Month: May 2015

The city proved it is full of volunteers Saturday when groups went to the streets and cleaned up. The Pocatello-Chubbuck Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual Citywide Spring Cleanup. It acted as a kickoff to Pocatello’s “May I Be Of Service Month,” which encourages people to maintain a healthy Portneuf Valley. With garbage bags and

By Idaho State Athletics, It was only fitting that seniors,andrallied the Idaho State softball team to a 9-8 win over North Dakota on Senior Day at Miller Ranch Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The Bengals entered the bottom of the seventh inning trailing 8-6 but would rally to win the game on a one-out walk off

Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquaio is one of the biggest fights in recent boxing history. Because of broadcast rules we can’t run highlights of the fight because it’s on Pay-Per-View. Undeterred we found a way to bring you highlights of the fight….sort of.

The Idaho Falls Farmers’ Market kicks off Saturday. Market managers said participation over the years has been gradually growing. “We have the usual vendors that come out every year, but this year we have more bakers and gardeners to offer. So we are excited to get started,” said Market manager Junean Stoddard. This year there

A man’s body was found in a mobile home fire Saturday morning. The fire was reported by people seeing the trailer on fire around 10 a.m. It is located at 8588 South First East, south of Idaho Falls. Firefighters said the home was filled with smoke. No one else was found in the home. Firefighters

A couple riding a Harley Davidson motorcycle hit a deer on Highway 34 north of Soda Springs on Saturday. Idaho State Police said Van Jorgensen, 48, of Lewiston, Utah and his passenger Susana Jorgensen were both taken to the Caribou Memorial Hospital. Their condition is unknown. Police said they were both wearing helmets at time

A missing 2-year-old boy’s body has been found after authorities and volunteers searched around the Snake River near Blackfoot The Bingham County Sheriff’s Office said the body of Earnest Garcia was found in the Snake River. Authorities and volunteers were searching for the boy since Friday evening near the Wadsworth Island area off of State

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Pocatello workers are planning to commemorate Workers’ Memorial Day Saturday with a big ceremony at Upper Ross Park. During the ceremony, they’ll be unveiling a 5,000 pound, 7-foot-long stone memorial dedicated to Idaho’s fallen workers. “When you come up to the stone itself, we’ll have different plaques coming up with all the names of those

One man was killed after his SUV rolled near Shelley midday Friday. Idaho State Police say the accident happened near Shelley on 1200 North just after noon Friday. The driver has been identified as Eric Galvan-Hurtado, age 20, of Shelley. Idaho State Police say he was driving westbound in a 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee. He

A woman was killed in a one-vehicle ATV crash at the St. Anthony Sand Dunes on Friday, the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office said. The 32-year-old from Bozeman, Montana, was pronounced dead at the crash, and a 9-year-old boy was transported to Madison Memorial Hospital for injuries. As of Friday evening, authorities were still notifying next

A boy was arrested in Issaquah, Washington, on a Teton County, Wyoming, first-degree sexual assault warrant on Thursday. The Teton County Sheriff’s Office said the suspect is being charged as an adult and is being held in a juvenile detention facility in Seattle on a $100,000 bond. The charges stem from an incident on New

The Jackson Police Department is asking for the public’s help in the fire that destroyed six businesses in Grand Teton Plaza on April 19. Authorities say the fire was human caused. Investigators want to speak with anyone who was in the area at the time or the fire or just before. In addition, they want

The man caught breaking into houses and garages on Whittier on Thursday night was misidentified, Idaho Falls police said. A resident called police around after seeing Damien Rhodes, 37, of Rigby, going into his house and another house around 9 p.m. on the 600 block of Whittier, police said. Officers found Rhodes around 10:30 p.m.

Madison County Prosecutor Sid Brown has determined there was no negligent action by law enforcement officers involved in the shooting death of a man after a robbery in Rexburg in January. Daryl Kurt Myler, 41, of Driggs, was shot after an armed robbery at Walgreens on Main Street around 5 p.m. Jan. 24. Officers from

April is National Organ Donor Awareness Month. Eight hundred Idahoans are currently on the national transplant waiting list. Rob Parkinson was on the national transplant list for five years. “I will always remember the F riday , we call it our F riday when we found out that Jeremy rose had an accident and he

Three of the Idaho Falls Arts Council’s past and present chairmen are challenging the council to raise $10,000 in new or increased memberships by June 30th. Steve & Cindy Carr, Tracy & Eric Hoart, and Sharon & Park Price have agreed to match the amount raised, up to the challenge amount. “We want everyone to

Basketball is just one of the sports in which Brandon Hamilton excels. He’s been a starter on the football and basketball teams all four years at Challis High School. Hamilton says sports has taught him a lot. “It teaches you how to lose and how to win, how to take a loss that’s bad or