Log truck driver escapes from burning cab near Orofino
A log truck driver narrowly escaped serious injury after his vehicle caught fire Tuesday on U.S. Highway 12 near Orofino. Authorities say Mark Gibbs was driving his Magnam Truck west...
View ArticleITD: Equipment shipments may travel on U.S. 12 starting Monday
The Idaho Transportation Department says over-sized equipment shipments could start moving on U.S. Highway 12 as early as Monday if weather conditions are favorable. Omega Morgan is transporting two...
View ArticleISP responds to two separate DUI accidents in N. central Idaho on Saturday
The Idaho State Police responded to two single-car accidents involving drunk drivers in north-central Idaho over the weekend. A Lewiston man was arrested early Saturday morning for driving under the...
View ArticleCrews begin removing rocks from US95 near Riggins; large load hits US12
Motorists traveling on U.S. Highway 95 south of Riggins can expect delays of up to 20 minutes over the next few days as rock scalers work to stabilize a hillside...
View ArticleUS 12 truck rollover near Kooskia injures driver, girl
A tractor-trailer broke through a guardrail on U.S. Highway 12 near Kooskia Wednesday, landing upside down in the Middle Fork of the Clearwater River, and sending the driver and a...
View ArticleCar accident shuts down US12 near Lenore for 2 hours
U.S. Highway 12 was blocked for two hours Wednesday afternoon following a two-car accident near Lenore. According to the Idaho State Police, 88-year-old Donald Adair, of Orofino, pulled his 1997...
View ArticleOversized loads scheduled to travel U.S. 12
Motorists traveling on U.S. Highway 12 in North Central Idaho could experience delays of up to 15 minutes as two over-width trucks travel the highway this week. According to the...
View ArticleIdaho judge hears arguments over large shipments on US12
An Idaho judge said he’ll issue a decision by Friday in a case brought by environmentalists who say the federal government failed to protect the scenic characteristics of U.S. Highway...
View ArticleIdaho judge sides with conservationists in US 12 oversized load case
A federal judge in Idaho has sided with environmentalists and ruled the U.S. Forest Service erred by not exercising its regulatory authority when the state allowed huge trucks to haul...
View ArticleOrofino woman hurt in US12 car accident near Peck
An Orofino woman was hospitalized Tuesday following a two-vehicle accident on Highway 12 near Peck that blocked the roadway fro three hours. According to the Idaho State Police, 68-year-old Paula...
View ArticleIdaho drivers advised to expect potential delays on U.S. 12 Monday night
The Idaho Transportation Department says motorists who plan to use U.S. Highway 12 are being advised to anticipate delays Monday night and early Tuesday morning, due to an over-width shipment...
View ArticleCuldesac woman killed in car accident near Spalding
A Culdesac woman was killed and a Lewiston man was injured in a single vehicle accident Thursday morning on U.S Highway 12 near Spalding. According to the Idaho State Police,...
View ArticleTwo people injured in U.S. Highway 12 accident near Kamiah
Two people were injured Sunday in a two-car collision near Kamiah on U.S. Highway 12. According to the Idaho State Police, 19-year-old Samantha Fignani, of Kamiah was traveling eastbound in...
View ArticleUSFS opposes proposed oversized shipment across north central Idaho
The U.S. Forest Service is telling the Idaho Department of Transportation it can’t support an application for a massive shipment to move on U.S. Highway 12 across north central Idaho...
View ArticleITD issues permit for transport of oversize module on U.S. 12
The Idaho Transportation Department has issued a permit for the transport of a water purification module on U.S. Highway12 later this month, but advised the shipper the U.S. Forest Service...
View ArticleShipper plans to transport oversized load on US12 despite Forest Service...
The U.S. Forest Service says it opposes an oversized shipment scheduled to be transported in Idaho on U.S. Highway 12 beginning Monday night, but the load’s shipper says it will...
View ArticleOversized shipment resumes journey on U.S.12 following Nez Perce tribal blockade
The first of two massive shipments of oil refinery equipment continued its trek along U.S. Highway 12 in Idaho early Tuesday after being temporarily halted by members of the Nez...
View ArticleFederal judge to hear arguments over large shipments on U.S. Highway 12
Attorneys for the Nez Perce Tribe, environmentalists, and a company that wants to ship huge loads of equipment along U.S. Highway 12 through a national forest are taking their arguments...
View ArticleJudge agrees to halt oversized shipments on US12 for now
A federal judge in Boise has granted a request from the Nez Perce Tribe and an environmental group to temporarily stop shipments of giant oil-field equipment from moving across U.S....
View ArticleNez Perce Tribal leaders won’t give up seats if convicted of infractions
Eight members on the Nez Perce Tribal Executive Committee arrested during protests of oversized shipments on U.S. Highway 12 last month won’t have to give up their seats if convicted....
View ArticleForest Service shuts down Highway 12 stretch to oversized loads
Federal forest administrators issued a closure order Wednesday for a section of U.S. Highway 12 through north-central Idaho that for now suspends all future trucking of big and wide loads....
View ArticleJudge denies request to reconsider U.S. 12 megaload injunction
Oversized shipments along U.S. Highway 12 will continue to be stalled following a federal judge’s decision this week not to reconsider an earlier ruling. Federal Judge Lynn Winmill denied a […]
View ArticleAppeal dropped in controversial megaload ruling
The company blocked by court order from moving its giant water purification equipment through the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest has dropped its appeal of the court-ordered injunction against the...
View ArticleIdaho authorities capture man who fled US12 traffic stop
The Idaho State Police says a Pennsylvania man who fled a traffic stop on U.S. Highway 12 near Lenore in which troopers found several pounds of marijuana is now in […]
View ArticleTwo presumed dead in U.S. Highway 12 accident
Two people are presumed dead following a single-vehicle crash into the Lochsa River along U.S. Highway 12 early Wednesday morning. According to the Idaho State Police, 29-year-old Boone Hallmark of […]
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