Emergency Drill Planned at Pocatello Airport
(POCATELLO, ID) – Area emergency responders are planning a mock emergency at the Pocatello Regional Airport Wednesday. Coordinators are staging a simulated aircraft crash as part of a multi-level training exercise. Officials hope to test the response time in order to better prepare emergency crews and work out any kinks in the system in the [...]
Police Out in Full Force on Memorial Day
(IDAHO FALLS, ID) – If you’re planning on travelling this weekend, make sure to watch your speed along area roadways. Idaho State Police and other area law enforcement officers will be out in full force for Memorial Day, thanks to grants provided by state and federal agencies. Officials will be paying particular attention to seat [...]
Funeral for Frances Monson Set
(SALT LAKE CITY, UT) – A spokesperson for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced funeral arrangements for the wife of church president Thomas S. Monson. The public is invited to honor the life of 85-year-old Frances J. Monson on Thursday at noon in the Salt Lake Tabernacle. Monson died surrounded by [...]
EICAP Facing Major Budget Hurdles
(IDAHO FALLS, ID) – The Eastern Idaho Community Action Partnership is celebrating its 45th anniversary this year, but not without some major current budget hurdles. Executive Director Russ Spain says the organization has to slash 5.7 percent of its budget for the current fiscal year due to significant federal spending cuts. Spain says he may [...]
Oklahoma Tornado Deaths Revised Down to 24
(MOORE, OK) – The Tornado Destroyed Homes and Businesses in a 12-Mile Path First responders are in a race against time in the search for any survivors of a devastating tornado that ripped through Moore, Okla., while the medical examiner’s office has revised the death toll from 51 to 24, including nine children. Oklahoma medical [...]
Six Ways to Combat Your Negativity
(IDAHO FALLS, ID) – Most people have negativity inside themselves. It comes out when the prompted by others. It can materialize when focusing on the past and not the present or future, and it can be brought to the surface by those around you. Kristopher Walton joined Tim Lewis on Idaho’s Morning News Monday as [...]
Frank VanderSloot on Idaho’s Morning News
(IDAHO FALLS, ID) – The CEO of Melaleuca, Frank VanderSloot, joined Tim Lewis on Idaho’s Morning News Monday to address his situation with the IRS this past year, and to discuss the current scandal surrounding the Obama Administration concerning the IRS targeting conservative groups and individuals. Mr. VanderSloot has been on a media tour this [...]
Police Look for Person of Interest in Stabbing
(FORT HALL, ID) – Area police are on the lookout for a person of interest involved in a stabbing in Chubbuck Sunday morning. Fort Hall Police say 22-year-old Jacob Schmidt allegedly stabbed 43-year-old fellow tribal member Glenda Dixey at the Pine Ridge Apartment complex in Chubbuck. After leading police in a pursuit, Schmidt abandoned his [...]
Snake River and Bonneville Win State Baseball Titles
(MORELAND, ID) – For the first time in its history, Snake River High School’s baseball team won the 3-A state championship Saturday. The Panthers took down two-time defending state champion Fruitland 8-4, going 21 and 2 on the season. Snake River wasn’t the only area team to take home a title this weekend. The Bonneville [...]
District 25 Considering Budget Cuts; Including P.E.
(POCATELLO, ID) – The Pocatello/Chubbuck school district is considering ways to cut more than $1.4 million from next year’s budget. Options include eliminating physical education in elementary schools and cutting salaries for high school counselors and other administrators. Officials say the state’s overall education budget has been cut by more than $550 million over the [...]
Idaho Power Relying on Coal to Meet Demands
(BOISE, ID) – Idaho Power will continue to supplement the state’s energy demands by getting power from utilities outside Idaho. Officials announced last week that they will continue to buy electricity from coal-fired power plants in Wyoming and Nevada for at least the next two years. The company also announced that they will ask the [...]
Two Children Killed in I-15 Crash
(BLACKFOOT, ID) – An update on a Friday story. A rollover accident killed two children along I-15 north of Blackfoot Friday afternoon. Idaho State Police say a 16-year-old male from Idaho Falls was driving north near the Blackfoot rest area when he went into the median, overcorrected, and rolled his car. A 10-year-old passenger was [...]
Prisoners Work to Rehabilitate Dogs
(BLACKFOOT, ID) – Dogs once considered “un-adoptable” are getting a second chance at the Idaho State Correctional Center south of Boise. State Rep. Neal Anderson of Blackfoot says he was able to adopt a border collie who was trained and rehabilitated behind bars. The Dog Alliance Project partnered with the Idaho Humane Society to give [...]
Power Back on in Idaho Falls; Cause = Balloons
(IDAHO FALLS, ID) – Power has finally been restored to Downtown Idaho Falls, and customers north of town. Close to 6,000 customers were in the dark since 9:52 Friday morning when something tripped a main circuit that fed three substations. According to Idaho Falls Power spokesman Van Ashton, the line failure was probably caused by [...]
Fatal Crash on I-15 Shuts Down Interstate
(BLACKFOOT, ID) — One person was killed Friday afternoon, two more were injured in a one-car rollover on Northbound I-15 just south of the Blackfoot Rest Area. According to Idaho State Police, the car left the highway, hit the lava rock in the median and rolled. All three occupants were ejected from the vehicle. Police [...]
Uzbeki National Arrested in Terrorism Investigation
(BOISE, Idaho) — An Uzbekistan national living in Idaho pleaded not guilty Friday to terror charges. Fazliddin Kurbanov pleaded not guilty to three counts that charge him with giving cash, computer software and other resources to a recognized terror group in Uzbekistan. The 30-year-old truck driver was arrested Thursday at his apartment in Boise where [...]
Man Gets Prison for Killing Monkey
(BOISE, ID) – A man accused of breaking in to Zoo Boise and killing an exotic monkey will spend at least a year in prison. 22-year-old Michael Watkins gave a brief apology before being sentenced Thursday to a year in a prison treatment program. Fourth District Judge Lynn Norton says it will give Watkins a [...]
Another Earthquake Hits Near Soda Springs
(SODA SPRINGS, ID) – A small earthquake rattled parts of eastern Idaho and western Wyoming Wednesday night. Officials with the U.S. Geological Survey say a magnitude 3.6 temblor struck east of Soda Springs. Police in Afton, Wyoming, about fourteen miles east of the epicenter, say they could feel minor shaking, though no damage was reported. [...]
Power Outage in Idaho Falls
(IDAHO FALLS, ID) – A major power outage has affected the Northwest section of Idaho Falls. Around 9:52 this morning, a main circuit tripped that feeds three substations that affects Downtown Idaho Falls, and areas to the immediate North and West. A spokesman for Idaho Falls Power said they tried to return power down the [...]
Wife of LDS Church President Passes Away
(SALT LAKE CITY, UT) – The wife of the president of the LDS church has died. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints said in a statement on its web site that Frances B. Monson died at 6:35 a.m. Friday at a hospital in Salt Lake City. Thomas S. Monson says his wife [...]