SHOSHONE, Idaho — In an effort to reduce human-caused fires in southern Idaho, fire officials will implement Stage 1 fire restrictions by midnight on Thursday, July 31. The move comes during the ...

POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI) - Fire crews are working to extinguish two fires burning in southeast Idaho. The Rocky Knoll Fire is burning 2.5 miles east of Thatcher, near the Trout Creek drainage, ...

The Central Idaho Dispatch Zone, which includes the Salmon-Challis National Forest, elevated its fire danger to “very high” this week, U.S. Forest Service officials announced. In a press release ...

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho – Fire crews have made progress in containing the 38-acre Nettleton Gulch Fire. The Idaho Department of Lands (IDL) announced crews have established 15% containment, with no ...

BOISE, Idaho — The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced two recreational shooters must pay the agency more than $24,000 after reportedly sparking the Leeds and Chalky Butte fires in 2024.

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) — As wildfire danger increases, the Eastern Idaho Interagency Fire Center is implementing Stage 1 fire restrictions on federal, state, and private lands across 14 counties, ...

The Mountain West News Bureau and Boise State Public Radio have been covering the growing homeowners insurance crisis in Idaho and across the region for well over a year. Here you’ll find interactive ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Wildland firefighters on the Kootenai National Forest continue to contend with very active fire conditions. From August 30 through Tuesday, crews responded to numerous ...

The Idaho Department of Lands is partnering with OroraTech to trial satellite wildfire detection technology to monitor for wildfires, like the one seen here. Bureau of Land Management Idaho is trying ...

Wildfire risk is growing across the West, and more people are building homes in places where urban development meets the wild — what’s known as the wildland/urban interface (WUI). So it’s more ...