Salmon, ID

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

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 newly rebuilt Baker Country Market in Salmon, Idaho, is scheduled to reopen to customers this Friday, August 14.

Red Flag Warning: East Salmon River Mountains/Salmon NF; Lemhi and Lost River Range/Challis NF until Aug 11 at 2:52 AM

Low water levels present challenges for fishing and boating. Continue reading…

Red Flag Warning: East Salmon River Mountains/Salmon NF; Lemhi and Lost River Range/Challis NF until Aug 10 at 8:04 AM

Red Flag Warning: East Salmon River Mountains/Salmon NF; Lemhi and Lost River Range/Challis NF until Aug 10 at 3:40 AM