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Following the 2024 Republican State Convention in Coeur d’Alene last week, Bonneville County delegates report growing division in the party over its platform. A major rift, delegates said, was the addition that only supports funding for K-12 programs — not higher education.

IDAHO FALLS — A former Bonneville County jail deputy was found guilty of child sexual abuse after a six-day jury trial. Robert Bluhm, 56, was found guilty by a jury of felony rape of a victim under 16 years of age, felony lewd conduct with a child under 16, and felony forcible penetration by use of a foreign object.

A former Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office employee has been found guilty after a six-day jury trial where he was charged with lewd conduct with a minor. Robert L. Bluhm, 57, was originally arrested on Aug. 22, 2022, after an investigation by the Bannock County Sheriff’s Office. He was charged with felony rape, felony lewd conduct with a child under the age of 16, and felony forcible penetration by use of a foreign object. ...

The Greater Idaho Falls Chamber of Commerce along with the Bonneville County Commissioner's Office, are calling on Governor Brad Little to step in and prevent this curtailment from devastating the economy.

Military Honors will be performed by the Bonneville County Veterans Memorial Team and Idaho Honor Guard at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, June 29, 2024, at Wood Funeral Home East Side, 963 S. Ammon Road. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.woodfuneralhome.com.

Over the weekend, a dedicated group of 29 delegates, and more than a dozen alternates from Bonneville County, traveled to Coeur d’Alene for the Idaho GOP Convention. We joined delegates from across the state to amend the platform, pass resolutions, modify party rules and elect party officials over three days of meetings. We could not be more proud of Bonneville County’s delegation, who paid their own way and sacrificed time with their families to represent the Republican voters of Bonneville County. Here’s a brief report:

The Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office has announced it has completed the investigation into the death of Cory Nichols. According to a news release from the Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office, Nichols was found back in January on a farm located west of Idaho Falls. An autopsy indicated that he had died from exposure to cold while toxicology reports indicated the influence of drugs and alcohol. Deputies determined that Nichols had attempted to get a bus ticket. He was last seen leaving on foot from Shakas Gas Station on Grandview Drive. He likely walked from that location to the place where he was later found. The news release said there was no further information available at this time.

IDAHO FALLS — The governing body on water management in Idaho has put a pause on inspections to recognize progress made in ongoing negotiations between ground and surface water users. Throughout the last week, the Idaho Department of Water Resources has been putting red tags on many ground wells...

IDAHO FALLS — The Idaho Falls Fire Department was called to a large fire in rural Bonneville County Friday morning. The fire was reported by multiple people at around 10:40 a.m. south of the intersection between South 25 East and East 81 South. A large plume of black smoke could be seen for miles in all directions.

100 years agoNews out of Whitehall, Mont., this week in 1924 reveals that the man suspected of killing a Bonneville County sheriff’s deputy had been apprehended. But wait — there’s more. Lawmen in Montana had placed in custody a man and woman camped on Pipestone Creek, just south of Whitehall city limits, on suspicion that the man might have been the suspect at large, W.C. Wilson, wanted in connection with the June 2 shooting of Deputy Neil Simpkins, who had come with a warrant charging him with bootlegging. “The man and the woman were placed in the city jail until the arrival of the deputy from Boulder,” the Helena Daily Independent reported. “He gave his name as Bud Campbell and the woman as Pearl Johnson. When (Deputy Sheriff) Williams arrived the pair were questioned and their belongings searched, and it was determined that they were not the ones wanted for murder. However, the officer was not satisfied to release them until he had definite word from the Idaho sheriff. Early Sunday morning, an answer was received by Mr. Williams in response to the one sent early Saturday night, and stated that Wilson was in custody, but to hold Campbell and the woman, as the former was wanted for wife desertion and white slavery at Blackfoot, Idaho.” The two were taken to the county seat, “Both are still in the county Bastille awaiting the arrival of the sheriff from Blackfoot,” the Independent reported.

The Bonneville County Commissioners are asking the Governor to intervene and stop a potential economic disaster because of the curtailment order.

On May 31, the Idaho Department of Water Resources issued an irrigation water curtailment order. It requires groundwater users who are not in compliance with state mitigation plans to join a plan or face curtailment of their irrigation water for the 2024 growing season. Freelance Writer. Paige Nelson is a...

IDAHO FALLS — The Idaho Falls Fire Department responded to a fire involving a shop structure on the 8000 block of South 25th East Friday morning. Callers told 911 dispatchers around 10:39 a.m. that a shop behind a house on a rural property was on fire. Smoke was visible for some distance and multiple people made calls to the Idaho Falls Bonneville County 911 Emergency Communications Center.

"It would effectively shut down the economy of Eastern Idaho."Rep. Stephanie Mickelsen IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) — Water districts in Eastern Idaho are facing curtailment at a crucial time in the growing season. No water means no crops, and no crops means no revenue. Farmers and state representatives gathered Wednesday to discuss the predicament of

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready ... Andrew Mickelsen was officially elected as the Region 10 Chairman to represent Bonneville, Bingham and Jefferson counties on the Idaho GOP Executive Committee Thursday evening in Coeur d’Alene. The decision followed a period of controversy in which the state party did not recognize an earlier election where Mickelsen was selected by representatives from the three counties to be their voice on the Executive Committee.

The Bonneville County Commission passed a resolution Thursday in support of crop producers in Bonneville County and asked the governor’s office to intervene in the water curtailment issue. The resolution, signed by Commission Chairman Bryon Reed and commissioners Jonathan Walker and Roger Christensen, asks Gov. Brad Little to step in “to avoid a potential economic disaster,” by directing the Idaho Department of Water Resources to put a stay on the current water call from the Twin Falls Canal Company and “find reasonable and long-term solutions...

IDAHO FALLS – A curtailment order is now in force for junior groundwater users throughout the state, but many eastern Idahoans are continuing to fight for a deal that would allow farmers to make it through the growing season. During a public meeting hosted by the Bonneville-Jefferson Ground Water...

Bonneville County farmers and state representatives met at the Melaleuca Conference Center Wednesday morning to see what can be done about this curtailment.