A fire that started Tuesday afternoon near Fairfield has burned a couple of hundred acres, according to fire officials, but the exact acreage is still to be determined.
New markers dot a 2-mile stretch of the Oregon Trail near Malta, thanks to the work of an aspiring Eagle Scout, a number of volunteers, and a Bureau of Land Management archaeologist.
The Bureau of Land Management on Thursday said that its Shoshone Field Office has lifted the emergency closure of about 3,840 acres of BLM-administered lands in Camas County.
Fire officials say the Sharps Fire, which so far has burned nearly 65,000 acres east of Bellevue, likely be active today as the blaze continues moving up the Little Wood River toward Swede Peak.