Month: April 2012

Thanks to advance emergency planning, Shoshone-Bannock tribal officials say a planned overnight power outage was uneventful. The Idaho Power Company…

A standoff in the Pocatello Costco parking lot led to the arrest of a man and woman who police said would not come out of a van. Idaho State Police…

Blackfoot Police are looking for the person, or people, who have been firing BB guns at parked cars. Capt. Kurt Asmus said 12 to 15 car windows have…

Careers in nursing are in high-demand, but it’s not often that you find a high school student gearing up for the healthcare field even before…

A resident came home early Wednesday afternoon to find two people going through his cupboards, the Madison County Sheriff?s Office said. In a call to…

The Madison County Sheriff has some strong words of warning following the arrest of two teens accused of stealing prescription drugs from…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is extending the deadline for a popular government program that pays farmers to leave some of their land alone.…

Easter weekend is fast approaching and for many of us those presents can come in a cute, soft, cuddly and living form. Stores like C-A-L Ranch stock…

Geoffery Elawadly pleaded guilty on Wednesday to second-degree murder as part of a plea arrangement with the state. The guilty plea drops a laundry…

The Blackfoot City Council approved two measures that will mean changes to taxpayers Tuesday. City fees will increase, and the area for urban…

A government-funded transportation company is looking for a hike in funds this year. Targhee Regional Public Transportation Authority, better known…

Police arrested Marlana Lee Loveland on a Bonneville County warrant charging her with two counts of forgery Tuesday. The warrant stemmed from an…

According to national auto-sales tracker Autodata, new car sales are up dramatically in the United States. Sales rose nearly 13-percent in March…

Bannock County is a step closer to turning its landfill into a power plant. “You always look at the garbage as being garbage, but sometimes…

An eight-hour power outage is planned for Wednesday night and Thursday morning in the Fort Hall area. The Department of Public Safety and the Tribal…

A proposal for new charter school will be heard on Tuesday night in Idaho Falls. The twist: the school would focus on patriotism and capitalism. A…

A group of local people wants to bring the option of a patriotism-themed school to Idaho Falls District 91, and they want to do it with local…

After nearly three years of pursuing justice, it’s case closed for two local people scammed by a Rigby couple on Craigslist. On March 30, a…

A group of Idaho Falls women is remembering the 100th anniversary of the Titanic sinking with a themed tea party. The ‘Ladies Tea Guild’…

An American Fork city councilman and four city employees are getting credit for rescuing a woman and her young daughter from a burning house. Nobody…

A gun burglary occurred at a home on Oxbow Lane, Idaho Falls police said Tuesday. Police said a man reported the burglary on Sunday. He had come home…

A music video set in Idaho Falls and performed by a famous local duo is hitting the airwaves. Two months ago Local News 8 told you about Ali and…

For a small-sized airport, Idaho Falls Regional Airport has many contented travelers. Lines at checkstands, luggage stress, getting through…

Judges in Idaho are taking part in a Resolution Roundup, volunteering their time to solve lawsuits without ever going to trial. Free of charge judges…

Sticks of dynamite were found in a Twin Falls backyard Tuesday. The Twin Falls Police Department Bomb Squad responded to the residence and recovered…

The cost of repairing Bonner County roads damaged by stormwater runoff is expected to exceed $1 million. The northern Idaho county was expected to…

Flying on Allegiant Airlines is getting more expensive for anyone with carry-on luggage. Starting Wednesday, the airline will charge up to $35 to…

More than half the wolves in Idaho were killed in the recent hunting season, according to numbers from the Idaho Fish and Game. By some estimates,…

A private lawsuit against Teton School District has been dropped. The suit, filed by Brad Brewster centered on a 2010 hazing incident at Teton High…

Pocatello police said an Idaho Falls man kicked a window out of a patrol car Sunday night. Derek Furniss, 31, was arrested at Portneuf Medical Center…

The top official for the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs is resigning to accept a full-time leadership position with The Church of Jesus Christ of…

A 7-year-old Rigby boy is recovering from head trauma after getting run over by an ATV on Saturday afternoon. According to the Jefferson County…

Three of the seven defendants connected to the Christmas Day killing of 20-year-old Buck Garner in Ammon were back in court on Monday. The…

Madison Memorial Hospital has appointed a new CEO, who says that the transition has been ?natural? since Friday?s announcement. ?I believe that you…

A Canadian company said it will open a new manufacturing plant in Pocatello bringing more than 150 full-time jobs to the area. ATCO Structures and…

A fire ignited at a Rexburg business over the weekend. It happened at Mountain West Bark Products on South Highway 191, just before 1 a.m. Sunday.…

In this week’s Main Street Buzz, we found a doctor’s office with a unique twist: there is just one man running the whole show. Idaho…

Former Idaho Transportation Director Pamela Lowe says she is elated with a federal judge’s ruling that found the state must provide a reason…

After four years of enduring cutbacks, Idaho’s public universities can finally breathe a little easier. “It feels a lot better than the…

Several Idaho Falls community members gathered together Saturday night for a candlelight vigil in honor of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed…

The 182nd Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints wrapped up Sunday. Tens of thousands of LDS church members…

There is another delay in the sexual abuse case against former Snake River Junior High principal Christopher Cox. The presiding district judge in the…