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Local mother in medically induced coma following serious crash
Valerie Goodwin is in a medically induced coma at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. / Photo courtesy Goodwin family. IDAHO FALLS — A Rigby mother has undergone numerous surgeries and is in a...
View ArticleCrews repairing water service line on 1st Street this morning
IDAHO FALLS — The city of Idaho Falls will repair a leaking water service line at 2010 1st Street this morning. East-bound traffic will be reduced to one lane. Barring unforeseen conditions, the...
View ArticleEIRMC family fun day planned for Saturday
The following is a news release from Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. IDAHO FALLS -– Free lunch, games, and music! Oh my! Join us for the ERIMC Family Fun Day and Bike for Kids event this...
View ArticleChallis high school student disappears at remote Canadian youth camp
MALIBU, British Columbia — Searchers are looking for a Challis Junior-Senior High School student who disappeared while at a summer camp in Canada. Hanwoo Lee, a 19-year-old South Korean citizen who was...
View ArticleChild nearly drowns, two women rescued from river in St. Anthony
The St. Anthony Sand Bar is a popular swimming hole during summer months. | File photo ST. ANTHONY – Emergency crews are issuing a reminder about water safety after a young child nearly drowned and two...
View ArticleA.G. settles campaign finance case with Beck, Heileson
The following is a news release from the Idaho Attorney General. BOISE -– Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden has reached a settlement with two eastern Idaho men accused of violating the state’s...
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UPDATE: One man airlifted to hospital after wreck on Highway 30
The pickup involved in a Friday afternoon collision with a semi just west of Soda Springs. | Photo by Paul Gritton, Idaho State Journal. UPDATE Michael Taylor, 55, was listed in critical condition...
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Mother of nearly drowned 6-year-old: This could have been so much worse
Broxton Wheeler is recovering at home after he nearly drowned Wednesday at the St. Anthony Sand Bar. / Photo courtesy Ashley Wheeler. ST. ANTHONY –- The mother of a six-year-old boy who nearly drowned...
View ArticleCrews recover body of missing Challis student
MALIBU, British Columbia — The body of a Challis Junior-Senior High School student who disappeared while at summer camp has been recovered. Hanwoo Lee, a 19-year-old South Korean citizen attending...
View ArticleAmber Alert issued for three Caldwell children
BOISE — An Amber Alert has been issued for three Caldwell children who are believed to be with a Caldwell woman and her boyfriend – a child molestation suspect. Police are looking for Lewis Dunn, 10,...
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Local American Red Cross needing more summer donors
Austin Johnson, a junior at Firth High School, gives blood. | Photo by Natalia Hepworth, EastIdahoNews.com IDAHO FALLS — Fewer people are donating blood this summer, according to officials with the...
View ArticleMan arrested for allegedly attacking a 54-year-old woman
AMMON — A man was arrested Monday night after he allegedly attacked a woman. Bonneville County deputies were called to Brome Street Monday around 8 p.m. for a report of a woman who had been assaulted...
View ArticleBlackfoot police seeking help in hit-and-run case
Photo courtesy Blackfoot Police Department BLACKFOOT — The Blackfoot Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance in trying to identify a vehicle that left the scene of an accident at 1:16...
View ArticleCPR TRAINING: Idaho Falls Fire Department needs YOUR help
Courtesy Photo IDAHO FALLS — The Idaho Falls Fire Department needs your help to bolster community awareness of CPR training. The department is conducting a survey to see how many people in the...
View ArticleMan leads police on pursuit through Madison County reaching speeds of 80 mph
Photo courtesy reader Brittany Brooks. REXBURG — An Idaho Falls man was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon after a high speed chase ended in a rollover accident in Madison County. Rexburg Police,...
View ArticleWell-known actor joining St. Anthony Police Dept. to fight child internet crime
ST. ANTHONY — A well-known actor who played a police officer on TV is about to become a reserve police officer in Idaho. Erik Estrada, who starred as highway patrol officer Frank Poncherello in the...
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Sec. of Energy visits Idaho Falls, announces $82 million in nuclear funding
U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz | Video by Nate Eaton, EastIdahoNews.com IDAHO FALLS — The U.S Department of Energy announced a national investment of $82 million in nuclear energy research and...
View ArticleBody of teenager found in Jackson; authorities calling death ‘suspicious’
JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming — The Teton County Sheriff’s Office has identified a body found in a wooded area along the Snake River off Highway 22 in an area commonly referred to as Emily’s Pond. Kayden Quinn...
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Blackfoot home catches fire after car smashes into it
Photo courtesy reader Jeff Bench BLACKFOOT — Multiple witnesses are confirming a large house fire on Parkway Drive and Lilac Street in Blackfoot. Witnesses tell EastIdahoNews.com a car smashed into a...
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Owner of popular Blackfoot Chinese restaurant dies after car slams into home
Photos by Stephan Rockefeller, EastIdahoNews.com BLACKFOOT — The owner of a well-known Chinese restaurant died after his home caught fire when a car slammed into it Tuesday night. William K. Hong,...
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