COVID-19 UPDATES: 834 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 8 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 834 new COVID-19 cases and 8 new deaths Friday.
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Idaho officials reported 834 new COVID-19 cases and 8 new deaths Friday.
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Idaho State Police investigated a two-vehicle fatality crash at 2nd South Street and S Main Street Friday around 10:34 a.m. in Soda Springs.
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It’s time for the fourth annual Team Han Cancer Benefit Saturday, August 28.
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By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin has been ordered to turn over public documents regarding her education task force to journalists after a judge found she had no legitimate reason to withhold them. In a scathing written ruling made Thursday, 4th District Judge Steven Hippler said McGeachin’s
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There has been a bacteria roaming around in domestic sheep that can be deadly to the bighorn ram population. It is called Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae or MOV for short.
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Idaho State Police investigated a single vehicle fatality crash on US 93 at milepost 301, just south of Salmon Friday around 1 a.m.
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A ribbon-cutting was held for the new 130,000 square foot school, which will welcome around 900 students when school returns next week.
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he Idaho Falls Regional Airport (IDA) will be hosting a kick-off meeting on Tuesday, August 31 at 6 p.m. as they begin a year-long process of updating their master plan for the future of the airport.
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The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has extended an Air Pollution Forecast and Caution to notify residents of Bannock, Bingham, and Power Counties of degraded air quality.
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Hospital facilities and public health agencies are scrambling to add capacity as the number of coronavirus cases continue to rise statewide.
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As Idaho hospitals continue to be overwhelmed with unvaccinated COVID-19 patients, limiting healthcare access for everyone, Governor Brad Little announced Thursday he is taking additional steps to assist Idahoans and relieve the growing burden on our healthcare system.
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Attorney General Lawrence Wasden has announced investigators with his Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit arrested a Wendell man on Wednesday for alleged possession of child pornography.
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Idaho officials reported 992 new COVID-19 cases and 3 new deaths Thursday.
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A new era began at Pocatello High School on Wednesday.
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Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed a proclamation Tuesday declaring the decade of 2020-2030 as The Decade of Agriculture in Idaho.
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A meeting of the Lieutenant Governor’s Education Task Force will be held at 1:00 P.M. on Thursday.
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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Idaho Falls District, Idaho Department of Lands, Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Caribou-Targhee National Forest (NF) are lifting Stage One Fire Restrictions effective Friday, August 27 at 12:01 a.m.
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The Pocatello Planning and Development Services Department is taking “Our Valley | Our Vision” on tour around the Gate City.
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The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has extended an Air Pollution Forecast and Caution to notify residents of Bannock, Bingham, and Power Counties of degraded air quality.
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Chad Daybell has waived his right to speedy trial, according to court documents posted on Aug. 24.
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Teachers and other educators in the area now have access to some pretty cool high-tech stem education teaching aids thanks to the Idaho Stem Library Network.
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Idaho officials reported 1,019 new COVID-19 cases and 8 new deaths Wednesday.
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Two conservation groups are asking the Biden administration to immediately reinstate a federal monitoring program to oversee the management of gray wolves in Idaho and Montana following changes in wolf hunting laws in the two states intended to drastically reduce wolf numbers.
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Idaho State University will host a range of entertainment during the 2021-22 “A Season of Note” series with all performances at the L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center’s Joseph C. and Cheryl H. Jensen Grand Concert Hall.
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The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has issued an Air Pollution Forecast and Caution to notify residents of Bonneville, Butte, Clark, Fremont, Jefferson, Madison and Teton counties of degraded air quality.
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“There’s not a question. We will feed kids,” Plain said “We just may have to alter our menu a little bit”
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NAMPA, Idaho (AP) — The Canyon County Sheriff’s Office says a California man has been charged with kidnapping after he was found in a hotel with an 11-year-old girl from Nampa, Idaho. The sheriff’s office said in a prepared statement Wednesday that they began investigating on Monday after the girl was reported as a runaway.
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The Marshall Public Library is hoping you’ll be able to help preserve a piece of Pocatello’s past.
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Ronald McDonald House Charities of Idaho announced its 2021 Summer Drive-In Movie Series held at the Idaho Falls Motor Vu Drive-In raised more than $40,000 to help families with sick or injured children at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center (EIRMC).
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Attorney General Lawrence Wasden and Governor Brad Little have announced their intention to have Idaho join two national opioid settlements, totaling up to $26 billion.
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Potato imports are continuing to grow.
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Idaho officials reported 1,032 new COVID-19 cases and 7 new deaths Tuesday.
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The U.S. Forest Service is trying to bring back Idaho’s state tree to its former prominence.
