Month: December 2012

The Idaho Public Charter Schools Commission has denied petitions for two new eastern Idaho charter schools. The petition to create the Bingham…

The Subway restaurant on East 17th was robbed at gunpoint Sunday night. Two restaurant employees told police that around 8:15 p.m., a man in a white…

With fires, elections, spiders and more, what a year 2012 has been! Below is a list of the big stories of 2012. These aren’t necessarily the…

Jackson Hole Mountain Resort says a snowboarder suffered a serious head injury after crashing into rocks at around 3:45 p.m. Sunday. Resort…

Jackson Hole Mountain Resort says a snowboarder suffered a serious head injury after crashing into rocks at around 3:45 p.m. Sunday. Resort…

Jackson Hole Mountain Resort says a snowboarder suffered a serious head injury after crashing into rocks at around 3:45 p.m. Sunday. Resort…

Jackson Hole Mountain Resort says a snowboarder suffered a serious head injury after crashing into rocks at around 3:45 p.m. Sunday. Resort…

Jackson Hole Mountain Resort says a snowboarder suffered a serious head injury after crashing into rocks at around 3:45 p.m. Sunday. Resort…

Jackson Hole Mountain Resort says a snowboarder suffered a serious head injury after crashing into rocks at around 3:45 p.m. Sunday. Resort…

Jackson Hole Mountain Resort says a snowboarder suffered a serious head injury after crashing into rocks at around 3:45 p.m. Sunday. Resort…

Jackson Hole Mountain Resort says a snowboarder suffered a serious head injury after crashing into rocks at around 3:45 p.m. Sunday. Resort…

Jackson Hole Mountain Resort says a snowboarder suffered a serious head injury after crashing into rocks at around 3:45 p.m. Sunday. Resort…

Jackson Hole Mountain Resort says a snowboarder suffered a serious head injury after crashing into rocks at around 3:45 p.m. Sunday. Resort…

The United Way of Southeastern Idaho is starting off the new year on a positive note: It has surpassed its $630,000 fundraising goal for 2012 by more…

A single wide mobile home, believed to have been totally destroyed by fire a month ago, caught fire again Sunday. The fire was reported Saturday…

A Pocatello couple are safe after spending the night in the Yale Creek backcountry. About 24 Fremont County Search and Rescue volunteers were called…

Police arrested an Idaho Falls man after they said he inappropriately touched a 5-year-old child. Steven Bodkin, 36, was arrested on charges of lewd…

A Sears employee was arrest on a charge of grand theft after police said he stole from his employer. Police said he stole $2,260 in cash, two razors…

Any time our station hears about a scam in the area, we want to make viewers aware. This time, a scammer is posing as a Publisher’s Clearing…

Two weeks after what’s considered to be the second deadliest school shooting in U.S. History, the Blackfoot community put together a concert in…

President Barack Obama didn’t place a phone call to an Idaho high school math teacher this month as earlier reported, and the teacher says she…

President Barack Obama didn’t place a phone call to an Idaho high school math teacher this month as earlier reported, and the teacher says she…

President Barack Obama didn’t place a phone call to an Idaho high school math teacher this month as earlier reported, and the teacher says she…

President Barack Obama didn’t place a phone call to an Idaho high school math teacher this month as earlier reported, and the teacher says she…

President Barack Obama didn’t place a phone call to an Idaho high school math teacher this month as earlier reported, and the teacher says she…

President Barack Obama didn’t place a phone call to an Idaho high school math teacher this month as earlier reported, and the teacher says she…

President Barack Obama didn’t place a phone call to an Idaho high school math teacher this month as earlier reported, and the teacher says she…

President Barack Obama didn’t place a phone call to an Idaho high school math teacher this month as earlier reported, and the teacher says she…

President Barack Obama didn’t place a phone call to an Idaho high school math teacher this month as earlier reported, and the teacher says she…

President Barack Obama didn’t place a phone call to an Idaho high school math teacher this month as earlier reported, and the teacher says she…

Wyoming’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell one tenth of a percent in November to 5.1 percent. Department of Workforce Services senior…

This time of year, losing sight of the season of giving and focusing on the material aspect of the holidays is all too easy, but the city of Iona is…

