McDonald’s is the latest restaurant to say it’s raising wages in a bid to attract workers. The company is increasing hourly employees’ pay by about 10%, it announced Thursday — but the change applies only to a small percentage of staff. Entry-level employees will earn at least $11 to $17 an hour, the company said
Continue Reading As the world grapples with a shortage of semiconductors, South Korea’s chipmakers are spending huge amounts of money to shore up their production in the decade ahead. Samsung and SK Hynix on Thursday announced plans to expand their investments in semiconductors through 2030 by allocating tens billions of dollars of new money to the sector.
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Jeff Roper shared this list of the most popular questions we look up in East Idaho. What do you think?
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This nonprofit is the voice for lost, missing, or neglected animals of the Fort Hall Reservation and surrounding area.
Continue Reading Kentucky Fried Chicken is rolling out new packaging this summer, joining other major fast food companies that are giving themselves a makeover. The chicken chain said the new look is a “more modern take” on the KFC’s signature red and white colors. Colonel Sanders’ head will still adorn the buckets, sandwich wrappers and cups, but
Continue Reading The supply chain shortage just got fowl: Chick-fil-A is limiting the number of sauces it’s giving out to customers because of limited stock. The chicken chain said Wednesday that industry-wide supply chain issues, which are affecting essentially every aspect of the economy, has resulted in a “shortage of select items” that Chick-fil-A serves, including sauces.
Continue Reading Restaurants are struggling to hire workers, so some, including Chipotle, are trying to sweeten the pot with higher pay and bigger career opportunities. Chipotle is increasing the pay of its restaurant workers to an average of $15 per hour, the chain announced Monday. Some employees will become eligible to make a six-figure salary after just
Continue Reading Chickens are in short supply. Part of the blame goes to Tyson’s roosters. The meat processor, which sells poultry along with beef and pork, said that its chicken volumes have been low in part because the roosters it uses for breeding are not meeting expectations. “Quite frankly, we made a bad decision,” said Donnie King,
Continue Reading A growing number of gas stations along the East Coast are without fuel as nervous drivers aggressively fill up their tanks following a ransomware attack that shut down the Colonial Pipeline, a critical artery for gasoline. The panic-buying threatens to exacerbate the supply shock. As of 2 pm ET Tuesday, 7.6% of gas stations in
Continue Reading Broadway will be back. Hit musicals “Hamilton,” “Wicked” and “The Lion King” have announced they will return to the stage on Sept. 14. The news was announced Tuesday on “Good Morning America” by cast members Alexandra Billings, who plays Madame Morrible in “Wicked,” Krystal Joy Brown, who plays Eliza in “Hamilton,” and L. Steven Taylor,
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Henry Charlier of Boise landed a 34-pound common carp from the Snake River.
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The Idaho Department of Fish and Game says wildlife are not pets, and shouldn’t be treated as such, even with the best intentions.
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202,000 Idahoans will take a trip – 60% more than last year, but 13% less than in 2019
Continue Reading McDonald’s is partnering with the White House to promote vaccination information on its coffee cups as hesitancy grows about taking the potentially life-saving shot. Beginning in July, customers in the United States will see redesigned McCafe cups and delivery seal stickers that features “We Can Do This,” a slogan created by the US Department of
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Drivers across the Eastern seaboard are bracing for higher gas prices in the aftermath of a cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline, but the effects aren’t likely to be felt here in Idaho, according to AAA.
