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Idaho Falls, ID

Bingham County, ID

Blackfoot, ID

Two people were killed in the crash near Blackfoot Sunday evening. Sgt. Mike Johnson with the Bingham County Sheriff’s Office tells EastIdahoNews.com the crash happened about a mile north of the Blackfoot exit at milepost 94 on Interstate 15. Two vehicles were involved. Johnson did not specify the genders...

Two people die in crash near Blackfoot

Pocatello, ID

POCATELLO — The Ross Park Aquatic Complex slide in Pocatello is still being deconstructed and its presently unknown when the demolition of the standing tower will take place. While there is no firm date for the demolition, city spokeswoman Marlise Irby says they plan to have the tower removed...

Pocatello makes plans for new water slide as crews demolish old one

Wyoming State

POCATELLO — A man using fraudulent identification was arrested when the ID was linked to an open warrant. Police charged and released him. Then, he allegedly stole a car and was arrested again. Travis Michael Dean, 35, of Alpine, Wyoming, now faces six felony charges — including misappropriation of...

Wyoming man arrested for warrant linked to name on his fraudulent ID

POCATELLO — Downard Funeral Home in Pocatello has been demolished. Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 recently purchased the property at 241 North Garfield Avenue and decided the best use for the land would be a parking lot for the students of Pocatello High School. “I don’t think we would want...

Downard Funeral Home demolished. Here’s what happens now with the property.

IDAHO FALLS – The City of Idaho Falls Parks and Recreation’s Adopt-a-Park Program has received high accolades from the Idaho Recreation and Parks Association. The IRPA recognized the Parks and Rec Department and Renee Buchan, the marketing and volunteer coordinator, with the Outstanding Innovative Program award during the 2023 annual conference in March. The award recognized Buchan and the department’s efforts to provide an outstanding benefit to the entire community.

Idaho Falls’ Adopt-a-Park program receives statewide recognition

Utah State

POCATELLO — The delicious food that made the Red Rabbit Grill one of Rexburg’s most popular restaurants is now available in Pocatello. Red Rabbit Pocatello opened on Yellowstone Avenue last November with the goal of giving residents somewhere they could spend “quality time with someone you care about over some great food.”

Red Rabbit Grill brings its renowned food to Pocatello

The Japanese Friendship Garden area has been a place where families gathered for generations. Around 1900, local women formed the Village Improvement Society. The best-known VIS activity was city beautification creating “oases of green in the brown desert”. In 1904, they purchased the property on both sides of the river for $1. This was the true beginning of the greenbelt.

How the Idaho Falls Friendship Garden was formed and became a popular gathering place

Jonathan Daniel Crosier, 76, of Idaho Falls, passed away March 22, 2023, at Teton Healthcare of Cascadia. Graveside services will be held on Monday April 17, 2023, at Pleasant Prairie Cemetery in Spokane. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to Ronald McDonald House or St. Jude’s Children’s Hospitals....

Jon Crosier

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. Carol Parker has been running the Franklin County Community/Senior Center in Preston for over 30 years! She goes above and beyond...

A Feel Good Friday surprise for a woman who’s run a senior center for over 30 years

Shoshone, ID

Fort Hall, ID

FORT HALL — On March 23, parents, educators and students gathered with only a tent to shelter them from the wind to mark the groundbreaking on the Shoshone-Bannock Early Childhood Program’s future gymnasium. The ceremonial scoops of dirt mark the next step in what has been a long process.

Shoshone-Bannock Early Childhood Program breaks ground on new gymnasium

IDAHO FALLS — One of my worst nightmares came true: I tore my ACL. Growing up, friends and family told me, “You never want to tear your ACL” and “Your knee will never be the same if you tear it.”. When I was involved in youth...

My nightmare came true: I got an ACL tear. It’s more common than you’d think.

California State

The following is a news release from Portneuf Health Trust Amphitheatre. The multi-Platinum hitmaker Jon Pardi is performing at the Portneuf Health Trust Amphitheatre on May 27. Pardi is bringing fan-favorite hits like “Dirt On My Boots,” plus new music from his red-hot new release, Mr. Saturday Night, to Pocatello...

Jon Pardi to perform at Portneuf Health Trust Amphitheatre

POCATELLO — Rustan Cordingley is a senior at Highland High School. This year, he led the Rams to a fifth-place finish at the 5A state wrestling tournament. Cordingley began wrestling when he was just three years old. The sport, he explained, is a family tradition — his brothers, father and grandfather all wrestled.

Highland senior finishes wrestling season with third-place finish at state

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Several people displaced after house fire

IDAHO FALLS — Several people were displaced following a house fire in Idaho Falls Sunday night. According to a news release from the Idaho Falls Fire...

Several people displaced after house fire

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