Highline Fire News Today

FERNWOOD, ID. — Firefighters are still working on the Tyson Fire burning in Benewah County that has grown to about 134 acres over the weekend.

FERNWOOD, ID. — Firelines are being constructed around a wildfire burning five miles west of Fernwood, Idaho.

Gila County continues to move forward with two major, long-delayed road projects – paving a portion of the Control Road and chip sealing a portion of Gisela Road.

The Gila County Board of Supervisors has approved a $1.5 million contract to pave a mile of the Control Road, thanks to a grant from the Forest Service.

Hummingbirds of iridescent green, fuchsia, and copper zip around a feeder dangling from the Diamond Point Lookout tower railing, 30 feet above ground. Three more feeders hang from the original

The Payson Airport has everything ready for Forest Service helicopters, reported staff in the town manager’s report.

Don’t plan on visiting Fossil Creek this summer, it remains closed since the Backbone Fire burned up the canyon last year.

>> reporter: the water roaring. rescuers soon on scene saving four others. that 6-foot high wall of water swept away just about everything in its path carrying trees, mud and a lot of rocks. and it was moving fast, more than 30 miles per hour. all of it caused by just an inch and a half of rain. that mixture of ash and logs left behind by the highline fire, burning more than 7,000 acres in june. >> and kenneth moton joins us from arizona tonight. kenneth, the difficult thing here was that there ...