This article originally posted on IdahoEdNews.org on December 20, 2023 (EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the latest installment in Idaho Education News’ ongoing, in-depth coverage of the University of Idaho’s proposed [...]
AMMON — It’s a record-breaking year for Idaho State Police after raising over $10,000 to help local families this holiday season, thanks to generous donations. It’s all part of the [...]
(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the latest installment in Idaho Education News’ ongoing, in-depth coverage of the University of Idaho’s proposed purchase of the University of Phoenix. Over several months, senior [...]
Idaho has removed children from Medicaid faster than many other states. The federal government wants that to change. Earlier this year, states started to remove people from Medicaid after federal [...]
The PIGEON algorithm was able to geolocate this 2012 photo of the author on a backcountry trail in Yellowstone National Park to within roughly 35 miles of where it was [...]
District 32 Senator Kevin Cook, left, with Representatives Stephanie Mickelsen, center, and Wendy Horman. The Bonneville County legislators were the subject of an investigation alleging they violated the Republican Party [...]
A school district that’s known for its decaying buildings and repeatedly failing bond measures once again plans to ask taxpayers to chip in for facilities. Salmon school trustees unanimously voted [...]
AMMON — A woman is dead after being hit by a car outside the Ammon Walmart on Friday. Susan Lowe, 73, was pronounced dead at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center [...]
Nampa school board trustees embraced tearful district patrons after a Monday vote to close four schools. The proposal was years in the making but drew significant attention in recent weeks [...]
The state of Idaho is experiencing fewer human resources and supply chain management issues as state agencies and employees gain confidence in the new wide scale state business system called [...]
IDAHO FALLS — A $500 reward is being offered to help identify some suspects in a string of recent vandalism. It happened to some vehicles on 7th Street, Orlin Drive, [...]
Gov. Brad Little gave the Empowering Parents education microgrant program a clean bill of health Monday, after the release of an independent audit. The audit, ordered by Little, pinpointed less [...]
With U.S. democracy plagued by extremism, polarization, and a growing disconnect between voters and lawmakers, a set of reforms that could dramatically upend how Americans vote is gaining momentum at [...]
SUGAR CITY — Two Rexburg men recently opened up an outdoor ice-skating rink in Sugar City with the hope to make Idaho winters something that more people enjoy. Rink 99, [...]
Idaho’s early literacy exam may be headed for an overhaul. It would be the first major change to the exam, which students in grades K-3 take each fall and spring, [...]
Kent Kiser has asked a lot of questions over the years about his grandfather’s brother’s service during World War II. Always interested in military history, even from a young age, [...]
OSWEGO, N.Y. — On the snowy eastern shore of Lake Ontario sits a beige metal shipping container roughly the size of a mobile home. Inside, a machine called an electrolyzer [...]
EastIdahoNews.com file photo The following is a news release from Idaho State Police. BOISE — As the holiday season approaches with joyous celebrations, the unfortunate reality across Idaho is that [...]
The following is a news release from BYU-Idaho. REXBURG — In celebration of the Christmas season, Brigham Young University-Idaho’s 2022 performance of “A BYU-Idaho Christmas” with special guest GENTRI will [...]
Jayden Jensen hasn’t been seen since he went under the water in the McTucker Pond area on Dec. 6. The search continues at American Falls Reservoir. Watch a search and [...]
IDAHO FALLS – For more than a century, the James Brady Memorial Chapel inside Pocatello’s Mountain View Cemetery has been an iconic historic landmark. The city commemorated the building’s 100th [...]
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Once Congress returns next year, Johnson will have big problems to resolve: government funding that starts to expire Jan. 19, the potential border-Ukraine fight and warring surveillance proposals that are [...]
The following is a news release from the city of Idaho Falls. IDAHO FALLS — Darin Jones will be the City of Idaho Falls’ new Human Resources Director after receiving [...]
IDAHO FALLS — Rising fees are causing the city of Idaho Falls to stop providing recycling bins and hauling recyclable items, with the exception of glass, starting next year. This [...]
