Twin Falls News

The search continues for 24 missing villagers in southern Mexico, after a wave of water and mud buried a hamlet there. via KSAW 51

“It represents a huge opportunity for Idaho potato products in all forms.”

BOISE, Idaho - Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter's recently completed 10-day trade mission to China has led to a pair of deals for Idaho businesses, his office said. via Times-News

Times-News A motorcyclist who failed to yield pulling out of a parking lot Friday afternoon was struck by another ve-hicle, which then collided with a third vehicle waiting at a traffic light. via Times-News

TWIN FALLS, Idaho - A southern Idaho painter says he has a concept in mind for expanding the mural at the Magic Valley Regional Airport that honors the nation's war veterans. via Times-News

“Learning time is lost, it's a huge inconvenience and there are safety issues involved in just evacuating these kids so we take these things seriously.”

Officials received the call just before noon, with an automated recording stating that a bomb had been placed in one of the buildings and would go off within a two hour period. via KMVT Twin Falls

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“They said, 'you're the shooter.' Your buddies are saying you're the shooter. He challenged them on that, said, 'you're lying to me.'”

The short one-day trial of Eric Gonzalez ended with an equally expeditious guilty verdict Wednesday, when the jury quickly pegged Gonzalez with accessory to a felony, surmising that he could not have been ... via Times-News

“Reimer's ankle bracelet indicated tampering and battery removal.”

Ketchum Police are looking for Deborah A. Reimer, who has apparently removed her ankle tracking bracelet and violated the terms of her release from jail. via Times-News

A woman wanted to attempted murder is on the run, and now there is a $1,000,000 warrant for her arrest. via KIFI Idaho Falls

“He has five brothers and six sisters”

The bond Antonio Peralto had been issued of $100,000 seemed ridiculously low to David Galvan, who is sure the defendant is guilty of fatally stabbing his brother. via Times-News

“I hope we can manage the pool. I know my board is tired of taking it on the chin.”

Twin Falls city and the local YMCA are close to a new contract for the nonprofit to continue managing the city pool through 2011, officials for both organizations said Friday. via Times-News

After paying $44,500 to a consulting agency to determine whether impact fees - costs for growth assessed to developers - are necessary in Twin Falls, the City Council is making preparations to formally create a ... via Times-News

“It has always been the goal of the golf course to break even or make money. We haven't been doing this”

The Twin Falls Municipal Golf Course and its rolling green landscape have been running red for a long time. via Times-News

“What strong-armed robbers have going for them in that environment is there is so much going on”

The devilishness is in its innocence: Ma'am, can you help me find the Presbyterian church? That same subterfuge was used to pull off two separate robberies in the WinCo Foods parking lot this summer, and police ... via Times-News

“They said 'we are on our way from Idaho to pick this guy up.'”

Defense and prosecution alike are gearing up for a lengthy trial in the decade-old strangulation of 35-year-old Rosemary Murphy, whose body was found in a garage behind the old Sands Motel in Twin Falls. via Times-News

“We don't have much good records. We don't run the books good, but we have our own way of keeping track of things.”

TWIN FALLS, Idaho - A south-central Idaho ranch has been awarded $112,500 after a Twin Falls County jury agreed with the co-owners that Minnesota-based Land O'Lakes, Inc., supplied tainted powdered milk formula ... via Times-News

“These acts are very disturbing even for the police officers that have to investigate them, but be rest assured that they're living in a very safe community.”

According to police in 2005 four homicide cases occurred resulting in six victims. via KMVT Twin Falls

TWIN FALLS, Idaho - Water users and officials in south-central Idaho say Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter hasn't released enough details about his plan for water conservation projects. via Times-News

“We make these distributions knowing there's only so much they can do”

BLACKSBURG, Va. - Virginia Tech has distributed more than $8.5 million in donations to aid victims of the mass killings on campus in April, school leaders said Tuesday. via Times-News