Month: May 2012

Blackfoot Police Chief Dave Moore said the department is going to begin an investigation into possible violations of Idaho code by individuals at Bingham Memorial Hospital. The precise nature of the investigation is unclear at this point. However, Local News 8 and KIDK have been investigating various allegations by hospital employees in the past month,

Senior years are wrapping up all over eastern Idaho and on Wednesday one graduating class celebrated in a special way — by coming together for the first time ever. The Idaho Virtual Academy hosted its fourth annual graduation ceremony at Hillcrest High School in Ammon. More than 20 students came together to honor their parents

The Bureau of Land Management wants the public’s opinion on what to do with the 360,000 acres of public land in the Deep Creek and Curlew areas. Currently, the BLM does not have a travel management plan for the area, meaning that people can drive, ride or walk anywhere, but that will change and public

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He’s bright, talented and well-rounded. Those are just some of the reasons Madison High School Senior Kash Merrill gets the United Dairymen of Idaho Distinguished Student Award. It?s spring time so Kash Merrill is practicing his baseball batting. But if it were a few months earlier you’d see him out on the court playing on

Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead and other state officials are traveling to China this week for a conference on advanced coal technologies. First Lady Carol Mead and the Mead’s two children are traveling with the governor at their own expense. Secretary of State Max Maxfield is serving as acting governor until Mead’s scheduled June 11 return.

Earlier this week, we learned a bomb threat that led to the evacuation of Rigby High School came from overseas. Threats like these could be a growing problem, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office. A similar threat was made to Bonneville County on Memorial Day, which, along with the Rigby threat, is being linked

Approximately 1300 residential and business customers will be without natural gas service for most of Thursday. Intermountain Gas Company said service was unintentionally shut down in the community while maintenance work was being performed by Williams Pipeline Company, Wednesday. No industrial customers were affected. Intermountain Gas Company spokesman Byron Defenbach stresses there was no gas

The state has issued a notice of defect to a public charter school in southwestern Idaho, citing its lack of accreditation and other concerns. The notice sent Thursday is the first step in a lengthy process that could result in closure of the Heritage Community Charter School in Caldwell. The school opened last fall with

Imagine a legal drug so powerful it causes extreme violence and suicidal thoughts. So-called “Bath Salts” are leaving a trail of horror across the country. On Thursday, law enforcement is wasting no time in educating officers and the community. The drug is a synthetic form of Methamphetamine. Police don’t hesitate to say it’s far more

A Pocatello man is facing kidnapping and assault charges after an incident Wednesday night. Police said Andres Mendez, 28, used a weapon to force another person to go from an apartment at 1066 Yellowstone to another location. Police did not specify the gender of the victim, who was able to escape and notify them. Mendez

School administrators held a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday morning at Dora Erickson Elementary to signify the start of what will transform into a new school. With the successful passage of Idaho Falls School District 91’s bond, work is beginning on new buildings that will replace some of the district’s oldest elementary schools. District 91 Superintendent George

CASA, or ?Court Appointed Special Advocates,? volunteers began work Thursday on the Second Annual Parade of Playhouses. Working with the Parade of Homes, 20 CASA volunteers came out to build the playhouses at BMC West on Holmes in Idaho Falls. The five playhouses will be displayed in the Idaho Falls Fourth of July Parade and

After seven years in the post, Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Tim O’Donaghue has announced his resignation. He said he’ll continue to be active in the Jackson Hole community and Northern Rockies region. “I will continue to contribute to our community through other avenues while spending more time with my family and enjoying

Idaho is saying no to selling Utah-based Five Wives Vodka, as state liquor directors claim the brand is offensive to women and Mormons. State directors were quick to point out the product isn’t banned, but they’re choosing not to carry it. Raena Opfar left the liquor store a satisfied customer Wednesday afternoon. “I’m a vodka

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There are some people who are just contagiously happy. Everyone loves to be around them. That’s the kind of person this week’s United Dairymen of Idaho Distinguished Student Award winner is. Madison High School senior Whitney reflects back on her high school years as she is about to graduate. “My favorite memories would definitely be

The school year is winding down and for high school seniors it’s a time to reflect on their accomplishments of the last several years. One graduate who has accomplished a lot is Idaho Falls High School senior, Brittany Vance. Her accomplishments in sports, music and academics have earned her the honor of United Dairymen of