The EastIdahoNews.com team is busy helping a local Secret Santa give $1 million to deserving people in eastern Idaho this holiday season. Brittney is one of the most courageous people [...]
A club sandwich from Goody’s Deli & Pub | Photo and video by Logan Ramsey, EastIdahoNews.com POCATELLO — Sitting across from Idaho State University — Goody’s Deli & Pub is [...]
On this episode, Misha Smith, a sixth grade teacher at Boise’s Hawthorne Elementary, tells us about a science teacher’s professional development dream: going on an expedition to Patagonia. Smith saw [...]
A decades-long battle over dams in the Columbia River Basin had a breakthrough Thursday, as the Biden administration announced a deal with four tribes in the region and the states [...]
In the 1960s and 1970s, four dams were built along the Lower Snake River in Washington State. They were advertised as a source of cheap, clean energy. Some conservation groups [...]
Idaho Falls Fire Department demonstrates how easily a Christmas tree can catch fire. | Mary Boyle, EastIdahoNews.com IDAHO FALLS — It takes less than five minutes for a dry Christmas [...]
The West Ada School District is pulling 10 books from its library shelves this week, according to internal emails obtained by EdNews. Last week, Dennis Hahs, the district’s library coordinator, [...]
Organizers with Idahoans for Open Primaries announced Wednesday the coalition has gathered more than 50,000 signatures as part of its effort to qualify a ballot initiative for the November 2024 [...]
An Ada County judge said Thursday he will decide within the next month whether to dismiss a lawsuit filed by four women and two physicians against the state of Idaho [...]
(ProPublica) — One night in March 1976, a young advocate for people with mental illness arrived at the Idaho Statehouse with a warning. Marilyn Sword urged lawmakers not to ratify [...]
This year, Idaho lawmakers gave school districts about $106 million, which was meant to ease their reliance on property taxes. New data shows that it worked. The vast majority of [...]
WASHINGTON — The massive annual defense policy package cleared Congress ahead of the holiday recess, despite protests about attaching a foreign surveillance extension and criticism that the bill did not [...]
BLACKFOOT — Idaho State Police have responded to a multi-vehicle crash that witnesses say has backed up traffic for miles. The crash happened Thursday around 7:40 a.m. near Blackfoot on [...]
A new organization focused on educating Idahoans about their contraceptive options is in the early stages of formation. The Idaho Contraceptive Education Network launched last week, and its board members [...]
Voters who want to participate in the Idaho Republican Party’s 2024 presidential nominating caucus have until Dec. 31 to register to vote and affiliate with the GOP. Democrats, on the [...]
Supporters touted the promise of getting more students into college, and serving workforce needs. Opponents warned of a higher education version of “Hunger Games,” which Idaho colleges using their limited [...]
The dramatic rescue of a 72-year-old woman whose car tumbled down a huge ravine in Idaho, leaving her stranded for days, is being hailed as a miracle, while police have [...]
Students who did not receive the correct special education services under Idaho’s noncompliant manual can be referred again and re-considered under new criteria. However, there is not a completion timeline [...]
After months of legal battles, Idaho is still planning to change which company runs mental health services for approximately one in five Idahoans. The state’s decision over which private company [...]
CHUBBUCK — A man and woman have each been charged with multiple felonies after police allegedly found them in possession of 426 fentanyl pills, 38 grams of heroin, 42.8 grams [...]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate took an important step Tuesday on the nation’s annual defense policy bill, but the reliably bipartisan legislation is expected to hit the same hard-right opposition [...]
This story was first published by InvestigateWest on Dec. 11, 2023. In the months leading to the infamous 2017 Unite the Right tiki-torch rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, then-talk radio host [...]
Days after sending a $2,400 bill for the release of public records, the University of Idaho is delaying a pair of followup Idaho Education News requests. Here’s what EdNews is [...]
Bonneville County’s Republican Central Committee may have picked a fight against the wrong legislator. Rep. Marco Erickson of Idaho Falls isn’t a bit worried about the central committee taking away [...]
POCATELLO — A man officers say was found in possession of over 50 pounds of drugs and a stolen gun now faces federal charges. Kacey Franklin James, 32, has been [...]