Month: September 2014

UPDATE: The Oneida County Sheriff’s Office reports Bert Singleton has been located. In an email, the office says reports indicate Singleton…

Madison County firefighters battled a fire in an empty potato cellar east of Teton Thursday. Duty Chief Mikel Walker said the cause of the fire is…

Adan Arroyo, who was sentenced to 25 years to life in the January 2013 death of Kristy Aschliman in Bonneville County, asked for a sentence reduction…

City Engineer Deirdre Castillo said businesses not only are businesses asking how construction’s going, but this road will be good in case of…

The Lears were reminded that life is truly precious. Neuromuscular degenerative disorder is rare genetic disease. It basically just shuts down your…

This week Idaho State Police are teaming-up with various farm groups across the state to warn drivers about the dangers of not sharing the road with…

Teton County commissioners have voted unanimously to adopt a zero waste resolution, becoming the first community in Wyoming, Montana or Idaho to do…

Emergency personnel in Jackson and Teton County spent Wednesday conducting an emergency drill. “The storyline that we’re working on is a…

Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center said Wednesday said five children are hospitalized with symptoms consistent with Enterovirus D68, which brings…

Mountain American Credit Union has parented with Sterling ATM to develop a modular branch to provide temporary service to Rexburg members. Tuesday,…

Emilee Murdoch spoke at length at the Blackfoot School District 91 School Board meeting about the harms of the new Common Core Standards. Murdoch had…

BOYS H.S. SOCCERPocatello 0*Century 3 F *Hillcrest 3Highland 2 F Idaho Falls 1Skyline 1 F *Sugar-Salem 4 Shelley 0 F GIRLS H.S. SOCCER*Century…

The proposed plan has two hotels a luxury resort to the north and a business class hotel near the court house. Mayor Hyrum Johnson is please the…

Monkey Bar Storage broke ground in Rexburg Tuesday in an effort to become the largest garage organizing company in the world. The company has already…

Several Jackson restaurants have been featured on Food Network’s “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” over the past few months, causing a…

Bingham County commissioners approved the county budget for fiscal year 2015. The budget is lower than 2014 and the levy is also lower. Commissioner…

A section of Interstate 15 appears to be a magnet for serious crashes. State Police said there are several reasons for this and they include the…

Since 1991, Bonneville County Fire Protection District No. 1 and the city of Idaho Falls Fire Department have been combining resources and assets to…

Police are still investigating the cold case of Nori Jones almost precisely one decade after her death, but on Monday afternoon police said the…

A man led deputies on a chase in Ammon and Idaho Falls early Monday morning, the Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office said. Just after midnight,…

Volunteers from Idaho State University and the surrounding community cleaned up the Portnuef River over the weekend. The Clean the Portneuf 2014…

The driver in a deadly hit-and-run in Jerome has turned himself in, Idaho State Police said Monday. He is Bernave Avila, 24, of Jerome. The…

Idaho State University could soon give schools such as M.I.T a run for its money, after the U.S. Department of Energy’s Nuclear Energy…

An electronic cigarette store was burglarized last week, Idaho Falls police said Monday. Officers got a report of the burglary of The Vapor Door…

John Bujak, who’s running for governor on the Libertarian ticket, said Idaho is wasting money trying to defend its ban on same-sex marriage in…

Idaho Falls got a little more colorful Saturday. Hundreds of gays, lesbians, transgenders and their supporters marched down E Street for the second…

The annual Sagebrush Art Festival painted a bigger picture than ever before, drawing-out more than 50 new vendors to the Idaho State University…

The Idaho State Soccer team stopped its two game skid by beating Hawaii 5-4. Senior Forward Amanda Ellsworth recorded her first collegiate hat trick…

Century Point Guard Malek Harwell is widely known as the top High School basketball prospect in the state of Idaho. Sunday Harwell decided to keep…

Skyview scored first then Madison took the game over on their way to a 29-7 Homecoming win. The Bobcats will hope to use the momentum as they head to…

For Three and a half quarters the Idaho State Football team couldn’t be stopped. But late in the 3rd Qtr. the Chadron State Eagles put up a…

Today Freeman Park is synonymous with rolling hills, luscious green lawns and bubbling brooks. But beneath the beauty lurks a history few people…

