Special Weather Statement: Western Lemhi County; Eastern Lemhi County; Bitterroot/Sapphire Mountains until Sep 02 at 5:40 PM

Special Weather Statement: Western Lemhi County; Eastern Lemhi County until Sep 01 at 11:52 PM

The Yakima Basin is about to flip its water operations for salmon and next year's crops, and river flows are about to get unpredictable. Continue...

Lemhi County Emergency Management issued evacuation orders for the Fourth of July drainage and Kriley Gulch due to the 40-acre Cherry Fire near Salmon, Idaho.

SALMON, Idaho (KIFI) – A $100 million federal grant to Salmon-based Jervois for a cobalt refinery could help restart the nation’s largest cobalt mine. “The mine in Salmon is not operable right now. It’s not operating because it’s not economic at the moment,” U.S. Assistant Secretary of Energy Audrey Robertson told Local News 8 on […] The post <a href="https://localnews8.com/news/local-news/2026/08/24/100m-grant-to-salmon-based-jervois-could-jumpstart-ida

Special Weather Statement: Eastern Lemhi County until Aug 22 at 4:04 AM

Special Weather Statement: Eastern Lemhi County until Aug 22 at 3:04 AM

The U.S. Department of Education awarded $100 million to Salmon-based Formation Holdings US, Inc., also known as Jervois, to build a commercial cobalt refinery as part of a national initiative to secure domestic critical mineral supply chains.

HEAT ALERT – FRIDAY NOON TO 3 PM: DANGEROUS AFTERNOON HEAT PEAK Synopsis: Sunny, Hot & Building Toward Storms It’s another sunny, hot summer day across eastern Idaho, with temperatures climbing into the mid to upper 90s across the valleys and the upper 80s in the mountains. Even Salmon will be feeling the heat, with

The Baker Country Market in Baker, Idaho, has successfully reopened following its reconstruction by the local community after being destroyed by a fire in February.