Burley News

Minidoka County Prosecutor Lance Stevenson says a teen charged with felony vehicular manslaughter has reached a plea agreement with his office.

Federal prosecutors say a southern Idaho feedlot manager convicted of violating drinking water laws was actually pumping contaminated wastewater in the aquifer below his operation.

Idaho State Police are investigating a 2-vehicle accident which happened around 8 Monday morning southeast of Burley.

Alltel stores in Idaho Falls, Blackfoot and Burley are no more. Starting Tuesday, Verizon Wireless completed the conversion of the stores with re-merchandising and re-branding. The billing system has also been updated to reflect they are Verizon customers.

The image of Idaho as spud heaven may sputter when it comes to attracting wilderness-seeking vacationers.

Former Idaho Sen. Larry Craig's new consulting firm, New West Strategies, has been hired by Cassia and Minidoka counties to help Cassia County land a $300 million federal prison.

With Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter aboard, an Idaho state plane sustained damage to a window while flying to a Friday morning speech in Pocatello, the Idaho State Journal reported.

Some members of the Burley City Council say they don't want to chip in for a lobbying effort by Cassia County to bring a federal prison to Malta.

A Magic Valley woman serving 12-years to life on 1st degree murder charges will need to wait awhile longer before a judge hears more about her request to be let out of prison.

Unemployment in southern Magic Valley is either up slightly or just the same as last month; that's continuing to buck state and national jobless trends.

"I cana t even think about it.... it hurts, never had anything like this happen." Says Junior Tuli, an American Samoan living in Burley who has numerous family members that have been devastated by the tsunami that ripped through the Pacific.

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One month ago BoS candidate Rodney Thomas was interviewed by Lisa Provence for The Hook .

The suspect in a weekend homicide has been caught; according to the Cassia County Sheriff's Office, Gerry Salgado, 22, was taken into custody around noon by the Bigham County Sheriffs Office.

A Burley man charged with felony vehicular manslaughter has changed his plea to guilty.

Metallized Carbon Corp.'s oil- and grease-free, self-lubricating, mechanical carbon materials solve problems associated with typical oil/grease lubricants and produce foods safely and cost effectively.

Pacific said in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing its loss in the three months ended June 30 widened to $27.4 million, from $8.3 million in 2008.

Pacific said in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing its loss in the three months ended June 30 widened to $27.4 million, from $8.3 million in 2008.

A Burley man is sitting behind bars in a Couer d'Alene jail cell accused of trying to rob a Cascade hotel.

Pacific Ethanol Inc., California-based company that shuttered its Burley, Idaho facility earlier this year, said its second-quarter loss more than tripled on slowing sales and struggles to restructure its debt.