Orofino News

Join us for Week 409 of Orofino History Trivia a special feature to celebrate the history and heritage of Clearwater Country.

National Weather Service-Missoula has issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook for the Orofino/Grangeville region, Northern and Southern Clearwater Mountains, Hells Canyon and the Salmon River region for possible thunderstorms.

Until very recently the country's incarcerated were still living in a world of Walkmans, radios, and cassette tapes.

Join us for Week 409 of Orofino History Trivia a special feature to celebrate the history and heritage of Clearwater Country.

An inmate at the Idaho Correctional Center in Orofino is facing the possibility of a longer stretch in prison after federal prosecutors say he was running a class-action lawsuit scheme from his cell.

Join us for Week 408 of Orofino History Trivia a special feature to celebrate the history and heritage of Clearwater Country.

The Idaho Fish and Game Commission Tuesday, April 30, approved a spring Chinook salmon fishing season to start Saturday, May 4, on parts of the Clearwater, Salmon and Snake rivers.

Andea Bonner was named Orofino's Distinguished Young Woman with Kylie Tyler as first runner-up and Sydnee VanKomen, second runner-up following the competition Saturday evening.

All the people were safe after a residential fire at 13826 1st Ave. W in Orofino Thursday morning, though the house had extensive damage from what Assistance Fire Chief Clay Hesson said was a very hot fire.

The town of Orofino is putting in a new multi-million dollar water facility. JC Constructors out of Meridian, Idaho are working on the facility that's needed to be replaced for quite some time.

The two books I've been reading this week both deal with momentous changes experienced by the Nez Perce people in the last half of the 19th century, yet both will have some resonance with readers today.