Rivers Hit Record High Flows As Floods Reach Idaho Towns
The U S Weather Service reports the Salmon Payette and Big Wood rivers swelling from rapid snowmelt. Riggins sees the Salmon rise about a foot in 24 hours with floods threatening Salmon, Riggins, and Lowman. Two drownings reported near Riggins as dikes and road closures stabilize key routes. The Salmon records 8.60 feet, surpassing 1956, while the Big Wood and South Fork Payette also rise with several communities on alert.
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United Press International
U.S. Weather Service
Salmon Payette
Big Wood
Riggins
Payette
Lowman
Ing
Hemingway
Ketchum
Open Burning Ban Issued in Sandpoint
Sandpoint Fire Chief Wade Brown banned all open burning due to hot dry weather. Written permits may be issued at the fire station if weather permits, though few are expected. No incidents have been reported so far.
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Sandpoint
Wade Brown
Brown
Mostly Sunny With Cooling High Wednesday At Sandpoint
Weather outlook for Sandpoint shows mostly sunny skies and cooler temperatures on Wednesday with a high near 90 and a low around 60. A 10 percent rain chance exists in nearby mountains during the afternoons and evenings as southerly winds shift to 5 to 15 mph.
Lake Pend Oreille Near Record High Soaring Weather Pushes Elevation
Army Corps of Engineers warns Lake Pend Oreille could reach around 2065 feet by weekend due to 13 days of extreme heat. Ken Kaufman notes rising inflow and outflow despite Albeni Dam fully open, with forecasts showing a rise near the 1972 high-water mark and cautions for weighed down piers. Peak inflow last week was about 90 000 cubic feet per second against an outflow of 88 600 cfs.
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Pend Oreille
Army Corp of Engineers
Ken Kaufman
The
Corp
Albeni
Kaufman
Corps of Engineers
Ponderay Man Shot By Wife
A Ponderay man in satisfactory condition at Bonner General Hospital after his wife Linda Harbison 26 shot him twice with a .22 caliber pistol following a domestic dispute. Durell Harbison 27 told officers he was slapped during the fight and that his wife fired as he bathed. She is jailed on assault with a deadly weapon charge.
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Bonner General Hospital
George Woods
Linda Harbison
Durell
Harbison
Haribson
Vermeer Installed as Bonner County Engineer
Louis Vermeer 37 sworn in as Bonner County Engineer by Board chair Jack Popplewell. He arrives from Concord California to draft a county building code with Planning Coordinator Bill Powers, aiming to meet flood insurance needs while adapting Idaho Uniform Building Code. Vermeer and his wife Jackie have two children and praise North Idaho.
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Bonner County
Jack Popplewell
Board of County Commissioners
Louis Vermeer
Concord
California
Vermeer
Iowa
University of Iowa
Jackie
David
Kristi
North
Idaho
Bill Powers
Louis‘vemeer
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Vernon
Sherill Behmerwohld
Brandy
George Falk
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Main Fork
Ellis
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Salmon
Highway Department
Bible School
Bellevue
Ponderay
Vemeer
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