Russia has moved forward on a controversial measure banning adoption of Russian children by U.S. families. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed…

Custer County and federal officials have reached an agreement resolving long standing disagreements over management of roads and trails. The…

Recently the Idaho Leadership In Nuclear Energy Commission turned in a progress report on the Idaho National Laboratory to the governor, and one…

If you cry the day you take the tree down, you may want to get out a tissue because here are the places for Christmas tree disposal in Idaho Falls,…

Have you taken down your Christmas tree yet? You might want to. According to the National Fire Prevention Association, firefighters respond each year…

Idaho is in last place when it comes to your take-home pay, according to recent Department of Labor figures. The Labor Dept. said out of 50 states…

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As the country continues to inch closer to the possible fiscal cliff, another deadline is fast approaching. Congress has just four days to override…

Snow-covered roads and cautious drivers caused crowded terminals and full flights at Idaho Falls Regional Airport during one of the busiest travel…

Eastern Idaho was seeing numerous slide-offs and accidents Thursday, so drive carefully on those slick roads. Near Fort Hall on Interstate 15, the…

A possible lead has surfaced in the case of the donation kettles stolen from the Salvation Army in Pocatello. On Sunday morning, burglars broke a…

Eastern Idaho police want your help in finding two individuals. Chubbuck police are looking for 20-year-old Wadworth Lothrop III, who is wanted on a…

A note of caution: The roads are slick, and all the snow means the snowplows are out in force across eastern Idaho. On Wednesday, Caleb James rode…

Bingham County authorities are investigating a fire that claimed the life of a Blackfoot man Christmas night. The Bingham County Sheriff’s…

Tracks in the snow led to car burglary arrests once again in Idaho Falls. Shortly before 3 a.m. on Thursday, a police officer found fresh tire tracks…

James and Cheyenne are two very bonded siblings who have endured a lot of grief and loss in their lives. Their experiences have only brought them…

U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo of Idaho is headed back to Washington, D.C., to participate in negotiations over averting the so-called fiscal cliff and…

U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo of Idaho is headed back to Washington, D.C., to participate in negotiations over averting the so-called fiscal cliff and…

U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo of Idaho is headed back to Washington, D.C., to participate in negotiations over averting the so-called fiscal cliff and…

U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo of Idaho is headed back to Washington, D.C., to participate in negotiations over averting the so-called fiscal cliff and…

U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo of Idaho is headed back to Washington, D.C., to participate in negotiations over averting the so-called fiscal cliff and…

U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo of Idaho is headed back to Washington, D.C., to participate in negotiations over averting the so-called fiscal cliff and…

U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo of Idaho is headed back to Washington, D.C., to participate in negotiations over averting the so-called fiscal cliff and…

U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo of Idaho is headed back to Washington, D.C., to participate in negotiations over averting the so-called fiscal cliff and…

U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo of Idaho is headed back to Washington, D.C., to participate in negotiations over averting the so-called fiscal cliff and…

U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo of Idaho is headed back to Washington, D.C., to participate in negotiations over averting the so-called fiscal cliff and…

A state health insurance exchange is one of the biggest issues facing the Idaho Legislature in January. Both insurers and health care providers…

For the past decade, the Museum of Idaho has been bringing internationally and nationally-acclaimed exhibits to southeast Idaho. This year, the…

Footprints in the snow led to the arrest of an Idaho Falls man. At 5:45 a.m. Monday, police began investigating suspicious shoe tracks in the snow…

The Phillips 66 convenience store on 17th Street was robbed at gunpoint. The incident occurred Saturday, and police released information on the…

A divided Idaho Supreme Court has sided with the utility PacifiCorp in a tax fight the state has said could shift millions in assessments to others.…

One year ago on Tuesday, a single story dominated our headlines. Buck Garner, 20, was murdered in Ammon in the early morning hours of a day meant to…

The holidays are a busy time of year, but some people believe the Christmas spirit exists in giving to others. The Cancer Club at Hillcrest High…

The Idaho State Police seized tens of thousands of dollars during a traffic stop Sunday morning. Troopers pulled over a minivan for speeding along…

