Month: August 2013

Head Coach Mike Kramer and the Bengals prepare to put 2012 behind them on Monday. Sweeping changes in the off-season gives ISU hope to turn the…

Sunday was the last day of the 26th annual Targhee Bluegrass Festival in Alta, Wyo. Garret Owens came from North Carolina to take in the festival.…

A fire was burning in the Lava area late Friday afternoon. The Bannock County Sheriff’s Office said crews are responding to a fire on BLM land…

A fire near Lava Hot Springs has burned an estimated 132 acres as of Sunday evening. The fire is burning northwest of town on BLM land off of…

The 50th anniversary of the Shoshone-Bannock Festival comes to a close today. Event organizers said the weekend-long celebration brought-in more…

At it’s annual Alumni Game, the Varsity Bengals topped the Alumni…

Idaho Falls got all the runs they needed in the 2nd inning on their way to a 12-3 win. Starting pitcher Patrick Conroy won his 5th start of the…

Question 20: Highland Rams have one of the best High School football prospects in the country on it’s offensive line. But the hole they have to…

Thousands packed the green belt in Idaho Falls this afternoon for this years great snake river green belt duck race. The annual event draws people…

San Diego County Sheriff’s officials say the man suspected of abducting 16-year-old Hannah Anderson has been killed in Idaho and the teen has…

Chubbuck held its annual Chubbuck Days celebrations Saturday. Scary face paint, down the clown, putt putt with some major obstacles and real…

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The Idaho Falls City Council decided Thursday to approve a master signage program. The city wants to add more signs to help both locals and tourists…

In a long meeting that lasted until midnight Thursday, the council decided to pass a $185 million budget. It’s the same budget as last year and…

Intermountain Gas Company wants to increase its rates by 4.15 percent beginning Oct. 1. In its annual Purchased Gas Cost Adjustment application, the…

If you pick up the September issue of Consumer Reports on stands now, you will see a special surgery issue. Inside you’ll find the rankings of…

The Idaho Falls City Council now says all five fire stations will again operate fully staffed. The decision was made in a work session Thursday…

The man police said caused a crash at Eighth and Center in Pocatello on Thursday night rescued another driver before he was arrested on an aggravated…

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For students hoping to work in the nuclear engineering field, the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission is giving Idaho State University College of…

Local cyclists are preparing for a 100 mile bike race this weekend. Some will be skipping the normal food stops in favor of something a little…

The Idaho National Laboratory is modernizing control rooms for nuclear power plants. The current systems are nearing the end of their 40-year life…

The annual Snake River Roaring Youth Jam kicked off Thursday with free art projects, experiments and music. The jam goes through Saturday. Toddlers…

A quarterly oil and gas lease auction generated $1.6 million in mineral leases for the state of Wyoming on Wednesday. The auction by the Office of…

“Just a Thought” By Russ Rubert August 2013 Summer is leaving, but not before the crops and gardens are harvested and either stored,…

The state’s water resources are running dry. This week the Idaho Water Resource Board is meeting to discuss ways to prevent a water shortage…

Idaho Falls and Bonneville County Fire Crews responded to a grass fire behind an auto salvage yard Wednesday night. The fire broke out just after 9…

The Shoshone and Bannock tribes of Fort Hall are celebrating their 50th annual festival this week. The festival is one of the most popular in the…

With the start of school just weeks away, the Eastern Idaho Public Health District is reminding parents to have their children vaccinated. James…

The Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance released the results of its effective population study. The effective population factors in the number of…

The federal government wants to protect our national parks. More than 1,200 acres of land inside Grand Teton National Park is up for sale to the…

With a new school year comes the talk of new schools. The Bonneville District 93 School Board is concerned about overcrowding, especially in…

School was in session Wednesday for school bus drivers in Bonneville District 93. The annual training is a refresher course for returning drivers,…

A year ago, few locals had heard of the Cives Steel Company. On Wednesday, the Ucon plant was ready for business. Two hundred people were on hand for…

Rocky Mountain Power customers in two areas who lost power got their lights back on earlier than expected. Folks in one Ammon neighborhood have been…

An East Boise Community Work Center inmate who walked away from her job Friday is back in custody, the Idaho Department of Correction said. Acting on…

A car rolled onto railroad tracks in Pocatello on Wednesday. The car was northbound on South Second when it left the roadway and launched about 60…

A California man is facing felony charges after allegedly touching a woman inappropriately. Elijah D. Schmidt, 19, of Quartz Hill, Calif., was…

Pocatello police have arrested a man in the armed robbery of the Kmart pharmacy on Pole Line Road. Joshua Micheal Robertson of Chubbuck, 23, was…

This season’s harvest of hard white winter wheat came about a week earlier than usual. Patrick Olsen, of Rich Lane Farms in Blackfoot, has been…

In Idaho, we can experience all kinds of natural disasters, like floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, and right now – fires. And if there are fires near…

The buses in Pocatello are getting a new home. On Tuesday afternoon, Pocatello Regional Transit and the City of Pocatello finally held its…

Idaho Falls Police Chief Mark McBride is thinking about stepping up security after a deadly shooting at a town hall meeting in Pennsylvania on Monday…

Once again, Idaho is in the top 10 states paying the most at the pump. We have the eighth highest price on average. Idaho prices have been on the…

