MISSOULA, Mont. — Fire officials conducted the first infrared flight on the Deep Creek Canyon fire burning near Townsend early Thursday morning, and new maps show the fire to be 4,641 acres. The fire ...

The origin story of Hells Canyon, North America's deepest river gorge, has long been unclear to scientists. But new research estimates it formed about 2.1 million years ago when a dramatic flood event ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — An overnight flight notes six acres of growth at the Deep Creek Canyon fire burning near Townsend. The fire has burned more than 4,600 acres. Anew area closure encompassing many ...

WALLOWA COUNTY, Ore. — We really get away from it all this week on a trip where distances are great and people are few! We head to the eastern edge of Oregon on the border with Idaho for a scenic ...

The Kirby Creek Lodge is on the Idaho side of the Snake River about 28 miles downriver from Hells Canyon Dam. A business that runs jet boat trips in Hells Canyon has bought the only parcel of private ...

Hells Canyon, the deepest river gorge in the United States, likely got rapidly carved 2.1 million years ago when a shifting landscape in Idaho caused a giant lake to start overflowing. That's ...

SMELTERVILLE, Idaho — Hells Canyon, Hell Roaring Creek, and Smelterville and Warm Lake - all places in Idaho that convey images of extreme temperatures. While they are hot - in name and sometimes in ...