Amid job cuts, companies still hiring in eastern Idaho
As a series of local call centers close shop, and lay off dozens of employees, there are still companies looking for eastern Idaho workers. “I…
Continue ReadingAs a series of local call centers close shop, and lay off dozens of employees, there are still companies looking for eastern Idaho workers. “I…
Continue ReadingWhile adults appreciate his generally sweet disposition, good manners, and motivation to be part of a healthy family, Jordan knows that he has to…
Continue ReadingTwo Idaho Power crews that went to Long Island, N.Y., to help restore power to those hit hard by Superstorm Sandy are on their way home. The crews,…
Continue ReadingThe city of Driggs has won a a $30,000 grant from the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality.The city will match the grant with an additional…
Continue ReadingPromark Research Corporation became the latest company to cut dozens of call center employees, announcing the layoffs Tuesday afternoon. The people…
Continue ReadingSince the election dozens of online petitions have sprung up calling for states across the nation to secede from the union, including one petition…
Continue ReadingThe Festival of Trees has arrived in Idaho Falls. The festival kicks off this week at the Shilo Inn Convention Center. Dozens of trees, from big, to…
Continue ReadingUsed nuclear fuel from the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier will soon be on its way to Idaho. The vessel will be de-commissioned on December 1st, and…
Continue ReadingAn Ammon family got a rude awakening Tuesday morning when their garage caught on fire. The suspect? Their sick pig. The fire happened on Lincoln Road…
Continue ReadingA routine traffic stop resulted in police finding $130,000 worth of various drugs near American Falls. On Tuesday at 9 a.m., an Idaho State Police…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Department of Environmental Quality has approved a $67 thousand for the city of Blackfoot. The city will match the grant with another $67…
Continue ReadingAn Idaho Falls man will have to pay about $85,000 for Medicaid fraud. John K. Baird, 49, was sentenced Tuesday on one count of provider fraud and one…
Continue ReadingEach year around 200 people are killed by accidental carbon monoxide poisoning and another 5,000 people are injured in Idaho, the Idaho State Health…
Continue ReadingRexburg police are looking for the driver who was nearly in an accident with the AK-47 Bandit. The East Idaho Credit Union in Rexburg was robbed…
Continue ReadingFour people were hurt, two critically, in a six vehicle crash at 5th and Benton at around 5 pm in Pocatello Monday. Pocatello Police said the driver…
Continue ReadingAt Firth High School on Monday, hundreds of military veterans gathered with students and community members. The message was one of remembrance.…
Continue ReadingState Forester Bill Crapser says this year’s wildfires have consumed all the money the state had set aside for fire suppression. Crapser says…
Continue ReadingIdaho teachers will still get about $38 million in merit-pay bonuses this year, despite voters’ rejection of public schools chief Tom…
Continue ReadingPublic schools chief Tom Luna plans to ask the 2013 Idaho Legislature to adopt another pay-for-performance program for teachers, saying he…
Continue ReadingIt’s been almost a week since education reform propositions 1, 2 and 3 were struck down by Idaho voters. After all of the build-up, everyone is…
Continue ReadingWith wintry weather comes slick, dangerous conditions on the roadways. Eastern Idaho got a big wakeup call over Veterans Day weekend. So did Idaho…
Continue ReadingAnother local call center is closing its doors. Teleperformance USA confirmed to Local News 8 on Monday that it was closing its facility in…
Continue ReadingAlthough the stock market took a significant plunge this past week following the election, this week’s numbers show how southeastern Idaho is…
Continue ReadingWildlife officials are reporting an uptick in grizzly bear deaths in the Yellowstone ecosystem. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game says 50…
Continue ReadingWildlife officials are reporting an uptick in grizzly bear deaths in the Yellowstone ecosystem. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game says 50…
Continue ReadingWildlife officials are reporting an uptick in grizzly bear deaths in the Yellowstone ecosystem. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game says 50…
Continue ReadingWildlife officials are reporting an uptick in grizzly bear deaths in the Yellowstone ecosystem. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game says 50…
Continue ReadingWildlife officials are reporting an uptick in grizzly bear deaths in the Yellowstone ecosystem. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game says 50…
Continue ReadingWildlife officials are reporting an uptick in grizzly bear deaths in the Yellowstone ecosystem. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game says 50…
Continue ReadingWildlife officials are reporting an uptick in grizzly bear deaths in the Yellowstone ecosystem. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game says 50…
Continue ReadingWildlife officials are reporting an uptick in grizzly bear deaths in the Yellowstone ecosystem. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game says 50…
Continue ReadingWildlife officials are reporting an uptick in grizzly bear deaths in the Yellowstone ecosystem. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game says 50…
