Nearly 700,000 acres have burned across Idaho so far this year, and state officials are predicting fire risk will remain high through September.  As the costs to fight fires increase, state agency staff said they plan to increase Idaho’s dedicated funding to boost firefighting resources amid tight budget conditions as staff prepare the budget request […]

Crews building the Boardman to Hagerman transmission line recently repositioned their crews and heavy equipment to help the effort to fight wildfires along the Oregon-Idaho border, company officials said.  Crews and companies with Quanta Services, MG Dyess, PJ Helicopters, Summit Line Construction and Probst Electric all contributed to the effort to help fight wildfires, officials […]

Up to 250 fire specialists from Australia and New Zealand are arriving in Boise this week to help fight wildfires across the Western United States.  The incoming fire specialists began arriving Tuesday, and will participate in orientation and national situation briefings Friday and Saturday at the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, officials with the […]

Idaho Gov. Brad Little and U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz said Friday that firefighting resources are stretched thin as significant wildfires burn across Washington, Oregon, Idaho and much of the Western United States.  As a result, both officials called on the public to redouble its efforts to prevent wildfires as hot, dry weather continues […]