Blackfoot

Garden Creek Fire reaches 80% containment, officials confirm fire burned over 5,000 acres

Fort Hall Since it began Tuesday afternoon, the Garden Creek Fire, also called the Lincoln Creek Fire, has been contained to an extent of ...

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Tribal officials order evacuation of residents on Presto Road on Fort Hall Indian Reservation

UPDATE: Because of the anticipated high gusts, tribal officials have ordered the evacuation of Presto Road on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation. No more ...

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Local Shelley man accused of committing a string of car burglaries

SHELLEY A man from Shelley is charged with carrying out a series of auto burglaries at various Shelley residences. Two firearms were among the ...

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Blackfoot woman starts group to help women connect in person and build friendships

The Blackfoot Brenda K. Baker founded a new social club aimed at fostering in-person friendships outside of social media because she wanted to assist ...

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Canadian team takes home the win at Idaho state BBQ competition

BLACKFOOT Last weekend at the Blackfoot Airport, a team from Calgary, Canada, won the Smoke-N-Wings Idaho State BBQ Competition. Janice Smella and her squad, ...

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Looking back: Pilot survives after his plane bursts into flames in the air and search underway for missing Firth man

IDAHO GOES DOWN In this article, EastIdahoNews.com examines the history of east Idaho during the week of June 16–22. 1900-1925 According to a June ...

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Kesler’s gives local authors a place to sell books

The Blackfoot There is a special exhibit of books written by local writers inside Kesler’s, the long-standing neighborhood grocery shop located at 925 West ...

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Blackfoot fires up for the official state barbecue competition

BLACKFOOT Smoke-N-Wings will hold its annual state barbecue competition at the Blackfoot Airport this Friday, June 27th. We re a Kansas City Barbecue Society-sanctioned ...

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Looking back: Attempted break-in to county’s ‘booze vault,’ 105-year-old pioneer dies and fire mysteriously ignites inside pizza restaurant

IDAHO GOES DOWN EastIdahoNews.com examines the history of east Idaho by examining what life was like during the week of June 23 to June ...

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Bingham Crisis Center raises $7,400 during benefit dart tournament

The Blackfoot This past Saturday, the Colonial Inn hosted the annual dart benefit for the Bingham Crisis Center, which raised over $7,400 in a ...

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