The warning, effective until 7:15 p.m. MDT, covers Ada, western Elmore, Canyon and northwestern Owyhee counties.

This remote region isn't just for those seeking solitude - it's also a fabulous wilderness full of off-roading, hiking, rafting, hunting, and fishing.

It’s been three years since we had the pleasure of walking the land of ancient lava flows, constant dryness and deep canyons surrounding the Owyhee River north of Rome.

“It’s between protecting Oregon’s Grand Canyon or not. ... (Congress voted to make 267,000 of the Owyhee River drainage in Idaho a wilderness in 2009.) ...

Idaho protected significant parts of the Owyhee in their state in 2009, through the efforts of a similar coalition. We need to do the same for Oregon’s part of the canyonlands.

Legislation to protect southeast Oregon's Owyhee Canyonlands failed to make the year-end spending bill in Congress, but Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, said he remains committed to finding a path ...