Pocatello

2 Pocatello, Idaho, officers injured in shooting

May 5, 2022 GMT

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Authorities say two officers were seriously injured in an early Thursday shooting in Pocatello, Idaho, when a man opened fire on them.

Police said the wounded officers were in stable condition at Portneuf Medical Center and are expected to survive.

Knight III scores 20 to lift S. Utah past Idaho St. 79-71

March 4, 2022 GMT

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — John Knight III had 20 points as Southern Utah topped Idaho State 79-71 on Thursday night.

Jason Spurgin had 18 points for Southern Utah (19-10, 13-6 Big Sky Conference).

Fowler leads Sacramento St. over Idaho St. 80-75

February 20, 2022 GMT

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Bryce Fowler had 29 points and William FitzPatrick scored 21 points and Sacramento State beat Idaho State 80-75 on Saturday night.

Jonathan Komagum had 11 points for Sacramento State (7-16, 3-13 Big Sky Conference), which broke its six-game losing streak and scored a season-high 47 points after halftime.

Sorensen leads Idaho St. past N. Colorado 61-58

February 18, 2022 GMT

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Liam Sorensen registered 13 points and nine rebounds as Idaho State narrowly beat Northern Colorado 61-58 on Thursday night.

Sorensen and AJ Burgin combined to score the game's last four points, each making a layup.

Cools scores 20, Idaho State cruises past Idaho 81-74

January 16, 2022 GMT

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Tarik Cool scored 20 points to lead four in double figures and Idaho State beat Idaho 81-74 on Saturday night.

Emmit Taylor III had 12 points for Idaho State (3-11, 1-4 Big Sky Conference).

Idaho beats Idaho St. 14-0; last game for both head coaches

November 20, 2021 GMT

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Zach Borisch and Trase Le Texier each had a short-yardage touchdown run, and Idaho beat Idaho State 14-0 on Saturday in the last game for both head coaches.

Idaho State (1-10, 1-7 Big Sky Conference) announced before the game that Rob Phenicie, on contract until January 2023, will be reassigned.

Ford III lifts Idaho St. over Eastern Oregon 82-61

November 10, 2021 GMT

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Tarik Cool scored 16 points and Robert Ford III 15 points as Idaho State beat Eastern Oregon 82-61 on Tuesday night.

Brayden Parker added 14 points. Zach Visentin had 13 points for Idaho State (1-0).

Shaheed helps Weber State pull away, beat Idaho State 40-17

October 30, 2021 GMT

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Rashid Shaheed had a touchdown catch and returned a kickoff 98 yards for a score, and Weber State beat Idaho State 40-17 on Saturday.

Jayden Dawson's pick-6 pulled Idaho State to 20-17 with 5:30 remaining in the third quarter before Shaheed scored on the ensuing kickoff.

Pocatello man arrested in connection with shooting deaths

October 18, 2021 GMT

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — A Pocatello man has been charged with two counts of voluntary manslaughter after police say his wife and another man were found shot to death inside his home.

Jesse Patrick Leigh, 39, was arrested Saturday, the Idaho State Journal reported.

William ‘Bud’ Davis, former university leader, dies at 92

October 13, 2021 GMT

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — William Eugene “Bud” Davis, who was a higher education leader in Idaho, Oregon, New Mexico and Louisiana as well as a college football coach and candidate for U.S. Senate, has died.

Idaho State upsets UC Davis 27-17 for first win of season

October 9, 2021 GMT

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Hunter Hays passed for two touchdowns, Tyevin Ford ran for 107 yards, and Idaho State stunned previously undefeated UC Davis 27-17 on Saturday.

UC Davis, ranked No. 8 in the FCS, fell behind 24-3 in the first half and did not score a touchdown before the fourth quarter.

Man found dead in Pocatello house fire

October 5, 2021 GMT

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Police and fire officials are investigating after a man was found dead in a Pocatello house fire early Tuesday morning.

The Idaho State Journal reports the fire at the single-story home was reported by neighbors just after 1 a.m.

