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Road over Hells Canyon Dam will be closed June 18
OXBOW — (Release by Idaho Power) The road over Hells Canyon Dam will be closed Tuesday, June 18, while Idaho Power crews perform required maintenance on the dam. The road will be closed from 8 a.m.—noon, Mountain Time, and again from 1 p.m.—4:30 p.m. MT. Vehicles will be allowed to cross between noon and 1:00pm. Anyone traveling to the U.S. Forest Service’s Hells Canyon Creek Visitors Center or the boat launch should plan to cross outside of the work hours.
Overnight weekend maintenance will cause some outages in Boise, Cambridge and Stanley (June 7-9)
UPDATE (Sunday, June 9, 11 a.m.): Overnight work was completed at around 2:43 a.m. because of the weather. Stations were back on air around that time. Work will resume around 3 p.m. today, at reduced power. UPDATE (Saturday, June 8, 11 a.m.): We were off the air overnight on KBSU...
Heavy rain could bring flooding to parts of Idaho, find out when and where
Our dry weather will be dramatically interrupted Sunday night through much of Monday as an atmospheric river of moisture blasts Idaho. The central mountain valleys like McCall in Long Valley will see around an inch of rain while 2"-3" of rain will fall on the mountain tops. Melting snow will provide an additional 3" of water content to flow into central Idaho Rivers. At this time no rivers are expected to rise to flood stage but the Middle Fork of the Payette River at Crouch is expected to crest just below minor flood stage by midday Tuesday.
School leaders in two resort towns get creative to offer affordable housing for staff — with mixed results
In the greater McCall area, teachers, custodians, bus drivers, and other school staff can’t afford to buy a home. Even Superintendent Eric Pingrey is priced out, and lives in a year-to-year rental. It’s a barrier to filling vacancies and recruiting new hires, Pingrey said. Those who know about the...
7'S HERO: Retiring New Meadows music teacher gets big surprise at final concert
NEW MEADOWS, Idaho — Many Idaho teachers are retiring this year after decades of teaching and many of them say it can be bittersweet. Just ask Meadows Valley School music teacher Jeff Parnett. He is retiring this year after over forty years of teaching music and band. "41 years....
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