City Council

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KLIX) – The first woman to make the rank of sergeant in the Twin Falls Police Department was recognized in her new position in front of the City Council on Monday.

President Obama will speak to the nation tonight to outline his plan to control the situation in Iraq/Syria.  He claims he can carry out strikes without congressional approval.  In fact, congressional leaders say they support much of his plan...

(KLIX)- The Twin Falls City Public Works department should have a new roof over their head this winter. Last night the city council approved the purchase of the old Sun Valley Stages bus barn. Its located just south of Rock Creek off of Washington Street South...

(KLIX)- The Twin Falls Recycling reward plan is no more. Last night the Twin Falls City Council voted to strip the Recycle Bank out of the recycling program. City residence will still be able to recycle, there just won’t be an awards program tied to it...

(KLIX)-The retail development center on the canyon rim is a go in Twin Falls. In a lengthy city council meeting council members heard testimony from concerned citizens, the developers and city staff. The council had three items dealing with the Canyon Park West development that would have three commercial lots...

Twin Falls City Council will be meeting for a special meeting at 7 p.m. tomorrow to meet with those interested in filling a vacated seat on the city council.  Last week long time city councilman Lance Clow announced he was resigning effective today...

Last night the Twin Falls City Council decided to revisit some proposed changes to downtown parking in a couple of weeks.  The council was considering some recommendations from the special task force that had studied the downtown parking situation for the past several months.

Tomorrow is Election Day around the state. In Twin Falls the city council candidates participated in a forum on Saturday evening to help get their message out. The Forum was broadcast live here on news radio 1310, KMVT and the times-news...

Make that two Twin Falls City council seats up for grabs this fall. Kezele who was elected to the council in 2007 tells the Times News he will leave his seat when his term expires this year to open a neurofeedback clinic. Twin Falls business owner Suzanne Hawkins, has declared that she plans to run for the seat...

Jill says... here is your opportunity to participate. "Tired of the way your city is being run? Then, in the words of one freshly declared Twin Falls City Council candidate, “get off the sidelines” — the filing deadline for city council elections across the Magic Valley is less than two weeks away...

The Twin Falls City Council will be discussing the proposed budget for the coming fiscal year again at regular city council meeting later today.

The Twin Falls City Council’s discussion over the proposed new city budget for the coming fiscal year had a lot to do with a proposed property tax increase.  City Manager Travis Rothweiler has proposed a 4 percent increase in city property taxes to help meet the demands of several budgetary issues for the city including road maintenance.

This afternoon the Twin Falls City Council will take its first look at the proposed city budget which will take effect October 1st.

The Twin Falls City Council last night appointed City Parks and Recreation director Dennis Bowyer to get more information on a proposed redevelopment of the fountain area in downtown Twin Falls.

The Twin Falls City Council will hold a public hearing tonight on a possible rezoning of the property on which the Lazy "J" Mobile Home Park is located.   The owner of the property wants the zoning changed to commercial.   Those who have homes at Lazy "J" are concerned the zoning change could eventually force them to leave…sooner than they want...