Toxic blue-green algae blooms have made waters in parts of Hayden Lake unsafe, forcing the Panhandle Health District and the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality to issue a public health advisory.

Officials lowered evacuation orders for residents living near two fires that started Sunday, one on Hazard Hill in the Wandermere area and the other near East Valley Lane in Elk.

Neighbors have raised concerns about an alt-right ex-comic’s plans for a 10-acre parcel along the Moyie River, but an official who visited the property earlier this month identified no violations of the Boundary County zoning code and observed little construction activity.

After nearly three decades of living with the storylines and characters at the heart of his “Newirth Mythology,” local author Michael Koep is one major step closer to sharing the series with fans in a new medium: television.

Tributes began pouring in from around the globe Sunday for Capt. Dale “Snort” Snodgrass, the legendary U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcat pilot who died in a single-engine airplane crash Saturday at the Lewiston-Nez Perce County Regional Airport.

A fire that started near Silverwood Theme Park on Friday afternoon was 75 acres and 75% contained, according to the Idaho Department of Lands Saturday evening.

BLY, Ore. – Out-of-state crews headed to Montana on Saturday to battle a blaze that injured five firefighters as the West struggled with a series of fires that have ravaged rural lands and destroyed homes.

As Idaho’s coronavirus case numbers surge again, vaccination numbers continue to lag.

Thousands of people were forced to evacuate Silverwood Theme Park late Friday afternoon as a rapidly expanding wildfire approached.

The shooter and his victims have been identified in the suspected murder-suicide at the Sundown Motel in Kamiah on Monday.

A fire that started early Thursday morning in Whitman County north of Colton ballooned to approximately 2,000 acres and was still growing.

Seven years ago tomorrow, a swarm of thunderstorms rolled across the Inland Northwest, producing brief heavy rains, strong winds and some golf-sized hailstones that left a trail of damage. Sunny skies and warm temperatures preceded the storm outbreak. After all, it was July.

WASHINGTON – A farmer who grows vegetables in Idaho and Oregon testified alongside the head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in a Senate hearing Wednesday, urging senators to pass a bill championed by Northwest lawmakers to fix an immigration system Republicans and Democrats agree is broken and threatens the nation’s food supply.

Rep. Priscilla Giddings says an ethics investigation she’s facing is “dirty politics,” but her opponent in the race for lieutenant governor, House Speaker Scott Bedke, said Wednesday the probe is legitimate and the complaint signed by a bipartisan group of 24 lawmakers was dated before Giddings announced she was running.

A runaway 17-year-old Spokane girl missing for three months was found in the RV of a 53-year-old Spirit Lake resident by police on July 13.

The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it will continue border restrictions on nonessential travel to the U.S. from Canada at land and ferry entries, deviating from Canada’s plans to completely open to fully vaccinated Americans.