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October 28, 2016 Archives

Vol. 12 Issue 252

Orofino City Council to hold work session Tuesday evening
Orofino City Council will meet in work session Tuesday, Nov. 1, at 6 p.m. in the Council Chambers, 217 First St. See the info...

NOAA Fisheries seeks input on proposed Snake River recovery plan
NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Fisheries is inviting public feedback on a new proposed recovery plan for Snake River spring/summer Chinook salmon and steelhead, two threatened species that once represented close to half of all salmon and steelhead returning to the Columbia River system. See the article...

King's Variety Store holding Halloween Costume Contest Oct. 31
Ready for some fun on Halloween? King's Variety Store, 12970 U.S. Highway 12 in Orofino, is holding their annual Costume Contest Monday, Oct. 31, from 3-6 p.m. See the info...

County Commissioners approve agreement for state inmate labor
Clearwater County Commissioners approved and signed the Idaho Department of Correction Human Resource Agreement between The State of Idaho, Department of Correction Idaho Correctional Institution-Orofino and Clearwater County during their regular session Oct. 17. See the report...

Ascension Lutheran Church to observe Reformation Sunday
Sunday, Oct. 30, is Reformation Sunday. See the info...

Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests provide roads update
KAMIAH - Multiple projects including hazard tree removal, culvert replacements, and other construction and maintenance activities across the forest may affect visitor travel on forest system roads. See the article...

Need help cleaning house, a fishing guide, faster Internet, a new roof, a heating system repair/install or lodging for guests?
Check out our revised 'Directory Page' and see who might have the remedies for holes in your roof, faster Internet and great places to stay. See the page...

Looking for fast, reliable Internet?
Check Classifieds...

We Have a Winner!
Join us for our 520th Week of Orofino History Trivia, a special feature to celebrate Clearwater Country's history and heritage. See the winner, answer and clues...

No One Got This One!
Join us for our 519th History Trivia, a special feature to celebrate Clearwater Country's history and heritage. See the answer and clues...

Trivia follow up...answers?
We are still working on the follow up on some Clearwater Country History Trivia topics. Check here to see them...

Clearwater Creations
We have started a service for Clearwater Country artisans and crafters that would like to advertise their creations on our site in a shopping cart format and for those who would like to purchase items uniquely from Clearwater Country. See the Creations page...

Catch up on 2016 Clearwater County Fair and Orofino Lumberjack Days articles & photos
For those who would like to catch up all at once on Window on the Clearwater coverage of the Clearwater County Fair and Orofino Lumberjack Days, we are providing this page with links to articles, photos and information about happenings in 2016. We will continue to add to the archives on this page as we continue our coverage. See the latest on the home page each day. See the archives here...

"Let us not seek the Republican answer, or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future."

--John F. Kennedy

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