Blackfoot News

POCATELLO The Idaho Fish and Game department is anticipating plenty of activity at popular fishing spots for the holiday weekend; and the agency is asking fishermen to be aware of fish tagged for population studies.

They don't call it summer school anymore, it's now called the Madison School District Summer Learning Adventure.

If you get a check in the mail, and it seems too good to be true, it probably is.

House Bill 123 is cutting back Idaho's Health and Welfare Funding. The 10.3 million dollar cut goes into effect tomorrow at the start of a new fiscal year.

If you like to fish Blackfoot Reservoir, the Blackfoot River, or Alexander Reservoir, you may find yourself involved in an interesting game of "tag" this summer.

BLACKFOOT Items believed to be stolen from headstones at Grove City Cemetery may actually be missing due to its annual post-Memorial Day cleanup.

More sad news from the entertainment industry, earlier Thursday, at a hospital in Santa Monica, the death of another Hollywood icon.

"I've just never seen that bad of a job before," claims Marcia Williams. This is what several drivers saw when they got out of their cars... tires covered in asphalt, rocks wedged between the tires, cracked windshields, and just a big mess overall.

Blackfoot-area Zions Bank employees spent Monday and Tuesday painting the home of Blackfoot resident Kathy Wilson.

"Hot dog, french fry," says Blackfoot Golf Course Professional Mike Dayley. No, it's not lunch.

Following a preliminary hearing Tuesday that lasted nearly five hours 21-year-old Courtney James Payan of Blackfoot was bound over to District Court on a charge of murder in the second degree for the May 26 stabbing death of Robert Padilla, 23.

The mission statement of the national Future Farmers of America organization is to make a difference in the lives of students by developing a potential for leadership, growth and career success.

The Idaho Transportation Department announced they are working on two resurfacing projects around Blackfoot.

"You represent and very well know this is a great day for Blackfoot. But I'd also tell you it's a great day for Idaho," said Governor Butch Otter.

"We've seen an increase in applications," says Chief Petty Officer Kenneth Kelly.

A Blackfoot teen has died after a one vehicle rollover. It happened Sunday night around 8:00 near mile marker 95 of Interstate 15.

Dog handlers from all over the country are in south eastern Idaho for the last day of the Blackfoot Dog Shows.

Charges have been dismissed against 30-year-old Blackfoot resident Jeffery Harrington for allegedly withholding information from police about the March 26 slaying of Robert Padilla.

Hay farmers throughout our area are keeping their eyes on the sky and their ears to the forecast waiting for more than a few hours break in between rain storms.

Bingham County Magistrate Charles Roos has thrown out an accessory to a felony charge against a Blackfoot man.