Some of the 30 people who were evacuated in the Bonneville Apartments fire on Tuesday afternoon are being allowed to return to their homes, an Idaho…

Firefighters believe a faulty cellphone charger may have started a fire in Bonneville County Monday night. A fire department spokesperson said the…

A credit card skimmer was found at a local gas station, Pocatello police said Monday. The skimmer is a device that makes duplicate credit card…

The layaway angels have returned to eastern Idaho. A new trend popped up during last year’s holiday season of people paying off layaway tabs…

Burglars have stolen Salvation Army donation kettles in Pocatello. Police said burglars broke a window to enter the Salvation Army building at 400 N.…

Last-minute shoppers swarmed stores all over Idaho Falls.Here’s our rhyming report on the chaos. Enjoy. ‘Twas the day before ChristmasAnd…

A two-car crash near Rigby was blocking traffic in both directions Monday. It appears to have been a rear-end crash. Both cars went off the right…

A 35-year-old Pocatello man is being held in the Bannock County jail after police said he strong-armed money from a woman. David Andrew Fink was…

Slippery roads led to a Bonneville County crash on Monday morning. Around 11:15, a driver of a pickup was headed north on New Sweden Road. He lost…

Gov. Matt Mead and the state’s congressional delegation have asked the U.S. Forest Service to involve the public on the possibility of merging…

A car stolen from a Pocatello convenience store Dec. 13 was recovered Saturday after a pursuit by Blackfoot police and the Bingham County…

Nationwide, AAA expects this Christmas travel season will be the busiest in 6 years. The auto club predicts more than 93 million Americans will hit…

In honor and support of last week’s tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary, Buffalo Wild Wings restaurants across the country hosted a…

A traffic accident occurred at the Thornton intersection on U.S. Highway 20 on Friday evening. Two cars were involved in a head-on or T-bone…

BOYS BASKETBALL **Blackfoot 56Snake River 40 F **Burley 65Century 59 F **Declo 45Oakley 23 F **Hillcrest 78Minico 42 F **Lighthouse Christian 57…

Some say tighter gun control laws will keep the most dangerous weapons out of dangerous hands. Others say putting guns in the hands of responsible…

The announcement of workforce restructuring of 450 employees at the Idaho National Laboratory this week has many people concerned of how the looming…

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A high school math teacher in Idaho Falls got a very important phone call Wednesday from President Barack Obama himself. Julie Nawrocki, an…

An Idaho Falls man got an early Christmas gift Friday morning. Chad’s Rental in Idaho Falls has given away a free Harley-Davidson motorcycle…

Highland senior basketball player Colton Shreve has been suspended one game by head coach Chris Frost, said Travis Bell, the Rams’ athletic…

A crash blocked the eastbound lane of State Highway 48 for just over an hour on Friday morning. Claude Walker, 62, of Rigby, was driving south on…

Fremont and Clark County Commissioners have closed the Red Road between Egin and Hamer for the winter. The closure, effective December 21, comes…

The Idaho Foodbank in the eastern part of the state is seeing more food and turkeys than it had expected this year, and many of those donations are…

Thousands of dollars in merchandise were stolen from an Idaho Falls camera shop. Idaho Falls police said the burglars got away with about $30,000 in…

Up to 450 jobs are on the chopping block at the Idaho National Laboratory during this fiscal year. According to an internal email obtained by Local…

For the first time in three and a half years, Idaho’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to under seven percent in November. The Idaho…

BOYS SCORES **Sugar-Salem 49North Fremont 33 F **Bear Lake 61Malad 39 F **Mackay 74 Leadore 34 F **West Side 59Firth 55 F Challis 56** Hagerman 59 F…

This December Toys for Tots plans on helping close to 3,000 kids just in Bannock County. but says there could be as many as 500 children without…

Blackfoot School District #55 board members met Thursday night in the first meeting since Scott Crane’s $220,000 secret payout became public.…

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Many parents across eastern Idaho are a little nervous and hesitant to send their kids to school Friday. School administrators attribute that to last…

River guides and other volunteers are clearing the Snake River of garbage from a truck wreck. The debris was sent into the river after a semi-truck…

Salmon School District superintendent Joey Foote was in Boise on Tuesday making the district’s case for a new school building before a…