Power County News

The suffering car industry makes up about eight or nine percent of the nation's work force and some always predicted it was too big of an industry to ever fail.

The search for two escaped inmates out of Power County ends on Monday with both of them once again behind bars.

Power County Sheriff Jim Jeffries says two inmates considered violent and dangerous escaped from the Power County Jail in American Falls in eastern Idaho Sunday morning.

The decision to pass a $395,000 levy in American Falls is in the hands of voters.

Fifteen people are looking to fill an open magistrate judge's seat in the Bannock County Courthouse.

Wind energy is now recognized as one of the least expensive methods for generating electricity.

Residents of Power County will have an opportunity to learn more about the proposed Rockland Wind Farm at an open house in American Falls on Thursday, Aug.

Disagreement over who should serve as legal representative for Power County planning and zoning issues has Power County Prosecuting Attorney Randy Kline threatening legal action against the county commissioners.

It was a busy Monday afternoon for fire crews in Power County. Three separate fires started just before 4 p.m. The first fire near exit 56 and was named the Airport Fire.

A local crop duster pilot miraculously survives and walks away with a just few broken bones after his plane crashes into crop fields.

The Power County Sheriff's Office says a 24-year-old man has drowned in an irrigation canal near Arbon Valley.

Some farmers in southeastern Idaho say hail damage and record rainfall damaged some crops and could reduce overall yield.

Investigators from the Bureau of Land Management, Power County Sheriffs, and the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes are offering a 5-thousand dollar reward for information in Southeastern Idaho arson fires.

A Pocatello man is in trouble for hitting someone in the head with a board. 24-year-old Reuben Jensen is being charged with felony aggravated battery.

Agencies from Bingham County and Power County were involved in a high speed pursuit on Sunday which ended with the arrest of three individuals.

The City of Pocatello Animal Control Department is starting a new adoption program aimed at pairing our nation's heroes, our veterans, with homeless animals.

Fire investigators in Power County are still trying to determine what started a fire at a biodiesel plant Monday.

Sentencing for Armando Mason, the man convicted of robbing the American Falls branch of US Bank on June 16, 2008, took place on Thursday, May 14, at the Power County Courthouse.

The man who robbed US Bank in American Falls last Summer could be in prison for the next 35 years.

A six-week project to reconstruct and realign an Interstate 86 off-ramp near American Falls is scheduled to begin Monday , the Idaho Transportation Department announced.