Oneida County, ID

————— SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT. ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL. ONEIDA, SOUTH CENTRAL POWER, AND SOUTHEASTERN CASSIA COUNTIES. INCLUDING INTERSTATE 84 THROUGH 530 PM MDT... At 452 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 12. miles northwest of Juniper, or 15...

Editor's note: This article has been corrected to indicate Christensen lost in Oneida County during the 2020 Republican primary election. The battle to be District 35’s Republican nominee in the state House of Representatives showcases a divide the party is facing nationally and in Idaho. One candidate represents traditional Republican politics and the other represents a new-wave and far-right approach to policy that the party has experienced in recent years.

MALAD — Incumbent Kelly Anthon will receive a challenge from two fellow candidates in District 27 for Idaho State Senate. In order to earn a third term, Anthon must fend off a primary challenge form fellow Republican Jeanie Hakes. Should he do so, he will then face Independent candidate Bill Drury in the general election.

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game is seeking information regarding the illegal killing of a trumpeter swan near Oneida Narrows in Franklin County. Multiple reports were recently received by Idaho Fish and Game regarding a dead swan hanging in a tree approximately a mile below Red Point Campground. An examination of the carcass which included X-rays revealed the swan had been killed with a shotgun a few weeks prior...

POCATELLO — Counties throughout the state are preparing for the May 17 primary elections. Below is a list of all contested races in Bannock, Bear Lake, Caribou, Franklin and Oneida counties. Non-contested county races are not included in this list. The filing deadline for all candidates was on March...

BURLEY — A man from Oneida County is running as an independent for the Idaho Senate in District 27. Bill Drury, 60, is a commercial airline pilot who was born and raised in New Jersey. He moved to Malad City seven years ago and is married with two children. He has a bachelor’s degree in science.

Growing up in Woodruff, Idaho, just north of the Utah border, a young Dale Ward thought he had his future planned out as he tended cattle in the Samaria Mountains and worked the family farm. As a student at Malad High School in the early 1970s, Ward aced his agriculture...

Southeastern Idaho Public Health reported on Monday there were 286 new COVID-19 cases and four additional deaths for the week of Dec. 28 to Jan. 3. Of those new cases, 161 were in Bannock County, 61 were in Bingham County, 27 were in Franklin County, 11 in Power County, 11 in Caribou, nine in Oneida County, four in Bear Lake County and two in Butte County.

POCATELLO — Southeastern Idaho Public Health reported 157 new cases of COVID-19, as well as four additional deaths. The total includes 68 cases and two deaths in Bannock County, 53 cases and two deaths in Bingham County, 15 cases in Franklin County, seven cases in Bear Lake County, six cases in Caribou County, five cases in Oneida County, two cases in Power County and one case in Butte County.

The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is seeking comment on a draft water reuse permit for the city of Malad. The post DEQ seeks comment on draft water reuse permit for the city of Malad appeared first on Local News 8.

On Monday, Southeastern Idaho Public Health reported 238 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 as well as eight COVID-19-related deaths for the week of Nov. 30 to Dec. 6. The new cases included 135 in Bannock County, 34 in Bingham County, 30 in Franklin County, 14 in Caribou County,...

The state of Idaho’s redistricting commission just tore apart the district that represented the southeastern Idaho counties of Franklin, Oneida, Caribou and Bear Lake. “Franklin and Oneida counties will not have representation for at least 10 years,” said Scott Workman, chairman of what was Legislative District 32. Franklin County is...

A partial human skull found in East Idaho in 1986 that investigators believe belonged to a teenage girl has yet to be identified. Now, more than three decades later, a forensic lab is raising funds to conduct testing that could help identify it. The Oneida County Sheriff’s Office and Samantha...

Southeastern Idaho Public Health reported on Monday there were 640 new COVID-19 cases and 17 additional deaths for the week of Oct. 19 through Oct. 25. Of those new cases, 356 were in Bannock County, 143 were in Bingham County, 37 were in Power County, 30 were in Franklin County, 26 were in Caribou County, 22 were in Bear Lake County, 15 were in Oneida County and 11 were in Butte County.