Sentkowski’s 3 FGs lift Sac State past Idaho State, 23-21

September 26, 2021 GMT

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Kyle Sentkowski kicked three second-half field goals as Sacramento State overcame a 21-14 halftime deficit to pull out out a 23-21 victory over Idaho State in the Big Sky Conference opener for both teams Saturday.

Documents show how funeral home investigation began

September 16, 2021 GMT

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — A Pocatello, Idaho, funeral home that is under investigation was targeted due to a cremation chamber badly damaged in an explosion and a decomposing body visible through a window, according to state disciplinary documents.

Train hits truck in north Bannock County, no injuries

September 11, 2021 GMT

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Tyhee Road between U.S. Highway 91 and Hiline Road in north Bannock County was closed Friday afternoon after a train struck a truck pulling an empty trailer, Idaho State Police said.

Fetuses found at funeral home were university collection

September 10, 2021 GMT

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Police say the remains of roughly 50 fetuses found at a Pocatello, Idaho, funeral home were part of a biological collection that Idaho State University provided to the funeral home for cremation in 2017.

Funeral home investigation: Police try to ID bodies

September 8, 2021 GMT

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Authorities have positively identified five bodies found at a Pocatello, Idaho, funeral home that is under investigation and are working to identify seven others and the remains of approximately 50 fetuses have been turned over to the Ada County Coroner.

Weah, North Dakota beat Idaho State in opener 35-14

September 4, 2021 GMT

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Otis Weah rushed for a career-high three touchdowns and North Dakota defeated Idaho State 35-14 on Saturday in a season opener.

North Dakota scored first and led the rest of the way after Hayden Galvin returned an interception to the Idaho State 32 that set up Weah's 1-yard score less than three minutes into the game.

Pocatello police investigate local funeral home

September 3, 2021 GMT

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Police in Pocatello, Idaho, are investigating a local funeral home after they said a state health inspector contacted them about the business.

The Idaho State Journal reports the Ada County Coroner's office is delivering a mass casualty refrigeration trailer to the Downard Funeral Home to store the bodies that were being held at the business during the investigation.

Idaho potato growers brace for poor crop amid drought, heat

August 25, 2021 GMT

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — The hot, dry and smoky growing season has left some Idaho potato farmers bracing for a poor crop.

Randy Hardy of Oakley told the Idaho State Journal that his harvest will likely be the worst of his career.

E. Idaho man convicted of killing in tavern parking lot

August 9, 2021 GMT

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — An eastern Idaho man has been convicted for the second time in the 2009 beating death of a Pocatello bar bouncer.

The Idaho State Journal reports that a Bannock County jury on Friday found 64-year-old Martin Edmo Ish guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the death of 56-year-old Eugene Lorne Red Elk.

Eastern Idaho police warn of dangerous, fake pain killers

July 30, 2021 GMT

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Police in eastern Idaho are warning residents that counterfeit pain pills laced with a dangerous synthetic opioid have been found in the region.

The Pocatello Police Department said a bag of about 3,000 pills that contained fentanyl — but that were disguised to look like less-potent oxycodone — were found at a local trailhead on Thursday.

Pocatello man pleads guilty to fatally hitting cyclist

May 15, 2021 GMT

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — A man accused of fatally striking a Pocatello cyclist in 2020 and leaving the scene has agreed to plead guilty to the two felony charges, according to court records.

Pocatello police: Man’s nose bitten off during bar fight

March 29, 2021 GMT

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Police in eastern Idaho say a man had his nose bitten off during a bar fight early Sunday morning...

2 California teens plead guilty in 2019 death of Idaho woman

November 2, 2020 GMT

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Two teenagers from California have pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of an older woman in Idaho last year, prosecutors said...

Legislators consider ways to increase Idaho air travel

October 23, 2020 GMT

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Lawmakers in Idaho have considered ways to increase air travel in the state as flights have been reduced or eliminated in recent years, stunting economic growth...

Man pleads guilty to bribing FBI official over contract

October 9, 2020 GMT

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — A Virginia man has pleaded guilty to bribing an FBI official to help him win lucrative construction and maintenance contracts worth more than $12 million for an Idaho data center...

