Idaho offers higher pay to get, retain correctional officers
State officials are boosting pay and offering bonuses to try to get and keep correctional…
Continue ReadingState officials are boosting pay and offering bonuses to try to get and keep correctional…
Continue ReadingIn a letter sent Monday, Teton County School District 401 Superintendent Monte Woolstenhulme informed Mayor Frohlich the District would not comply…
Continue ReadingMotorists should expect traffic delays Monday night as the City of Idaho Falls Water Division repairs two water lines located at E 17th Street.…
Continue ReadingIdaho State Police responded to the call at approximately 4:40 p.m. on State Highway 47, northeast of…
Continue ReadingWith COVID-19 cases increasing in Idaho due to the circulation of the highly contagious Delta Variant, hospitals throughout the state are becoming…
Continue ReadingNumbers from the Greater Idaho Falls Chamber of Commerce show July was the busiest month on record for hotel…
Continue ReadingA new study presented to state officials say students suffered significant academic setbacks during the coronavirus pandemic, especially those in…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 834 new COVID-19 cases and 8 new deaths…
Continue ReadingIdaho 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.…
Continue ReadingIt’s time for the fourth annual Team Han Cancer Benefit Saturday, August…
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin has been ordered to turn over public documents regarding her…
Continue ReadingThere has been a bacteria roaming around in domestic sheep that can be deadly to the bighorn ram population. It is called Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae…
Continue ReadingIdaho State Police investigated a single vehicle fatality crash on US 93 at milepost 301, just south of Salmon Friday around 1…
Continue ReadingA ribbon-cutting was held for the new 130,000 square foot school, which will welcome around 900 students when school returns next…
Continue Readinghe 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…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has extended an Air Pollution Forecast and Caution to notify residents of Bannock, Bingham, and…
Continue ReadingHospital facilities and public health agencies are scrambling to add capacity as the number of coronavirus cases continue to rise statewide.…
Continue ReadingAs Idaho hospitals continue to be overwhelmed with unvaccinated COVID-19 patients, limiting healthcare access for everyone, Governor Brad Little…
Continue ReadingAttorney General Lawrence Wasden has announced investigators with his Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit arrested a Wendell man on…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 992 new COVID-19 cases and 3 new deaths…
Continue ReadingA new era began at Pocatello High School on…
Continue ReadingIdaho Gov. Brad Little signed a proclamation Tuesday declaring the decade of 2020-2030 as The Decade of Agriculture in Idaho.…
Continue ReadingA meeting of the Lieutenant Governor’s Education Task Force will be held at 1:00 P.M. on…
Continue ReadingThe Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Idaho Falls District, Idaho Department of Lands, Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the…
Continue ReadingThe Pocatello Planning and Development Services Department is taking “Our Valley | Our Vision” on tour around the Gate…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has extended an Air Pollution Forecast and Caution to notify residents of Bannock, Bingham, and…
Continue ReadingChad Daybell has waived his right to speedy trial, according to court documents posted on Aug.…
Continue ReadingTeachers 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…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 1,019 new COVID-19 cases and 8 new deaths…
Continue ReadingTwo conservation groups are asking the Biden administration to immediately reinstate a federal monitoring program to oversee the management of gray…
Continue ReadingIdaho 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…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has issued an Air Pollution Forecast and Caution to notify residents of Bonneville, Butte, Clark,…
Continue Reading“There’s not a question. We will feed kids,” Plain said “We just may have to alter our menu a little…
Continue ReadingNAMPA, 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…
Continue ReadingThe Marshall Public Library is hoping you’ll be able to help preserve a piece of Pocatello’s…
Continue ReadingRonald McDonald House Charities of Idaho announced its 2021 Summer Drive-In Movie Series held at the Idaho Falls Motor Vu Drive-In raised more…
Continue ReadingAttorney General Lawrence Wasden and Governor Brad Little have announced their intention to have Idaho join two national opioid settlements, totaling…
Continue ReadingPotato imports are continuing to…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 1,032 new COVID-19 cases and 7 new deaths…
Continue ReadingThe U.S. Forest Service is trying to bring back Idaho’s state tree to its former prominence.…
Continue ReadingIdaho State Police investigated a single vehicle fatality crash on Tuesday at approximately 3:19 a.m., on Interstate 15 near…
Continue ReadingCOEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — The Kootenai County Sheriff’s office says search crews have recovered the body of a man who disappeared in Lake…
Continue ReadingThe Salmon-Challis National Forest in Idaho will end Stage 1 fire restrictions, effective at 00:01 hours on August 27, 2021. …
Continue ReadingThe Idaho state office of AARP will host a statewide telephone town hall with guests Idaho Governor Brad Little, Dave Jeppesen, Director of the…
Continue ReadingThe Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) will hold a media briefing about COVID-19 in Idaho at 2:30 p.m. (MDT)…
Continue ReadingThe back-to-back American Legion World Series champions are ready to celebrate, and so is the city of Idaho…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 1,071 new COVID-19 cases and 18 new deaths over the…
Continue ReadingIdaho 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…
