Month: May 2014

The Pocatello Police Department said a boy who was reported missing was found early Saturday morning. The department had sent a call to residents around 1 a.m. Saturday notifying them about a missing boy who lives on Clark Street. Police asked residents to check their yards for him or his BMX bike. Police said they

Small earthquakes occurred Saturday morning in remote areas of central Idaho and western Montana. The U.S. Geological Survey says a 3.8-magnitude earthquake occurred at 1:34 a.m. about seven miles northwest of Challis. The Challis area has seen a flurry of earthquakes this year. In western Montana, a 2.5 earthquake was measured at 7:13 a.m. about

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The Idaho Falls City of Refuge Homeless shelter partnered with the U.S. Marine Corps to raise money for the homeless. They held a raffle for a four-wheeler and $250 gas card at DAD’s Truck Stop. Sgt. Jamers Shivers said he is happy he could be there to support the homeless since many happen to be

One of the nation’s largest railroad companies wants to help the city of Blackfoot find solutions to its safety and traffic concerns at railroad crossings. The company wants to work with Bingham County Officials to find solutions to the problems right now. Union Pacific Railroad said it is in support of building a railroad underpass

The Idaho Bureau of Land Management has issued a fire prevention order for May 10 through Oct. 20. This means you’re not allowed to set off fireworks, shoot exploding ammunition or burn things on public lands. “As we head into summer and we start seeing hotter temperatures, and, you know what, it has been dry,

There was some big hype surrounding the excavation of old Atari “E.T.” games last weekend. Many urban legends surrounded the burial of the games that failed to sell three decades ago. But one Idaho Falls man who recently moved to Nampa said he’s one of the people who helped bury the games. Former Atari employee

The city of Idaho Falls kicked off its citywide cleanup initiative Friday. Mayor Rebecca Casper gave a proclamation at the Bonneville County Transfer Station. The city is encouraging the community to help them spruce up the community. From May 2 through May 10, the city will set up more than a dozen dumpster and recycle

Three ring-tailed lemurs were recently born at the Tautphaus Park Zoo. The first was born March 27, and twins were born April 25. “We knew both the females were pregnant, but the twins were a bit of a surprise,” said Zoo Superintendent Beth Rich. “Ring-tailed lemurs usually give birth to a single infant, but twin

A semi-trailer truck rolled near U.S. Highway 20 on Friday. The accident was on North 3800 East by the Loft Reception Center in Jefferson County near the Bonneville County border. Law enforcement said the driver missed a turn, went off the side of the road and rolled. The driver is OK.

For the first time ever Miss Indian World now resides in Fort Hall. She returned home Thursday after being crowned April 26. Taylor Thomas is the 2014 Miss Indian World, and to her, the title means service. “I’m basically getting out awareness,” Thomas said. “That is my role – I’m a goodwill ambassador, so wherever

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The United Dairymen of Idaho Distinguished Student Award winner is passionate about fixing cars. “I love auto mechanics because there’s never one job that ‘s the same,” Braxton Cox said. “Even if you have an identical car coming in for the same reason, it can be for a different cause or you could have a

On Thursday, the second, annual “Idaho Gives” campaign was well-underway across the state, raking-in donations for local non-profit organizations. Dozens of community leaders piled into Idaho Central Credit Union’s notorious Green Machine, where they set-out to pay a visit to the local non-profits in the Pocatello-Chubbuck community. ICCU’s Vice President of consumer lending Corey Dahle

Respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, has reached Rexburg. Two confirmed cases of RSV at Madison Memorial Hospital have prompted officials to ban visitors under the age of 18 or ones with flu-like symptoms. RSV is essentially a really bad cold, but in patients less than 2 years old and the elderly, the effects can be

Madison County Commissioners repealed a ban on guns in public buildings this week, bringing the county into compliance with state law which already allows this. Signs prohibiting weapons at the Sheriff’s Office, Madison Memorial Hospital and other public buildings will soon be removed. “Those who plan on committing a crime aren’t gonna be stopped by

Three Blackfoot schools were placed under a partial lockdown Thursday. The Blackfoot Police Department said it asked Mountain View Middle School, Blackfoot Sixth Grade school and Independence Alternative High School to lock their doors while they pursued a fugitive around 12:40 p.m. Police said Anthony M. Gonzalez fled from a crash on North University and

An Idaho Falls man stabbed his roommate over a missing lawnmower Wednesday, police said. Darrell K. Smith, 51, and the 57-year-old victim were arguing over the mower in an apartment in the 600 block of Tiger Avenue around 1:30 p.m. Smith grabbed a knife and stabbed the other man in the stomach area, according to

Bonneville High School students were evacuated from the school building into a nearby stadium after a fire alarm in the school building Thursday morning. After firefighters inspected the building, students were allowed to return around 10:15 a.m. No fire was found in the school, but firefighters said the smell of smoke may have blown in

A gas leak led road closures in Bonneville County on Thursday afternoon. An excavator hit a gas line at the intersection of Ammon and Sunnyside roads around noon. The roads were closed briefly, and were reopened when the gas company shut off the line.

Updated that the girls have been found. Two missing Billings, Montana, girls that were seen in Bonneville County were found in Las Vegas. The Billings Police Department notified local authorities at noon today, the Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office said. Further details were not available. The girls, Chylane Crowley, 17, and S. Katelyn Albright, 15, abandoned

What would you do if you had to pay a stranger’s debt? Paulette Kirkham, of Rexburg, said she had almost $5,000 of her tax refund seized for her estranged father’s bill, 35 years after she said he committed Social Security fraud. There have been many cases across the nation in which the IRS is withholding