A national shortage of truck drivers has led more people in the eastern Idaho region to seek the “life-changing” career of truck driving.
As he was driving to the fire hall just before 7 a.m. last Saturday to respond to a fire at the Challis Roadhouse, volunteer firefighter Doug Hammond said the only indicator he could see was a plume of black smoke.
Ryan Shupe & the RubberBand to perform Christmas concert
Many retail business stores are looking to bounce back from the pandemic with the expected surge of shoppers this weekend and throughout the holidays.
BEND, Ore. — This summer’s heat scorched Oregon trees — maybe worse than ever before — and scientists are beginning to piece together what that means for the trees’ long-term health.
FORT HALL — On Thursday, November 25, 2021 at about 6:50 am, Fort Hall Fish and Game Warden reported a one vehicle rollover involving a White Dodge pickup truck, located on the east side of the railroad tracks on US Hwy 91 and Broncho Road on the Fort Hall Reservation. One male occupant was …
BOISE (AP) — Idaho’s unemployment rate dropped a tenth of a percent to 2.8% from September to October, making the state’s unemployment rate tied for fourth-best in the nation.
Idaho State Police and the Missoula Police Department are seeking information on a man who was reported missing earlier this month on his way to Caldwell.
A 74-year-old Ashton man died Wednesday at a local hospital after being involved in a single-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 20 north of St. Anthony.
Connie Bates messily throws together sugar, flour and other ingredients in her kitchen laboratory. She calls herself a “kitchen chemist.”
The Caribou-Targhee National Forest reported that it is making a number of “refinements” to the draft environmental impact statement for the proposed Grand Targhee Resort expansion after considering a number of suggestions from the public.
The Salvation Army Idaho Falls Corp is preparing its annual Thanksgiving Community Dinner for those looking to enjoy the holiday and share a hot meal with others.
The U.S. Department of Energy has found no projected significant environmental impacts for a construction proposal of the Microreactor Applications Research Validation & EvaLuation (MARVEL) project microreactor inside Idaho National Laboratory's Transient Reactor Test Facility.
A new parking ordinance in downtown Idaho Falls is requiring vehicles parked beyond the allotted two-hour time limit to move to a different block.
This weekend will be the last opportunity to visit the Idaho Falls Zoo during the 2021 season.
An Idaho gold mining company said this week its planned exploratory drilling won’t take place in the Centennial Mountains near Kilgore until next summer.
The historic year for Idaho Falls Regional Airport continues as the airport has surpassed its previous record total passenger count from 2019 with two months remaining to include for the 2021 count.
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare deactivated Crisis Standards of Care in most regions in the state freeing up access to hospital care for many who were waiting for medical treatment.
At 7:26 p.m. Saturday, Bonneville County Sheriff’s Deputies and Idaho Falls Fire responded to the Bone Rd. near 9th S. to a one vehicle injury crash. As they arrived, Deputies located a male and female who had been ejected from the vehicle. The male was identified as 39 year old Estevan Reyn…
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Calling it a “sigh of relief,” the annual count of the iconic orange and black Western monarch butterflies has turned up a preliminary count of more than 50,000 insects at overwintering sites along the California coast.
A new reporting tool is allowing students at Bonneville Joint School District 93 to more easily report harassment, bullying or suicidal thoughts.
In the hopes of handling staffing challenges better, Idaho Falls School District 91 and Bonneville Joint School District 93 are offering incentives for substitute teachers.
Thirteen more eastern Idaho residents have died from the COVID-19 pandemic in the past week, according to reports from Eastern Idaho Public Health.
The Caribou-Targhee National Forest announced Friday its approval to allow a gold mining company to conduct more exploratory drilling in the Centennial Mountains just northwest of Kilgore.
A trucking company based in Bonneville County was in flames Friday morning.
