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'Juliana will not be forgotten': Idaho-based pilot dies in crash fighting Montana wildfire
A pilot working for an Idaho-based company died in a crash last week while fighting a wildfire in Montana. Juliana Turchetti, 45, was a pilot for Dauntless Air, a company contracting with the Idaho Department of Lands and on loan to the U.S. Forest Service. “The department and the wildland fire community was dealt a heavy blow last Wednesday,” Idaho Department of Lands Director Dustin Miller said Tuesday at a...
2 Bathrooms at Idaho State Park Destroyed by Vandals
The vandals caused extensive and expensive damage to the 2 bathrooms. The Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation shared on social media that ‘toilets, mirrors, sinks, and urinals were destroyed.’. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Gooding County Sheriff. Comments on the social media post call the...
Boise Farmers Market to close early again on Saturday
BOISE, Idaho — The Boise Farmers Market will again close early on Saturday, July 20, as triple-digit temperatures are expected to carry into the weekend. Last weekend, the market closed early for the same reason. According to organizers, like last weekend, the new limited hours will be 9 a.m....
Yellowstone Comes to Nampa This Week
Is there any hope that the endless heat wave will finally disappear? Eventually, the weather will cool off, but if you're looking for an excellent way to embrace the Western lifestyle, Nampa is the place for you this week. . We have some news, both good and bad, about Idaho's...
Boise makes investment to help provide affordable housing
BOISE, Idaho — Going from short-term fixes to long-term solutions in Idaho's capital city – Boise is expanding its partnerships with local housing organizations in order to help combat the city's housing crisis. The City of Boise in July allocated a $5.5 million investment into affordable housing for...
Lori Barber Appointed the Second President of the College of Eastern Idaho
Lori Barber has been named the second president of the College of Eastern Idaho. She will assume her presidency on August 1. The College of Eastern Idaho is a community college located in Idaho Falls. The school enrolls over 2,300 students, 60 percent of whom are women. For the past...
Waterfalls & Wine Tour New Addition to Visit Bellevue's Activities Lineup
Visit Bellevue has launched a new visitor experience program, the Waterfalls & Wine Tour. The five-hour tour is available on weekends through October, offering guests a short hike to Twin Falls and Snoqualmie Falls, a lunch in North Bend at South Fork Restaurant, and a wine tasting at Chateau NoElle Vineyards & Winery, a boutique winery in Snoqualmie that’s located in the Puget Sound American Viticultural Area. Tours are $169 per person, with pick-up at 10 a.m. and drop-off at 3 p.m., with pick-ups and drop-offs from Bellevue hotels and the Meydenbauer Convention Center.
Historical Boise swimming pools are getting a makeover
BOISE, Idaho — Two of the oldest facilities within the Boise Park and Recreation program are getting a much-needed makeover. Lowell and South Pool were both constructed in 1953 and have been up and running since. The city said that both pools are not compliant with various codes and...
Idaho State Police investigate fatal motorcycle crash on US12 east of Kooskia
KOOSKIA– The Idaho State Police are investigating a single motorcycle fatality crash that occurred at approximately 10:35 a.m. on July 17, on US12 at milepost 134.5, near the Eagle Mountain Trailhead in Idaho County. A 65-year-old male from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada was traveling westbound on US12 on a...
Man arrested after allegedly being caught with 170 fake fentanyl pills
IDAHO FALLS – A 34-year-old man was arrested after police say he was trying to traffic fentanyl in Idaho Falls. Curtis Dredge was charged with felony fentanyl trafficking and misdemeanor use or possession with intent to use drug paraphernalia. On Friday around 7:44 p.m., an Idaho Falls Police officer...
Man accused of getting ‘handsy’ with taxi driver, stealing taxi and eluding police
POCATELLO — A 34-year-old man was arrested after a taxi driver said he was “handsy” and stole her car. Matthew Jacob Lanham was charged with felony eluding a peace officer, misdemeanor excessive DUI, and misdemeanor operating a vehicle without the owner’s consent. On June 24, around...
Highland-Century football discontinue annual series for the time being
Two Pocatello-based high school football teams will no longer be playing one another. Highland and Century, which had gone head-to-head for 15 consecutive seasons, won’t be continuing their annual game on the gridiron for the time being. The two programs with a combined 15 state championships to their names, had faced each other every year but once since playing for the first time in 2004. It was called off due...
He'll only let one barber trim his mullet: 'Mad Dog Jax' guns for national mullet championship
WILDER, Idaho — It's a fight for the follicles, and the Gem State is well-represented in this year's national mullet competition. Two Idaho kids. It's an online mullet competition with different age brackets and cash prices. Dillynn Lisby... A.K.A "Mad Dog Jax" Lisby 9 years old from Wilder, Idaho....
Mountaintop View 7-17-24. Blake Anderson, Conference Realignment, Boise State brand, Athlon Rankings, MLB Draft.
The football season is getting closer every day and there is a lot of preseason content being written by us and around the internet. Through it all, we have you covered. Take a look at today’s links, plus the content coming your way on our site. Anderson’s response.
A Smooth Ride to the Future of Nuclear
If you've ever driven to a remote area, you may have noticed that the drive time is much longer on dirt roads. But once those roads are paved, you can get where you need to go much more quickly. The path to deploying advanced nuclear reactors isn't a straight line, but a new supercomputer named Bitterroot being installed at.
AQUATIC ADVENTURES: New slides at Ross Park Aquatic Complex officially open to the public
POCATELLO — The wait is over for the long-anticipated return of a water slide at the Ross Park Aquatic Center. And Gate City area residents have not one, but two state-of-the-art water attractions to help stay cool this summer and many more in the future. City officials, Pocatello-Chubbuck Chamber of Commerce Chiefs, construction developers, architects and swarms of children stood under the hot July sun on Friday in anticipation of...
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