The Garden Valley School District has largely failed to provide appropriate special education services for its students, according to the results of an investigation conducted by the Idaho Department of [...]
Simply put, if Senate Bill 1357 passes, students will not want to live in or contribute to our beautiful state of Idaho. Way back in 2021, I found myself on [...]
IDAHO FALLS – A 40-year-old Ammon man was arrested after a young girl reported she had been sexually abused by him for multiple years. Brandon Richard Phillips was charged with [...]
The evidence of success was there. The testimonies were heartbreaking. The parents traveled from across the state. But in the end, it didn’t seem to matter. A majority of Idaho [...]
Idaho could again have a presidential primary election. The Idaho Senate on Tuesday passed Senate Bill 1415 on a 31-4 vote. Under the bill, political parties would have the option [...]
IDAHO FALLS — A longtime Bonneville County legislator will have a challenger in the May Republican primary. Ammon Mayor Sean Coletti has filed to run against Rep. Wendy Horman, a [...]
One of the Statehouse’s key education budget-writers has a primary opponent. Ammon Mayor Sean Coletti filed campaign paperwork Tuesday; he will challenge 12-year Rep. Wendy Horman in the May 21 [...]
Idaho legislators sought to undermine the constitutional right of Idahoans to run initiatives by enacting a 2021 law making it virtually impossible to get the required signatures. The Idaho Supreme [...]
IDAHO FALLS — Rep. Stephanie Mickelsen no longer has the support of the Republican party following a vote by the Legislative District 32 Committee last Thursday. Committee members make this [...]
Lt. Gov. Scott Bedke held an impromptu civics lesson with Middleton High School seniors Monday while discussing the nuances of Idaho Launch. Senior Samantha Davis, 17, applied and received a [...]
A proposed amendment to the Idaho Constitution that sought to block ranked choice voting failed in the Idaho House of Representatives on Monday and won’t appear on the ballot in [...]
Weeks after a library materials regulation bill failed by one vote in the state Senate, Idaho lawmakers on Monday quickly advanced an amended library bill that stalled earlier this session. [...]
BOISE (Idaho Statesman) — Shasta Groene, the woman best known for being the sole survivor of a kidnapping by an Idaho serial killer in 2005, is asking for the community’s [...]
Before Idaho legislators adjourn for the year, they have to pass a balanced budget. And on Friday, the powerful Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee, or JFAC, is set to take up a [...]
It can be disheartening to advocate for early childhood education in Idaho. Just ask Beth Oppenheimer. “Some days, you fall on the ground, but you get back up,” the former [...]
BOISE (Idaho Statesman) — Idaho’s initiative process that lets voters bring their own proposed laws onto November ballots could see more changes — this time through more scrutiny on the [...]
BOISE (IdahoEdNews.org) — A Senate committee Friday introduced a new bill that would allow school staff to carry guns on campus. That’s after a similar bill, from Rep. Ted Hill, [...]
IDAHO FALLS — Two people were arrested Saturday night after a shooting left one man dead and another injured. According to a news release from the Idaho Falls Police Department, [...]
IDAHO FALLS — Police are on the scene of a situation at Teton Mesa Apartments in Idaho Falls. Multiple witnesses and residents tell EastIdahoNews.com that several Idaho Falls police officers, [...]
JEROME COUNTY — A Shoshone woman died after losing control of her car Saturday afternoon. The crash happened at about 12:50 p.m. on U.S. Highway 93 in Jerome County, according [...]
What a week! For six days, the only things flying were snowflakes that went faster than greased lightning. Most power poles had the wet snow glued to their southwest side. [...]
IDAHO FALLS — The Idaho Falls Elks Lodge 1087 is distributing boxes of food on Saturday to people in need. Members of the Elks Lodge assembled the boxes with help [...]
BOISE (Idaho Capital Sun) — A new bill introduced Friday in the Idaho Legislature would reinstate a presidential primary election in Idaho. Senate President Pro Tem Chuck Winder, R-Boise, sponsored [...]
Priscilla Raburn POCATELLO — Idaho State University nursing student Priscilla Raburn arrived in the dead of winter wearing just a tank top, shorts and flip flops. Snow was unfamiliar. Mountain [...]
REXBURG – A 23-year-old Rexburg man was arrested Thursday after police received a tip from the Idaho Attorney General’s office alleging that he had downloaded child pornography. Ryan A. Pugh [...]
