Bingham County News

By MELANIE MOORE This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it BLACKFOOT - The Blackfoot City Council and Bingham County Commissioners began discussions regarding the future of the existing ambulance contract between the two governments at at joint meeting Monday.

By LESLIE MIELKE This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it BLACKFOOT - Bingham County's commissioners got lessons in history and constitutional law during Tuesday's hearing on the 13th Draft of the Proposed Code Revisions.

The CDC announced their newest findings on diabetes and the results may be startling to some.

It wasn't until midnight on Tuesday night that people got home from a heated debate in our area.

Hundreds packed into a Bingham County courtroom Tuesday night to address their concerns about possible code revisions in the county.

By LESLIE MIELKE This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it BLACKFOOT - Bingham County Commissioners will take testimony on Draft 13 of the Planning and Zoning Proposed Code Revisions at 6:30 p.m. tonight in Courtroom #1 at the Bingham County Courthouse.

Flu vaccines will be administered by the Eastern Idaho and Southeastern Public Health Districts.

BLACKFOOT A group of business owners in Blackfoot are banding together to help those in need this holiday season.

By MELANIE MOORE This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it BLACKFOOT - More than 1,600 people lined up to get the H1N1 vaccine yesterday at the Blackfoot-Snake River clinic at the LDS South Stake Center.

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 demand for the H1N1 vaccine continues to run high around the nation, and Eastern Idaho is no different.

The Southeastern District Health Department held another one of their mass vaccination clinics for the H1N1 virus to yet another overwhelming response.

For voters in Bingham County, this was the last year for punch cards. Idaho is the last state in the union to still use punch cards, and Bingham County is only one of five counties that uses this method - but that all will change next year.

The polls at Moutain View Middle School had a steady flow of voters throughout Tuesday.

It's just the right thing to ruin your day - getting pulled over for speeding. In our small communities, it seems like we're constantly asked to show our driver's license and registration.

By LESLIE MIELKE This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it BLACKFOOT - The second degree murder trial of the State of Idaho versus Courtney James Payan, age 23, opened Tuesday, Oct.

The trial of an eastern Idaho man accused of fatally stabbing another during a fight on Memorial Day is under way in Blackfoot.

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.

A second Gem State county has now passed a resolution requesting state assistance for what they consider to be an imminent threat.

Monday morning, Bingham County commissioners officially signed and sent their Disaster Declaration to the Governor's office.