Gooding County News

Nov. 5--The line between state and local regulations for confined-animal feeding operations can blur at times.

Water levels in Southern Idaho's reservoirs are about average this year, but water managers said it's too early to get optimistic about next year's water supply as a dry winter could have a considerable impact.

A judge has ordered a Gooding man to serve at least five years in prison for his role in an execution style shooting nearly two years ago.

U.S. Highway 26 is closed in both directions for an overturned tanker. The accident happened just west of the overpass on I-84 at Milepost 141 near Bliss, according to the Idaho State Police.

A Gooding County Sheriff's deputy shot accidentally by another deputy is back at work after four weeks recuperation.

Deputy Jeremy Smith, who returned to work Monday, was shot in the hand by a .22 caliber handgun Aug.

A missing Gooding man's body has been found. Chester King, 29, was reported missing August 30 after he didn't show up for work.

Chester King, 29, of Gooding, was last seen on Aug. 30. The Gooding County Sheriff's Office is trying to find out what happened to a man who hasn't been seen since Sunday.

The Idaho Department of Labor reports the state has a record 65,900 out of work and paid out more than $45 million in unemployment benefits last month, four times the amount paid a year ago.

The Idaho Department of Labor reports the state has a record 65,900 out of work and paid out more than $45 million in unemployment benefits last month, four times the amount paid a year ago.

Authorities have identified the swimmer who went missing in the Bell Rapids access area of the Snake River as 19-year-old Zachary Baird of Castleford.

IN BREAKING NEWS. OFFICALS ARE SEARCHING FOR A POSSIBLE DROWNING VICTIM IN THE BELL RAPIDS AREA.

A Mexican citizen is scheduled to go on trial in Gooding County for first degree murder in less than a month.

When it comes to jobs in construction, that's where experts say they are seeing one of the larger loses during these tough economic times.

Ask anyone who's grown up near a dairy or feedlot, and chances are good you'll hear comments about cattle manure and the odor it produces.

The U.S. Census Bureau says there are more Hispanics in southern Idaho, and they're younger too, with a median age of less than 24 years old.

The family of an inmate who committed suicide in a south-central Idaho jail two years ago has filed a federal lawsuit against Gooding County alleging the death was the result of negligence by Gooding County Sheriff Shaun Gough and his staff.

A Magic Valley woman accused of having sex with a 16-year old boy was in Gooding County Magistrate Court today.

A Hagerman man managed to get a new lawyer, and his trial has been pushed back roughly three months.