Fire season fizzles out
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
Autumn weather has officially set in to the relief of firefighters across the state. The Idaho Department of Lands released its final statewide fire update …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
Autumn weather has officially set in to the relief of firefighters across the state. The Idaho Department of Lands released its final statewide fire update …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Five conservation groups are suing the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Customs and Border Patrol over the agencies’ decision to move forward with a road …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The U.S. Forest Service and Idaho Department of Lands have identified a large portion of North Idaho as high fire risk, making it one of …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
In 35 years working in fire services, Selkirk Fire Chief Ron Stocking has only had two Fourth of July holidays off. The nature of the …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
The U.S. House of Representatives isn’t the same workplace for a Republican Congressman that it was four months ago.
Just ask freshman Rep. Russ Fulcher. …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
With no end in sight to the government shutdown constricting Washington, D.C., it may well go on record as the longest in U.S. history.
That …
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 …
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 …
By Reader Staff
Jeanne Higgins, Forest Supervisor for the Idaho Panhandle National Forests, has issued a Draft Decision and Finding of No Significant Impact for the Boulder Creek Restoration Project …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Wildfire officials say June weather plays a large part in fire season outlook, and for the Idaho Panhandle this year, a wet and chilly June …
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