Orofino News

Information started showing up on Facebook Wednesday about people from the Orofino area having fraudulent charges put on their credit/debit cards.

Authorities located a northern Idaho woman who was reported missing by her husband after their vehicle got stuck in deep snow and she left on foot to find help.

The Clearwater County Sheriff's Office received word Helen Alocco, 66, had attempted to walk to Orofino from Cascade Drive.

Idaho and Clearwater county officials say a plan by the U.S. Forest Service to relocate the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest supervisor's offices from Grangeville and Orofino will hurt those communities.

CLEARWATER COUNTY, Idaho - The Clearwater County Sheriff's Office received a call from the Shoshone County Sheriff's Office advising of a situation that was located in Clearwater County.

At 4:01 p.m PST, a Clearwater County sheriff's deputy spotted Michael Dean Henderson, IDOC #80192, walking on Highway 12 near milepost 41 in Orofino, about one mile west of ICIO.

The Idaho Department of Correction says 47-year-old Michael Dean Henderson escaped sometime between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. Friday.

Four northern Idaho residents were indicted by a federal grand jury on drug charges a day after one of the jurors was arrested and charged with leaking information about the jury proceedings.

From Clearwater County Sheriff's Office via Mia Carlson/KZBG news director: "On , Nancy A. Oaks, 62, of Orofino, was arrested for releasing information from a Grand Jury proceeding in Clearwater County.

Authorities in northern Idaho said two women and five children sustained injuries when their vehicle slid off State Highway 11 and rolled onto its top.

CLEARWATER COUNTY, Idaho - Clearwater County Sheriff's Deputies responded to a report of a 1 vehicle rollover with injuries near the Timberline High School on Hwy.

About 586 Avista Utilities customers are still out of power due to a problem at a substation, according to a spokesperson.

National Weather Service-Missoula has issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook for portions of North Central Idaho including Clearwater County that includes increasing snow over the next few days.