Fort Hall News

The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes have been awarded a federal grant to support victims of domestic violence on the Fort Hall Reservation.

Fort Hall Business Council Chairman Alonzo Coby is heading to Washington, D.C., to take part in the White House Tribal Nations Conference.

Whether or not you are for or against President Barack Obama you've got to admit what a rare opportunity it would be to shake his hand.

Lauryn Bell is a 10 year old with Rett Syndrome. Her mother is hoping the community would write letters to Oprah so she can talk about the disorder on her show and raise awareness.

By LESLIE MIELKE This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it BLACKFOOT - A state of emergency was declared by the county commissioners Monday morning, Oct.

In a tough economic year, Battelle Energy Alliance is increasing its corporate gift to United Way by 10 percent -- to a record $55,000. And across the laboratory, employees continue to respond with compassion and ingenuity to community needs supported by the United Way.

The Southeastern District Health Department will be implementing plans for vaccinating residents of Fort Hall, Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Butte, Caribou, Franklin, Oneida, and Power counties from the H1N1 flu through vaccination clinics and Points of Dispensing or PODS over the next few months.

By KATIE HARRIS This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it BLACKFOOT -- Bob Schild, local cowboy poet, likes to joke that he's famous everywhere except Blackfoot.

The Southeastern District Health Department is getting ready to vaccinate people in eight different counties, and they need your help.

With a nationwide distribution of the H1N1 vaccinations, there's a huge need for volunteers.

Local authorities from the Blackfoot Police Department are getting ready to team with the community to get rid of graffiti in Blackfoot.

At the end of June a religious group came to Idaho searching for a place to build a home, but in a few short weeks they'll be homeless.

" A tribe has denied a request by a religious group to build a dormitory-style building on the Fort Hall Reservation.

All of the neighbors we spoke with on Thursday evening pretty much said the same thing about the Fort Hall religious group moving out.

A 49-year-old eastern Idaho man who pleading guilty in May to sexual contact with a 10-year-old relative has to spend the next year in federal prison and register as a sex offender Buford Nipwater, of Fort Hall, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Pocatello earlier this week.

U.S. District Judge Justin Quackenbush has sentenced a 22-year-old eastern Idaho man to more than three years in prison for hitting a woman and causing permanent injury to her eye.

Delicia Dann-Adakai, Shoshone-Bannock tribal member, demonstrated her beadwork at the Sho-Ban tent at the Eastern Idaho State Fair last week.

Residents of a Hayden subdivision are asking the state for a loan of more than $1 million to fix their faulty water system.

The city council and mayor are trying to protect an ornate Roman Catholic church that was ordered to be closed by the Diocese of Cleveland.

The U.S. Attorney's Office says a southeastern Idaho man who pleaded guilty in June to an assault on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation has been sentenced to 70 months in federal prison.