June 17, 2013                  Vol. 9 Issue 136

Breaking news (6-18-13, 11 a.m.)
Thunderstorms forecast for area
Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible Tuesday afternoon and early evening, confidence is growing that another round of severe thunderstorms may occur in the late evening, roughly between 8 p.m. Pacific Time and 2 a.m. Pacific Time Wednesday, according to National Weather Service-Missoula. See the forecast...

Breaking news (6-17-13, 10 p.m.)
Pippenger Family buys old Orofino Junior High School
Trustees of Joint School District #171 approved a $200,000 bid from the Pippenger Family to purchase the old Orofino Junior High School during their meeting Monday evening. See the article and photo...

Second half 2012 property taxes due June 20
Clearwater County Treasurer Dawn Erlewine would like to remind property owners that the second half of 2012 property tax payments are due on or before Thursday, June 20. See the article...

Obituary:
Bradley Ray Huffman, 22, Cavendish...

Orofino Merchants win doubleheader with Owyhee County
Orofino Merchants baseball team won a doubleheader with Owyhee County Saturday, the first game 3-2 and the second 5-4. See the article...

Rasor, Shepherd to be at 'Meet and Greet' June 21
Cornel Rasor, Legislative District 7 Chairman for the Idaho Republican Party, will be the special guest at a "Meet & Greet" evening scheduled for Friday, June 21, 7 p.m. at Orofino High School. See the article...

Orofino gas prices average $3.75 per gallon of regularThe price for a gallon of regular gasoline in Orofino is averaging $3.75. See the report...

Looking for a job?
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You Could Be a Winner!
Join us for our 413th Week of Orofino History Trivia, a special feature to celebrate Clearwater Country's history and heritage. See the first seven clues...

We Have a Winner!
Join us for our 412th Week of Orofino History Trivia, a special feature to celebrate Clearwater Country's history and heritage. See the answer, winner and first six clues...

Trivia follow up...answers?
We are still working on the follow up on some Orofino 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 2012 Fair 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 2012. 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...

"If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again."

-Flavia Weedn