Canal breach affects farmersCanal breach affects farmers

A breach of an irrigation canal west of Glenns Ferry temporarily cut off water to farmers across the eastern half of the county while flooding a portion of Highway 30.

The breach was reported around 3 p.m. Thursday after a reported failure in the canal ditch, which measures 16 feet wide and about eight feet deep.

Water and mud washed down the canal bank and washed out an 80-foot stretch of the local highway, said Cliff Lisle, manager of the King Hill Irrigation District, which oversees the canal.

Lisle said his team was able to quickly shut off the pumps that feed water into the canal, which ...

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