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 ...

IDAHO FALLS – State and federal land management agencies have put fire restrictions in place for all of eastern Idaho as it enters the heart of wildfire season. The Eastern Idaho Interagency Fire ...

The new law went into effect July 1 and requires investor-owned utility companies such as Idaho Power, Rocky Mountain Power, Avista Utilities and Atlanta Power to adopt and submit wildfire mitigation ...

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 height of fire season, ...

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, ...

IDAHO FALLS — An 81-year-old man was reportedly burned Wednesday as firefighters fought to put out the Lava Trail Fire next to the Arco Highway/U.S. Highway 20. According to the Eastern Idaho ...

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 ...

A Forest Service firefighter in Idaho. Idaho has sued the Forest Service seeking records explaining its firefighting policies. (Courtesy U.S. Forest Service) Idaho’s government has filed a lawsuit ...

Idaho Department of Lands officials are seeking to balance state-mandated budget cuts that almost all state agencies face this year with the desire to provide the aggressive and safe wildfire response ...

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.

The Valley Fire burns in the Boise foothills on Oct. 4 in this file photo taken from Southeast Boise. (File photo courtesy of Robbie Johnson/Idaho Department of Lands) In conjunction with a new law ...