Idaho is scrutinizing its program allowing prison inmates to help battle wildfires after one was charged with raping a woman working at a remote base camp in Utah.
The Sawtooth National Forest said Thursday it is expanding the closure area for the Bible Back Fire, and has called a community meeting on Friday to discuss the fire and the area's air quality.
A wildfire in east-central Idaho burning in an area where there hasn't been a wildfire in 80 years is threatening historic gold mines and fire lookouts, officials said Thursday.
Fire officials say the Sharps Fire, which so far has burned nearly 65,000 acres east of Bellevue, likely be active today as the blaze continues moving up the Little Wood River toward Swede Peak.