Month: September 2011

An Island Park hunter is resting at home tonight after a bear attack this weekend, and it seems as though there have been quite a few bear stories in…

Allstate’s new building in Chubbuck is almost finished, and at a career fair in Pocatello on Thursday the company started its massive hiring…

A federal audit found the Idaho agency that doles out unemployment benefits improperly made about $82 million in payments over a three-year period.…

Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs has been moved to an East Texas prison, where he will receive further treatment after becoming sick while…

One of the ways that Daren Palmer’s victims will be paid restitution is through the sale of his unfinished Idaho Falls home. It started out on…

“Hi, I’m Cassy. I’m pretty good with the animals in our home. I help with feeding them and spend time with them. We have 4 dogs and…

Daren Palmer, the eastern Idaho man who ran a Ponzi scheme, was sentenced in federal court on Tuesday. Palmer was sentenced to eight years in federal…

The Idaho Falls man behind a $78 million Ponzi scheme, Daren Palmer, faced sentencing in federal court Tuesday. It turns out $29 million stolen in…

An Idaho Falls dog is being hailed a hero after saving her owner’s life. The playful pup isn’t just for show and tell. “Amazing,…

Several groups in the Gate City are working together to start Gay Straight Alliances in local high schools. The effort is getting some help from a…

Local food stores have teamed up to help feed the needy in the community. Associated Food stores, along with Unilever, donated $10,000 to the Idaho…

A pharmaceutical company is announcing a reward for information about a medicine robber southern Utah officials say is bold and potentially…

The Idaho Falls Fire Department and service departments across the region this evening joined together at City Hall to remember 9/11. For many in the…

Officials in Washington are trying to determine if a man who was convicted of raping women in Idaho and Washington still meets the criteria of being…

A new federal policy to control wild horse herds is putting more emphasis on fertility control and less on removal to manage the animals throughout…

A judge is set to decide whether a Utah inmate accused of killing a prison guard can eat more while incarcerated ahead of his trial. Attorneys for…

Authorities say a 35-month project to rebuild 24 miles of Interstate 15 through Utah County is 50 percent complete. The project manager for the I-15…

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After an exciting run at the fair, workers finally have a minute to breathe and look back, and it’s all positive. With hundreds of booths, 70…

Bonneville County firefighters were called to an RV fire burning outside a residence near West 35th and North 81st streets Sunday afternoon.…

People in Pocatello are worked to give back to the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan as they remembered 9/11 on Sunday. The second Spice up the Night…

Local people took time to remember the events of 9/1 through memorials and events on Sunday. The Pocatello Fire and Police departments worked…

A massive piece of machinery will be traveling southbound on I-15 starting midnight Saturday, clogging up both lanes of traffic and going as slow as…

Saturday was dedicated to preventing domestic violence and celebrating four lives that were cut short last May in an Ammon homicide. One click-clack…

H.S. FOOTBALL BLACKFOOT 42 SKYLINE 21 F RIGBY 7BONNEVILLE 20 F WOODS CROSS (UT) 28HIGHLAND 30 F POCATELLO 48 CENTURY 3 4th POST FALLS 13MADISON 30 F…

There is a fire burning east of Pocatello over Chinese Peak in the Black Rock Canyon area. Several agencies are out fighting the fire. The Bannock…

Idaho State Police arrested three men after a high-speed chase that lasted about four miles on two freeways. The pursuit on Interstate 86 near mile…

A federal judge in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho,has approved a $263.4 million settlement with Hecla Mining Co. that resolves one of the nation’s…

A former American Falls High School teacher has pleaded not guilty to a charge of felony sexual battery of a minor. Prosecutors say 23-year-old Zenna…

Authorities are investigating after an Amtrak train that runs between California and the Midwest fatally stuck a pedestrian in a residential area of…

Authorities are investigating an attack on a gay man in American Fork. Police say a man was emptying trash outside a hair salon Thursday morning when…

A consortium of Idaho business people have resurrected a failed idea from the 2008 Legislature that for many still holds the allure of helping…

Three Wyoming Air National Guard C-130s are being sent to Idaho to help the U.S. Forest Service fight wildfires in the region. Thirty airmen from the…

An event in Pocatello Friday honored volunteers who work to make sure there are no forgotten children. Two-hundred-fifty-three life size cutouts…

Like many nonprofits across the country, the Court Appointed Special Advocates program, or CASA, is in need of more funding. The local program, which…

Idaho is a step closer to joining the handful of states that require students to take online courses. The state Board of Education gave initial…

Mayors from three local cities received special flags Friday paying tribute to 9/11 and local first responders. With the 10th anniversary of the…

A string of small fires broke out along Highway 20 at the same time on Friday morning. Three small fires started between 11:30 and 11:45 a.m. along…

As we approach the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, we wanted to know how this major event in our nation’s history is being taught in…

The Idaho State Police has determined that its top accident reconstruction expert did not lie on the witness stand in a 2006 second-degree murder…

Downtown Idaho Falls business owners breathed a sigh of relief on Thursday night. After weeks of construction on a major intersection and slow sales,…

Wednesday was day 5 at the Eastern Idaho State Fair, but it was the first night of major concerts. Rock band Hinder kicked it all off in the…

A fire has destroyed the Wapiti Restaurant just west of the Buffalo Bill Reservoir in northern Wyoming. The fire occurred Tuesday night when the…

Mormon church officials say they will hold an October groundbreaking ceremony at the site of a new temple in Payson. The Church of Jesus Christ of…

BOYS H.S. SOCCER Idaho Falls 1Century 3 F Bonneville 3 Blackfoot 2 F GIRLS H.S. SOCCER Century 3 Idaho Falls 0 F Blackfoot 2 Bonneville 9…

Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter has named a temporary head of the Idaho Department of Commerce. Otter announced Wednesday that David Fulkerson…

Boise police officers have shot and killed a mountain lion that was prowling near a hospital in the center of town. The animal was shot early…

Many more Wyoming public school students will enjoy faster Internet connections thanks to a new contract the state has worked out with the…

A third suspect has been arrested in connection with the Kepp’s Crossing pot farm operation. Bonneville County Sheriff Office said Trevor Lane…

Thousands of people come to the Eastern Idaho State Fair for some fun and a bite of fair food, but anywhere with a lot of people there’s the…

Idaho Falls Police arrested a 32-year-old man for having sex with a 13-year-old girl over a two-month period. Michael Hummel McCaslin of Idaho Falls…

It’s that time of year again when we begin to honor local seniors with the United Dairymen of Idaho Distinguished Student Award. This year?s…

U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, said President Barack Obama’s American Jobs Act provides mostly temporary solutions. Crapo, who is a member of…

The Idaho Falls community is coming together to give a local family a fresh start after their only children and grand children were killed in their…

A Senate subcommittee this week proposes a new budget that cuts nearly 20 percent from the Department of Energy. The cut would take away $142 million…

If you fill up your gas tank at Albertson’s, you might notice some changes over the next couple of months. Stinker stores, a Boise-based…

Sen. Mike Enzi says he’s glad President Barack Obama is focusing on the economy and job growth. But the Wyoming Republican said Thursday that…

Officials have received a credible but unconfirmed terror threat having to do with New York or Washington. A counterterrorism official tells The…

Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter is reacting to news of U.S. Attorney Wendy Olson dropping charges against a northern Idaho man for killing a…

On Wednesday, State Superintendent Tom Luna submitted a request for a 5 percent increase in the education budget for the 2012 school year. That…

A 19-year-old Desmet woman has been sentenced to 30 days in jail, six months of house arrest and six months in a halfway house for the death of a…

The Provo City Council is considering lifting a decades-long ban on Sunday beer sales. The council has voted to further discuss the issue at a Sept.…

The University of Idaho is reporting a six percent increase in the number of Idahoans enrolling as freshman. Administrators attribute the increase in…

Canyon County authorities have released the names of a California couple killed when their home-built airplane crashed in a field off the end of the…

A Yellowstone National Park spokesman says two more grizzly bears have been captured as part of an investigation into last month’s mauling…

Secretary of State Ben Ysursa has asked the Idaho Supreme Court to intervene after the state’s six-member redistricting panel failed to agree…

Imprisoned polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs has filed a handwritten motion seeking a new Texas trial after being convicted and sentenced to life…

BOYS H.S. SOCCER Bonneville 3 Idaho Falls 1 F Century 1 Skyline 4 F Hillcrest 0Blackfoot 4 F GIRLS H.S. SOCCER Skyline 1Century 3…

Two people were injured in a crash Wednesday morning that involved a school bus. Idaho State Police said Roberta Martin, 66, of Blackfoot, was…

The Eastern Idaho State Fair saw near-record numbers of people coming through on Labor Day weekend to enjoy everything from fried root beer to…

Idaho State Police have reopened a portion of Interstate 15 near the Clark St. exit in Pocatello. The area had been closed and traffic diverted when…

With fire season in full swing, firefighters have been pushed to their limits, and this weekend, a group of almost 50 fighting the Black Canyon Fire…

Idaho Falls firefighters were personally affected by the events of Sept. 11, 2001. On Sunday, they’ll show their solidarity with a special…

There could be a new king of the mountain this winter when snow starts to fly. Jackson Hole’s oldest ski mountain nearly closed this winter and…

Year after year, the food at the fair never disappoints, and that is partly because of the families who came back every year to serve the same great…

The sky isn’t falling, but the plaster lining the columns and walls of the Bonneville County Courthouse is coming down in chunks. She’s…

A new law requires students to get immunized to be let into school, but many parents are asking for their kids to be exempted. The law passed by the…

Idaho’s secretary of state said the gem state’s legislative boundaries are unconstitutional. Now Ben Yasursa has asked the redistricting…

District 25 is asking for Highland High School to not be forced to become a 4A school. The Idaho High School Activities Association said the most…

A local solider returned home from Iraq Wednesday to a very special surprise. To give their dad a big welcome home the Harmon family painted a giant…

Harvest season in eastern Idaho means slow-moving farm vehicles are traveling down the road. And that can mean danger. In fact, one man died after…

Idaho Falls police captured an Idaho Department of Corrections inmate early Wednesday morning after a witness saw him escape from the work…

Police arrested an Idaho Falls man Sunday on burglar, grand theft and destruction of evidence charges after, police said, he was caught breaking into…

A routine traffic stop Monday night ended in a drug bust. Idaho State Police said they stopped a 2003 Kia Spectra around 9 p.m. at milepost 117 near…

A Blackfoot man is dead after crashing into the back of a combine on Monday night. Clayton Young, 32, of Blackfoot, was driving north on Interstate…

More students in Bonneville County Joint School District No. 93 mean less space in the classroom. With enrollment growing every year, administrators…

Authorities say they have arrested a man who was being sought in the death of a former landlady in Idaho and held a couple at gunpoint in Oregon.…

The sheriff of Lemhi County and the Salmon-Challis National Forest ordered a mandatory evacuation Tuesday for an area threatened by the Salt Fire.…

TUESDAY AFTERNOON UPDATE The names of the crash victims have been released by Bannock County Coroner Kim Quick. Desmond Craig Weiser, 47, of Fort…

Two Bonneville County men are behind bars and are being charged with growing marijuana. The Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office said they…

Police responded to an accident between a car and a bicycle Tuesday on North Yellowstone Highway in Idaho Falls. Todd Matthews was pulling out of…