Butte County High School senior, Brandon Pearson, is smart, athletic, a natural leader, and not afraid to learn new skills. Those qualities helped him win the United Dairymen of Idaho Distinguished Student Award. Everyone at Butte County High School knows Brandon, and with a student body of about 140 students, Brandon knows all of them

Being passionate about school and extracurricular activities is a common trait among the United Dairymen of Idaho Distinguished Student Award recipients, including current winner, Catherine Cornell of Century High School. Catherine spends hours several week nights practicing ballet. She’s been doing it since she was four years old. “I’ve done Nutcrackers every single year since

One of the talented leads in Hillcrest High School’s upcoming production of “Oliver” is United Dairymen of Idaho Distinguished Student Award recipient, Lisa Stewart. “I’m super excited about it,” Lisa said. “I love musicals. I’ve always loved music.” Music is one of Lisa’s passions in life.” It’s something that portrays so many different emotions, and

A driver is on leave as Alpine School District officials investigate why a 7-year-old Eagle Mountain student was booted from a bus in an unfamiliar area. District spokeswoman Rhonda Bromley says the second-grader boarded the bus to go to a friend’s house Friday. The driver realized the girl didn’t have permission to be there and

The Idaho State Police says two men were killed and a 10-year-old boy injured when all three were ejected from a pickup truck in a rollover crash in southeastern Idaho. The pickup was towing a fishing boat westbound on Old Kilgore Road about 12 miles east of Dubois at 5 p.m. Tuesday when the crash

The Idaho State Police says two men were killed and a 10-year-old boy injured when all three were ejected from a pickup truck in a rollover crash in southeastern Idaho. The pickup was towing a fishing boat westbound on Old Kilgore Road about 12 miles east of Dubois at 5 p.m. Tuesday when the crash

A spokesman says a search for an Idaho pilot believed to have gone down in southern Oregon is expanding to include both private help and assistance from neighboring Oregon counties and a California county. Sheriff Tim Evinger of Klamath County, Ore. says the family of 48-year-old Tony Nicholls of Meridian, Idaho, has set up a

A driver is on leave as Alpine School District officials investigate why a 7-year-old Eagle Mountain student was booted from a bus in an unfamiliar area. District spokeswoman Rhonda Bromley says the second-grader got on the bus Friday without proper permission. The driver realized the girl wasn’t supposed to be there and confronted her. The

Another Idaho solar energy project has fallen victim to sliding prices and industry turbulence. The Idaho Statesman reported Wednesday that Nampa, Idaho-based Transform Solar is calling it quits. The partnership between Micron Technology Inc. and Origin, an Australian energy company, plans to end its Idaho operations and lay off more than 250 workers over the

The Pocatello Chamber of Commerce is highlighting the Gate City’s natural landscape. This Saturday, the Beautification Committee will be hosting a city-wide clean-up. Volunteers will spread out through Pocatello and pick-up trash, but not before getting a free breakfast at the Old Town Pavillion. Committee member Mark Dahlquist said Saturday’s efforts will go a long

The bomb scare at the federal courthouse in Pocatello on Tuesday became part of the national conversation Wednesday morning. This comes after U.S. Marshals revealed the supposed bomb was just a musical magazine insert. After a day of debriefing, U.S. Marshal criminal investigator Darrin Lambert responded to what some called an overblown response to a

Search crews have found the wreckage of a small plane that crashed in southeast Oregon last week. Klamath County Sheriff Tim Evinger says the plane and the body of pilot Tony Nicholls were found Wednesday afternoon on the west-facing side of Hart Mountain – 13 miles northeast of Plush. The 48-year-old pilot from Meridian, Idaho,

A lot of people like to have fun with their cars and paint their windows, especially during special events like a graduation or a wedding. However, what most don’t know is that they might be breaking the law. It’s something many people do without thinking twice about but law enforcement said they should. Drivers can,

Richard Leavitt, the man set to be executed for the 1984 murder and mutilation of a Blackfoot woman, was back in court Wednesday trying to quash his death warrant. Leavitt?s attorney made several different cases about why the warrant should be quashed, but his main reason was simple: The warrant shouldn?t have been issued in

A strange sighting by some high school students near Pocatello has Sasquatch hunters coming to southeast Idaho. The students were on a school project near the west fork of Mink Creek south of Pocatello, when they say they saw a dark figure watching them from a ridge. One student grabbed his camera and caught a

