Gooding County News

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.

A Gooding County trial scheduled to begin Wednesday will not be held. Miguel Cruz, 21, is charged with aggravated battery in a Wendell incident during December.

Two month from now, the University of Idaho will bring the 'Western Odor and Air Quality Program' to Twin Falls.

A few minutes after the bell pulses into his classroom, Gus Spiropulos waits for the fifth graders to finish their noisy parade out the door before he reluctantly begins his calls to parents.

For one day, the town of Wendell is in the spotlight as Idaho's "Capital for a Day." "It gives Wendell recognition.

A teacher at Bliss High School is facing charges of 2-counts of sexual battery of a minor who is 16-years old.

While most schools are looking at a 6 percent holdback, in Gooding it's a different story.

According to Idaho State Police a 'a ' the Jerome County Sheriff's office a ' ISP and Gooding County have dealt with 9 slidea 'offs and rollovers this afternoon.

Lorraine Reinhardt sought a "positive challenge" and found it in Gooding. Now she's been rewarded for her work.

Closure is a dream for Robert Hinman, a Colorado Springs man who's spent half his life without a mother.

WENDELL, Idaho - Six people were hospitalized after being poisoned by a carbon monoxide leak at a coin-operated laundry in Wendell, a southern Idaho dairy town.

The start of the 2009-2010 school year is more than seven months away, but North Valley Academy officials are already making plans for that year's enrollment.