Continue Reading Good news for 90s kids who have laundry baskets filled with Barbies in their parents’ basements: Mattel wants to recycle your old toys. The 76-year-old toy company is launching a pilot program called “Mattel PlayBack” that is designed to recover and reuse materials in old toys for future Mattel products. The new effort is the
Continue Reading They had the artsy, rustic venue, the tailored dress and a guest list including about 150 of their closest friends and family. But the pandemic had other plans, forcing Carly Chalmers and Mitchell Gauvin to make a difficult decision about their wedding — twice. “Everything was changing,” said Chalmers, a Toronto-based marketing manager whose nuptials
Continue Reading Sleeping on the job is one thing, but getting paid to do it? That’s what eachnight, a company focused on sleep health, is offering: $1,500 for taking a nap every day for 30 days. Eachnight, which offers mattress reviews and sleep guides and tips, is hiring a team of “Nap Reviewers” to “test a few
Continue Reading Chicken, lumber, microchips, gas, steel, metals, chlorine and ketchup packets: What do they all have in common? They’re all (nearly) impossible to find. Shortages are popping up across the supply chain as the pandemic messes with shipping, demand, supply and all the other levers of the global economy. Here’s what’s hard to get, why and
Continue Reading Scientists were in for a shock when they encountered a “real life river monster” — a giant fish believed to be more than 100 years old. Staff from the Alpena Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office caught the fish — a female lake sturgeon measuring 6′ 10″ and weighing a whopping 240 pounds — in the
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Yellowstone National Park officials have issued a warning as elk calving season will begin soon.
Continue Reading Last year, when Applebee’s sales took a hit in the pandemic, the chain slimmed down its menu. Now its sales are recovering, but Applebee’s is sticking with the change. “We’re going to keep [the menu] lean,” Applebee’s president John Cywinski told CNN Business. During the pandemic, Applebee’s cut down its menu from about 160 items
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Construction on a new medical plaza in our area is officially underway.
Continue Reading Facebook can keep blocking former President Donald Trump from using its platform, the social network’s court-like Oversight Board said Wednesday in a landmark move that affirmed the company’s decision to issue the suspension after the January 6 US Capitol riots. The board said it concluded that Trump’s posts on January 6, which praised the rioters,
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Mo’ Bettahs Hawaiian Style Food is bringing the sights, sounds and taste of the islands to eastern Idaho.
Continue Reading You probably haven’t seen PimEyes, a mysterious facial-recognition search engine, but it may have spotted you. If you upload a picture of your face to PimEyes’ website, it will immediately show you any pictures of yourself that the company has found around the internet. You might recognize all of them, or be surprised (or, perhaps,
Continue Reading Theater fans eager for Broadway’s reopening will have to wait a few more months. New York’s theater owners on Tuesday said they are still planning to reopen in the fall even after the state government said it would lift restrictions on the venues later this month — much faster than many in the arts community
Continue Reading Pandora produces more jewelry than any other company in the world. And on Tuesday, it announced a major change: It won’t use any more mined diamonds in its products. The Copenhagen-based company said it’s instead shifting toward the use of diamonds created in labs, which it emphasized have the same “optical, chemical, thermal and physical
Continue Reading Before you get to Cinco de Mayo, May the Fourth be with you. It’s that time again when “Star Wars” aficionados (read “geeks”) celebrate one of their favorite days of the year. Of course it’s a take off of the famous “May the force be with you” line from the 1977 film that spawned a
Continue Reading Ever since “Star Wars” premiered in 1977, kids and adults alike wanted to get their hands on a lightsaber. The “elegant weapon for a more civilized age” is one of the most famous props in movie history and pop culture — and now Disney has apparently created a “real” one. Disney Parks released a very
Continue Reading An elusive spider related to the tarantula just joined the ranks of recognized spiders. The Pine Rockland Trapdoor Spider lives in the Florida Everglades and it’s a rare breed. It has only been spotted a handful of times since the 1920s and only recently did the clever arachnid get its name for the habitat it
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Saturday was opening day for Farmers Markets across the area.
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At first glance, Idaho gas prices were stable this week, with the state average increasing by just two cents.
Continue Reading Many of us start our days the same way: with a cup of coffee or tea. Caffeine is as much a part of our routine as brushing our teeth or getting dressed for the day. Maybe your habit extends to a cup of coffee in the afternoon, or you have a soda with your dinner.
