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Blackfoot, Idaho is located in Bingham County. Zip codes in Blackfoot, ID include 83221, and 83215. The median home price in Blackfoot is $110,000. More Blackfoot information.

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10 hrs ago | Morning News

Men's health seminar comes to Blackfoot

A men's health seminar will be held at the Blackfoot Elks Lodge Wednesday, giving men the opportunity to "talk about what's really ailing them."

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Mon Jun 17, 2013

Morning News

Commissioners discuss solid waste shortfall

Taxes or fees may increase to help cover a possible shortfall in the cost of taking care of municipal solid waste.

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KFBB

Blackfoot Valley man dies in crash near Ovando

Missoula County Sheriff's Sgt. Jeremiah Petersen says several drivers called 911 around 10 a.m. Sunday to report a sport utility vehicle driving erratically.

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Thu Jun 13, 2013

Morning News

Latino community presents Plaza Comunitarias; unveils painting

Morning News-Lisa Lete Aberdeen artist Jose Antonio Quezada unveils a colorful mural depicting the education and hard work of Idaho's Latino community, inside Blackfoot's Latino Economic and Development Center computer lab.

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Wed Jun 12, 2013

Morning News

Local business honors law enforcement officers

Morning News-Lisa Lete Jace Denney, an employee of On The Spot Carpet Cleaning, worked the assembly line washing and vacuuming police cars outside the Bingham County Courthouse Wednesday afternoon for Law Enforcement Appreciation Day.

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Tue Jun 11, 2013

Morning News

Local miller receives national award

Leslie Mielke Tim Carroll, director of milling at Pendleton Flour Mills in Blackfoot, was named the 2013 Milling Operative of the Year.

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Mon Jun 10, 2013

Morning News

Basic American awards grant to Blackfoot Fire Department

Leslie Mielke Brent Higginson, Basic American Foods Blackfoot plant manager, hands a check for $5,000 grant to Blackfoot Fire Chief Kevin Gray.

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Fri Jun 07, 2013

Morning News

77 Fifth graders get new bikes

It's a great feeling to give a reward to kids with perfect attendance.We never thought this program would be as big as it is, but we sure are glad that it is," said General Manager Jason Meador.The PASS program inquires kids to stay proactive and motivated in school by having perfect attendance for their entire fifth grade year."

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Thu Jun 06, 2013

KMVT Twin Falls

Juvenile Female Attempts to escape Police Car Near Idaho Falls

The Idaho State Police say that a juvenile female being transported from the Bingham County Jail in Blackfoot to the 3B Dention facility in Idaho Falls attempted to escape.

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Morning News

Another Route to Become a Teacher

Chris Herres of Blackfoot worked in mining and industry for a number of years. She taught classes in safety and similar subjects.

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Wed Jun 05, 2013

KMVT Twin Falls

37th Anniversary Of Teton Dam Flood

Sugar City, Idaho Wednesday marks the 37th anniversary of the Teton Dam Flood. A break in the Teton Dam sent 80 billion gallons of rushing water through the Upper Valley in eastern Idaho.

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Morning News

Former Blackfoot athletes file amended complaint

Attorneys from the Blaser & Oleson law firm in Blackfoot have filed an amended complaint and demanded a jury trial on the tort claim filed on behalf of the plaintiffs of the case known as a "hazing" case.

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KLEW-TV Lewiston

Research study finds N.P. County has high rate of alcohol related crashes

Nez Perce county is ranked among the ten deadliest counties in Idaho for alcohol related crashes.

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Tue Jun 04, 2013

Morning News

City Council votes to raise mayor's pay

Members of the Blackfoot City Council approved an increase in the mayor's salary at Tuesday's meeting.

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Sun Jun 02, 2013

Boise Weekly

State Journal: New Headstones on Old Graves Outside Idaho State Hospital South

Headstones have been placed in a southeastern Idaho cemetery to mark the graves of 120 former patients of State Hospital South near Blackfoot.

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Tue May 28, 2013

Morning News

State Hospital South adds more headstones to cemetery

Leslie Mielke One hundred twenty more headstones were placed at the State Hospital South Cemetery this year.

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Morning News

Project-oriented middle school to open in fall

A new middle school will open in Blackfoot this coming fall. Summit Middle School is for sixth, seventh and eighth graders.

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Morning News

Woman pays it forward to daughter-in-law

In the past few years, Jamie Irwin of Blackfoot has humbly accepted the help of a giving community while she was battling a brain tumor.

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Sun May 26, 2013

Morning News

Life jacket station at Jensen Grove

Bob Hudson Eagle Scout candidate Kyle Stailey of Moreland, a member of Boy Scout Troop 274, helps prepare to mix concrete during installation of two loaner life jacket stations at Jensen Grove on Saturday.

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Fri May 24, 2013

Morning News

District 55 to open new middle school in fall

A new middle school will open in Blackfoot this coming fall. Summit Middle School is for sixth, seventh and eighth graders.

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