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• Flood worries rising in region

  April 24, 2012 in City on Page A5 The highest floodwater in 15 years is expected on the St. Joe River at St. Maries later this week as a fast-melting snowpack combines with heavy rain that’s forecast for … 1

• Top jet boat competitors narrowed to one

  April 19, 2012 LEWISTON — Gord Humphrey is in a comfortable spot. He is leading the World Jet Boat Marathon Championship and doesn’t need to look over his shoulder. With two days of …

• World jet boat championship races draw fans to St. Maries

  April 16, 2012 in City, Idaho on Page A1 ST. MARIES – Mark Cromie’s jet boat roared to a stop on the St. Joe River here Sunday ahead of the competition. The boat, powered by a helicopter engine, handled … 3

• Landers: TV hunting host fined; Walleye bounty proposed - Oh my!

  March 22, 2012 in Sports, Outdoors on Page B1 Steelheading streams are off color and the wild turkey hunting season is still more than three weeks off. With a little breather in the action, let’s play the field today, … 2

• Field reports: Idaho fishing rules could be revised

  March 11, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C11 FISHING – Idaho is taking a look at the big picture of fishing throughout the state as it revises its management plans through 2018. Panhandle Region anglers will be asked … 1

• Landers: Single salmonfly offers nostalgic fishing dream

  June 23, 2011 in Sports, Outdoors on Page B1 He couldn’t have been more excited if a whopper brown trout had just swirled on his Stimulator. Spokesman-Review colleague Jim Kershner stormed into the office the other day gushing about … 1

• Hearing today on dock plans

  May 11, 2011 in City on Page A6 An application to build 28 commercial boat docks on the lower St. Joe River – the second large-scale application in recent months – will be presented to the Idaho Department …

• Controlled burns planned in North Idaho

  September 8, 2010 in City, Idaho on Page A7 Federal officials plan to set fires on up to 1,700 acres in North Idaho this fall as part of prescribed burning. The U.S. Forest Service has targeted 300 to 500 … 1

• Remnants of St. Joe cedars tell fire’s tale

  August 22, 2010 in Idaho on Page A1 The Valley of the Ghosts contains the hulking snags of cedars burned by the 1910 Fire.

• Tribe, Avista working to protect St. Joe River levees

  April 3, 2010 in Idaho on Page A1 The Shadowy St. Joe River is losing its signature shade trees. Hundreds of cottonwoods that once lined natural levees along the lower St. Joe River are gone. Uprooted by erosion, … 3

• Time has come to reserve cabins

  February 11, 2010 in Outdoors on Page B1 Here’s a wake-up call to trout anglers who’d like to take a shot at a few choice days of comfort and proximity: It’s time to apply for summer dates at …

• Milfoil attacked in St. Joe River

  July 11, 2009 in Idaho on Page B1 Decked out in diver’s gear, Glenn Edwards submerged for a search-and-destroy mission Friday. His target: Eurasian milfoil. The invasive aquatic weed has gained a toehold in the St. Joe River, …

• Survivors still trying to make sense of whitewater tragedy

  June 11, 2009 in Outdoors on Page B1 Tony Oertling was trying to launch his kayak in Marble Creek when Steve Jeffries delivered a raunchy punch line that buckled the professor’s knees. “That’s a good one,” Oertling said, …

• EWU professor killed in kayaking accident

  June 1, 2009 in News, City An Eastern Washington University professor is believed to be the man killed in a kayaking accident on the St. Joe River on Friday.

• Man feared drowned on St . Joe

  May 30, 2009 in Idaho A 54-year-old man is believed to have drowned Friday after a kayaking accident on the St. Joe River in Idaho, according to the Shoshone County Sheriff’s Office.

• Tugs roll with the crunches

  February 16, 2008 in Idaho on Page A1 The Pine Cat clawed its way up the St. Joe River on Friday morning, with Ken Parkin at the helm. An ice breaker was attached to the front of the …

• St. Joe scenery beckons

  July 4, 2004 in Outdoors on Page H1 Second in a series: Last time, Laurel Boone Helm offered her powerboater’s view of Banks Lake near Coulee City, Wash. This week The Lake Lady and her family launch their …