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RIGGINS - Quotes of the week: "Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind." - Pioneer Woman. And from Willie Nelson, "When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around." With Thanksgiving...

Idaho Department of Fish and Game staff take a sample from a deer killed by a hunter to test for Chronic Wasting Disease. Photo courtesy of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game.

GRANGEVILLE - At approximately 9:00 a.m. on Sunday, Idaho County Dispatch received a report of a domestic dispute which had occurred in the White Bird area. The victim was being treated at Syringa Hospital. According to the Sheriff's Office, Idaho County Deputies responded to the hospital and spoke with the...

Idaho Fish and Game has confirmed the first chronic wasting disease (CWD) case this hunting season in a new area of the state. The affected mule deer was found just south of New Meadows in Game Management Unit 32A. Before this case, CWD had been detected only in Unit 14, north of Riggins, in fall 2021.

SPOKANE, Wash. – The first case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) for 2023 was found in Idaho. Idaho Fish and Game (IDFG) confirmed they received a positive test result in a mule deer buck harvested seven miles outside of New Meadows in Unit 32A. CWD is a contagious, fatal neurological disease affecting deer, elk and moose. The disease has no cure and affects the brain of the infected animal. Symptoms include excessive salivation, drooping head and ears, tremors, low body weight and unusual behavior. IDFG asks that all hunters participating in deer or elk hunts in Units 2A, 22, 23, 24, and 32 have their harvested animal tested for the disease. Fish and Game would like as many samples as possible to determine the disease’s extent. For information on how to submit your harvested animal for testing, visit the Idaho Fish and Game website. IDFG says additional samples are at the lab, with results expected throughout November and December. “This is an unfortunate situation, but it’s why we test throughout the state for this disease,” IDFG Director Jim Fredericks said. “If it’s on the landscape, we want to know where, and we rely on hunters to provide samples so we can test for it and continue to manage to limit the spread of this disease.” CWD was first detected in Idaho in the fall of 2021 outside Unit 14, just north of Riggins. According to the Assistant Wildlife Bureau Chief, 49 animals have tested positive for CWD in Idaho, all from Unit 14. “Idaho Fish and Game has been monitoring CWD in deer and elk since 1997 and have tested approximately 26,000 animals over the last 26 years,” said Assistant Wildlife Bureau Chief Tricia Hebdon.

Clarence Stark volunteers his time at the Rapids River Fish Hatchery near Riggins helping to preserve the Chinook salmon’s cycle of life and their survival. Stark is pictured above sorting the males from the females. He checks to see if the female is ready to spawn and if so puts her into a spawning basket in the water. The rest go into a pen until the next sort. As of Sept. 6, 2,674 Chinook salmon were trapped at the hatchery with 1,400 females reaching the hatchery.

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NEW MEADOWS - Idaho State Police is investigating a two-vehicle collision that occurred on Monday morning near New Meadows. According to police, at 10:39 a.m., a 2004 Chevy Silverado, driven by a 63-year-old male from Riggins, was traveling southbound on US95 at milepost 173, north of New Meadows. A 2023 Kenworth semi-truck and trailer, driven by a 33-year-old male from Schaumburg, Illinois, was traveling northbound. The Silverado crossed left of center and struck the trailer, then overturned and came to rest on its top.

This week in Idaho County, Idaho, there were two incidents that required law enforcement intervention. The first incident involved a series of shoplifting incidents in the Riggins area, leading to the arrest of Cynthia Gardiner, a 41-year-old resident of New Meadows, Idaho, for Grand Theft. The second incident occurred in Grangeville, where a man attempted to hide drugs from deputies during a felony warrant arrest. He was subsequently arrested and booked into the Idaho County Jail on drug charges.

Idaho Fish and Game recently received test results confirming a positive case of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a mule deer buck harvested roughly seven miles south of New Meadows in Game Management Unit 32A. This is the first known...

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MCCALL, Idaho — Timber Roberts, who illegally lived on public lands in Idaho for three years, and assaulted and threatened federal officers, received his sentencing Monday, Oct. 30. Timber was sentenced to five and a half months in prison, of which the presiding judge in the case deemed "time served."

SPOKANE, Wash. - The first case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in 2023 was found in Idaho. Idaho Fish and Game (IDFG) confirmed they received a positive test result in a mule deer buck harvested seven miles outside of New Meadows in Unit 32A. CWD is a contagious, fatal neurological...

RIGGINS - Idaho Fish and Game recently received test results confirming a positive case of chronic wasting disease in a mule deer buck harvested roughly 7 miles south of New Meadows in Game Management Unit 32A. This is the first known case of CWD outside of Unit 14 north of Riggins, where the disease was first detected in Idaho in the fall of 2021.

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) has announced a concerning development with regards to chronic wasting disease (CWD) in the state. During the fall 2023 hunting season, the IDFG confirmed the first positive case of CWD in a mule deer near New Meadows. This marks the first known case of the disease outside of the Riggins area where it was initially detected in 2021.

This the first CWD outside Unit 14 and the first of the fall 2023 hunting season.

The following is a news release from Idaho State Police. Idaho State Police is investigating a two-vehicle collision that occurred Monday at 10:39 a.m. on US95 at milepost 173, North of New Meadows. A 2004 Chevy Silverado, driven by a 63-year-old male from Riggins, was traveling southbound. A 2023 Kenworth...

RIGGINS - On October 19, 2023, at approximately 12:06 p.m., Idaho County Dispatch took a call about a shoplifting incident in the Riggins, Idaho, area. Idaho County Deputies responded and met with the reporting party. The investigation into this incident continued and it was discovered that over a period of time, there were multiple shoplifting incidents involving this subject.