Month: November 2012

First it was big flat screen TVs. Then LED took over LCD and plasma. Then 3D was all the rage. So now what? Smart TVs. “You can pretty much do…

The Wyoming labor market continues to slowly grow. The Wyoming Department of Workforce Services reports the state’s unemployment rate dropped…

The anti-drug message is not always the easiest to get across to teens, but when the message comes from teenagers themselves, it seems to hold more…

The State Board of Education has repealed several pending education rules. This comes following the rejection of Student’s Come First reform…

The Idaho Falls Regional Airport is preparing for a multimillion-dollar renovation project. Airport Director Craig Davis finalized plans with…

The Madison Memorial Hospital held a groundbreaking ceremony Monday for the construction of a new short stay rehabilitation facility. It is a joint…

A 4-year-old boy was found at 756 W. Sublette in Pocatello wearing only underwear, police said Monday. Officers responded to a report of the boy,…

Police said three teens burglarized cars in Idaho Falls early Monday morning. At 3 a.m., Bonneville County deputies received a report of possible car…

While Hostess and Wonder Bread products have been quickly flying off the shelves, some local businesses are seeing a rising window of opportunity.…

Teachers across Idaho will be given pay-for-performance checks for a job well done. The State Department of Education says 8 out of every 10…

You may have heard those radio ads about class-action lawsuits against drug manufacturers. An announcer usually urges folks who have used certain…

There was a two-vehicle crash near St. Anthony Saturday night, according to Idaho State Police. Clive Wright, 61, of Roberts was stopped in a fuel…

Suicide survivors met in Pocatello on Saturday to help bring attention to a growing need for help. The turnout was sobering, dozens of people most of…

Below are final scores from Friday night’s from Friday night’s state football championship games. Links to videos of select games will be…

Friday was a big day for high school football in eastern Idaho, when five teams took part in a championships, meaning a lot of fan fever. If…

A string of hit and run crashes ended with the arrest of an Idaho Falls man Thursday night on multiple counts of leaving the scene of an…

Idaho Fish and Game are seeking the public’s help in helping to solve two separate cases of not only elk poaching, but leaving animals to…

Idaho voters decided the future of the state with last week’s general election. Important issues like education, hunting, fishing, and trapping…

A legislative committee has voted to sponsor legislation that would raise fees for dozens of hunting and fishing licenses for both residents and…

Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter will spend up to another month deciding whether Idaho will build its own health insurance exchange – or opt…

A fight over a Facebook posting led to the arrest of an Idaho Falls man at around 9 p.m. Thursday for attempted strangulation and as a…

Some folks in Power County are finding a lot they don’t like about what the BLM is calling it’s preferred route for the Gateway…

The annual Great American Smokeout event took place today. It encourages smokers to go cold turkey for one day. Smokers and non-smokers were…

A possible merger of Caribou-Targhee and Bridger-Teton is in talks. So what would this merger do for taxpayers and employees who work at the forest…

An Amber Alert was canceled for a three-year-old boy out of Montana. The boy was found safe early Friday morning, authorities said. Officials said…

Idaho’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell again in October to an even 7 percent. That is the lowest jobless rate in three-and-a-half…

There’s a hint of Twilight-mania in the eastern Idaho air. On Thursday night, the 5th Twilight movie, Breaking Dawn Part 2, will light up…

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Eastern Idahoans have been getting suspicious phone calls and text messages saying there is a warrant out for their arrest for failure to appear for…

A child was hit in the crosswalk on Pine and Jefferson in Pocatello on Thursday afternoon. When emergency responders arrived, the 11-year-old…

A Pocatello man is facing a string of charges for allegedly striking a woman several times on the head with a glass bottle. Witness said John Guinn,…

Muscles turning to bone may sound unreal to many people, but for one man in Pocatello, it’s everyday life. Edmund Cook has an extremely rare…

A 22-year-old Arizona man who was trying to sell an iPod was arrested after the actual owner found it listed online, Rexburg police said Thursday.…

The nation’s diabetes problem is getting worse, and health officials say the biggest changes have been in Oklahoma and a number of Southern…