Continue ReadingIn a unanimous ruling Monday, the Idaho Supreme Court blocked the implementation of a new ballot initiative law that opponents said would have made…
Continue ReadingDuring the last several years, Idaho has made efforts to increase the pay for our elementary and high school…
Continue ReadingMonday will be the first regular Monday night draw for Idaho’s favorite game, Powerball. …
Continue ReadingThe Ridge Road 020 closure #04-13-21-12 is now terminated.…
Continue Reading4-H trained wild horses will be up for adoption as the program comes to eastern and southeastern…
Continue ReadingIn addition to the play, they are hoping to turn the lobby of Thunder Ridge auditorium into a museum with artifacts, stories, newspapers, pictures,…
Continue ReadingBy KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — At nearly every community meeting on firefighting efforts in the U.S. West, residents want to…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) Animal Health Laboratory has confirmed multiple cases of West Nile Virus (WNV) in horses.…
Continue ReadingStudents 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…
Continue ReadingThe 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…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 612 new COVID-19 cases and 2 new deaths…
Continue ReadingGovernor Brad Little announced two new appointments to the State Board of…
Continue ReadingEastern Idaho Public Health (EIPH) is looking to fill the physician representative position on its Board of Health.…
Continue ReadingAs Idahoans make their end of summer plans, the Idaho Transportation Department’s Office of Highway Safety (OHS) and law enforcement agencies are…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) will start Interstate 15 bridge maintenance work between milepost 93 and 94 on the Snake River Bridges…
Continue ReadingGovernor Brad Little announced Friday his appointment of Nampa CPA Jared Zwygart to the Idaho State Tax…
Continue ReadingIdaho’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate held steady at 3% from June to…
Continue ReadingST. MARIES, Idaho (AP) — A northern Idaho man has been charged with murder after investigators found his longtime partner dead of a gunshot wound…
Continue ReadingFunland is making a comeback this…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is expanding sampling and monitoring efforts across the state to enhance public preparedness and…
Continue ReadingAn Ammon couple is headed to Washington DC to help a friend and former colleague get out of…
Continue ReadingThe Federal Trade Commission is warning of a new COVID-19…
Continue ReadingA new face has joined the race to represent Idaho in the US…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 795 new COVID-19 cases and 1 new death…
Continue ReadingCapital 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…
Continue ReadingBy KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A proposed energy project in south-central Idaho would more than double the amount of wind…
Continue ReadingIdahoans who qualify for a one-time tax rebate in 2021 can now track their payment…
Continue ReadingA 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…
Continue ReadingA Republican candidate for governor is calling on Governor Brad Little to put a moratorium in place on refugee resettlement until the housing needs…
Continue ReadingJohn V. Evans Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer of D.L. Evans Bank announced the promotion of Danna Beckman to Vice President Branch Manager…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has lifted an Air Pollution Forecast and Caution to notify residents of Bonneville, Butte, Clark,…
Continue ReadingThe City of Idaho Falls is in the process of restoring its historic Funland in Tautphaus Park, and you are invited to a free kickoff…
Continue ReadingBased on current and forecasted air quality conditions and wildfire smoke impacts, the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has extended…
Continue ReadingGovernor Brad Little’s next “Capital for a Day” event will be held in Rexburg on August…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 1,217 new COVID-19 cases and 22 new deaths Wednesday.…
Continue ReadingTourism to the Island Park area has grown exponentially since the coronavirus pandemic. Local authorities say this year has been the biggest year…
Continue ReadingBased on current and forecasted air quality conditions and wildfire smoke impacts, the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has extended…
Continue ReadingThe latest statewide results for the Idaho Standards Achievement Test show a small decline in students’ proficiency in English Language Arts and…
Continue ReadingAfter lots of isolated showers earlier in the week, the main rain event came forth last night. Rain showers blanketed Eastern Idaho overnight and…
Continue ReadingBUHL, 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…
Continue ReadingBOISE, 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…
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Hospitals are reporting record numbers of COVID-19 patients on ventilators and public health…
Continue ReadingSchool districts across the area are deciding on whether to require masks in…
Continue ReadingState 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…
Continue ReadingA 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…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 904 new COVID-19 cases and 7 new deaths…
Continue ReadingStudents at 123 schools across Idaho will receive free fresh fruit and vegetables during the coming school year thanks to state-administered grants…
Continue ReadingGubernatorial candidate Ammon Bundy made a campaign stop in Idaho Falls Monday…
Continue ReadingBased on current and forecasted air quality conditions and wildfire smoke impact, the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has extended an…
Continue ReadingA man is dead after a crash Monday afternoon in Madison…
Continue ReadingIdaho State Police report multiple people were hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash on I-15, northbound at milepost 73, in Chubbuck…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 1,357 new COVID-19 cases and 6 new deaths over the weekend.…
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