Continue Reading Disneyland reopened Friday after being closed for more than a year, but many health safety protocols will continue to be enforced. The theme park in Anaheim, California closed on March 14, 2020 because of the Covid-19 pandemic and announced its plan to reopen in March 2021. The park’s capacity will be significantly limited to comply
Continue Reading Peloton has found its polish slightly fading this year after a prosperous 2020 that catapulted the fitness company into a new stratosphere of popularity. This weekend, it’s engaging in some self-care to reinvigorate itself. It’s bringing its fervent fans together — virtually, of course -— for Homecoming, a free three-day event that can best be
Continue Reading On a normal day, the Ambassador Lagoon inside China’s Atlantis Sanya resort on the island of Hainan is home to about 86,000 marine creatures from over 280 animal species. But on April 28, this huge aquarium welcomed 100 mermaids, all flapping their technicolor tails while gliding through the water in choreographed movements. The purpose? To
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The Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office is now reminding drivers and riders about being safe while taking part in the fun.
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Now we can stock up on Duck Donuts in Ammon.
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U.S. officials say they will consider in coming years whether to reintroduce wild bison to a million-acre federal wildlife refuge in central Montana.
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Grab your fishing pole and don’t forget your fishing license.
Continue Reading In the market for a new car, smartphone or washing machine this year? A global shortage of computer chips could mean you have to wait a while and pay more. A growing number of manufacturers around the world are having trouble securing supplies of semiconductors, delaying the production and delivery of goods and threatening to
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Idaho elementary schools can apply now to participate in the USDA’s Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP) through Child Nutrition Programs of the State Department of Education.
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Five conservation organizations are offering rewards for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the illegal shooting of a female grizzly bear in Fremont County.
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You can license your dog with Pocatello Animal Services for half the cost starting next month.
Continue Reading Microsoft is changing its default font for the first time in nearly 15 years, and it wants your help selecting the new one. And no, you can’t vote for the goofy options like Comic Sans, Windings or — heaven forbid — Papyrus. The company has commissioned five new custom typefaces to replace Calibri, a workhorse
Continue Reading Microsoft had another blowout quarter, a massive acquisition and a noteworthy investment in Georgia, which just passed a controversial bill that restricts voting rights for minorities. The company also announced a major initiative to help disabled people get jobs. First Move’s Julia Chatterley spoke to Brad Smith, Microsoft’s president, about the company’s news Wednesday. Digital
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The Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office wants to remind you to be safe when enjoying the nice weather.
Continue Reading There’s no end in sight for the ongoing love affair between Crocs, the maker of the often-mocked foam clog, and comfort-seeking consumers. On Tuesday, Crocs reported that sales surged 64% in its first quarter, to $460 million. The company also raised its 2021 sales forecast, saying it now expects revenue for the year to increase
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The Idaho House passed Senate Bill 1211 that would allow the hunters to kill 90% of wolves in Idaho.
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Americans will have more time to get the Real ID that they will need to board a flight or enter federal facilities. The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday extended the Real ID deadline until May 3, 2023.
Continue Reading Looking at things from the air is nothing new for Jeffrey Milstein. He took his first aerial photographs from a Cessna 150 in 1961 when he was 17, shortly after he got his pilot’s license by sweeping a Southern California aircraft hangar in exchange for flight time. He went on to become an architect, then
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The bill is similar to a program in Idaho, where a private group pays its members up to $1,000 for costs incurred while scouting, hunting or trapping wolves.
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Snake River Animal Shelter announced a $6,000 grant investment from the newly named, Petco Love, to support their lifesaving work for animals in Eastern Idaho.
Continue Reading Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte signed a bill Friday allowing the use of private funds to reimburse wolf hunters or trappers for their expenses – reminiscent of bounties that widely exterminated the species in the last century.
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A food vlogger from Baltimore is racking up views and followers on social media sites, as he travels to all 50 states.
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A new report from state officials says the wolf population in Washington state increased by an estimated 33 animals in 2020.
Continue Reading When Apple unveiled its colorful new iMac line at a virtual product launch earlier this week, reactions were divided: They’re beautiful. They’re ugly. What is with that ‘chin’? The event was one of the most exciting product launches from any tech company in a while. Apple introduced an entirely new product — its AirTag location
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Sometimes you just have to make a run for it! This Logan, Utah track meet was interrupted by a spirited runner who knew exactly how to get to the finish line. Just watch!
