Blackfoot News

By MELANIE MOORE This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it BLACKFOOT - More than 1,600 people lined up to get the H1N1 vaccine yesterday at the Blackfoot-Snake River clinic at the LDS South Stake Center.

The Southeastern District Health Department held another one of their mass vaccination clinics for the H1N1 virus to yet another overwhelming response.

"It's heartening and frightening all at the same time. I have a lot of work ahead of myself and we have a lot of work ahead of us as city council," says Mayor Richard Woodland.

By MELANIE MOORE This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it BLACKFOOT - Mike Virtue will spend another four years as Mayor of Blackfoot.

The Blackfoot High School Choirs started selling See's Candy on October 30. The choirs have successfully sold See's Candy for the past several years as a way to raise funds.

By KATIE HARRIS This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it GROVELAND - "You are smarter than the average bear," that's the message Groveland Elementary Principal, J. Thayne had for students Tuesday, Oct.

With more than a hundred years of history there's no telling what exactly happened in this building, but for whatever reason through the years, some visitors never seemed to leave.

It's no secret that when we're trying to save money, going to the movies isn't always an option.

By LESLIE MIELKE This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it BLACKFOOT - The second degree murder trial of the State of Idaho versus Courtney James Payan, age 23, opened Tuesday, Oct.

By LESLIE MIELKE This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it BLACKFOOT - A state of emergency was declared by the county commissioners Monday morning, Oct.

"I don't need these animals, but they need me," says animal rights activist Andi Elliott.

By MELANIE MOORE This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it BLACKFOOT - Health clinics throughout Bingham County are experiencing a surge in patients, due in large part to the flu.

By LESLIE MIELKE This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it BLACKFOOT - A Blackfoot man was sentenced Monday, Oct.

Idaho State Police said they took a Blackfoot woman into custody for leading officers on a chase through southeastern Idaho.

By LESLIE MIELKE This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it FIRTH - It's just a-maze-ing that a person can earning a living by designing, cutting and teaching farmers how to run a corn maze.

Boxes of the H1N1 vaccine and tamiflu are piled up in a room at the Eastern Idaho Public Health District.

By KATIE HARRIS This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it BLACKFOOT -- Bob Schild, local cowboy poet, likes to joke that he's famous everywhere except Blackfoot.

By MELANIE MOORE This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it BLACKFOOT - Three members of the Blackfoot community were honored at the Idaho State Journal Business Awards yesterday.

By LESLIE MIELKE This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it BLACKFOOT -- The Blackfoot High School speech and debate program has earned two national awards.

KATIE HARRIS This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it BLACKFOOT Nearly 60 elementary age girls met at the Blackfoot Public Library Tuesday to begin a journey.