Firth News

Bingham County Coroner Kyle Lindsay said autopsy results in a Blackfoot homicide confirmed that Greg Andrew Porter, 45, died from a single gunshot wound to the head.

Alerted to a possible suicide at a rural Bingham County home, officers and emergency medical personnel arrived late Monday to find Greg Andrew Porter sitting in a reclining chair inside the front door.

A Firth woman accused of killing her husband with a modified .22-caliber rifle Monday appeared in court for the first time Tuesday afternoon.

Sheriff's deputies in Bingham County responded to a suicide call Monday night, but the case quickly turned into a homicide investigation and Tuesday a 52-year-old woman is behind bars.

On Monday, just before midnight, the Bingham County Sheiff's Office was called out to 752 East 600 North near Firth.

In Bingham County, the landscape of farming may be changing. In order to preserve their waning way of life, some ranchers are seeking to add wind to their list of things to farm.

As summer continues, so does the treatment against the many mosquitoes some of which can cause West Nile Virus.

A local energy company plans to appeal a ruling after the Bingham County Planning and Zoning Committee rejected its plans for a wind farm.

The period for testimony and rebuttal has come and passed. Wednesday night, Planning and Zoning Board Members discussed the issue and made their decision.

The public hearing on Western Energy Corp.'s application for a special use permit for a wind power project in the foothills east of Firth is scheduled to continue Wednesday, June 11, in Courtroom 3 at the ...

Posted: The Bingham County Planning and Zoning Commission is again accepting opinions on a proposed special use permit.

No decision was made Wednesday night to allow or deny Western Energy a special use permit to place 66 electricity-generating windmills in the hills east of Firth because the Planning & Zoning commissioners want ...

The wind must be great in Bingham County, because another company is asking to build wind turbines in the area.

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“As they (grant monies) get cut back we have to come up with other sources”

Fifth-grade students countywide probably slept well Tuesday night after an active day of participating in the games of the 13th annual Bingham County DARE Day at the Eastern Idaho State Fair. via Morning News

A public meeting has been scheduled by the Bingham County Commissioners for 9 a.m. on May 27 in Courtroom 1 of the County Courthouse to hear two appeals filed by a group of area residents trying to stop a wind ... via Morning News

“I also perform surgeries such as spays and neuters and dentistries at a nearby clinic.”

Firth native and Marine Stephen Brower was recently promoted to the rank of master gunnery sergeant, the highest that can be attained by an enlisted Marine. via Morning News

“We need an alternative energy source. I think it's a clean way to go. I don't see that the windmills are going to be any problem at all.”

By: Genevieve Judge No decision yet on a proposed wind farm in Bingham County. As of 9 p.m. Wednesday night, the meeting is still going on and it started at 7 p.m. Back at the end of March, the Bingham County ... via KIFI Idaho Falls

The town of firth was made the Idaho capital for a day. As part of the award, the town was given the chance to host the governor and speak to him about their concerns for themselves and eastern Idaho. via KIDK TV

By: Genevieve Judge Bingham County Dispatch tells Local News 8 that two fishermen are stranded on an island in the Snake River. via KIFI