Month: July 2020

Idaho Falls Chamber of Commerce President Chip Schwarze is calling on Governor Brad Little to call a special session of the Idaho Legislature.

Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center has named Dr. Timothy Ballard as Chief Medical Officer.

The North Fremont (Ashton) Fire District will be imposing a burn ban effective Sunday, July 26.

Last fall, the installation began for a new double vault toilet on an increasingly well-used BLM site at Henry’s Lake.

ASHTON, Idaho (Idaho State Police news release) – On Sunday, July 19, 2020 at approximately 4:48 P.M., Idaho State Police investigated a multiple vehicle, fatal crash, on US-20 at milepost 367, north of Ashton. Todd Kawakami, 53, of Chino, CA, was driving eastbound on US20 in a 2016 Honda Odyssey. Vitalie Nebesnii, 30, of Rexburg, was driving

Firefighters expect to contain the “Generic Fire” in the Egin-Hamer area by 5 p.m. Friday.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded over $17 million in CARES Act HUD Indian Community Block Grants.

Albertson’s Companies has donated $10,000 to Idaho State University’s Benny’s Pantry.

Idaho’s June unemployment rate fell to 5.6% in June, according to the Idaho Department of Labor.

A red flag warning has been issued for July 17 from noon to 9 p.m.

The Idaho Department of Labor is reminding unemployment insurance claimants that the extra $600 per week payment through the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation program ends July 25.

Emergency crews are investigating report of a collision involving a freight train and vehicle at 81 W. St. South, off Highway 91, south of Shelley.

A Pocatello man was hospitalized following a 3-vehicle crash at Milepost 106 on Interstate 15, south of Shelley, at around 3:30 p.m. Thursday.