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Lace Up For Holiday-Season Skating At The Joe Marmo/Wayne Lehto Ice Arena In Idaho

The ice sheet here measures 85 feet by 190 feet. That’s a lot of room to wobble, glide, and pretend you meant to do that spin. Skates are waiting at the rental counter, so nobody needs to own a pair. A snack bar sits nearby for warm-up breaks between laps.

Idaho Falls, ID · 3d

East Idaho News

Florida governor to speak in Idaho Falls to garner support for Idaho to call for constitutional convention

IDAHO FALLS — With the national debt exceeding $40 trillion, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will visit in Idaho Falls to build support for a constitutional convention to propose a balanced budget amendment. EastIdahoNews.com spoke with Mike Colson, chairman of the Bonneville County Republican Central Committee, and Loren Enns, president of Balanced Budget Now, who are organizing the event with DeSantis. Balanced Budget Now is a nonprofit that has campaigned for a balanced budget since the early 2010s, with Enns leading the organization since the beginning. Learning from former U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch...

Idaho · 3d

East Idaho News

32 ounces of eggnog and one mile: Ammon’s Nogathon is back

AMMON — Think you can drink a quart of eggnog and still run a mile? The City of Ammon is giving you the chance to find out this weekend. The fourth annual Ammon Nogathon Fun Run returns Saturday, Nov. 7, at McCowin Park, where participants will trade traditional race-day refreshments for something a little thicker and a whole lot more festive: Reed’s Dairy eggnog. The challenge is simple — complete four laps around a quarter-mile course, drinking an 8-ounce cup of eggnog before each lap. By the finish line, participants will have consumed 32 ounces of eggnog and traveled a full mile. Costumes ...

Ammon, ID · 3d

East Idaho News

A urologist in Rexburg opens his own practice to help serve the community

REXBURG — A doctor with deep roots in Rexburg recently opened his own practice, offering care for things like prostate health, kidney stones, pediatric urology, and minimally invasive and robotic-assisted procedures for adults and children. Dr. Jacob Thatcher is a board-certified urologist and serves patients throughout eastern Idaho. According to the American Urological Association, urology is a “medical and surgical specialty that focuses on diseases and conditions of the urinary tract in both men and women, as well as the male reproductive system.” In August, Thatcher opened Mountain West U...

Rexburg, ID · 2d

Herald-Journal

East Idaho voters pass majority of school levies on ballot

East Idaho voters approved 10 of 11 school levies on the ballot in the Nov. 3 election, according to unofficial results. The only levy that did not pass was the School District 253 supplemental levy in Jefferson County, which failed 401 votes, or 56.32 percent, to 311 votes, or 43.68 percent.

Eastern Idaho, ID · 2d

East Idaho News

Incumbent Torey Danner wins reelection as Bannock County coroner

POCATELLO — Incumbent Bannock County Coroner Torey Danner has secured another term in office after defeating independent challenger Wilson Simmons in Tuesday’s general election. According to election results released by Bannock County, Danner received 16,925 votes, or 58%, compared with Simmons’ 12,068 votes, or roughly 42%. RELATED: Bannock County coroner candidates answer questions ahead of election The victory allows Danner to continue overseeing the Bannock County Coroner’s Office, which is responsible for investigating deaths that occur under certain circumstances, including those that ar...

Bannock County, ID · 3d

Idaho State Journal

East Idaho voters approve majority of local ballot measures in November election

East Idaho voters approved seven of eight local ballot measures in the Nov. 3 election, according to unofficial results. The only measure that did not pass was the Bear Lake Fire District permanent override levy in Bear Lake County. It needed a two-thirds majority and received 34.43 percent. Here are the results of local ballot measures in East Idaho: Bonneville County City of Ammon levy: two-year temporary levy of $1.25 million a year for street construction, repair and maintenance (passed) Yes: 3,843 (61.32 percent)No: 2,424 (38.68 percent)It replaces a levy that expires Dec. 31 and is estimated to cost $49.34 per $100,000 of taxable value, $1.70 less than the current rate. City of Swan Valley sales tax ordinance: seven-year local tax starting Jan. 1, 2027 (passed) Yes: 122 (73.49 percent)No: 44 (26.51 percent)It includes a 3 percent tax on short-term lodging, a 1 percent tax on liquor by the drink and a 1 percent tax on other taxable sales. The money would go toward bridges, capital projects, infrastructure, pathways and parks, transportation, visitor services, and public safety and law enforcement within city limits. Caribou County City of Grace special revenue bond: up to $6 million for water system improvements, including