If you’re looking for something to do this Saturday, how about fishing for free? June 2 is free fishing day in Wyoming for everyone, which means anglers may fish without buying a state license. However, licenses are still required to fish in Yellowstone National Park and on the Wind River Indian Reservation. All fishing regulations

Crews are working to recover the bodies of four people who died when their single-engine plane crashed near Zion National Park. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Mike Fergus said the aircraft with four people aboard left North Las Vegas Airport headed for Utah’s Bryce Canyon National Park on Tuesday morning. The company that owns the plane

The Eastern Idaho State Fair announced its big shows and plans for 2012 on Wednesday. Fairgoers this year will see lower ticket prices and a two-for-one rock concert featuring Three Dog Night and Heart for $38. (See Heart perform below.) Two rodeo events and the usual favorites like the demolition derby and the tractor pulls

Out-of-town campers picked up what they thought was a lost domestic puppy outside of Ketchum on Friday. It turns out that the animal may be a wolf. The campers took it to a vet clinic in town. . A technician at the clinic thought the lost male puppy looked like it might be a wolf

Bonneville District 93 board members met in Ammon on Wednesday to review winning bids for a brand new elementary school and a new roof for Sand Creek Middle School. The winning bid to build a new elementary school at the Grove Creek subdivision near bonneville high school came from Headwaters construction and will cost about

Bingham County Commissioners are clearing up what they call “misunderstanding and misinformation” when it comes to the county’s relationship with Bingham Memorial Hospital. At an open meeting Tuesday afternoon, commissioner Cleone Jolley presented a statement describing the county as a landlord and Bingham Memorial a tenant. There have been some accusations recently, from an employee

Officials in southwestern Idaho say a Michigan man was injured when his sport utility vehicle was struck by a freight train. Canyon County officials say Steven Lesman had been at a feed lot and was traveling toward the highway at 4 p.m. Tuesday when the train struck the passenger side of his SUV at a

“So You Think You Can Dance” may be in Alisia’s future. As creative as can be, this adolescent loves to choreograph dance moves and perform them for others to see. Being outgoing with a charming personality makes this young woman stand out in a crowd. Others are often drawn to her delightful smile. Playing games,

With an enormous and creative imagination, it is no wonder 14 year old Steven has such a love for reading, especially about “Star Wars” and science. Between collecting rocks and learning as much as possible about science, this young man has great potential for his future. His dream, however, is to someday become a helicopter

“Every kid needs a family,” Ryan said one year ago when he was first featured on “Wednesday’s Child.” “It gives them a sense or stability – somebody they they can feel is there for them so they know they’re not alone,” he said. Ryan got his wish. Neil Hodges saw him on that “Wednesday’s Child”

Shawn and Michelle are precious siblings who need a family to keep them together and provide the nurturing, love, and safety that they need to thrive. They have been together since their placement in foster care, and need to stay together. They find safety and comfort in each others’ company, though they sometimes don’t appear

“Hi, I’m Auston. My favorite things that I really like are building stuff, playing video games, riding my new scooter, playing with my friends, swimming, and going to scouts. I REALLY love scouts because I get to do a lot of fun things like go camping and swimming. Two things that I really want in

The Utah man charged with homicide in the drug overdose death of 16-year-old Alexis Rasmussen has altered a tattoo honoring the wife who’s now testifying against him. Eric Millerberg has added to a neck tattoo that read “Dea.” It now says “Death.” It’s unclear when the tattoo was changed, but it was visible during an

The wife of an Idaho pilot who failed to return from a flight to Lakeview, Ore., says the family hasn’t given up hope he’s still alive. Tony Nicholls of Meridian dropped off his two stepsons in Lakeview Thursday and was to return to Meridian that day because his daughter was graduating from high school over

The POW/MIA held its annual Thunder Run on Monday. The event recognizes veterans and the active duty service members on Memoral Day. The event started at Century High School, where participants left in cars and on motorcycles and headed to Lava Hot Springs for a ceremony. Then the group rode around the Pocatello remembering those

The federal courthouse in Pocatello was evacuated Tuesday due to a suspicious package found in the mailroom. Police found that the package did not contain a bomb, but a magazine with an electrical musical insert. The item in question was similar to musical birthday cards and was an advertisement. Police said they had never seen