A new bill introduced Friday in the Idaho Legislature would reinstate a presidential primary election in Idaho. Senate President Pro Tem Chuck Winder, R-Boise, sponsored the new bill, Senate Bill [...]
MERIDIAN — Harrowing video released from Idaho State Police this week shows a trooper running for his life as a semi-truck comes barreling toward him. The terrifying situation happened Jan. [...]
Sen. Lori Den Hartog Proposed Empowering Parents legislation that would cover a homeschool expense is slated for removal because of opposition. “I’ve asked for it to be scheduled early next [...]
IDAHO FALLS — The Honey Baked Ham Company is hosting the grand opening of its first eastern Idaho location on Saturday. At 11 a.m., the store, located at 3502 South [...]
A bill to ban Idaho public funds from covering gender-affirming medications and surgeries for Idaho adults and children is headed to the Idaho House floor. House Bill 668 would ban [...]
The top ranking Republicans in the Idaho House and Idaho Senate appear to have a difference of opinion over last week’s move by legislative budget writers trying to block the [...]
IDAHO FALLS – The remains of a missing Montpelier woman were discovered in Mill City, Nevada last month. Authorities later identified her as 55-year-old Christine Passey Parker, which they were [...]
This story was originally published by InvestigateWest on March 6, 2024. Two similar versions of legislation to narrow Idaho’s “Terrorist Control Act” to only apply to those connected to foreign [...]
Do you want to know what’s happening in the eastern Idaho business scene? We’ve got you covered. Here is a rundown of this week’s business news across the valley. BIZ [...]
School districts soon could be barred from mentioning state tax relief that’s not “guaranteed” in bond and levy ballot measures. The Senate State Affairs Committee endorsed House Bill 574 on [...]
A bill that would place restrictions on who could apply for an absentee ballot in Idaho was sent out for possible amendments Wednesday after members of the public and several [...]
College of Idaho co-president Jim Everett is stepping down and will transition to a fundraising role by June 30. Co-president Doug Brigham, a 1987 graduate of C of I, will [...]
BOISE (Idaho Capital Sun) — A bill that would let Idaho law enforcement officials temporarily detain people who are a danger to themselves or others because of neurological conditions, like [...]
BOISE (Idaho Capital Sun) — The filing period for candidates running for the Idaho Legislature and other elected offices opened Monday morning, kicking the 2024 campaign season up yet another [...]
The Pocatello-Chubbuck School District could get the funding it needs — or close to it — to rebuild a high school crippled by a fire last year. A bill nearing [...]
A bill that would let Idaho law enforcement officials temporarily detain people who are a danger to themselves or others because of neurological conditions, like Alzheimer’s, widely passed the Idaho [...]
IDAHO FALLS — A months-long mystery has been solved with the help of a local police department, East Idaho News, online commenters and surrounding communities. Last year in August, Gary [...]
The filing period for candidates running for the Idaho Legislature and other elected offices opened Monday morning, kicking the 2024 campaign season up yet another notch in Idaho. The filing [...]
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — For nearly 50 years, Idaho's prison staffers have been serving Thomas Eugene Creech three meals a day, checking on him during rounds and taking him to [...]
BOISE (AP) — A U.S. appeals court panel on Friday declined to delay Idaho’s scheduled execution next week of one of the nation’s longest-serving death row inmates. Thomas Creech was [...]
PAYETTE COUNTY — A Payette woman is dead after a train hit her on Friday night. According to a new release from Idaho State Police, the incident happened on Friday [...]
Vegan suya sandwich and a stuffed sweet potato are just two of the items at Delphia’s Vegan Cajun. EastIdahoNews.com gave these a try, which you can watch in the video [...]
House members overwhelmingly voted in favor of a plan to spend $2 billion on schools, primarily for facility upgrades, over the next decade. But many questioned whether the money would [...]
Originally posted on IdahoEdNews.org on February 23, 2024 (UPDATED, 2:57 p.m., with comment from State Board of Education.) Lawmakers should take “appropriate legal action” against the proposed University of Phoenix [...]
Taylor Aughenbaugh, left, and Gabriel Perkins. Attorney Jason Gustaves is to the left of Perkins. | Kaitlyn Hart, EastIdahoNews.com IDAHO FALLS – Two teens appeared in court Friday following a [...]