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Springtime activities in the Orofino Elementary School Community Garden included a 10-cadet work crew from the Idaho National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Academy. The cadets and TSGT Leonard worked on repairs and preparations to benefit the OES student activities in the garden.

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The Orofino 4-H Adventurers completed their annual community service project at their May meeting.  The group picked up the Ahsahka Park and up the road to the Dworshak Dam road. Good Job Kids! Thank you for caring for our community.

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On May 21 the following members of the Fraser Boosters 4-H club put flags up at the Fraser Cemetery for the Memorial Day Weekend.

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It can be tempting to think of our bones as static support structures, like the wooden frame of a house, but bones are actually very dynamic. Our bones are constantly breaking down and being rebuilt in a process called remodeling. This helps to keep our bones strong over time and allows our …

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The Great Dino Hunt is over. Winner in the family group first prize went to the Durham brothers, Emmett, Lincoln and Porter. They are the sons of Amie and Earl Durham of Orofino. They won $50 and it was exciting listening to all the possible things they planned on doing with the money. Fishi…

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The Board of Clearwater County Commissioners will hold a public hearing on Monday, June 12, at 11 a.m., in the Commissioner’s Office located in Clearwater County Courthouse, 150 Michigan Avenue, in Orofino, to consider the following action items:

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Hello library patrons and all friends! Clearwater Memorial Public Library hopes you have been enjoying a green and glorious May. To make it even greener, come in and check out our seed exchange. New seeds and plant starts added to the exchange go fast. If you have something to exchange that’…

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Average gasoline prices in Idaho have risen 1.1 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.74/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 802 stations in Idaho. Prices in Idaho are 12.5 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 86.3 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The na…

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As more than 42 million Americans – including 241,000 Idahoans – head out for Memorial Day weekend, filling up the gas tank won’t be nearly as painful as last year.

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First....on behalf of the Elk River Thunder Run team, we would like to thank everyone that joined us this past weekend for the first ATV fun run of 2023. We had an awesome turn out. We sold approximately 920 hands and estimate upwards of 400 machines and 700 riders that joined in the fun. No…

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Clearwater County Republican Central Committee Chairman Ken Harvey called the meeting to order on May 10. We had three guest speakers. District 2 Representative Dale Hawkins, District 2 Senator Phil Hart and Clinton Daniels who is our region 2 chairman and he is also on the State Executive C…

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Average gasoline prices in Idaho have risen 1.7 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.73/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 802 stations in Idaho. Prices in Idaho are 17.8 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 76.6 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The na…

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The month of May is Hepatitis Awareness month and May 19th is National Hepatitis Testing Day.

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At approximately 4:43 a.m., on Friday, May 12, 2023, Nez Perce Tribal Police responded to a complaint of shots being fired in the vicinity of Thunder Valley Drive just north of the city of Lapwai. Upon arrival at the scene, officers discovered a deceased adult male.

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Rotarians from Rotary Club of Orofino provided a fresh coat of paint to the Pavillion structure at Orofino City Park. 

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Ken Harvey, Chairman of the Clearwater County Republican Central Committee, announces they will have their monthly meeting on May 10, at the Ponderosa Banquet Room at 6 p.m., located at 220 Michigan Ave. Orofino.

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Down at the sale barn Saturday, the think tank had coagulated there with coffees to go to celebrate spring. Doc and Dud had their dogs with them, while Bert and Dewey and Steve went stag.

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It is party time at the Senior Center on May 13. We will be hosting a Mother’s Day Tea at 2 p.m. We would love to have you come join us. The tickets are $10 each and will help pay for the food and some door prizes.

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Timberline Prom Royalty are (l to r): Junior Princess Embree Thompson, Junior Prince Travis Thompson, Senior Princess Carlie Harrell, Senior Prince Isaiah Wisher, Senior Queen Samantha Brown and Senior King Jude Nelson.

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Elk River is gearing up for our summer season! We look forward to another fun summer with a bunch of fun events. Last week, we shared the summer events, however the fireworks got a little scrambled up, so for planning purposes, here are the correct event dates/info for Fireworks weekend this year:

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Average gasoline prices in Idaho have risen 1.2 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.71/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 802 stations in Idaho. Prices in Idaho are 18.9 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 74.7 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The na…

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VFW Auxiliary Post 3296 presented winners for the Young Americans Creative Art Contest for High School grades 9-12 in a ceremony held May 1 at the VFW.

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Greetings from Clearwater Memorial Public Library! We are celebrating Mother’s Day this week at story-time and craft. Come Friday, May 12, at 10:30 a.m. or 2:30 p.m., to read with us and make Mom a beautiful card. Thank you to all of our wonderful mothers!

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The 93rd Hoards Dairy Judging Contest results have been announced. The contest features five classes of dairy cattle for youth to judge from pictures. This year the classes were Brown Swiss, Holstein, Guernsey, Milking Shorthorns, and Jersey cows. Our top local score was Kate Sholar with a s…

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Harold Kinne VFW Post 3296 is in need of clean, usable yard sale items to used in their 2023 yard sale, which will be held in late July or early August. This is our largest fundraiser of the year and the VFW appreciates all the support the community gives us with this event. The generosity i…

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4- H Farm and Home is inviting you to come help clean up OUR Community!! Anyone can help. We are picking up garbage along the road.

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Happy May! This month, among several observances, we have National Inventor’s month, Children’s Book Week, Cinco De Mayo, and Mother’s Day.

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Average gasoline prices in Idaho have risen 7.8 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.70/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 802 stations in Idaho. Prices in Idaho are 19.1 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 71.6 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The na…

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The Orofino High School Class of 1965 luncheon will be held at the Orofino Golf and Country Club in Orofino, Thursday, May 4 at 11:30 a.m.

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Clearwater County Commissioners approved advertising DMV Title Administration Notice.  The Notice proposes a new fee of $5.50 for the processing of title transfers. Idaho House Bill 85, duly enacted into law to take effect July 1, 2023, modified Idaho Code 31-870 to provide for an administra…

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The Idaho Division ofVeteran Services – Office of Veterans Advocacy will have a Veteran Service Officer in Kamiah onTuesday, May 9 at 518 Main St.  (Chamber of Commerce building)

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What fun was had by all this week at senior lunch. We were blessed by the Seventh-day Adventist first through fifth grade. We had piano duets, skits, music with a cello and violin, and great songs. Lots of laughter! As they finished their program, they served us lunch. Please enjoy the pictu…

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Clearwater County Chamber of Commerce welcomes new members North Central Idaho Properties with team photo (l to r): Bob Stout, Jennifer Williams, Kathy Pence and Brenda Halen during the grand opening of their new location in the Helgeson Place Hotel.

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Clearwater County Democrats will meet at noon, on Thursday, May 4, in the Clearwater Memorial Public Library Conference Room and via Zoom. The meeting will last about an hour and fifteen minutes.