar Fire is finally just a memory. The Idaho Panhandle National Forests announced Wednesday it was rescinding the roads,...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The Cougar Fire, a long-burning wildfire located five miles east of Hope, appears to be near containment according to Idaho Panhandle National Forests. The fire — which started July...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The 7,608-acre Cougar Fire was 50 percent contained on Wednesday, according to fire officials. Thanks to 0.5-0.75 inches of rain on the fire the last couple of days, Idaho...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The Cougar Fire was an estimated 6,626 acres and 26- percent contained on Wednesday afternoon, with wind gusts of up to 20 mph near the fire through Thursday, according...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Monday’s wildfire story is wind, with 7-13 mph gusts anticipated on a couple of larger area blazes through Tuesday, according to Idaho Panhandle National Forests officials. The Cougar Fire...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The Cougar Fire made substantial moves over the weekend, as the blaze jumped Lightning Creek headed northeast and tripled in size. The fire, located five miles east of Hope,...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The Cougar Fire made substantial moves this weekend, as the blaze jumped Lightning Creek headed northeast and tripled in size. The fire, located five miles east of Hope, was...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The July 27 lightning storm started 93 fires across the Coeur d’Alene Interagency Dispatch Zone, with 11 growing to be greater than five acres, totaling around 1,500 acres, the...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The Cougar Fire, located five miles east of Hope and just north of Porcupine Lake, is an estimated 700 acres as of Monday and continuing to burn in rugged...
