Idaho

The Idaho Legislature can intervene in a lawsuit filed against Idaho by the U.S. Department of Justice challenging recently-passed state water laws, but a federal judge has yet to rule on whether ranchers and the Idaho Farm Bureau Federation can take part.

As of 6:00 a.m. Thursday, the Salmon‐Challis National Forest is rescinding the area, road, and trail closure order in association with the Woodtick Fire, order number: 04‐13‐22‐506. 

The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality has lifted an Air Quality Advisory and Burn Ban for Custer Lemhi counties.

ChargeWest met in Island Park Thursday to commemorate its efforts toward building more electric vehicles for the road and the accommodations it takes for those vehicles.

This is the first confirmed case of HPAI in domestic poultry this season.

The human caused Moose Fire burning west and south of North Fork has burned 130,077 acres and is 47% contained.

Several key provisions will lower the cost of prescription drugs for Medicare recipients

The human caused Moose Fire burning west and south of North Fork has burned 127,500 acres and is 37% contained.

Chipmaker Micron’s planned $15 billion investment in a new factory in the company’s hometown of Boise will help protect the United States from the vulnerabilities of a globalized semiconductor market, U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said Monday.

The Owl and Horse fires are under the command of Wyoming Type 3 Team 5.

The human caused Moose Fire burning west and south of North Fork has burned 125,925 acres and is 37% contained.

The Two and a Half Mile Fire is approximately 7,500 acres and growing.

This will be the final report for the Sawtell Peak Fire.

The human caused Moose Fire burning west and south of North Fork has burned 125,059 acres and is 35% contained.

Early Thursday morning, an Idaho State Police trooper directing traffic was struck by a vehicle and injured.

The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality has issued an Air Quality Advisory and Burn Ban for Lemhi County.

The Fremont County campfire ban has been extended to Friday, Sept. 16. 

The Sawtell Peak Fire is currently 37 acres, with 80% containment and 66 personnel assigned to the incident.

Evacuations were ordered Wednesday night for areas a few miles north of Salmon as the Moose Fire crossed the Ridge Road and moved downhill toward the town of Salmon after 9 p.m. 

Idaho State Police is investigating a vehicle collision which occurred on Tuesday at 9:57 p.m., on Interstate 15 at mile marker 180, in Clark County.

Organizers of an education funding initiative have asked to have the measure pulled from the November ballot after the Idaho Legislature last week passed a massive tax cut and education spending bill that made the initiative moot.

The Sawtell Peak Fire is currently 37 acres, with 60% containment and 92 personnel assigned to the incident.