Month: October 2018

The Latest on a wildfire that tapped eight hikers and sheriff’s deputy before they were escorted to safety in northeast Nevada’s Ruby Mountains: 2:10 p.m. A California couple who saw homes destroyed in a wildfire near Santa Rosa a year ago was among the campers and hikers who were escorted to safety in northeast Nevada

UPDATE 9/30/18 5:00 p.m.: Scott Woolstenhulme, the current assistant superintendent for School District 93, will take over as interim principal. The school district’s crisis team is meeting Sunday night to discuss how to best help students cope with the loss. The team will also be on hand for students in school Monday. Roberts has been

Police say an Idaho man accidentally shot and killed his wife while cleaning handguns on Sunday. The Caldwell Police Department went to the home at 2:30 p.m. and found a 20-year-old woman with a gunshot wound. She was taken to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead. Police say the woman’s husband told them

Wyoming Game and Fish personnel report multiple incidents involving grizzly bear and humans in the northwest corner of the state last weekend. At least four grizzly bears occupied a corn maze near Clark. Three grizzlies were frequenting a residential area near Wapiti. They were snacking on pet food and were seen trying to enter the

An Ammon man is in custody after an alleged drug pipe fell out of his truck in front of a police officer. Idaho Falls Police spotted a red truck parked behind Bowlero on 1st Street at around 10:22 p.m. Sunday. The officer spoke with the driver and learned he was wanted for an outstanding warrant.

The National Weather Service in Pocatello has issued a Flash Flood Watch over Southeastern Idaho, for areas east of Idaho Falls and Pocatello. “The remains of Hurricane Rosa are making land fall on the northern Baja California coast early Monday afternoon. Tropical moisture from this disturbance is expected to track north and east Monday night

Idaho Falls Police rounded up a gang of ne’er-do-wells hanging out on Hemmert Avenue this weekend. Four stray goats were wandering down the street. Police said the goats were not homeless and obviously well-fed, but were creating a hazard to drivers. Officers rounded them up and booked them into the Idaho Falls Animal Shelter for,

Fall grizzly bear trapping is getting started in western Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park and will continue through mid-November. Park officials urged people Monday to heed brightly colored warning signs and stay away from areas where the routine trapping is occurring. Biologists sedate the grizzly bears and fit them with tracking collars. They also collect

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos recognized two Idaho schools as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2018. The Blue Ribbon schools, both nominated in December as Exemplary High Performing Schools, are Lincoln Elementary in the Madison School District and Garwood Elementary in the Lakeland District. Both schools are covered by Title IA, a federal program

The Steamboat Geyser in Yellowstone National Park erupted for the 21st time in 2018 Sunday. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the geyser erupted at 6:54 p.m. Carolyn Golba captured video of the eruption around 7:30 p.m. It has been 6 days, 13 hours and 36 minutes since the eruption on Sept. 24. Yellowstone National

Fluor Marine Propulsion, LLC, is beginning a new Department of Energy and Department of Navy contract Monday for the United States’ Naval Nuclear Laboratory. Prior contracts with Bechtel Marine Propulsion Corporation expired September 30 and will transfer to Fluor. The new contract was awarded in July. The laboratory includes the Naval Reactors Facility located on

An argument over dish-washing ended with a police visit at a Rexburg student apartment complex Sunday. Police were called after a man threatened to kill his roommates during an argument over dishwashing duties. The roommates told police the man had a gun in the apartment and they were worried he might follow through with the

Barbara Bowen Ballard, wife of President M. Russell Ballard, acting president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by her loving family, on October 1, 2018. She was 86 years old. She faced a long battle with myriad health issues,

The Roosevelt fire near Bondurant, Wyoming is estimated at 60 percent contained Monday. The fire, started by an untended warming fire on September 15, has now grown to 61,448 acres. Containment is expected to increase quickly, as rain is forecast for Tuesday through Thursday. Some firefighters and fire equipment are being demobilized from the fire.

UPDATE: 9-26-18 Rexburg Police said the identity of a man found dead in a parked car Monday has been determined. Chandler Ethan Brown, 20, of Rexburg was found dead in the back seat. Police said there is no indication of foul play. The exact cause of his death is subject of autopsy and will be

Two men were killed when a trench they were working in collapsed at 120 South Indian Springs Drive in Jackson Friday. The Teton County, Wyoming, Sheriff’s Office identified the victims as Juan Baez-Sanchez and Victoriano Garcia-Perez. The initial cause of death indicated suffocation, although investigation is continuing. Emergency personnel were called at 3:13 p.m. According

Family members say a 2-year-old boy is back home and still recovering after he was badly burned in an accident involving a pressure cooker. The Times-News reports Chayse Bodily of Burley received second-degree burns over 14 percent of his body when an escaping bubble from a hot pressure cooker splattered him with boiling food on

Authorities say Nampa police officers shot and killed a man while responding to a report of a person threatening to harm themselves. Nampa police say officers found a man at the scene Saturday night armed with a deadly weapon. They did not say whether the weapon was a gun, or if the man fired at

Authorities say three people died during a plane crash in a remote area of southwest Idaho. The cause of Sunday morning plane crash remains unknown. The plane went down between Reynolds Creek and Silver City in the Owyhee Mountains. The Owyhee County Sheriff’s Office says a dog also died in the crash. The National Transportation

Today will be very nice, with highs in the 70’s and breezy afternoon winds. However, tomorrow the state will be impacted by the remnants of Hurricane Rosa, where the Southern and Eastern Highlands could get anywhere from .25 to 1 inch of rain between Tue afternoon and Wednesday morning. More storms on Thursday and Saturday