Continue ReadingWildlife officials are reporting an uptick in grizzly bear deaths in the Yellowstone ecosystem. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game says 50…
Continue ReadingThe clean-up project at the Idaho National Laboratory site to process 900,000 gallons of nuclear waste is currently ahead of schedule and under…
Continue ReadingSome folks in Pocatello are aiming to make holiday gifts a lot more meaningful. Organizers of an alternative gift market hope to bring some change to…
Continue ReadingThe City of Pocatello is putting together a plan for what the Gate City might look like ten years down the road and is asking for public input. Those…
Continue ReadingJackson Hole Airport has agreed to boost the amount of revenue it gives to Grand Teton National Park. Terms of a tentative agreement will hike the…
Continue ReadingThree people are in the hospital after the bus they were riding on crashed Sunday morning. A Salt Lake Express bus was driving north on Interstate 15…
Continue ReadingOn Veteran’s Day, many folks spend time listening to war stories and memories with grandpas and grandmas, aunts and uncles, or moms and dads.…
Continue ReadingIdaho State Police are investigating a three-vehicle crash on state Highway 31 just north of Swan Valley. 24-year-old Jamie Krupinski from Jackson…
Continue ReadingTwo six-man Idaho Power Company crews, along with 18 Rocky Mountain Power employees, are helping with recovery efforts following super storm Sandy.…
Continue ReadingLeft lanes in both directions on US-20 were blocked Saturday morning, due to traffic accidents between the Menan-Lorenzo Highway and 6800 South, east…
Continue ReadingA suspect in the death of a south-central Idaho man has been arrested in Las Vegas. Cassia County Undersheriff Geroge Warnell said a tip from a…
Continue ReadingHere are final scores from Friday night’s high school playoffs. Links to clips of select games are included. * Madison 36Lake City…
Continue ReadingFirefighters responding to trailer home that was fully engulfed by flames Thursday night had troubles of their own. Power County dispatch received a…
Continue ReadingThe Wyoming Highway Patrol has released information on a deadly crash that occurred the morning of Oct. 25 south of Jackson. Justine Bruteig, 79, of…
Continue ReadingMountain West Research in Idaho Falls closed its call center in Idaho Falls yesterday, leaving employees with very little notice to find new work.…
Continue ReadingPolice continue searching for the AK-47 bandit. The East Idaho Credit Union in Rexburg was robbed Wednesday and police believe he is the suspect.…
Continue ReadingStudents at Idaho State University’s School of Business are helping to fulfill the dream of a sick little girl. On Thursday night, students…
Continue ReadingFremont County is now on the list: It’s part of a designated surveillance area for brucellosis in Idaho. For one Idahoan, raising cattle has…
Continue ReadingA new conservation easement will preserve nearly 400 acres along the Teton River valley, including three quarters of a mile of the riverbank itself.…
Continue ReadingA federal appeals court has declared moot a case challenging the U.S. government’s decision to remove federal protections from Northern Rocky…
Continue ReadingA group of western state US Senators are urging Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to put the timber industry to work to help reduce fuel loads in…
Continue ReadingTwo people are in custody after trying to outrun Idaho Falls Police Thursday afternoon. Police said 35-year-old Bradley Sean Westbrook was spotted…
Continue ReadingA Chubbuck fire truck rolled over on the I-86 onramp late Thursday night on its way to a trailer fire. Idaho State Police said water in its tank…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Department of Lands is proposing a land exchange with a private landowner it believes would more than double cash returns for the endowment…
Continue ReadingA Challis woman died in a one car crash on Thursday morning. Michelle Dea, 42, was driving south on U.S. Highway 93 in a 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee…
Continue ReadingTwo six-man Idaho Power Company utility crews have safely arrived in Brookhaven, New York to help Long Island recover from the effects of Superstorm…
Continue ReadingThe man who robbed East Idaho Credit Union in Rexburg on Wednesday with an assault rifle matches the description of the AK-47 Bandit, who the FBI…
Continue ReadingWith winter weather in the wings, many folks are breaking out the heavy parkas or stocking up on firewood. Just as you winterize your home, power…
Continue Reading“Cost or convenience?” It’s a question that’s on a lot of travelers’ minds as they get ready to head out of town for…
Continue ReadingBoxes of hamburger patties were floating down the Snake River on Thursday after a semi-truck crashed. Bruce Fitzgerald, 58, of Shelley, was traveling…
Continue ReadingIn Tuesday’s election, Idaho voters passed a state constitutional amendment preserving the right to hunt, fish and trap. The measure is known…
Continue ReadingBonneville County Clerk Ron Longmore has ordered a reconciliation of votes cast at two county precincts.In one case, he says about eight write-in…
Continue ReadingIdaho State University head football coach Mike Kramer will not be facing any criminal charges following a pushing incident that made national…
Continue ReadingThe Bonneville Power Administration is proposing a 9.6 percent increase in its average wholesale power rates to compensate for reduced revenue…