2 Idaho hospitals say COVID-19 has them near ‘code black’

September 22, 2020 GMT

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — The chief medical officers of two Idaho hospitals recently warned state public health officials that their facilities are close to being overwhelmed by patients infected with the coronavirus...

Senior Activity Center schedule for May 27 - June 1

By Senior Activity CenterMay 23, 2019 GMT

POCATELLO — On Monday, the Senior Activity Center will be closed for Memorial Day.

On Tuesday, the center will host a Breakfast Fundraiser from 7:15 to 9:30 a.m., Silver Chords practice at 9:15 a.m., Fit n Fall at 11 a.m., Social Bingo at 11:30 a.m., Pinochle at 1 p.m.

A nickel in the grass

By Dustin ManwaringMay 23, 2019 GMT

We had nearly finished our annual tour of the Pocatello cemeteries. We were in the Ward family section of Mountain View Cemetery when my cousins, then later grandfather and grandmother, noticed something quite different from the dozens of times over the years they had read the dates inscribed on the monument of Lt.

Community calendar: May 21-22

Staff WriterMay 21, 2019 GMT

Today

• The Pocatello-Chubbuck Chamber of Commerce will hold a ribbon cutting at 11 a.m. today at Holy Spirit Catholic School, 540 N. Seventh Ave. in Pocatello.

• The Community Development Block Grant Advisory Committee will meet at noon today in the Paradice Conference Room at Pocatello City Hall.

New library in Chubbuck among issues up for election Tuesday

By Journal staffMay 18, 2019 GMT

Voters within the Portneuf Library District will go to the polls Tuesday to determine if a new library will be built in Chubbuck.

Elsewhere in the region, voters within the Bear Lake County School District will consider a supplemental levy, voters in the City of Georgetown will consider issuing bonds to make water-treatment system upgrades and voters within the Downey-Swan Lake Highway District will elect a new commissioner.

Local Pocatello dealer earns two major factory awards

Hirning Buick-GMCMay 15, 2019 GMT

POCATELLO - Kelly Hirning, Hirning Buick-GMC dealer-operator and general manager, was notified this week of the Pocatello dealership’s recognition by both GMC and Buick.

Hirning Buick-GMC was awarded both the GMC and Buick GM Mark of Excellence Awards.

Community calendar: May 15-16

Staff WriterMay 15, 2019 GMT

Today

• The local AARP Chapter 288 will hold its monthly lunch and meeting today at the Senior Activity Center, 427 N. Sixth Ave. in Pocatello. Social hour begins at 11 a.m., with lunch at 11:45 a.m.

Babysitting clinic offered by the Marshall Public Library June 8

Marshall Public LibraryMay 15, 2019 GMT

POCATELLO — One of the Marshall Public Library’s most popular programs returns June 8.

That Saturday, from 8 a.m. to noon, the staff at the library will hold their annual free babysitting clinic for 11- to 14-year-olds.

Pocatello police arrest two on drug-related charges

Kendra EvensenMay 15, 2019 GMT

POCATELLO — Pocatello police arrested two people on drug-related charges over the weekend.

They located Jay L. Langerman walking into a business on Yellowstone Avenue on Saturday. The 51-year-old Victor man was wanted on a warrant in Bingham County, police said.

Senior Activity Center schedule for May 20 - 25

By Senior Activity CenterMay 15, 2019 GMT

POCATELLO — On Monday, the Senior Activity Center pool room and the library will be open.

On Tuesday, the center will host a Breakfast Fundraiser from 7:15 to 9:30 a.m., Silver Chords practice at 9:15 a.m., Fit n Fall at 11 a.m., Social Bingo at 11:30 a.m., Pinochle at 1 p.m.

Memorial Garden Planting set for May 22 in Pocatello

Southeastern Idaho Public HealthMay 15, 2019 GMT

POCATELLO — The 18th annual Memorial Garden Planting will be held on May 22 at Southeastern Idaho Public Health, 1901 Alvin Ricken Drive in Pocatello at 5:30 p.m. This community event creates a living tribute in the form of a memorial garden and offers the community a place to grieve, reflect and remember their loved ones.