The nation’s diabetes problem is getting worse, and health officials say the biggest changes have been in Oklahoma and a number of Southern…

The nation’s diabetes problem is getting worse, and health officials say the biggest changes have been in Oklahoma and a number of Southern…

The nation’s diabetes problem is getting worse, and health officials say the biggest changes have been in Oklahoma and a number of Southern…

The nation’s diabetes problem is getting worse, and health officials say the biggest changes have been in Oklahoma and a number of Southern…

The nation’s diabetes problem is getting worse, and health officials say the biggest changes have been in Oklahoma and a number of Southern…

The nation’s diabetes problem is getting worse, and health officials say the biggest changes have been in Oklahoma and a number of Southern…

The nation’s diabetes problem is getting worse, and health officials say the biggest changes have been in Oklahoma and a number of Southern…

The nation’s diabetes problem is getting worse, and health officials say the biggest changes have been in Oklahoma and a number of Southern…

The nation’s diabetes problem is getting worse, and health officials say the biggest changes have been in Oklahoma and a number of Southern…

The Greenway Foundation said it could take 75 years until the planned path is fully completed. Currently the Portneuf Greenway is made up of a bunch…

The demand for potatoes has been down in recent years. But there’s one state agency who’s ready to revamp the image of the potato.…

GIRLS H.S. BASKETBALL Rigby 47Madison 54 F Bonenville 41Skyline 56 F Century 54Idaho Falls 21 F Hillcrest 52Shelley 39 F West Side 33Firth 57 F Malad…

GIRLS BASKETBALL Highland 39Orofino 11 F Butte County 57 Ririe 36 F Challis 63 Carey 36 F Firth 45 South Fremont 32 F Oakley 48Hansen 44 F Richfield…

A recent report from Slate magazine is mapping out the states where women make the least amount of money. Idaho, Wyoming and Utah sit at the very…

Last week, Idaho voters struck down education propositions 1, 2 and 3; also known as the “Luna Laws.” Since then, many have been…

The city of Rexburg has some major developments in the works. Members of the chamber of commerce and the city met together with leading real estate…

Thanksgiving is around the corner, which means it’s time to start thinking about buying all that food. Some new numbers released Wednesday by…

As a series of local call centers close shop, and lay off dozens of employees, there are still companies looking for eastern Idaho workers. “I…

While adults appreciate his generally sweet disposition, good manners, and motivation to be part of a healthy family, Jordan knows that he has to…

Two Idaho Power crews that went to Long Island, N.Y., to help restore power to those hit hard by Superstorm Sandy are on their way home. The crews,…

The city of Driggs has won a a $30,000 grant from the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality.The city will match the grant with an additional…

Promark Research Corporation became the latest company to cut dozens of call center employees, announcing the layoffs Tuesday afternoon. The people…

Since the election dozens of online petitions have sprung up calling for states across the nation to secede from the union, including one petition…

The Festival of Trees has arrived in Idaho Falls. The festival kicks off this week at the Shilo Inn Convention Center. Dozens of trees, from big, to…

Used nuclear fuel from the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier will soon be on its way to Idaho. The vessel will be de-commissioned on December 1st, and…

An Ammon family got a rude awakening Tuesday morning when their garage caught on fire. The suspect? Their sick pig. The fire happened on Lincoln Road…

A routine traffic stop resulted in police finding $130,000 worth of various drugs near American Falls. On Tuesday at 9 a.m., an Idaho State Police…

The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality has approved a $67 thousand for the city of Blackfoot. The city will match the grant with another $67…

An Idaho Falls man will have to pay about $85,000 for Medicaid fraud. John K. Baird, 49, was sentenced Tuesday on one count of provider fraud and one…

Each year around 200 people are killed by accidental carbon monoxide poisoning and another 5,000 people are injured in Idaho, the Idaho State Health…

Rexburg police are looking for the driver who was nearly in an accident with the AK-47 Bandit. The East Idaho Credit Union in Rexburg was robbed…

Four people were hurt, two critically, in a six vehicle crash at 5th and Benton at around 5 pm in Pocatello Monday. Pocatello Police said the driver…

At Firth High School on Monday, hundreds of military veterans gathered with students and community members. The message was one of remembrance.…