Abby’s message in a bottle found in Pine Creek. If you know the family, let us…

“When I jumped out on the roof, I made my way on the roof to the fire escape and saw the fire,” said Jorden Petersen. Jorden Petersen had…

Pocatello firefighters battled a fire at the Monarch Building at 240 W. Center in the Old Town area on Friday. The fire was reported at 6:40 a.m.…

Here are the final scores of Friday night football games in eastern Idaho and western Wyoming. For highlights, see localnews8.com/sports or the…

Alison Noble has been teaching art at Skyline High School for a long time. She has no problem with the emphasis on math and science, but hopes people…

One of the biggest animal adoption events in Idaho Falls kicks off Saturday. Organizers said more than 100 animals will be up for adoption. The event…

As the Idaho Meth Project holds its “Givin’ Meth the Boot” event, an Idaho woman is speaking out about her addiction to meth. Cyn…

It’s been a little less than a year since Optum Idaho took over part of the state’s Medicaid system, and local mental health care…

Taylor’s Crossing Public Charter School announced Friday it will be offering slots to displaced Odyssey students. On Wednesday, the state…

“I would say get in involved in everything you can and every extracurricular activity that you can and make sure you keep up on your school…

On Thursday afternoon, community members throughout southeastern Idaho gathered on the steps of the Bannock County Courthouse for the Chamber of…

The American Red Cross is providing assistance for 15 adults displaced by the Monarch fire in Old Town Pocatello Friday. A Red Cross Disaster Action…

Food trucks are a big business in a lot of major cities across the country, but starting the business in smaller towns can be tough. There are only a…

Odyssey Charter Board of Directors announced Thursday that it would not appeal the Idaho Public Charter School Commission’s decision to revoke…

Brad Scott Compher was arraigned in Bannock County court Thursday, accused of first-degree murder in the death of Nori Jones in 2004. Part of the…

Dozens gathered Thursday afternoon in Freeman Park for a tribute to those who lost their lives responding to the attack on the Twin Towers 13 years…

Cabela’s hasn’t made it to our area yet, but news of its entrance to the Idaho Falls market is already spurring new development. Both…

A state panel ruled Odyssey Charter School will close. The Idaho Public Charter School Commission repealed the school’s charter Wednesday.…

Officials say a Utah teacher carrying a concealed firearm at school was struck by fragments from a bullet and a porcelain toilet when her gun…

Bre Clark joins Local News 8 from her hometown of Houston. Bre’s first love was theater before attending the University of Houston, where the…

After President Obama’s Wednesday speech in which he vowed to “degrade and ultimately destroy” ISIL, U.S. Sen. Jim Risch said…

Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center said Thursday it has treated nine children with a dangerous respiratory virus. Three of the six children it was…

A non-profit organization based in Rexburg is collecting and shipping shoes to third-world countries. Wednesday night, Dando Amor filled a…

Pocatello police have arrested a man in connection with the 2004 murder of Nori Jones. In a news conference Tuesday, police announced that Brad Scott…

There’s good news on the horizon for those looking for a job, but employers aren’t necessarily singing the same tune. The Idaho…

Potato farmers in eastern Idaho are preparing for potato harvest, but this year it’s something of a bittersweet occasion. Both yields and…

The Moose-Wilson Road is temporarily closed due to bear activity in the area, Grand Teton National Park announced Wednesday. Since grizzly and black…

Stafford Elementary students and teachers filled the school gym Tuesday to break good news to teacher Melissa Hunt. Farmers Insurance announced that…

Flows on the Snake River in eastern Idaho dropped about 300 cubic feet per second Monday. The river, on average, has been running in the range of…

The Pocatello Police Department is seeing an increase in calls from residents complaining about aggressive door-to-door salespeople. Police say these…

BOYS H.S. SOCCERIdaho Falls 1Madison 1 F Highland 0*Skyline 4 F *Century 1Rigby 0 F *Shelley 2Teton 1 F North Fremont 2Marsh Valley 2 F Snake River…

The Idaho Falls Public Works Division invited the public to a meeting Tuesday night at Hillcrest High School regarding the Hitt Road Corridor…

Fifteen percent of Idaho households are considered to be food insecure, and about 6 percent are considered to have very low food security according…

Week two of the high school football season brought about some separation in Sports Line’s weekly power rankings. Some teams making the biggest…