Weight and speed limit signs to be removed from Bannock County roads

Bannock County Road & Bridge DepartmentMay 9, 2019 GMT

POCATELLO — The Bannock County Road & Bridge Department will remove the posted reduced weight and speed limits from Bannock County Roads, effective Monday.

Bannock County residents are urged to continue to use good judgement by watching the weight and speed of their vehicles to prevent further damage to the roadways.

Pocatello Women’s Connection Luncheon set for May 16

Pocatello Women's ConnectionMay 9, 2019 GMT

POCATELLO - You are invited to "Everything is Coming Up Roses," presented by the Pocatello Women's Connection on Thursday, May 16 at The Clarion Inn, 1399 Bench Rd. in Pocatello.

Optional social connection time is from 11:15 to 11:45 a.m.

Pocatello Free Clinic on the move with Shamrock Shuffle and new location

Staff WriterMay 9, 2019 GMT

The Pocatello Free Clinic (PFC) has been on the move this spring. In March, 170 runners and walkers and a host of volunteers, many dressed brightly in green for St. Patrick’s Day, turned out to show their support for health and PFC.

MADE TO STAND OUT: New Pocatello marketing shop helps businesses stamp their names in consumers’ minds

By Stephanie Bachman For the JournalMay 6, 2019 GMT

POCATELLO — Logos. Banners. Business cards. Car decals. Whatever it may be, Modern Signs Plus can tackle it.

Opened three weeks ago and pulled together in just six, Modern Signs Plus on 4141 Poleline Road offers numerous marketing materials services geared to help businesses make a statement in the community.

Pocatello ranked as state’s most dangerous city

By John O’Connell joconnell@journalnet.comMay 2, 2019 GMT

POCATELLO — A new ranking has concluded Pocatello is the most dangerous city in Idaho.

The report by 24/7 Wall St., which is a Delaware corporation that runs a financial news and opinion company with content delivered over the internet, analyzed violent crimes in about 2,000 U.S.

Pocatello High School

Staff WriterMay 1, 2019 GMT

There is no question that some folks are die-hard Pocatello High School building fans. I can understand their desire to maintain the building as it was during their attendance there. It is nostalgic.

Unattended grill ignites deck, couch at Pocatello apartment

By Journal StaffMay 1, 2019 GMT

POCATELLO — A Tuesday fire that destroyed a couch and damaged a deck at an apartment near Old Town should serve as a cautionary tale, according to the Pocatello Fire Department.

Freeze watch declared for Pocatello, Blackfoot and other local cities because of expected 20-degree temps

By the National Weather ServiceApril 28, 2019 GMT

The National Weather Service in Pocatello has issued a Freeze Watch, which is in effect from late Sunday night through Monday morning.

Areas impacted include Pocatello, Blackfoot, American Falls, Shelley and Fort Hall.

Mom ’n Me Fun Run/Walk celebrate 12 years

By Southeastern Idaho Public HealthApril 24, 2019 GMT

POCATELLO - In its 12th successful year, Southeastern Idaho Public Health (SIPH) will again host the Annual Mom n’ Me 5k Fun Run/Walk.

The event will take place on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 12 at Southeastern Idaho Public Health.

Copeland, Cindy Jo

Staff WriterApril 3, 2019 GMT

Cindy Copeland Jo Copeland Cindy (Fererra) Copeland, 65, of Star, Idaho passed away on Friday, March 29, 2019 at her home, surrounded by her loving family, after a courageous battle with breast cancer.

Senior Activity Center schedule for April 1-6

By Senior Activity CenterMarch 29, 2019 GMT

POCATELLO — On Monday, at the Senior Activity Center pool room and library will be open.

On Tuesday, the center will host a Breakfast Fundraiser from 7:15 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., Fit & Fall at 11 a.m., and Pinochle at 1 p.m., TOPS (weight loss) at 5 p.m.

‘No Fair’

By Don AslettMarch 18, 2019 GMT

Over daily traffic to get “my share”