In the late ’60s and early ’70s, Bill Platts’ job was to survey dozens of lakes in and around Central Idaho, examining their water quality and the suitability of their fish habitat. One day in August ...

Comprising 756,000 acres and 40 peaks rising more than 10,000 feet, the Sawtooth National Recreation Area is as breathtaking as it gets when it comes to nature in the Northwest. More than 700 miles of ...

Minnesota Bluegrass band Sawtooth Brothers will kick off the Music in the Park Series at 7 p.m. Sunday, July 7, at Northern Pacific Park in Staples. This is the first concert in the series which will ...

JEROME, Idaho (KIFI) — The Sawtooth National Forest has issued four orders extending seasonal closures into May on all districts and the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. Seasonal closures on the ...

Editor’s note: This story originally published in January 2020. A previous version included incorrect information on which agency manages the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. It is managed by the ...

THE DRIVE into Stanley, Idaho, offered the first glimpse of the Sawtooth Mountains. After living in the shadow of the spectacular Colorado Rockies for 25 years, I was prepared to find the Sawtooths ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — Authorities have mobilized a multi-agency search operation in Idaho's Sawtooth National Forest following a possible sighting of Travis Decker, the Wenatchee father charged with ...

2006-07-13 04:00:00 PDT Yucca Valley-- The Water Canyon Coffee Co., a desert cafe in San Bernardino County, became a makeshift refugee center for many evacuees of a massive fire that by Wednesday ...

When the first snap of cool weather graces the Cascade Mountains, the high-country beckons. It’s a time when the bugs of summer fade, and it’s a time when the high plateaus are drenched in a golden ...