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After Facebook's redesign, we are unable to read messages left here. The official and best-read newspaper in Owyhee County and the surrounding area, covering Homedale, Marsing, Murphy, Bruneau, Grand View, Jordan Valley and Adrian. As the leading community and area newspaper, the Avalanche is read every week for in-depth local news, features, business articles, county government news, crime, ranch

and farm issues, school news, education and sports. The Avalanche also publishes periodic special editions and supplements, and is the source for all county and government business news and legal notices. The Owyhee Avalanche office is located at 19 E. Idaho Ave., in Homedale, 40 miles west of Boise. Owyhee County is the second-largest in terms of area in Idaho, and also is one of the oldest in the state. It was founded on Dec. 31, 1863, with the original county seat in the mining town of Silver City.

07/23/2025

Death notices and obituaries in this week’s The Owyhee Avalanche and online at www.owyheeavalanche.com:

Robert “Bob” Cecil Bruce

Jordan Valley

James Herbert Harden

Marsing

07/23/2025

Stories to look for in this week's edition of The Owyhee Avalanche:

• Bruneau Elementary one position away from full staff

• Grand View Lions continue to upgrade former American Legion Hall

• Homedale-area cowboy wins national high school rodeo championship

• Little more than a week left to register for the Jordan Valley Junior Rodeo

The Owyhee Avalanche has published a special section ahead of the 147th annual Owyhee Cattlemen's Association summer mee...
07/23/2025

The Owyhee Avalanche has published a special section ahead of the 147th annual Owyhee Cattlemen's Association summer meeting in Silver City:

• Tim and Rosa Maria Lowry are next OCA Honorary Lifetime Members

• Local auctioneer Zack Zumstein to address membership about Common Ground Coalition to protect ranchers' way of life and livelihoods

• Caleb Showalter looks back on his presidency, and Jeff Anderson looks ahead to his year with the gavel

07/16/2025

BLM, Bruneau fire crews battle fire
A quick-spreading vegetation fire is expected to be controlled Thursday night, according to the Bureau of Land Management.
Firefighters from BLM Boise District and the Bruneau Rural Fire Protection District are working to contain the Tindall Fire, which sparked on Tuesday and spread to more than 1,500 acres by Wednesday.
The fire in the Crane Falls area north of Tindall Road could be contained this evening with control expected at 8 p.m., on Thursday.

07/16/2025

Death notices at www.owyheeavalanche.com and in this week's edition of The Owyhee Avalanche:
• George Bennett
Grand View

• Robert "Bob" Bruce
Jordan Valley

• Everardo C. Gonzalez
Marsing

• Charles L. ("Larry") Ryel
Star
Former Homedale Police chief

• Roland (Woody) Woodburn
Hamilton, Mont.
Grew up in Homedale

07/16/2025

Stories to look for in The Owyhee Avalanche:
• Givens-area subdivision will go forward after vacation denial

• Prospective rodeo queens have until Sunday to enter Owyhee County Fair and Rodeo contest

• Homedale Senior Center seeks Buckaroo Breakfast help

• Rimrock students' grant helps Grand View Lions

07/11/2025

Road maintenance planned on Idaho 55
Lane restrictions are coming to a stretch of Idaho highway 55 that runs through Marsing as Main Street.
The lane restrictions begin Monday from the U.S. Highway 95-Idaho 55 junction west of Marsing to Hoskins Road in Canyon County.
The Idaho Transportation Department will sealcoat seven miles of highway. Work will take place between 7 a.m., and 7 p.m., each day
The work should end in mid-August.
Flaggers will control traffic during construction hours, and all lanes will be open after 7 p.m., each day.
Work zone speed limits will be reduced to 35 mph, and a 12-foot width restriction will be in place.

07/09/2025

Fate of Bruneau Elementary in voters' hands
The Bruneau-Grand View School District board of trustees voted to keep Bruneau Elementary School open at least for the 2025-26 school year during a lengthy meeting Tuesday.
A November election apparently will let patrons decide if the school remains open beyond the next school year.
Find out more at www.owyheeavalanche.com and in the July 23 edition of The Owyhee Avalanche.

07/09/2025

Photo galleries for subscribers only at www.owyheeavalanche.com:
• Homedale Lions Club Fourth of July Demolition Derby

• Homedale Lions Club Fourth of July Parade

• Marsing Third of July celebration

07/09/2025

Death notices and obituaries at www.owyheeavalanche.com and in The Owyhee Avalanche:

Robert C. Bruce
Jordan Valley

Everardo Gonzalez
Marsing

Charles Lawrence "Larry" Ryel
Star
Former Homedale resident and Homedale Police chief

Richard "Dick" Swisher
Elko, Nev.
Jordan Valley native who worked ranches throughout the Owyhee Desert

Vicki Kaye Volk
Homedale

Wild Bill "Terry" Walsh
Caldwell
Instrumental in establishment of Rabbit Creek 100 50 years ago

Roger Walsh
Nampa
Former Homedale resident

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