Pocatello
CRIME & SAFETY
Motorcyclist dies in crash at north Pocatello intersection
POCATELLO — A motorcyclist is dead after a crash at a north Pocatello intersection early Sunday morning. The incident occurred around 2:30 a.m. at Yellowstone Avenue and Flandro Drive. The adult male motorcyclist died at the scene. His name hasn't yet been released but authorities said he is from Pocatello. The crash shut down Flandro...
13-year-old Pocatello girl drowns in Bear Lake
A 13-year-old Pocatello girl drowned in Bear Lake on Saturday, authorities said. The incident began to unfold around 6 p.m. when the Bear Lake County Sheriff's Office received multiple 911 calls that the girl was missing on the East Shore of Bear Lake. Sheriff's Office marine deputies with boats were in the area within minutes and located the girl, who was immediately turned over to medical personnel. ...
Pickup driver injured after collision that sent his vehicle 100 yards off road on Pocatello's west bench
POCATELLO — The driver of a pickup truck was rushed to the hospital on Friday morning after a collision with a compact SUV on the city's west bench. The crash between the Ford pickup truck and Subaru Forester on Rocky Point Road occurred around 9:20 a.m. The impact sent the pickup careening off the road, down a gulley and then down a hillside. The pickup finally came to a stop...
Firefighters with help from aircraft expect to have 250-acre Fort Hall wildfire fully contained tonight
Firefighters with help from aircraft have gained the upper hand on a wildfire that's scorched about 250 acres on the Fort Hall Reservation. The blaze was reported around 1:30 p.m. Sunday near Little Indian Road northeast of Blackfoot, the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes reported. Firefighters from the Fort Hall, Blackfoot and Shelley fire departments as well as the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Land Management responded to the blaze and...
Local man run over by his own pickup and trailer during McCammon incident
MCCAMMON — A man was rushed to Portneuf Medical Center on Friday after being run over by his own pickup truck and trailer during an incident in McCammon, authorities said. The incident occurred around 5:30 p.m. on the lawn of a home at 1st West after the man's Ford pickup truck wouldn't start and he was working on the engine but didn't realize he had left the vehicle in gear, the Bannock County Sheriff's Office reported. ...
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