Forks of Salmon

Salmon River Folks Relieved By Creek Hanauer, Special to the TRT Forks of Salmon, the small isolated river community at the junction of the North and South Fork of the Salmon River, receive welcome news last Friday when Postmaster Jessie Allen was officially notified by Sandra Raymond, USPS Sacramento District, that, “The Discontinuance Feasibility study [...] Read More →

The tiny Forks of Salmon Post Office is still on the budgetary chopping block. Even though congressmen leveraged a postponement of the closing of many post office facilities across the country a week ago, the investigation of which to close is still underway. Read More →

The community hall in Forks of the Salmon hosts countless meetings, often to tell state or federal agencies to bug off on issues like herbicide spray, management plans or a Forest Service campaign to force out people living on mining claims. But last week they met in large numbers to ask a federal agency—the U.S. Post Office—to stay. Read More →

A local woman, headed home from work well after dark, rear ended a black bear last week just down river from Tripp Point. She was riding a bicycle and the bear fared better than her. Read More →

If it was not the hottest day of the summer yet, it was a contender, but the crew of volunteers had the shade of the willow thickets that crowded the banks at the mouth of Hotelling Gulch along the south fork of the Salmon River. Read More →