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Terrifying Small Town Sheriff in Idaho

A small town sheriff in Idaho is insisting that the ‘SSS’ in his “.308 SSS Wolf Pack Raffle” stands for ‘safety, security, and survival’ and not ‘shoot, shovel, and shut up’ as animal rights groups and...

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Snipers Have to Ask Permission, Even in Idaho

Bureau of Land Management officials recently shut down the Advanced Mountain Sniper Course, which was operating without authorization in the Upper Snake region and Caribou-Targhee National Forest. AMSC...

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ORVs Shouldn’t Run Over Salmon, Judge Says

The Salmon River, which cuts through the Salmon-Challis National Forest, will get protection from a federal judge’s ruling to restrict off-road vehicles in some sections of the 4.3 million acre forest...

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$10,000 Reward Offered for Shooter of Grizzly and Nursing Cub

Officials are offering a $10k reward for information leading to the arrest of the shooter of a Grizzly and her cub in northern Idaho. The dead bears were discovered by a hiker and elicited the outrage...

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Ongoing Ski Lift Repo in Idaho

Seven years after installing a one-mile high-speed lift at Tamarack Resort in Idaho the man who put up the lift is taking it back down. The resort and real estate developer hasn’t paid Bank of America...

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Wildfires Ruining Whitewater Rafting Businesses

The height of tourist season in Idaho happened to coincide with the height of wildfire season. In central Idaho the river businesses are dealing with nothing but cancellations. To be fair, 300 rafters...

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Stranded Sheep Rescued by Ski Patrol

A ewe trapped in snow just outside the boundary of Tamarack Ski Resort was hauled out of packed snow by ski patrol. A family that was backcountry skiing saw the animal and reported it, and the resort...

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Idaho Family Suing U.S. Forest Service Over a Tree That Fell on Their Son

A family in Idaho is suing the U.S. Forest Service because a dead tree near a fire ring fell in a gust of wind and injured their then 6-year-old son. He sustained a large cut, compound fracture, and...

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