This week is Mental Illness Awareness Week. Idaho State University and mental health professionals are combining forces to help bring mental health information to our community. More than 30 different professionals and groups will be at the fair this weekend to help with everything from self care to treatment and recovery from mental illness. Raelyn
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This is the weekend to let your Bengal Pride roar. It’s homecoming at Idaho State University, and Saturday is the big day. Events kick off with the homecoming parade starting at 9:00 a.m. It goes up Center Street from 1st Avenue to 15th Street and ends at the Holt Arena. Then at 11:00 a.m., the
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NeighborWorks Pocatello is considering purchasing a vacant elementary school for affordable housing. The nonprofit organization has helped revitalize neighborhoods and provided affordable homes in Bannock County for more than 25 years. The nonbinding agreement is between school district 25 and Neighborworks for a total of $260,000 for the building. The vacancy of that city block
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Anne Marie Frandsen has been coding since she was in first grade. Seven years later, and she’s noticed something odd about her STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) classes. She’s often the only girl in the room. “I do robotics stuff, and I saw when I did it that sometimes I was the only girl
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The 104-year-old Greek Orthodox Church in Pocatello will soon be filled with artwork from a renowned Byzantine iconographer. Former professor and iconographer, George Kordis, traveled from Athens, Greece with his team of four artists to spend the month of October painting the inside of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church. The
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The effort to recall the Bannock County commissioners has failed to get enough signatures by the deadline to move the issue to a March ballot. On Monday, the Pocatello/Bannock County Homeowners’ Alliance announced on their Facebook page that the petitions had been shredded, rather than turned into the Election’s Office. The recall effort was in
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The holiday season is right around the corner, which means families across the country will start ordering gifts online soon, making it the perfect time for porch pirates to strike. The U.S. Postal Service expects to deliver nearly 40 million packages each day during the upcoming holiday season. While robberies and security cameras are nothing
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Idaho State University’s Disaster Response Complex is moving full steam ahead. Project personnel have already completed surveying the site where the facility will be built. They plan to begin construction as early as late October early November and hope to have it finished by Spring 2020. They want to begin ground preparation before the winter
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It was a day of reflection and hope for the future for Idaho State University. President Kevin Satterlee addressed business leaders in Bannock County on Friday, providing them an update on the state of the school, specifically how ISU is preparing students for future careers in Pocatello. “There’s a commitment to Idaho State University providing
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The Pocatello Police Department wants to know if you can identify this truck. The truck is the suspect vehicle in a hit-and-run that occurred on Sept. 25 at approximately 4:15 p.m. at the intersection of S 5th Ave and E Humbolt St in Pocatello. The vehicle appears to be a light blue 1970s Chevrolet tuck
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The petition to recall the Bannock County assessor, Shari Davies, failed to gather enough signatures to move the issue to the March ballot. Claudia Ortega, the woman behind the effort, posted to the Pocatello/Bannock Homeowner’s Alliance Facebook page on Tuesday evening that she had informed the elections’ office that the petition was 574 signatures short
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One in eight women and one in about 900 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some point in their life, according to breastcancer.org. On Tuesday morning, the Portneuf Medical Center held it’s 20th annual Brake for Breakfast event, an event to bring awareness to breast cancer. “We want people to be proactive, we
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Overdue fines for youth are a thing of the past at the Marshall Public Library. The library stopped charging overdue fines for youth ages 17-years-old and younger on Sept 30. Any child or teen who has a late fine can now have their fines waived and have a fresh start with the Marshall Public Library.
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A 46-year-old Downey man was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 120 months in prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for possessing sexually explicit images of minors, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced Tuesday. Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye sentenced James Clifford Goodwin, III who pleaded guilty on January 16, 2019.
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Chubbuck Police received a report of a robbery in progress at the Wells Fargo Bank at 4195 Yellowstone Ave in Chubbuck around 9:50 a.m. Monday. During the robbery, the suspect implied he had a firearm; however, one was not displayed. Shortly after the robbery, the suspect left the area on foot. Chubbuck officers along with
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Police have identified the person who allegedly stabbed two women late Sunday night. Marita Gonzales, a 32-year-old woman from Pocatello, has been booked into the Bannock County jail on one charge of attempted murder and one count of aggravated battery.
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The Bannock County Coroner’s Office, in cooperation with the Pocatello Police Department, has identified the motorcyclist who died in the two-vehicle crash near the Winco on Yellowstone Avenue Wednesday night.
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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Pocatello Field Office is asking people to review a draft of a new budget plan which would increase and add fees to campgrounds around Southeast Idaho.
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Even though they were wishing for a miracle, a Pocatello family received devastating news from doctors about 17-year-old Victor Perez on Friday.
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