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Idaho State Police investigated a single vehicle fatality crash on Tuesday at approximately 3:19 a.m., on Interstate 15 near Malad.
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COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — The Kootenai County Sheriff’s office says search crews have recovered the body of a man who disappeared in Lake Coeur d’Alene on Sunday. The Coeur d’Alene Press reports the sheriff’s office didn’t release the man’s name but described him as being in his 40s. His body was found about 200
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The Salmon-Challis National Forest in Idaho will end Stage 1 fire restrictions, effective at 00:01 hours on August 27, 2021.
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The Idaho state office of AARP will host a statewide telephone town hall with guests Idaho Governor Brad Little, Dave Jeppesen, Director of the Department of Health and Welfare and state epidemiologist, Dr. Christine Hahn Tuesday.
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The Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) will hold a media briefing about COVID-19 in Idaho at 2:30 p.m. (MDT) Tuesday.
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The back-to-back American Legion World Series champions are ready to celebrate, and so is the city of Idaho Falls.
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Idaho officials reported 1,071 new COVID-19 cases and 18 new deaths over the weekend.
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Idaho gas prices have risen 1.5 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.75/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 802 stations in Idaho.
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In a unanimous ruling Monday, the Idaho Supreme Court blocked the implementation of a new ballot initiative law that opponents said would have made it nearly impossible to bring a ballot initiative or referendum forward.
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During the last several years, Idaho has made efforts to increase the pay for our elementary and high school teachers.
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Monday will be the first regular Monday night draw for Idaho’s favorite game, Powerball.
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The Ridge Road 020 closure #04-13-21-12 is now terminated.
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4-H trained wild horses will be up for adoption as the program comes to eastern and southeastern idaho.
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In addition to the play, they are hoping to turn the lobby of Thunder Ridge auditorium into a museum with artifacts, stories, newspapers, pictures, and a wall of names.
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By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — At nearly every community meeting on firefighting efforts in the U.S. West, residents want to know why crews don’t simply put out the flames to save their homes and the valuable forests surrounding them. Wildfires managers say it’s not that simple, and the reasons are many,
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The Idaho State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) Animal Health Laboratory has confirmed multiple cases of West Nile Virus (WNV) in horses.
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Students go back to school in Bonneville Joint School District 93 on August 30, but the school district still has more than 75 positions that need to be filled, preferably before that.
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The Pocatello City Council will hold a special meeting Tuesday, August 24 at 1 p.m. to discuss the possibility of reimplementing the City’s face covering ordinance.
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Idaho officials reported 612 new COVID-19 cases and 2 new deaths Friday.
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Governor Brad Little announced two new appointments to the State Board of Education.
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Eastern Idaho Public Health (EIPH) is looking to fill the physician representative position on its Board of Health.
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As Idahoans make their end of summer plans, the Idaho Transportation Department’s Office of Highway Safety (OHS) and law enforcement agencies are teaming up to keep roads free of impaired drivers through Labor Day.
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The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) will start Interstate 15 bridge maintenance work between milepost 93 and 94 on the Snake River Bridges north of Blackfoot on Monday.
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Governor Brad Little announced Friday his appointment of Nampa CPA Jared Zwygart to the Idaho State Tax Commission.
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Idaho’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate held steady at 3% from June to July.
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ST. MARIES, Idaho (AP) — A northern Idaho man has been charged with murder after investigators found his longtime partner dead of a gunshot wound inside her home. Fifty-five-year-old John D. Dalton Jr. of Spirit Lake is being held on $1 million bond on the first-degree murder charge. Online court records do not list an
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Funland is making a comeback this weekend.
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The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is expanding sampling and monitoring efforts across the state to enhance public preparedness and heighten bloom detection.
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An Ammon couple is headed to Washington DC to help a friend and former colleague get out of Afghanistan.
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The Federal Trade Commission is warning of a new COVID-19 scam.
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A new face has joined the race to represent Idaho in the US Senate.
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Idaho officials reported 795 new COVID-19 cases and 1 new death Thursday.
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Capital for a Day was hosted at the Romance theater in Rexburg today. Governor Little, his cabinet, and congress men and women were in attendance as a panel to answer questions from the general public.
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By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A proposed energy project in south-central Idaho would more than double the amount of wind energy produced in the state. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management said Thursday that it’s taking comments on the 1,000-megawatt project proposed by Magic Valley Energy that would include 400 wind
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Idahoans who qualify for a one-time tax rebate in 2021 can now track their payment online.
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A 35-year-old Idaho Falls man was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 27 months in federal prison for the unlawful possession of a firearm, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael M. Gonzalez, Jr. announced Thursday.
