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Such blow-ups — the rapid spread of wildfire when flames are whipped through dense, dry fuels by strong and often erratic winds — are a marquee trait of the largest fires burning in western Montana so far this year.

The Hayden Fire is located in the Lemhi Range, 18 miles west of Leadore, Idaho.

Multiple roads and trails in the Salmon-Challis Forest are closed because of the Hayden Fire thats burning near Leadore.

The Hayden Fire is located in the Lemhi Range, 18 miles west of Leadore, Idaho.

Multiple roads and trails in the Salmon-Challis Forest are closed because of the Hayden Fire thats burning near Leadore.

Alyssa Tyler editor in chief   Freshman in biology Alaina Fulkerson mounted the 50,000th specimen in the Pittsburg State University Thomas Sperry Herbarium. The plant, Draba Thompsoni, was collected by graduate student Michael Daines while conducting research in Idaho.    “This particular specimen was significant as it was collected by our master's student Michael Daines. It was…

A stop at Barney Hot Springs to soak my tired feet from hunting rocks and hiking most of the day was a needed break from driving as I enjoyed the 85-degree water lapping on my dirty feet. While relaxing, I noticed flashes of orange in the deeper water, so I took some of the bread […]

Cody Lind grew up outside a town of seven people in Idaho – that upbringing in the outdoors has made him an incredibly successful outdoorsman and mountain runner.

A ram looks for water after a day of chasing ewes. | Bill Schiess, EastIdahoNews.com “Have you seen the herd of bighorns up by Lone Pine,” a neighbor called to ask me a couple of weeks ago. “The rams are chasing the ewes all over a hay field and there are about six large rams […]