Owyhee County News

TV TODAY'S CHANNEL 6 NEWS Canyon County Inmates on the Move Canyon County inmates are on the move, as jail leaders work to ease overcrowding.

The Owyhee County Sheriff's Office says an 11-year-old boy was injured in an accident involving a front end loader Tuesday evening.

Five former Owyhee County Sheriff deputies who were fired after voters elected a new sheriff last fall are suing the county.

Idaho's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate held steady from July to August at 8.8 percent as 3,200 workers dropped out of the labor force.

Three men have been charged in connection with a series of big marijuana grows uncovered by police in both Idaho and Oregon.

The Owyhee County Sheriff's Office is looking for suspects after they busted a sophisticated marijuana grow worth millions of dollars.

Idaho certainly has its fair share of place names that don't seem to make sense.

Idaho certainly has its fair share of place names that don't seem to make sense.

The Mountain Home Historical Society will present Philip A. Homan at the society's special Membership Event on Tuesday, July 28, beginning at 7 p.m. at the Mountain Home Museum.

Gary L. Pearson, of Nampa, apparently became lost while on a drive in the Owyhee Mountains of southwestern Idaho but has been found safe after spending two night missing.

At-risk students from Canyon and Owyhee counties helped a local artist who is painting a mural in the tunnel that connects the Idaho Statehouse to other agencies in downtown Boise.

Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, says the Senate Appropriations Committee has approved funding for a program set to play a critical role in his plan to protect the Owyhee Canyonlands.

Crews in Owyhee County spent Monday mopping up the damage from a fast-moving wildfire.

Mother Nature helps extinguish the first big wildfire of the season. "That rain really put a stop on the fire and the spread," said Brandon Hampton, Bureau of Land Management.

Owyhee County authorities say a 15-year-old boy drowned while swimming with friends in the Bruneau River.

A flash flood watch continues for portions of Idaho and Oregon through late Sunday night.

Authorities say the body of a missing person believed to have been swept off of a state highway and into the Snake River by flash floods in southwest Idaho has been found.

More than $6 million worth of marijuana was found in a remote desert canyon of southwest Idaho last week.

Nearly 5,600 Idaho workers lost their jobs last month, sending the forecasted seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for May to 7.8 percent - a 22-year high.

Is saving city money worth gambling with the protection of its people? That's the question they are debating in the small town of Homedale.