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Plea agreement reached in Twin Falls shooting death
A man who fled to Colorado after shooting his girlfriend at a Twin Falls hotel in July of 2010 will spend the next 15 years behind bars for the crime. Thomas Trevino Junior has pleaded guilty to 2nd degree murder with a weapons enhancement charge for the shooting death of his girlfriend...
Twin Falls GOP this week
This week Steve Millington with the Twin Falls GOP talks about a recent poll showing a rise in negativity to words the US government, the ongoing saga of redistricting, and another shutdown showdown?
Boy Recives minor injuries in mountain lion encounter
Officials say a 10 year old Blaine county boy received only minor scratches after an encounter with a mountain lion last week. The Idaho Mountain Express reports that the young boy, whose name has not been released, was reportedly out searching with his father for a missing pet bird dog on Thursday...
Traffic Accident In Burley Claims Life
Details are still few but one person has died in a car versus semi-truck accident in Burley. The accident occurred at around 8 this morning. So far officials haven't said how the accident occurred or the names of the individuals involved...
It’s 3 AM. Is your child wandering around a convenience store?
A Pocatello convenience store worker called police after a 6-year-old boy wandered into the store alone in the wee hours of the morning. Police Lt. Paul Manning told the Idaho State Journal that officers were dispatched to the store about 3:30 a...
Another Idaho Soldier Dies In Afghanistan
Another Idaho soldier has been killed in combat in Afghanistan. The family of Specialist Robert Dyas confirmed his death to Idaho’s news channel. He was just 21 years old. The Department of Defense has not released any details about Dyas' death yet...
Idaho lawmakers unharmed by Turkish bomb blast
State Sen. John McGee says he and other Idaho lawmakers visiting the Turkish capital on Tuesday were unharmed when a car bomb went off near a high school. The Idaho Statesman reports that McGee posted to his Facebook account, saying he and his wife were a few blocks away from the explosion in downtown Ankara that killed three people and wounded 34 others...
State posts suicide prevention signs at Perrine Bridge
State transportation officials say signs with a national suicide prevention hotline number have been posted at a bridge that spans the Snake River near Twin Falls. A regional director for the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare in south-central Idaho proposed the signs more than a year ago as a way to dissuade people from using the Perrine Bridge to end their lives...
State Of Idaho Settles “Gladiator” Prison Lawsuit
A potential class-action lawsuit against the nation's largest private prison company over allegations of violence at the Idaho Correctional Center has been settled in federal court. The agreement between the inmates and Nashville, Tenn...
This week with the Twin Falls County GOP
This week Steve Millington with the Twin Falls GOP talks taxing the rich, the 1906 Antiquities act, and who will Donald Trump endorse and does it matter?
EPA Fines Central Idaho Company
The Environmental Protection Agency says an oil distributor has agreed to pay a fine for violating the Clean Water Act at a facility in central Idaho. The EPA's regional office in Seattle said Monday that Kimble Oil, Inc. will pay $15,000 to settle the violations at its facility in Challis...
Rex Rammell to be arraigned next week
Former Republican gubernatorial candidate Rex Rammell is scheduled to be arraigned next week on a misdemeanor battery charge in Idaho County after police say he confronted two men for trespassing on his property. The Lewiston Tribune reports Rammell is accused of grabbing the throat of another man twice during the Sept...
UPDATE: FOUND –Twin Falls Police searching for elderly couple
UPDATE: The couple has been found safe! The Twin Falls Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing couple. 83 year old Wallace Talbot and 92 year old Leona Talbot of Twin Falls have not been seen since 9:30 in the morning of September 15th...
Idaho Internet “Slowest” In The Nation
Residents of the remote and sparsely populated state of Idaho likely won't be surprised to learn that the state has been ranked last in a national study of Internet speeds. The New York Times reports that even though Idaho has more than 11 federal funded projects under way to establish high-speed broadband, it still came in last in the study done earlier this year by Pando Networks, a company th
Missing King Hill Woman Found Near Buhl
A woman missing out of Elmore County was found alive Thursday morning in a rugged canyon near Buhl. 25 year old Ashly Hankins had been missing from her King Hill home since Monday. The Twin Falls County Sheriff's Office said Hankins was found in the River Road area near Buhl around 9 a...
Hailey residents to consider plastic bag ban
Students from Hailey collected enough signatures to get a citywide ban on November's ballot. The Idaho Mountain Express reports Wood River High School's environmental club members want people to use reusable bags or recycled paper bags. A bag manufacturer, Hilex Poly Co...
UPDATE – Hiker rescued after falling into Snake River Canyon
Authorities in Twin Falls say a hiker was rescued yesterday who fell more than 100 feet into the Snake River Canyon near the Perrine Bridge. Police say 19-year-old Marcus Toothman from Buhl was hiking down into the canyon with his girlfriend on the southeast side of the Bridge when he fell about 150 feet.
Redistrcting Commision Meeting Delayed
A new panel tasked with redrawing Idaho's political maps will convene later this month and not on Monday, as Secretary of State Ben Ysursa had hoped. Ysursa had asked Idaho Senate and House leaders, along with the chairmen of the Democratic and Republican parties, on Monday to name new members to the six-person redistricting committee by Wednesday, with meetings set to begin next week...
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Idaho misses August tax collection projections
Idaho missed tax revenue forecasts in August by 4.4 percent or $8.7 million, as individual income tax and sales tax receipts lagged expectations. After two months of the fiscal year, total collections are $403 million, or $9.2 million less than forecast...
Twin Falls GOP This Week
This week Steve Millington with the Twin Falls Republicans, will discuss the new redistricting panel, the President's employment plan, and is Perry the guy?