A small dog narrowly survived an attack by a mountain lion at a home in southwestern Hailey early Tuesday evening.

The U.S. Forest Service has recognized four Sawtooth Avalanche Center employees for their efforts to save lives with consistent, quality avalanche forecasting.

Silver Creek Preserve nearby Picabo is The Nature Conservancy’s flagship conservation project in Idaho, attracting thousands of anglers and nature lovers every year.

A week-long series of storms in early November, a two-day snowstorm last week and a quick-hitting storm over the weekend have brought current local snowpack totals to 176% of normal for this time in the year, according to the National Resources Conservation Service.

A group of high school students from the Wood River Valley dropped a banner from the Perrine Bridge in Twin Falls on Nov. 12 that read “Restore the Lower Snake River” and “Honor Indigenous Rights and Treaties.”

The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for Blaine County and eastern Custer County, including the Wood River Valley cities and a swath of the Lost River Range from Copper Basin to Borah Peak.

Seven professional firefighters known as “smokejumpers” parachuted into a remote area in the Sawtooth Mountains on Aug. 14 to try to contain a newly discovered wildfire. The lightning-caused blaze, about 260-acres in size, was burning in steep, sparsely forested terrain north of Ross Fork Ba…

A La Niña weather pattern will return to the United States for the third consecutive winter, likely bringing wetter-than-average conditions to the northern Rockies and Pacific Northwest, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s U.S. Winter Outlook, released last week.

The Wood River Land Trust is expected to sign a $350,000 purchase and sale agreement with the city of Hailey today, Oct. 12, finalizing a long-sought conservation easement on 22 out of 28 acres of city property at the mouth of Croy Canyon.

Idaho’s wolf population has averaged around 1,250 so far this year—well above the 150 wolves and 15 breeding pairs required to keep the animals off the endangered species list, Idaho Fish and Game Director Ed Schriever told around a dozen lawmakers last Thursday.

The U.S. Supreme Court opened its term Monday with an Idaho case that could significantly restrict the federal government’s power to enforce clean water laws and prove crucial in determining wetland protections.

The Bald Mountain Stewardship Project is wrapping up its first full year in operation with a volunteer tree planting day on Friday. About 25 students and other community volunteers will round out the planting of 3,000 tree seedlings in the vicinity of the Roundhouse restaurant.

The Ross Fork Fire that earlier this month scorched vast areas of public land in northern Blaine County in just days and threatened the community of Smiley Creek is now mainly burning in unburned pockets of previously burned areas and is no longer significantly growing.

The U.S. Forest Service has named Jake Strohmeyer as the Sawtooth National Forest’s new forest supervisor.

The federal Great Basin Team 3 moved off the 37,811-acre Ross Fork Fire Tuesday, handing over command to a smaller regional outfit now tasked with controlling what’s left of the Sawtooth Valley blaze.