The Mountain America Center’s first year was a huge success. Here’s what’s coming in 2024
IDAHO FALLS — From the first Spud Kings game to the upcoming GENTRI concert on Dec. 2, the Mountain America Center in Idaho Falls is celebrating its one-year anniversary. The [...]
Pheasant hunting season winds down
While taking pictures of Cedar waxwings eating hawthorn berries at Beaver Dick Park along the Henrys Fork of the Snake River west of Rexburg, a movement under a picnic table [...]
Law enforcement agencies gearing up for Thanksgiving traffic
The following is a news release from the Idaho State Police. Law enforcement agencies across southern Idaho are uniting to address the anticipated surge in holiday travel during Thanksgiving week. [...]
U of I-Phoenix megadeal clears a key regulatory hurdle
MOSCOW (IdahoEdNews.org) — The University of Idaho-University of Phoenix megadeal cleared one regulatory hurdle this month. Phoenix’s accreditors have signed off on the deal, which would turn the giant for-profit [...]
Simplify your duck hunting game this year with this back-to-basics guide
The following is a news release from the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. Waterfowl hunting has a reputation for being expensive, but hunters don’t need to shell out (pardon [...]
Mysterious, fatal dog illness found in several US states.
Cases of a fatal respiratory condition in dogs have appeared in Oregon, Indiana, Illinois, Washington, Idaho, California, Nevada and throughout the Northeast as veterinarians scramble to determine what is causing the mysterious [...]
6 More Colorado Officers Charged In Death Of Christian Glass
Six more law enforcement officers have been charged with failing to intervene during the fatal shooting of Christian Glass, who called 911 while experiencing a mental health crisis in Clear [...]
Heart-shaped beds and champagne hot tubs: Inside America’s adults-only hotels
(CNN) — Heart-shaped hot tubs surrounded by rose petals, circular beds with ceilings that replicate a starry night sky and jaw-dropping, seven-foot-tall champagne-glass whirlpools for two. Welcome to the Cove [...]
After multi-million dollar bond losses, Pocatello, Shelley leaders seek answers
After East Idaho voters denied two multi-million dollar school financing measures, district leaders are reaching out to them for answers. And they’re reflecting on outreach efforts that, while extensive, still [...]
Trustees select policy positions for next legislative session
ISBA members voted on seven resolutions Friday morning. Some groups needed more time to consider their votes, so trustees handed in their results to Quinn Perry (standing right), an ISBA [...]
GENTRI helps with this touching Feel Good Friday surprise for a local Army veteran on hospice
EastIdahoNews.com and Ashley in Idaho Falls and Pocatello are partnering to honor people in our community for Feel Good Friday. Every week, we surprise someone deserving of special recognition. We [...]
Think you’re prepared to care for an aging parent? Think again.
My father-in-law was the happiest person I’ve ever known. Jon Lee Wray was a simple man — a farmer and cowboy — who spent his whole life within eight miles [...]
Eastern Idaho fire safety nonprofit says it hasn’t been paid through state grants in months
ISLAND PARK (Idaho Capital Sun) — An Eastern Idaho nonprofit organization that helps residents of Island Park protect their homes from fire says the state is months behind making payments [...]
Get the feds out of schools? Beyond Idaho, an old debate hits a new level
State superintendent Debbie Critchfield concedes that the federal government has failed to meet its funding commitments in special education. But she is noncommittal about forgoing the federal money Idaho now [...]
Democrats urge feds to update banking ‘red flags’ on legal marijuana businesses
The federal government unfairly penalizes state-legal marijuana businesses whose owners have been convicted of marijuana-related crimes, restricting them from loans and other banking tools, a group of U.S. Senate and [...]
Wee hours U.S. Senate drama: GOP colleagues on the floor battle Tuberville blockade
WASHINGTON — After a marathon day and late-night vote to avert a Thanksgiving government shutdown, four U.S. Senate Republicans held the floor until the wee hours Thursday, urging their Alabama [...]
Single mom caring for her parents and blind daughter left stunned and speechless with big gift from a Secret Santa
The EastIdahoNews.com team is busy helping a local Secret Santa give $1 million to deserving people in eastern Idaho this holiday season. Mary is essentially caught in a rock and [...]
Eastern Idaho fire safety nonprofit says it hasn’t been paid through state grants in months
An Eastern Idaho nonprofit organization that helps residents of Island Park protect their homes from fire says the state is months behind making payments for work the organization completed and [...]
Critchfield, Little address school trustees
As the one-time chairwoman of a school board in Cassia County, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Debbie Critchfield was responsible for signing high school diplomas, including her son’s. “It really [...]
Rexburg woman delivers smiles to customers one cookie at a time
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 [...]
Crowded field: ISU president’s vacancy draws 84 applicants
Before state officials can name a new president at Idaho State University, they’ll have to sift through a pile of resumes. The application period has closed, and the State Board [...]
Idaho state health department director Dave Jeppesen to retire
The head of Idaho’s largest state agency — the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare — is retiring. Dave Jeppesen, who for five years led Idaho’s state health department — [...]
A 92-year-old motorist fell down an embankment and was rescued after spending the night in freezing temperatures
(CNN) — A 92-year-old man is recovering after falling down an embankment and spending the night stranded outside in below-freezing temperatures before he was rescued, officials said, an outcome his [...]
How abortion bans are undercutting efforts to prevent domestic violence, including in Idaho
This story was originally published by The 19th on Nov. 13, 2023. As more abortion bans have gone into effect across the country, it has become far more difficult to [...]
DEQ lifts boil water advisories for two Island Park subdivisions
The following is a news release from the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality BOISE – The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today lifted boil water advisories at two subdivisions [...]