The 50th annual Shoshone-Bannock Indian Festival kicks off Tuesday. At 6:30 p.m., the Miss Sho-Ban talent show starts at the Shoshone-Bannock Hotel…

A 64-year-old Chubbuck man was killed in a farm accident Monday. The Power County Sheriff’s Office has identified the victim as Dale L. Baker.…

A Blackfoot man is facing several felony charges after police said he was sexually abusing children. Idaho Falls police said Bradley E. Drummond, 37,…

Eastern Idaho Interagency Fire Center crews were responding to three different fires late Monday afternoon. The Mabey Fire, eight miles southwest of…

The fire that burned southeast of Idaho Falls on South Ammon Road is now out. The blaze had been creeping toward the Blackhawk subdivision late…

A fire that burned on the 115 North block of Fifth West on Monday afternoon is out. It started in a grain field around 5 p.m. and threatened homes.…

TheSnake River Duck Racehas been a summer event in Idaho Falls the past 23 years. The Idaho Falls Rotary Club organizes the event. The money raised…

People in a local neighborhood are raising a stink about a nasty smell. They say the smell comes from a potato company, and it is ruining their lives…

Slow travel, a lot of noise and vehicle damage is occurring from seal coating projects in Idaho Falls. Some construction is on Sunnyside Road,…

Motors revving, hundreds of classic cars from around the nation toured eastern Idaho for the first time, ever, this week. This week marks the 75-year…

The sheriff’s office has released the name of the Rigby woman who died in a boating accident on Saturday along the South Fork of the Snake…

Authorities are looking for an East Boise Community Work Center inmate with a criminal record in eastern Idaho after she walked away from her job in…

A Rigby woman was killed in a boating accident on the South Fork of the Snake River. Bonneville Co. Sheriff office said the accident happened 2 miles…

The Idaho Falls Chukars got their second win of the second half of the season Sunday topping Ogden…

The long season of American Legion wrapped up Sunday. The Pocatello Razorbacks playing for an “A” State Title, and the Idaho Falls…

One week after sustaining a major injury, bullfighter Quirt Hunt returned to the sport he loved. Not performing, wasn’t an option. He’s…

It was all Bull Riding on Sunday as the War Bonnet Rodeo ended it’s 102nd year. Lots of local riders competed in front of a large crowd at…

Idaho’s oldest rodeo, the War Bonnet Roundup, draws more than 12,000 spectators and hundreds of cowboys and cowgirls every year. Veteran Bob…

In this day and age of advancing technology, it seems like you are able to get a hold of anybody by sending a simple text or instant message. So why…

Families across eastern Idaho are welcoming students from around the world. Roughly 170 kids arrived at the Idaho Falls Regional Airport Saturday…

The plan to scrap the Hoku plant may become scrapped itself. A company out of Henderson, Nev., has made a verbal offer to purchase the buildings and…

More common than the orange rays of sunshine in Idaho Falls during the summer are the orange construction cones all over town. Idaho Falls city…

The Idaho Youth Ranch cut the ribbon on a brand-new store Friday. The thrift store left its downtown Idaho Falls location for one on Woodruff, next…

Convicted murderer Christopher Tapp is suing the state of Idaho for post conviction relief. Angie Dodge was killed in Idaho Falls in 1997. Tapp was…

An Idaho Falls engineer submitted the winning bid to purchase a Rocky Mountain Power hydro electric project in St. Anthony. Ted Sorenson of Sorenson…

Many kids look forward to the fair all summer for the promise of fun and food. When sisters Bailey and Amanda go to the fair, it’s not for the…

A Henderson, Nevada based company has submitted a verbal offer to purchase the abandoned HOKU plant in Pocatello. JCF Funding, LLC made the offer to…

School districts across the state are finding out how proficient their students are. Thursday, School District 25 in Pocatello and Chubbuck presented…

The gates of the unfinished Hoku plant most likely will not be sitting idle for too much longer. The Bannock County Development Corporation is…

Antibiotics have been a go-to treatment option for many illnesses, but there are types of bacteria which become resistant to antibiotics. Super bugs…

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The Pocatello Fire Department was called to 431 N. 14th Ave. for a house fire shortly before 3 p.m. Thursday. Firemen quickly brought the fire under…

The Pocatello/Chubbuck school district will take a tough stand on its student fee and fine policy next school year. School officials said some…

Even with strong winds and hot temperatures, fire activity was minimal on the Wolverine Fire nine miles east of Firth Thursday. A recognizance flight…

Teton Interagency firefighters are working to douse two small fires started by lightning Wednesday. The South Fall fire, estimated at one quarter of…

A Firth man is in custody after a bicycle chase in Pocatello Thursday morning. Pocatello Police bicycle patrol officers attempted to stop 32-year-old…

An Idaho Falls man was arrested at 2:51 a.m. Thursday after driving his red Pontiac into a white SUV driven by his estranged wife. Idaho Falls Police…

An Idaho Falls man is in custody in the Bonneville County jail on charges of using stolen credit and debit cards. James A. Bridwell, 37, was arrested…

A U.S. House candidate in Idaho has been flying to campaign events on a private plane owned by one of his supporters, despite federal law that…

Brigham Young University-Idaho is getting ready for a successful Education Week.The university will open up to the public Thursday through Saturday,…