The 5th Annual Northwest Best Brewfest is almost here! Come and enjoy the best of 30 micro brews, live music with Homewrecker, food vendors and as always a free ride home!

The date is on June 22nd at the Nez Perce County Fairgrounds. With your support, a donation will be made to the local chapter of the Disabled American Veterans.

Tickets are NOW on sale for just $10.00 at Riverport Brewing in Clarkston and Smokes & Suds on Thain. The first 1,000 to get to the event get a free pint glass and their first 5 tokens. Get there early! Gate opens at 2:00 PM

In last two weeks Eastern Washington and North Idaho have seen over five ATV accidents including one death in the LC Valley last week. While ATV riding is fun, it's important to learn proper technique to remain safe.

“We think it takes special skills to ride an ATV,” says Dale Stevens, a licensed ATV safety instructor with the ATV Safety Institute. ASI is a non-profit sponsored by the all the major ATV manufacturers. Instructors like Stevens teach regular safety classes to educate riders on proper technique, safety skills and the responsibilities that come with owning and riding ATVs.

After taking his course many riders tell Stevens that they didn't know what a work out riding is and that they expected it to be easier. Stevens says that a lot of people expect ATVs to be like riding a couch on wheels but it that it takes a lot of physical effort and knowledge of how ATVs operate to remain safe while riding.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has set new rules in place for visitation to the Illia Dunes following damage done last summer. These rules will limit the number of people able to visit the area on weekends.

The Illia Dunes usually sees between 100 and 300 visitors on a typical summer weekend. On holiday weekends they expect to see up to 2,000 people. But over August 25th and 26th of last year they got an unexpected crowd of 3,000. Unfortunately, the Corps was forced to temporarily close the dunes after the crowd left thousands of pounds of trash, broken glass, foam coolers and other litter along the beach. 

Corps staff and a grounds maintenance contractor worked to clean the shore area in time for the Labor Day weekend holiday. They also worked with a group 64 volunteers from Washington State University to clear the debris left in a three mile stretch of road ditches. 

Because of this, parking will now be limited to to the two nearby Corps parking lots. Each lot has a 120 car capacity and will limit the number of visitors to about 500 people at a time. Parking will no longer be allowed on Almota Ferry Road.