A prison sentence has been handed down for the stepfather of the man who police say stabbed 20-year-old Buck Garner to death in Ammon on Christmas Day. Police said 46-year-old Adan Cisneros accompained his step-son, Joey Chavez, and 5 other men to a house in Ammon on Christmas Day, 2011. The Garner family was emotional

Teton County School District 1 middle and high school students are being surveyed about teens’ sleeping habits. The study is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Teton County school district is trying out later start times for students next year. Earlier in May, the School Board unanimously voted to move back

Idaho Falls Power supplies electricity to its customers at among the lowest rates in the nation. However, prices for this everyday necessity may be going up in two years. The company gets about 40 percent of its supply from hydroelectric power and the rest from the Bonneville Power Administration. “Our rates from Bonneville Power Administration

A local county hits a major financial milestone, Bannock County is now debt free. “We’ve worked hard to keep our budgets in line, to keep our expenditures down, to make good fiscal decision and here we are. We’re debt free,? Bannock County Commissioner Howard Manwaring said. Manwaring said he’s ecstatic the county no longer has

Alexis Gonzales faced a judge and jury Tuesday morning for his role in the Christmas Day stabbing in Ammon. Police said Gonzalez was in the car that suspects drove to the house that night, but he didn’t go inside. Gonzales is charged with harboring second degree murder defendant Joseph Chavez overnight after the stabbing. His

A traffic stop on Interstate 15 near Osgood led to the arrest of two on multiple drug-related charges. Idaho State Police said the driver of the 1997 BMW, Kelli Jo Cicon, 19, of Montana was displaying signs of drug use. When they searched the vehicle, police found a bag of unprescribed Diazepam depressant pills (101

Jefferson County detectives said the bomb threat call that caused the evacuation of Rigby High School in early May came from overseas. According to a news release, detective tracked down the suspects by subpoenaing phone records. Apparently, the suspects used “an Internet application known to prank high schools, hotels and other businesses.” Police said a

Idaho liquor regulators say “Five Wives Vodka” – a product from a Utah distillery – is in bad taste and they won’t stock bottles or take special orders. The bottle label shows five women tucking up their skirts. Idaho regulators told a distributor for Ogden’s Own Distillery that because the concept of Fives Wives Vodka

Idaho has been among leading critics of the No Child Left Behind education program, but state officials will have to wait a little longer to find out if they’ll be freed from the federal law’s toughest requirements. A list of the latest states to receive flexibility from the law was released Tuesday and did not

A new scam is reaching eastern Idahoans through the Web. This time the scammers are so invasive, they can access your computer remotely and even shut it down from thousands of miles away. Computer hackers target owners of Windows-based, non-Apple computers. A representative will call a computer user claiming to be from a fictional Microsoft

Now you can plan your trips around Idaho with your mobile device. The Idaho Department of Commerce Division of Tourism has launched a free mobile app version of its Idaho Travel Guide. The app will offer a multimedia interactive Idaho Travel Guide available on iPad, iPhone, and soon, on Android. It will showcase the state?s

What started as a Memorial Day tradition for one Blackfoot man is now a new local business. Rande Carson takes calls from customers as far away as Los Angeles asking to have a family members’ headstone cleaned. Scrubbing stone with vigor screams Memorial Day to Carson, the way barbeques do for most of us. ?Memorial

A car caught fire after a crash on State Highway 31 on Saturday. At about 5:10 p.m., Edwin Soto, 34, of Shelley was northbound on the highway in a 1992 Saturn SL when he failed to negotiate a curve at Milepost 6 near Swan Valley, Idaho State Police said. The car went off the right

Grand Teton National Park’s newly renovated Colter Bay Visitor Center is open for the summer season. The National Park Service says staff worked over the winter to renovate the interior space and to improve the look and function of the facility. The center on the east shore of Jackson Lake also features new interpretive exhibits

A National Transportation Safety Board investigator says security video captured a small plane taking off from a southern Utah airport just before it crashed about 300 yards from the runway, killing all four men aboard. Zoe Keliher says the video shows the single-engine Cessna 172 flying at a low level above the runway before making

All day on Saturday and overnight into Sunday, eastern Idahoans saw quite a few weather disturbances across the Snake River Plain region. One of the biggest concerns after such a storm is the roadways, and on Sunday drivers may have been better off in boats than behind the wheel. “There’s a number of things that