Continue Reading Honda became the latest automaker to promise an emissions-free future. In his first press conference as CEO of the Japanese automaker, Toshihiro Mibe said Friday the company “will strive” to sell only battery-electric vehicles and fuel cell electric vehicles by 2040 in the three major markets where it primarily sells cars — North America, China
Continue Reading Many people worry about cholesterol, and with good reason. More than a third of Americans have high cholesterol, putting them at greater risk of stroke and heart disease, the leading cause of death in the United States. What you eat can play an important role in maintaining cardiovascular health, and it is reasonable to think
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We are quickly approaching the debut of a new resident at the East Idaho Aquarium.
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Portneuf Medical Center announced Wednesday it is expanding outpatient medical care offerings in the region.
Continue Reading Apple unveiled a slew of new products at its annual Spring launch on Tuesday, but waited until after the event to announce big changes coming to software for iPhones and iPads “next week.” The company said in a press release that it will roll out its much-anticipated iOS 14.5 software but didn’t specify which day.
Continue Reading Apple’s new iMac is awesome: a technical marvel that culminates Apple’s stunning engineering achievements over the past several years. It’s also ugly as sin. When Apple overdesigns its products, it’s typically for form over function. You know the list: getting rid of the headphone jack to make the iPhone thinner, ditching USB-A ports on MacBooks,
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A Republican-dominated state Senate committee on Tuesday approved legislation allowing the state to hire private contractors to kill about 90% of the wolves roaming Idaho.
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Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte has ended a bison management plan that would have allowed the animals to be restored in more areas of the state.
Continue Reading Here’s an inventive way to protect yourself and be enviro-friendly. Local News 8 This Morning showed you a Belgian man who is getting a lot of attention with his plant oasis?
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Cattle in central Oregon are again showing up dead under strange circumstances.
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Idaho gas prices are once again on the move, according to AAA.
Continue Reading Taco Bell’s plastic sauce packets have a short life. After all, what else are you supposed to do with them after they’re squeezed to death? That’s soon changing: The fast food chain is partnering with recycling company TerraCycle to give its packets a “spicier second life that doesn’t involve a landfill,” Taco Bell said in
Continue Reading McDonald’s is partnering with BTS, the massively popular Korean pop band, for its next celebrity meal — and this time it’s going global. The aptly titled “BTS Meal” goes on sale May 26 in the United States, Canada and Brazil and soon after in nearly 50 countries spanning six continents and consists of the “superstar
Continue Reading There’s no one way for documentary fare to acknowledge Earth Day, but the programs generally fall into one or more of four distinct buckets in regard to the health of the planet: Depressing, vaguely hopeful, star-studded, and celebrating the natural world to highlight what we might be losing. As shades of green go, “depressing” seems
Continue Reading Apple has approved Parler’s return to the iOS app store following improvements the social media company made to better detect and moderate hate speech and incitement, according to a letter the iPhone maker sent to Congress on Monday. The decision clears the way for Parler, an app popular with conservatives including some members of the
Continue Reading Reese’s is launching its own makeup line — and no, it’s not edible. The candy brand is teaming up with makeup company HipDot for a limited-edition collection that includes a eye shadow palettes in “milk chocolate” and “white chocolate” with six shades in each, as well as two lip balms and two makeup brushes. The
Continue Reading An overwhelming majority of people around the globe want emojis to be more inclusive and culturally distinct so they can show how they feel, according to a new Adobe study. Adobe’s latest Global Emoji Diversity & Inclusion report released Thursday found 83% of global emoji users want designers of the small digital images used to
Continue Reading Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have turned spider webs into music — creating an eerie soundtrack that could help them better understand how the arachnids spin their complex creations and even how they communicate. The MIT team worked with Berlin-based artist Tomás Saraceno to take two-dimensional laser scans of a spider web, which
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Wendy’s is closing its north Rexburg location this weekend.