IF Anam Cara choirto perform ‘Requiem’
On Thursday, November 18, 2021, at 12:07 PM, Idaho State Police investigated a single vehicle rollover crash on Interstate 15 at milepost 116, just south of Idaho Falls.
The Idaho Legislature’s unprecedented decision to reconvene the 2021 session this week drew a wide range of emotions for several legislators. One common feeling for local lawmakers is frustration, either with the lack of legislation that was passed or with the attempts to pass legislation to…
Most elementary students in Idaho, including those at local school districts, showed improvement in Idaho’s early reading test compared to 2020’s results.
Eastern Idaho anglers, hoping to see an extension to the fishing season at Henry’s Lake, were granted their wish by the Idaho Fish and Game Commission which considered the proposal this week at its meeting in Lewiston.
TWIN FALLS (AP) — The Idaho State Department of Agriculture launched its online application system for would-be hemp growers early last week, and applications are beginning to trickle in.
Conservation groups and Shoshone-Bannock Tribal leaders plan to gather at the state Capitol on Saturday to observe the 30-year anniversary of the listing of Snake River sockeye salmon under the Endangered Species Act.
BOISE — Six far-reaching bills aimed at fending off vaccine mandates or other COVID-19-related public health measures from private or public employers, schools and more cleared the Idaho House Tuesday afternoon in a marathon session.
Food insecurity has heightened for many people in the U.S. since the COVID-19 pandemic began, and several local food bank leaders say the issue only becomes more severe as the holidays approach
Caribou-Targhee National Forest announced seasonal closures this week for the Westside Ranger District in the Mink Creek and Pebble Creek area near Pocatello.
Idaho boat inspection stations caught a record number of watercraft fouled with invasive mussels so far in 2021, but state officials report that its waters remain free of the aquatic invaders.
An eastern Idaho advisory committee on whether to feed deer and elk this winter will hold its first meeting of the season at the end the month.
The Idaho Immunization Coalition is traveling through southern Idaho to administer COVID-19 vaccines in rural areas, with its primary focus on the Hispanic community.
LEWISTON — Idaho Fish and Game commissioners received comments on two of the state’s most controversial topics — salmon and dams, and wolves and elk — at a public comment hearing here Monday.
A 92-year-old man was fatally shot by Caldwell police early Tuesday morning after allegedly pointing a gun at the officers from inside his truck, according to a news release from the Caldwell Police Department.
Jim Pletscher, a fixture in downtown Idaho Falls, was honored as a “Brightest Star” for eastern Idaho for 2021 by the the Idaho Nonprofit Center.
The Idaho Legislature reconvened the 2021 session Monday and while nearly all the bills introduced were aimed at vaccine mandates, some looked to change Idaho education policy.
Several schools in Idaho, including Compass Academy, are upgrading kitchen equipment with the help of federal grants.
By most estimates it was a blood bath.
Idaho Fish and Game is blaming a slight dip in the overall trout population on low flows from last winter on after conducting its annual fall fish survey of the South Fork of the Snake River.
A new Center for Career and Technical Education is coming to Idaho Falls School District 91, which will give students more opportunities to learn industry skills.
Idaho’s citizen redistricting commission has moved several of the state’s incumbent representatives and senators to new districts, which marks both potential positive and negative implications for some candidates’ chances of re-election.
More than 350 people in eastern Idaho have died from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Eastern Idaho Public Health.
‘The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane’ to be performed in Pocatello
The issue of delisting grizzly bears and changing the Henry’s Lake fishing season are some of the proposals on the docket for next week’s Idaho Fish and Game Commission meeting.
Following the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children, Bonneville Joint School District 93 has removed the masking requirement from its COVID-19 response plan.
Melaleuca CEO Frank VanderSloot paid more than $4.7 million in special bonuses to employees at the company’s recognition meeting Thursday.
Rather than a quick roundup using a herding helicopter, the Bureau of Land Management is employing a different method to gather in wild horses off the range near Challis over the next several months.