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A Republican candidate for governor is calling on Governor Brad Little to put a moratorium in place on refugee resettlement until the housing needs of idahoans are met first.
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John V. Evans Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer of D.L. Evans Bank announced the promotion of Danna Beckman to Vice President Branch Manager of our Rigby branch.
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The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has lifted an Air Pollution Forecast and Caution to notify residents of Bonneville, Butte, Clark, Fremont, Jefferson, Madison and Teton counties of improved air quality.
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The City of Idaho Falls is in the process of restoring its historic Funland in Tautphaus Park, and you are invited to a free kickoff event Saturday.
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Based on current and forecasted air quality conditions and wildfire smoke impacts, the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has extended an Air Pollution Forecast and Caution to notify residents of Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Caribou, Franklin, Oneida, and Power Counties of degraded air quality.
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Governor Brad Little’s next “Capital for a Day” event will be held in Rexburg on August 19.
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Idaho officials reported 1,217 new COVID-19 cases and 22 new deaths Wednesday.
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Tourism to the Island Park area has grown exponentially since the coronavirus pandemic. Local authorities say this year has been the biggest year they’ve ever had.
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Based on current and forecasted air quality conditions and wildfire smoke impacts, the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has extended an Air Pollution Forecast and Caution to notify residents of Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Caribou, Franklin, Oneida, and Power Counties of degraded air quality.
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The latest statewide results for the Idaho Standards Achievement Test show a small decline in students’ proficiency in English Language Arts and Mathematics since 2019, the last time the ISAT was administered.
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After lots of isolated showers earlier in the week, the main rain event came forth last night. Rain showers blanketed Eastern Idaho overnight and into the early morning hours.
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BUHL, Idaho (AP) — Authorities in south-central Idaho say an 87-year-old man has died in a house fire. The Twin Falls County coroner’s office tells The Times-News that James J. Kodesh Sr. died from smoke inhalation in the house fire early Wednesday at the Arrow R Mobile Home Park in Buhl. Authorities say his son,
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Department of Fish and Game says 15 live adult sockeye salmon have been released at its nature center in Boise. The agency said Tuesday that the sockeye can be viewed at the MK Nature Center’s Alpine Lake aquarium from daylight to dusk. The fish were trapped at Lower Granite
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By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Hospitals are reporting record numbers of COVID-19 patients on ventilators and public health officials have reactivated a “crisis standards of care” task force. The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare warns that based on the current rate of spread, Idaho could see as many as 30,000
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School districts across the area are deciding on whether to require masks in classrooms.
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State health officials say the biggest tool to slow the spread of COVID-19 is to increase vaccination rates. That is the message from the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare Tuesday.
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A group is sending a cease-and-desist letter to the CEOs of St. Al’s, St. Luke’s and Primary Health as well as Idaho leaders.
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Idaho officials reported 904 new COVID-19 cases and 7 new deaths Tuesday.
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Students at 123 schools across Idaho will receive free fresh fruit and vegetables during the coming school year thanks to state-administered grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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Gubernatorial candidate Ammon Bundy made a campaign stop in Idaho Falls Monday night.
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Based on current and forecasted air quality conditions and wildfire smoke impact, the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has extended an Air Pollution Forecast and Caution to notify residents of Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Caribou, Franklin, Oneida and Power Counties of degraded air quality.
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A man is dead after a crash Monday afternoon in Madison County.
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Idaho State Police report multiple people were hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash on I-15, northbound at milepost 73, in Chubbuck Monday.
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Idaho officials reported 1,357 new COVID-19 cases and 6 new deaths over the weekend.
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The Museum of Idaho will give people a chance to dress up and dance this Friday evening, Aug. 20.
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If you have a family member with Alzheimer’s, it can be challenging to know what help is available to you.
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LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — A federal judge says a discrimination lawsuit filed against the University of Idaho by a UI College of Law professor can move forward. U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill rejected a request from the University of Idaho to throw out the lawsuit last week. The Lewiston Tribune reported that Professor Shaakirrah
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Idaho drivers saw little or no change at the pumps this week.
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The Idaho Community Foundation (ICF) granted more than $350,000 to educational programs throughout Idaho this summer to support preschool programs, school districts, libraries and more.
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9,000 rubber ducks competed in the the 30th Annual Great Snake River Greenbelt Duck Race Saturday.
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Based on current and forecasted air quality conditions and wildfire smoke impacts, the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has extended an Air Pollution Forecast and Caution to notify residents of Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Caribou, Franklin, Oneida and Power Counties of degraded air quality.
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