Continue Reading Instagram is testing a feature that would let users decide if they want to hide likes on their own posts or posts from people they follow. The option will start with a small global test group on Wednesday. Instagrammers can also decide to keep the original experience, which includes visible likes. Instagram began testing the
Continue Reading For astronauts aboard the International Space Station, sourdough is off-limits and whole wheat is out of bounds. It’s not because anyone is on a gluten-free diet, however. Tortillas are preferred over bread in a weightless environment because they don’t crumble and leave crumbs floating around, according to NASA. Since the astronauts don’t have the luxury
Continue Reading School food is often given a bad rap, but a new study found it can be the healthiest meal children eat in a day. Researchers analyzed the diets of over 21,000 children and 40,000 adults between 2003 and 2018 and found that the percentage of “poor nutritional quality food consumed from schools” declined from 55%
Continue Reading Apple is set to host its first product launch of the year where an updated iPad Pro and AirPods are expected. The company sent out press invitations for a virtual event — with the tagline “Spring Loaded” — that will take place on Tuesday, April 20, at its Apple Park headquarters in Cupertino, California. Ahead
Continue Reading Siri may have just let slip when Apple is planning its next big product launch. When asked on Tuesday about when it’s holding another press event, the voice assistant responds, “The special event is on Tuesday, April 20, at Apple Park in Cupertino, California. You can get all of the details at Apple.com.” However, Apple’s
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If you want to set up your bird feeders for spring, Idaho Fish and Game says go for it—just keep these tips in mind to help protect your fine-feathered friends.
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Nike is now reselling returned sneakers at a discount in select stores in an effort to reduce waste. Nike on Monday announced an initiative where it accepts returned shoes that are gently worn or have a manufacturing flaw and cleans and sanitizes them. The refurbished shoes are then resold in select stores at a reduced
Continue Reading Cyberattacks are now the foremost risk to the global financial system, even more so than the lending and liquidity risks that led to the 2008 financial crisis, according to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. The assessment by one of the world’s leading banking officials underscores how the threat of hacking has become a top concern
Continue Reading According to AAA, the Gem State’s average price for regular held steady at $3.06 per gallon this week, while the national average decreased by a penny.
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Families got to reunite with their favorite zoo animals this weekend as the Idaho Falls Zoo opened for the 2021 season.
Continue Reading If you feel like watching home improvement shows causes you to spend more money on your remodeling, here’s your chance to earn some cash while binge-watching “Fixer Upper.” The website ReviewHomeWarranties is offering to pay someone $1,000 to watch 10 episodes of three different home improvement shows. The shows chosen by the website to watch
Continue Reading Maybe it’s falling asleep on the red-eye flight, dreaming of gleaming skyscrapers before waking up to views of Long Island, ready to live out all your NYC fantasies. Or perhaps it’s finally breezing down Route 66, the California wind in your hair, and the open road boundless in front of you. For many British travelers,
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Pocatello Animal Services is looking for folks to lend a hand to the shelter’s furry friends.
Continue Reading Facebook does not plan to notify its customers who may be among the half a billion users whose personal information was exposed after being posted to a website used by hackers. Last weekend, it was reported that a database of records from more than 533 million Facebook accounts — including phone numbers, email addresses, birthdays
Continue Reading With many people still working from home, every day is casual Friday. That’s great news for jeans maker Levi Strauss. The iconic denim company reported earnings and sales after the closing bell Thursday that topped Wall Street’s forecasts. Shares of Levi Strauss, which went public in 2019, rose more than 3% Friday to hit a
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Idaho Fish and Game’s Pahsimeroi Hatchery personnel released 100 steelhead in Blue Mountain Meadow Pond Thursday.
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Buckingham Palace says Prince Philip, the irascible and tough-minded husband of Queen Elizabeth II, has died. He was 99.
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A Montana state report made public this week showed that grizzly bear deaths in parts of Yellowstone National Park increased last year and were higher than the 10-year average, wildlife officials said.
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While movie theaters across the U.S. are reopening more than a year after cinemas went completely dark due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some local theaters found a silver lining and a new source of customers.
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The Idaho Falls Zoo announced Thursday the passing of its 18-year-old Amur tiger, Basha.
Continue Reading When the doors open at the Blake Street Tavern every day, owner Chris Fuselier is looking for customers and looking for ketchup. “Absolutely,” the Denver restaurateur says. “In hindsight, if you’d have asked me eighteen months ago would I have concerns about ketchup shortages, I would have said ‘Are you crazy?’” But since then, Fuselier
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Signs promising money for unused diabetes test strips are showing up around Eastern Idaho.
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