State Forester Bill Crapser says this year’s wildfires have consumed all the money the state had set aside for fire suppression. Crapser says…

Idaho teachers will still get about $38 million in merit-pay bonuses this year, despite voters’ rejection of public schools chief Tom…

Public schools chief Tom Luna plans to ask the 2013 Idaho Legislature to adopt another pay-for-performance program for teachers, saying he…

It’s been almost a week since education reform propositions 1, 2 and 3 were struck down by Idaho voters. After all of the build-up, everyone is…

With wintry weather comes slick, dangerous conditions on the roadways. Eastern Idaho got a big wakeup call over Veterans Day weekend. So did Idaho…

Another local call center is closing its doors. Teleperformance USA confirmed to Local News 8 on Monday that it was closing its facility in…

Although the stock market took a significant plunge this past week following the election, this week’s numbers show how southeastern Idaho is…

Wildlife officials are reporting an uptick in grizzly bear deaths in the Yellowstone ecosystem. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game says 50…

Wildlife officials are reporting an uptick in grizzly bear deaths in the Yellowstone ecosystem. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game says 50…

Wildlife officials are reporting an uptick in grizzly bear deaths in the Yellowstone ecosystem. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game says 50…

Wildlife officials are reporting an uptick in grizzly bear deaths in the Yellowstone ecosystem. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game says 50…

Wildlife officials are reporting an uptick in grizzly bear deaths in the Yellowstone ecosystem. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game says 50…

Wildlife officials are reporting an uptick in grizzly bear deaths in the Yellowstone ecosystem. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game says 50…

Wildlife officials are reporting an uptick in grizzly bear deaths in the Yellowstone ecosystem. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game says 50…

Wildlife officials are reporting an uptick in grizzly bear deaths in the Yellowstone ecosystem. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game says 50…

Wildlife officials are reporting an uptick in grizzly bear deaths in the Yellowstone ecosystem. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game says 50…

Wildlife officials are reporting an uptick in grizzly bear deaths in the Yellowstone ecosystem. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game says 50…

The clean-up project at the Idaho National Laboratory site to process 900,000 gallons of nuclear waste is currently ahead of schedule and under…

Some folks in Pocatello are aiming to make holiday gifts a lot more meaningful. Organizers of an alternative gift market hope to bring some change to…

The City of Pocatello is putting together a plan for what the Gate City might look like ten years down the road and is asking for public input. Those…

Jackson Hole Airport has agreed to boost the amount of revenue it gives to Grand Teton National Park. Terms of a tentative agreement will hike the…

Three people are in the hospital after the bus they were riding on crashed Sunday morning. A Salt Lake Express bus was driving north on Interstate 15…

On Veteran’s Day, many folks spend time listening to war stories and memories with grandpas and grandmas, aunts and uncles, or moms and dads.…

Idaho State Police are investigating a three-vehicle crash on state Highway 31 just north of Swan Valley. 24-year-old Jamie Krupinski from Jackson…

Two six-man Idaho Power Company crews, along with 18 Rocky Mountain Power employees, are helping with recovery efforts following super storm Sandy.…

Left lanes in both directions on US-20 were blocked Saturday morning, due to traffic accidents between the Menan-Lorenzo Highway and 6800 South, east…

A suspect in the death of a south-central Idaho man has been arrested in Las Vegas. Cassia County Undersheriff Geroge Warnell said a tip from a…

Here are final scores from Friday night’s high school playoffs. Links to clips of select games are included. * Madison 36Lake City…

Firefighters responding to trailer home that was fully engulfed by flames Thursday night had troubles of their own. Power County dispatch received a…

The Wyoming Highway Patrol has released information on a deadly crash that occurred the morning of Oct. 25 south of Jackson. Justine Bruteig, 79, of…

Mountain West Research in Idaho Falls closed its call center in Idaho Falls yesterday, leaving employees with very little notice to find new work.…

Police continue searching for the AK-47 bandit. The East Idaho Credit Union in Rexburg was robbed Wednesday and police believe he is the suspect.…

Students at Idaho State University’s School of Business are helping to fulfill the dream of a sick little girl. On Thursday night, students…