Fire Season
Reversal of levy fortunes in Canyon County
On Tuesday, all four tax district levies on Canyon County ballots passed by comfortable margins a big change from two months ago, when Canyon voters nixed four of the five levies presented to them.
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BOISE, GARDEN CITY, MOUNTAIN HOME
Firefighters put out four small blazes near Camel’s Back park
Boise fire officials say four small blazes in the Camel’s Back park and 8th Street area are under control. Now investigators are trying to figure out how they were lit.
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BOISE, GARDEN CITY, MOUNTAIN HOME
BLM fire investigator asking for public's help in determining source of suspicious fire that burned 40 acres near Kuna Tuesday night
Four local fire agencies battled a surprisingly fast-moving grass fire that threatened three structures two houses and an out-building southeast of Kuna. About 40 acres of sage brush and vegetation burned, but none of the structures or other property was damaged, said Joe Link, a Kuna...
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BOISE, GARDEN CITY, MOUNTAIN HOME
Firefighter’s family raises questions about Boise man's death
The parents of firefighter Caleb Hamm say if crew members fighting fires in Texas last summer had kept an eye on each other, Caleb might have gotten life-saving medical care in time. Get news from Boise, Garden City and Mountain Home
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FIRE SEASON
After leaping out of planes almost 400 times to fight wildfires, Walt Wasser is hanging up his parachute
Longtime Idaho smokejumper Walt Wasser, dubbed a ‘living legend,’ retired last month after 395 jumps battling wildfire in Idaho forests.
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BOISE, GARDEN CITY, MOUNTAIN HOME
Largest of two fires burns 30 acres in Southeast Boise Wednesday afternoon
A grass fire that was reported at about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Cole and Vallejo roads burned about 30 acres.
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MERIDIAN, EAGLE, KUNA, STAR
Grass fire breaks out near Kuna
Kuna firefighters are battling a grass fire near Ten Mile and Hubbard roads. The fire was reported about 12:46 p.m., at the time it was about a half acre in size. Fire crews are protecting one nearby structure in case the fire spreads. Check back with Idaho Statesman for more details.
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Wondering why there are big military planes in Boise today?
Some military C-130s are in town for a media photo opp this afternoon at the National Interagency Fire Center, and two will be based here to be ready for wildfire-fighting duty in this region.
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LOCAL NEWS
Semi tractor-trailer catches fire, sparks grass fire in Elmore County
Crews from Elmore and Gooding Counties, Glenns Ferry and from the Bureau of Land Management are fighting a grass fire sparked by a burning semi truck on Interstate 84.
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ENVIRONMENT
Fire near Salmon forces Idaho cobalt mine construction workers to evacuate
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YAHOO FEEDS
Wildland fire crews make good progress on 20 small blazes in Boise National Forest
Fire crews have contained most of the 20 wildfires ignited Sunday night by a lighting storm in the Boise National Forest, officials said Wednesday.