Bear Lake County, ID · 2d

usanews.com

YourWay Storage Pocatello Helps Families Make Room for Holiday Kickoff Weekend

POCATELLO, Idaho - YourWay Storage, the self-storage facility at 762 McKinley Avenue in Pocatello, Idaho, is helping households and local businesses clear space ahead of the city's holiday kickoff weekend, Nov. 27 to 28, 2026. With the Christmas Night Lights Parade, Small Business Saturday and Christmas in the Nighttime Skies drawing thousands of residents, the facility offers month-to-month units, contactless online rentals and 50% off the first full month on select units.

Pocatello, ID · 2d

Idaho State Journal

Bannock County ballot-counting problems delay results in Pocatello, other legislative races

POCATELLO — Bannock County elections officials were still counting votes early Wednesday after machine problems slowed the absentee tally for more than five hours. Elections workers began processing early walk-in ballots about 4 p.m. Tuesday, hoping to have all early and absentee ballots counted by 9 p.m., Bannock County Clerk Jason Dixon said. Instead, the absentee count stretched past 2 a.m. Wednesday. As of 3:40 a.m., the county had counted 21,042 ballots. All 57 precincts had partially reported, but none had fully reported. Dixon said final tallies of votes cast in Bannock County are expected around 6:30 a.m. Wednesday. When the Idaho State Journal spoke with a red-eyed Dixon at the Bannock County Elections Office just after 4 a.m., the county’s three counting machines hummed in the background as they worked through the last of the Election Day ballots. Elections Director Julie Hancock moved briskly around the room, ferrying ballots to and from a resolution table staffed by volunteers who hadn’t left their seats in hours. All but one of the volunteers were unpaid. “We folded them the same way we always do with the same folding machine that we always use,” Dixon said. “But this time it just happened

Bannock County, ID · 3d

Idaho State Journal

Pocatello takes step toward banning kratom sales as families, doctors describe addiction and death

POCATELLO — Family members who lost loved ones, medical professionals and first responders urged the Pocatello City Council on Thursday to move ahead with a ban on commercial kratom sales. After about 25 minutes of public testimony, the council voted to advise city staff to proceed with the proposed ordinance. No vote on the ordinance itself was held. It would make it unlawful to sell or offer kratom products within city limits but would not criminalize possession or personal use. Mallarie Bascom, a licensing enforcement officer with the Pocatello Police Department, told the council the goal is to reduce routine availability of an unregulated psychoactive product. She said Idaho has no consistent standards for testing, labeling, manufacturing or age limits. She cited state figures showing 124 kratom-related deaths in Idaho since 2020, nine of them in Bannock County, and said poison center reports involving kratom rose about 1,200 percent between 2015 and 2025. Bascom said the federal government’s emergency scheduling of concentrated 7-hydroxymitragynine, or 7-OH, is a step in the right direction. She said it does not create a framework for products sold at the retail level. She also said Bannock County commissioners plan their own ban once the language

Pocatello, ID · 21h

decorhint.com

Sixteen Thousand Years Of History Wait Inside The Idaho Museum Of Natural History In Pocatello

A shark with a spiral of teeth shaped like a buzz saw once swam over what is now Idaho. One small university museum holds more fossils of that strange fish, called Helicoprion, than anywhere else on Earth. That alone would justify a road trip. The same building also shows off...