A bicyclist died after colliding with a tractor-trailer in Jackson. The accident occurred Friday around 4:30 p.m. at the intersection of Millward and…

The Sugar City hall renovation project is in it’s final phase. The $25,000 project started back in 2004 and is wrapping up with exterior…

The professor who accidentally fired a gun on the Idaho State University campus shot himself in the foot, Pocatello police said Wednesday. The…

A new construction project in Rexburg will help improve student safety at one elementary school. The parking lot that sits west of Adams Elementary…

The Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in finding a runaway. Juan Brandon Velasco, 16, ran away from home…

A Utah author says a schoolteacher plagiarized her Christian romance novel, added graphic sex scenes and passed it off as her own. Rachel Ann Nunes,…

The Idaho Falls City Council met Monday to discuss a Joint Powers Agreement with the City of Ammon. For the last few months the two cities have been…

The Compass Academy in Idaho Falls created an elaborate video in an effort to win a nationwide contest. A few students at the Compass Academy spent…

Pocatello police are looking for a vandal who has embraced his dark side. A male wearing a Darth Vader mask broke the front door of the K and B Kwik…

On Monday morning the Pocatello Police Department reported the 16-month old transported to the hospital in Salt Lake City in this past week’s…

Jacque Batt, the wife of former Gov. Phil Batt, died Sunday. Her husband was governor from 1995 to 1999. On Monday, Idaho leaders issued statements…

A prominent member of the Shoshone-Bannock tribes died Sunday. According to a news release from the tribes, Delbert Farmer was a “tribal elder,…

Six people were hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 15 on Sunday. Idaho State Police said the crash occurred about 11 miles north of…

On Tuesday afternoon one local organization donated $2,500 to the Portneuf Medical Center in order to help cancer patients pay for transportation and…

Nine individuals across the state were honored this weekend for the fourth, annual Idaho Hometown Hero award, but this year the group’s board…

Local moms say they’re concerned about the number of C-sections being performed in the nation’s…

State police said three crashes happened on Interstate 15 near Blackfoot Saturday. The crashes happened in the southbound lanes of the interstate at…

State police said two people were taken to the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center Friday night after being involved in a rollover crash on…

Police have identified the suspect in two bomb threats made at the Dollar Tree and Mountain West Research Thursday afternoon. Business as usual…

This week Rexburg City Council approved its new flood mitigation plan. The plan includes raising the Rodney Street lift station at least two feet.…

A Tennessee man is recovering in an Idaho Falls hospital after he overturned his boat and lost consciousness. Grand Teton National Park Public…

Here are the final scores of Friday night football games in eastern Idaho and western Wyoming. For highlights, see localnews8.com/sports or the…

A man from Shelley is suspected of soliciting sex on the Internet from someone he thought was a 13-year-old girl. Timothy Moss is charged with felony…

One of the main focuses of the United Way this year is reading proficiency. Margaret Ganyo, executive director of the Southeastern Idaho United Way,…

Idaho State Police are currently investigating a one-vehicle rollover crash on Interstate 15 at milepost 91 near Blackfoot. One lane is currently…

The splash park in Iona opened to the public Friday afternoon. The city held a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the grand opening. Admission to…

Each Thursday we recognize a high school senior who has been nominated by a teacher, counselor or principal. They’re students who excel in…

A southwest Idaho city councilman is facing a charge of sexual battery of a minor 16 to 17 years old. Idaho State Police arrested Middleton City…

A woman was arrested after police said she was found with a motorized scooter stolen from the Idaho Falls Library. Idaho Falls police said library…

A forensic autopsy has identified the remains found at the base of Snow King Mountain Wednesday as those of 26-year-old Christian J. Polly of…

The Teton School District 401 Board of Trustees will try again to gain voter approval of a $19 million school bond. Superintendent Monte Woolstenhume…

The Pocatello Animal Shelter and Adoption Center will be a nice Christmas gift for the animals. Construction is expected to be complete right before…

The south valley road being constructed in Pocatello is making progress. At Thursday’s city council meeting, the council approved contracts…

BOYS SOCCERBonneville 1**Highland 2 F Century 2**Skyline 3 F South Fremont 2**Shelley 3 F GIRLS SOCCER**Preston 7 Pocatello 3 F **Hillcrest 7 Idaho…