Continue ReadingIt’s go-time at the current Pocatello Animal Shelter after voter approved funding for a new facility. Plans have already been drawn up and…
Continue ReadingPocatello police are investigating a shooting that occurred at about 1:30 a.m. Thursday.Shots were reported fired on the west side of Pocatello, but…
Continue ReadingPocatello Police are investigating a shooting incident at around 1:35 a.m. Thursday. Shots were reported fired on the west side of Pocatello, but…
Continue ReadingHere is an appropriate story with Veterans Day approaching. Two young men join the U.S. Army from different locations. The year is 1942. They meet…
Continue ReadingA couple of campers got the scare of their lives the day before Halloween after they spotted what they claim was Bigfoot. The man who posted the…
Continue ReadingThe Rexburg City Council has taken steps it hopes will keep Rexburg Rapids water park in the black next year. Chief Financial Officer Richard Horner…
Continue ReadingMultiple vehicle burglaries occurred late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning in Idaho Falls. The burglarized vehicles were on the 600 block of…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho State Department of Education will distribute pay-for-performance funding to school districts this month, even though Proposition 2 did not…
Continue ReadingIdaho election officials predicted this years election could bring more people out to the polls than ever before. With votes being tallied, it…
Continue ReadingSome of the biggest measures on the Idaho ballot last night — education reform propositions 1, 2 and 3 were rejected. These changes with the…
Continue ReadingIt may not always be on your mind, but the idea of just how to store and re-use energy is a huge undertaking for researchers. Right now in eastern…
Continue ReadingTop leaders in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are congratulating President Barack Obama for winning a second term, and urging…
Continue ReadingWednesday was a stressful morning for Idaho State Superintendent Tom Luna. As ballots were being counted, Luna was upbeat about these propositions…
Continue ReadingAn Idaho Falls man is in jail after a five-hour SWAT standoff Tuesday night. James R. Farber, 34, was booked into the Bonneville County Jail on a…
Continue ReadingIdaho voters have rejected Proposition three, according to projections from the Associated Press. Props 1 and 2 are still too close to call. As of…
Continue ReadingWhile other counties are running smoothly so far this evening, Madison County ran into a hiccup. Two precincts, Archer-Lyman and Plano, ran very low…
Continue ReadingA flow of ballot boxes are now starting to arrive at the Bonneville County Clerks Office, where Jamie Ostroff has been reporting from all night. She…
Continue ReadingPocatello voters approved funding for a new animal shelter to be built in the city. The bond passed with 5,290 votes, about 71 percent. Taxpayers…
Continue ReadingThe wait begins in Jefferson County as the current sheriff is going against a write-in candidate. Sheriff Blair Olsen has been in office for six…
Continue ReadingThe polls in Bonneville County have definitely had their moments of chaos and calm. At times, they were packed and other times voters were able to…
Continue ReadingA Madison County teen drowned in the Teton River on Monday afternoon. The 17-year-old boy’s name was Brett Ryan Ours. He was a student at…
Continue ReadingSo, what type of skills are needed to work in a corporate headquarters? Some of the new positions will be office jobs such as finance and marketing.…
Continue ReadingAs part of an investigation called “Operation Walkabout”, multiple law enforcement agencies served search warrants and federal arrest…
Continue ReadingThe countdown has begun. Less than 24 hours until the polls will officially close. The 2012 campaign trail has proved to be a bumpy ride for all…
Continue ReadingOn Monday, our station was tipped off to a scam. A man who said he represents an Idaho vendor for ADT Security Systems promises to keep a…
Continue ReadingA new study shows the ISU Division of Health Sciences is helping to spur the local and state economies more than most people realize. The Economic…
Continue ReadingA man was arrested in Sunday’s early-morning standoff, police said Monday. Jamin Robert Bowen was arrested on charges of possession of…
Continue ReadingIdaho Falls police are investigating two burglary-related incidents. The first was an attempted break-in at the Trackside Mall in the 300 block of…
Continue ReadingFive Idahoans on their way to help Superstorm Sandy’s victims were hurt over the weekend. The Ohio State Highway patrol said the group was…
Continue ReadingIn addition to statewide referendums and political offices, a number of local issues will be decided at the polls Tuesday. The city of Pocatello will…
Continue ReadingPocatello police are looking into a stabbing that happened in broad daylight. It happened Saturday afternoon at a mobile home park on Wilson Avenue…
Continue ReadingPolice said an Idaho Falls woman stole TVs from a hotel and tried to sell them on Craigslist. The manager of Best Western Driftwood Inn contacted…
Continue ReadingAn Idaho Falls woman is behind bars on a long list of charges, including felony assault on an officer, after an incident at a hospital over the…
Continue ReadingThree people were arrested on burglary charges after police said a 15-year-old boy was caught stealing more than $250 in merchandise from Walmart on…
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