Pocatello, ID · 1d

Idaho State Journal

Opinion: Johnny Creek Road: Residents deserve accountability, not excuses

The city of Pocatello’s recent acknowledgment of contractor delays and deteriorating conditions on Johnny Creek Road raises serious questions about project oversight, public safety and accountability. The October completion deadline has passed. Significant portions of the roadway remain unpaved, with uneven surfaces and substantial drop-offs. Earlier rainfall created hazardous...

Pocatello, ID · 3d

East Idaho News

Democrat Kim Keeley unseats incumbent Brad Wolfe in Teton County Commission race

DRIGGS — Democrat Kim Keeley defeated incumbent Republican Brad Wolfe in the race for Teton County commissioner, winning Tuesday’s general election. Keeley received 3,792 votes, or approximately 62%, compared to Wolfe’s 2,330 votes, or 38%, according to election results. The victory marks a change in representation on the Teton County Commission, with Keeley unseating Wolfe and earning the opportunity to represent county residents. The race was among the local contests decided by Teton County voters Tuesday as residents cast ballots for the candidates they want representing them in county gove...

Teton County, ID · 3d

idahoednews.org

Democrats gain six seats in the Legislature

Democrats have picked up six seats in the Idaho Legislature, sweeping all three swing districts. Voters in west Boise on Tuesday elected Democrat Nancy Gregory to the Idaho Senate and Democrat Jae Etchart to the House, flipping two seats in District 15, a key swing district in the Legislature. Two...

Idaho · 3d

East Idaho News

The Idaho Falls pioneer who helped women win the right to vote

IDAHO FALLS – As voters make their voices heard on Election Day, one Idaho woman’s story is a reminder that the right to vote wasn’t always guaranteed to everyone. When Rebecca Brown Mitchell arrived in Eagle Rock with her teenage daughter in 1882, the pair had little more than the clothes on their back. Fourteen years later, Rebecca would help lead a movement that made Idaho the fourth state in the nation to grant women the right to vote. The 48-year-old Illinois woman had come out West in hopes of being a missionary. Her husband had died 26 years earlier, leaving her a widow at age 22 with t...

Idaho Falls, ID · 4d

Idaho State Journal

Community celebration set for Friday to welcome US Capitol Christmas Tree to Idaho Falls

IDAHO FALLS — The City of Idaho Falls is inviting the community to welcome the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree when it stops in Idaho Falls on Friday, Nov. 6. The tree is being transported from Idaho's Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests to the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. The free public event, “From the Forest to the Falls: The U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Stops in Idaho Falls,” will run from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Idaho Falls Public Library parking lot and along Capital Avenue. The City of Idaho Falls, Idaho Falls Power and the Idaho Falls Public Library are hosting the event. Partners include the U.S. Forest Service, including the local Caribou-Targhee National Forest, and the Society of American Foresters, the nonprofit partner for the tour. Visitors can see the 76-foot Engelmann spruce in person, enjoy live music, winter crafts and stories, make handmade ornaments for the tree’s journey to Washington and explore educational booths about Idaho’s national forests and the people who care for them. Idaho Falls Power will provide winter treats. The U.S. Capitol tree tradition dates back more than five decades, with a different national forest providing a tree for the

Idaho Falls, ID · 4d

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Despite push from Teton Valley, Idaho voters uphold one of the nation’s strictest abortion bans

Editor’s Note: This story was written and edited by KHOL and Teton Valley News. Idahoans voted to uphold one of the strictest abortion bans in the country. Prop. 1’s failure keeps the near-total abortion ban that was triggered in 2022 after the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Despite...

Idaho · 3d

Idaho State Journal

Bingham County, Blackfoot and Fort Hall first responders honored at Chamber Appreciation Luncheon

BLACKFOOT — National First Responders Day was Oct. 28, a week after the Greater Blackfoot Chamber of Commerce’s annual First Responders Appreciation Luncheon. With a room full of deputies, officers, dispatchers, detectives, firefighters, paramedics and emergency medical technicians, each local law enforcement agency took time to spotlight their excellent responders.

Bingham County, ID · 4d

Idaho State Journal