Month: September 2016

Wildlife officials have stopped trapping for a group of wolves suspected of killing livestock on private land near Grand Teton National Park. The News and Guide reports that two of the four wolves that U.S. Department of Agriculture-Wildlife Services personnel have been trapped and killed and the other two have not been seen harassing cattle.

Grand Teton National Park saw a record number of visitors in July, with 815,721 people travelling the interior roads. The Jackson Hole News & Guide reports that it exceeded the previous busiest month in the park’s history – last July – by more than 10 percent. Other measures show that the entire Jackson Hole area

Idaho’s top schools chief says she wants a 6.6 percent increase in education spending for 2017, requesting more money for teacher salaries and literacy improvement. Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra released her plan Thursday. In it, Idaho’s public school funding would bump up $104.7 million more than what lawmakers allocated this year. The Idaho

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As fires continue to burn in eastern Idaho, there’s a lot of rules that firefighters must abide by. One of the rules landowners have the most issue with is when it comes to fighting a fire in “no man’s land”. No man’s land is an area that is not serviced by a fire district. Those

Labor Day weekend is near which means tomorrow will be one of the busiest traffic days of the year, and current low gas prices won’t help thin out traffic. “The Idaho State Police is gearing up for a really busy travel weekend. We’ve partnered with the Idaho Transportation Department to put extra troopers out on

Kids in Soda Springs could have a new place to play soon. Some community members are working on building a new playground and splash pad. The new playground would be built at the city park. Some of the older equipment from the existing playground would be removed to make way for the new playground. But

Only two more days till the Eastern Idaho State Fair gets into full swing. But before they open their ticket booths they gave local media a taste of what people can expect to fill their hands and mouths with. Media personalities got to sample delicious fair food, all while judging each entry to determine the

Idaho Power Company reports a power has been restored following an outage affecting about 3,520 customers in the Pocatello and Chubbuck area. Electricity went off at about 4:18 p.m. Thursday. We’re not sure when it exactly came back on, but was around 5 p.m. Another outage is affecting about 160 customers (down from the 444

Bingham Memorial Hospital kicked off their 2nd Annual Back-to-School Coloring Contest Thursday at Stalker Elementary School. A gymnasium packed with 350 kids cheered as they received donated Crayola crayon boxes from Dr. Gary M. Ullery, a pediatriacian at Bingham Memorial. “These are the big boxes that mom and dad usually don’t buy. So it’s nice

A Utah-based chain of private colleges is suing the federal Department of Education after being denied nonprofit status. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the lawsuit filed this week accuses the department of subjecting for-profit schools to “burdensome compliance requirements” when they switch to nonprofit structures. The complaint was filed by Center for Excellence in Higher

A wildfire has forced the evacuation and closure of a campground in northeast Yellowstone National Park. The Slough Creek Campground is the smallest of the developed campgrounds in Yellowstone with 23 sites. But it is the first visitor facility in the park to be affected by wildfires burning in the park. All other major tourist

Attorney General Lawrence Wasden says two internet companies must return the millions of dollars paid to them under a voided state broadband contract. Wasden filed the complaint last week in state court, just several days after Education Networks of America Inc. and CenturyLink Communications LLC filed separate lawsuits demanding that the state actually owes them

The U.S. Department of Energy says it’s concerned about a radiation leak two years ago at an eastern Idaho nuclear facility that contaminated nine workers but says it will not begin a formal investigation. In a letter Tuesday to Battelle Energy Alliance, a research contractor, the federal agency’s Office of Enforcement says the safety consequences

A 17-year-old high school student who prosecutors say sexually assaulted a black teammate in an Idaho locker room will no longer be charged as an adult. KTVB-TV reports that the Attorney General’s office moved to drop the felony charges against Tanner Ward during Tuesday’s pretrial hearing. Ward will still face criminal charges in juvenile court,

Ike Bowers, 41, of Idaho Falls was arrested at around midnight Wednesday after he was reported as an intoxicated driver. Bonneville County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to the Stinker Station at 17th Street and 25th East. Officers spotted Bowers in a silver Mercury Cougar at the intersection of 25th East near 25th Street. According to

KIFI Local News 8 and KIDK Eyewitness News 3 is seeking a full-time Multimedia Journalist in Pocatello, Idaho to help grow the station’s news products while growing their career. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate how they can shoot, write, edit and present compelling content for on-air and online channels. This person needs

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A Pocatello man and Fort Hall woman were arrested Tuesday night after Chubbuck police said they had to chase down the man. Police stopped Laine Eldridge, 28, and Rainessa Dixey, 18, at 10:45 p.m. around North Yellowstone Avenue and Southside Way. Officers knew Eldridge had multiple warrants out for his arrest. After he was stopped,

Bonneville County Commissioners and BLM officials met to determine how to split the cost from the Henry’s Creek Fire. The total cost as of Wednesday is $4.4 million. In Wednesday’s meeting, county commissioners discussed the amount they’ll be paying. The largest cost comes from air resources, totaling about $1.5 million. The final costs will be

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