Memorial Day is one of the most anticipated days of the year, because it marks the start of summer. Monday was no exception. The overcast conditions didn’t put much of a damper on anyone’s holiday. Despite their destinations, Local News 8’s Jessica Crandall met up with a lot of people enjoying this Monday off in

Memorial Day marks the unofficial beginning of summer, and families wasted no time arriving at one of eastern Idaho’s most exciting destinations for family fun, to capture the first moments of summer. ?Today is our first day of our summer season,? said Riot Zone owner Keith Johnson, as he waited for crowds to come. ?We

There was a solemn salute at the Vietnam War Memorial in Idaho Falls. People said prayers and read the names of all 251 Idahoans on the memorial who died in the Vietnam War. “For me personally, I know how close my name came (to being) on that wall, so it’s very meaningful,” said Keith Nielson,

A truck towing a trailer got stuck on railroad tracks, resulting in an accident in Lava Hot Springs on Sunday night. The Bannock County Sheriff?s Office said that at about 10 p.m., a 2000 Chevy Silverado towing a camp trailer got stuck on the train tracks at Blazer road was struck by a passing train.

The Wyoming Transportation Commission has awarded contracts totaling nearly $33.4 million for 10 highway projects across the state. The Casper Star-Tribune reports the largest contract, worth $20.2 million, went to Riverside Contracting of Missoula, Mont. Nearly six miles of Interstate 90 about 24 miles southeast of Buffalo will be reconstructed. Work will begin on the

Air and ground crews are again searching southeastern Oregon and northern Nevada in an effort to find a pilot who has been missing since Thursday. Sheriff Tim Evinger of Klamath County said Monday that an Oregon National Guard helicopter is joining the search. The pilot, 48-year-old Tony Nicholls of Meridian, Idaho, flew to Lakeview, Ore.,

Authorities say Idaho State Controller Donna Jones is being treated for injuries suffered in a car accident on Interstate 84. Jones’ Chief of Staff Brandon Woolf says the 73-year-old elected official was injured Friday afternoon in a crash in Minidoka County. She was flown to a hospital in Boise. Officials have not yet detailed the

Officials say they plan to have the Mesa Fire in southern Utah 100 percent contained by Monday afternoon. Utah Division of Forestry spokesman Mike Melton says cool temperatures and higher humidity Sunday helped crews get the 123-acre blaze on Smith Mesa under control. Authorities believe the fire started when a campfire got out of control

Rescue crews say they had to dig a trench and build a haul system to remove a horse that fell into a basement in Herriman over the weekend. Unified Police officials and animal control officers responded to a call about 6:30 p.m. Sunday that a horse was stuck in a basement window well. But during

A car caught fire after a crash on State Highway 31 on Saturday. At about 5:10 p.m., Edwin Soto, 34, of Shelley was northbound on the highway in a 1992 Saturn SL when he failed to negotiate a curve at Milepost 6 near Swan Valley, Idaho State Police said. The car went off the right

An California man is killed in a two-car collision on U.S. 26. Police sais David Machovec, 63, of Idaho Falls, was traveling westbound on U.S. 26 Saturday evening when his pickup truck was hit by another vehicle. According to police, the other vehicle was headed north on 45th East, when it pulled onto U.S. 26

An Army National Guard helicopter on Sunday plucked a husband and wife and their adult daughter from a remote area in Owyhee County in southwest Idaho after their small airplane crashed. Owyhee County Sheriff’s Office dispatcher Bev White says the last person came out about 2 p.m. and each was transferred to a medical helicopter

A 16-member task force appointed by Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter trying to figure out a way to dissuade the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from listing sage grouse as an endangered species is recommending halting new wind, transmission and oil and gas projects in habitat identified as a priority for sage grouse. But The Times-News

The father of a U.S. soldier who was taken prisoner in Afghanistan is thanking the motorcycle riders of Rolling Thunder for raising awareness of missing-in-action troops and prisoners of war. At the annual Rolling Thunder rally on the National Mall, Bob Bergdahl promised his son: “You will come home. We will not leave you behind.”

