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Bee-filled trailer crashes in Yellowstone National Park, spilling dozens of hives
Nate Eaton, EastIdahoNews.com | Posted June 17 - 7:45 p.m. | Save Story
A semitruck trailer tipped over on U.S. 191 in Yellowstone National Park Tuesday, spilling dozens of crates carrying bees on the road and side of the highway.
Judge refuses plea terms, gives former school janitor harsher sentence for molesting girl
Kaitlyn Hart, EastIdahoNews.com | Posted June 17 - 9:26 a.m. | Save Story
An Idaho judge refused to abide by a plea agreement's prison sentence recommendation for a 44-year-old former school district employee who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a young girl.
US judge limits enforcement of Idaho's transgender bathroom access law
Steve Gorman, Reuters | Posted June 16 - 10:05 p.m. | Save Story
A federal judge barred Idaho from fully enforcing a new state law making it a crime, punishable by prison time, for transgender people to use public restrooms that differ from their sex assigned at birth.
Citizen group fundraises to keep quagga mussels out of Bear Lake
Mike Anderson, KSL | Posted June 14 - 5:45 p.m. | Save Story
The new Snack Shack, run by the nonprofit Bear Lake Watch, is an effort to run a quagga mussel inspection and decontamination station on the north end of Bear Lake.
Idaho sets animal entry requirements following New World screwworm detection
EastIdahoNews.com staff | Posted June 11 - 2:00 p.m. | Save Story
The Idaho State Department of Agriculture has announced new entry requirements for animals entering Idaho following recent detections of New World screwworm in Texas and New Mexico.
Rexburg native works to preserve stories of the Teton Dam disaster
Mike Anderson, KSL | Posted June 7 - 5:45 p.m. | Save Story
Fifty years after the failure of the Teton Dam, Richard Robison is working to preserve as many stories from the disaster as possible, including a deep personal one.
Utah could receive another northern lights show from latest geomagnetic storm
Carter Williams, KSL | Posted June 4 - 6:03 p.m. | Save Story
Utah and other parts of the West could see another heavenly show Thursday and Friday nights.
50 years after Teton dam failure, Rexburg celebrates legacy of service
Mike Anderson, KSL | Posted June 4 - 5:37 p.m. | Save Story
On June 5, 1976, the Teton Dam came apart during its inaugural fill. About 80 billion gallons of water spread across the area.
Here's why Chick-fil-A in Ammon will be closed most of the summer
Nate Eaton, EastIdahoNews.com | Posted June 4 - 8:40 a.m. | Save Story
One of eastern Idaho's most popular fast food restaurants is temporarily closing for several weeks this summer.
'A night with a survivor': Rival Idaho students set aside differences to learn about the Holocaust
David George, EastIdahoNews.com | Posted June 1 - 8:30 p.m. | Save Story
Over a hundred students and community members gathered in the Rigby High School Auditorium recently for a conversation with Holocaust survivor and diarist Peter Feigl.
Mild winter means more ticks. Here's how to avoid them
Lisa Lete, EastIdahoNews.com | Posted June 1 - 5:00 p.m. | Save Story
Ticks are more than just a nuisance. They can carry diseases such as Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, tularemia and Colorado tick fever.
Beloved Idaho chocolate shop gets new owners, new name and homemade ice cream
Rett Nelson, EastIdahoNews.com | Posted May 31 - 6:30 p.m. | Save Story
A Rigby chocolate shop is under new ownership and reopened this weekend with a different name in a new location.
'Always looking at what could be done better': Idaho woman honors late husband's farming legacy
Rett Nelson, EastIdahoNews.com | Posted May 30 - 5:03 p.m. | Save Story
Since the passing of her husband in 2024, Emma Atchley has carried on the ranch they started running together in the late 1970s.
Idaho school lunch debt challenge exceeds all funding expectations
Logan Ramsey, EastIdahoNews.com | Posted May 25 - 6:37 p.m. | Save Story
The challenge to pay off the total lunch debt of students in the Portneuf Valley in Idaho concluded earlier this month, exceeding all of its fundraising expectations.
2 arrested in largest meth seizure in Idaho history, police say
Kaitlyn Hart, EastIdahoNews.com | Posted May 25 - 11:19 a.m. | Save Story
Two men were arrested on Wednesday after deputies said they seized the largest amount of methamphetamine at one time in Idaho history.
Elementary school raising funds for fourth grader with aggressive brain cancer
Cody Roberts, EastIdahoNews.com | Posted May 24 - 8:01 a.m. | Save Story
In February, Emma Hill and her parents learned she had an aggressive, cancerous brain tumor. It's officially called a diffuse midline glioma, but Emma doesn't call it that. She's nicknamed it Ursula.
How a Pocatello business is helping eastern Idaho save water, 1 lawn at a time
Rett Nelson, EastIdahoNews.com | Posted May 23 - 9:23 a.m. | Save Story
Amid a water shortage and emergency drought in place across Idaho, a Pocatello business offers homeowners a way to water their lawn more efficiently and help conserve water.
Melaleuca convention draws thousands as the company celebrates 41 years of growth
Nate Eaton, EastIdahoNews.com | Posted May 20 - 11:30 a.m. | Save Story
Thousands of people from across the country and around the world attended Melaleuca's annual convention in Salt Lake City over the weekend.