For zoo lovers it’s always a battle to get as close to the animals as possible. But now you actually have a chance to meet your favorite flightless birds at Tautphaus Park’s new Penguin Interaction Program. The brand-new pavilion at the Tautphaus Park Zoo will host the program, where folks have the chance to meet

If you thought facelifts were only for faces, not so fast. Buildings in eight eastern Idaho cities are getting spruced up as part of the first “Operation Facelift.” Idaho Falls held a community rally Thursday afternoon, where Mayor Jared Fuhriman announced a proclamation in support of the project. Grow Idaho Falls revealed which three structures

More than a hundred people showed up to Century High Saturday morning only to be greeted by weather that was cold, wet and by all accounts horrible. However, there was nothing mother nature could have done that would have stopped the group from making a few trips around Century’s track. “For me this is very

A rainy Memorial Day weekend didn’t stop people in eastern Idaho from honoring our men and women in uniform. ?I wanted to do something for the veterans and people in the military, because, you know they’re having it tough,” said Mountain River Ranch owner Tran King. So, he fired up the grills and cued a

Heavy rains moved through the Snake River Plain on Saturday afternoon leaving some areas flooded. The intersection of 17th Street and Yellowstone Highway in Idaho Falls was under several inches of water as of 6:15 p.m. Saturday. The flood waters had even moved into the Sonic at the corner. Cars were still driving through the

A man formerly of Pocatello faces up 10 years in prison, a quarter million dollar fine, and anywhere from five years to life of supervised release for failing to register as a sex offender in Kentucky. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Idaho said 55-year-old David Leon Munday pleaded guilty to the charge in U.S. District

A 22-year-old Fort Hall man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Pocatello to an armed hold-up on the Shoshone-Bannock Indian Reservation. In a plea agreement, U.S. Attorney’s Office spokesperson Pamela Bearg said, Jasper Tendoy admitted he entered a residence with the intent of robbing his victim. In that agreement, Tendoy said he demanded money

There are some people who are just contagiously happy. Everyone loves to be around them. That’s the kind of person this week’s United Dairymen of Idaho Distinguished Student Award winner is. Madison High School senior Whitney reflects back on her high school years as she is about to graduate. “My favorite memories would definitely be

A group of good Samaritans pulled a man from his burning car in McCammon on Wednesday night, and police said they saved his life. Police said Scott Mann, 48, from Pocatello was driving west on Highway 30 on the overpass above I-15 when he lost control and hit the Jersey barrier. It happened right in

As we into one of the busiest travel weekends of the year, many of us are wondering about gas prices. AAA expects about 31 million drivers to hit the road this weekend. Most of them are paying a little less at the pump, thanks to lower crude oil prices, but that’s not the case in

Memorial day weekend begins with a rememberance of fallen heroes. The Idaho Field of Heroes held it’s dedication ceremony today outside Century High School in Pocatello. Each of the 6,421 handmade wooden crosses has the name, rank and date of death of an American serviceman or woman who paid the ultimate price Iraq or Afghanistan.

The LDS Church announced the site for its Star Valley Wyoming Temple on Friday. The temple will be east of U.S. Highway 89 on the Haderlie Farm property south of Afton. ?Our (Latter-day Saint) community members are elated at the prospects of a temple in our valley,? said Afton Mayor Loni Hillyard in a news

What started as coffee and doughnuts 57 years ago, is now St. Anthony’s “Free Fisherman’s Breakfast” to welcome the start of the fishing season. Alonzo Gonzalez said the sights and smells were well worth showing up at 4 a.m. “Cause, don’t you get hungry in the morning?” said Gonzalez, 12. Well sure, around 9, but

A new way to save energy is surging across Idaho Falls. “We want to increase our outage response, we want to automate and make more efficient our distribution, and, more importantly, save money,” said Idaho Falls Power General Manager Jackie Flowers. Flowers says the Smart Meter does all of that. “It enables us to get

Western lawmakers are seeking to elevate the plains bison to a status similar to that of the iconic bald eagle with legislation to declare the burly animal America’s “national mammal.” Bison advocates launched a “vote bison” public relations campaign Friday to coincide with the bill. The National Bison Legacy Act introduced in the Senate is

An ombudsman has determined a Boise police officer acted reasonably to defend himself when shooting a pit bull terrier that charged him. Boise Community Ombudsman Pierce Murphy released his findings Thursday regarding the April 9 incident. Police say the officer was in a Boise neighborhood that day looking for a man who failed to make