It was Sept. 6, 1960. The Gate City was one of many stops for John F. Kennedy during the Western states tour of his presidential campaign. Accompanying him during his visit was Idaho’s U.S. Senator, Frank Church, who’d nominated Kennedy at the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles two months earlier.

Gina Judd, the Executive Director for 'Friends of the Children-Eastern Idaho,' recently spoke to the Pocatello Rotary Club about the organization. 'Friends of the Children-Eastern Idaho' is the first chapter in Idaho. It was formed in Idaho in 2023 and they began serving families in March of last year.

The National Weather Service in Pocatello is forecasting the coldest temperatures of the season this weekend as an arctic front moves through eastern Idaho. They may be some light snow Friday night and Saturday before the initial drop in temperatures Saturday night.

Warm up your car extra early this week because eastern Idaho is in for quite the chill. Cold temperatures on Monday morning prevented cars from starting, froze the roads, and encouraged Idahoans to wear all of their extra layers.

The University of Idaho is holding the 2025 Idaho Potato Conference and Eastern Idaho Ag Expo at Idaho State University's Pond Student Union Building and ICCU Dome this week.

The deal is slated for completion in the second quarter of this year, contingent on regulatory and shareholder approvals.

Despite having some of the nation’s lowest crime rates, Idaho incarcerates more women per capita than any other state. Women convicted of violent crimes like assault, sexual abuse or murder make up nearly half of the female prison population nationally.

This past weekend when snowmobiling a 15-year-old girl got lost at Island Park, when out snowmobiling with her friend, but she didn't return that evening.

Idaho State takes on Eastern Washington in a matchup of Big Sky teams. The teams play Thursday for the first time this season.

An earthquake near Yellowstone National Park shook parts of eastern Idaho and western Wyoming on Tuesday. At about 6 p.m., a magnitude-3.9 earthquake was recorded about 15 miles outside of Mammoth, Wyoming,

Cloud X Vape and Smoke is located at 1100 Yellowstone Ave. in Pocatello in an old Maverik location and is open from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. every day. “We are open on all holidays throughout the whole year from Monday to Sunday,” said Muna Ahdikari, manager of the shop.

The UN peacekeeping force in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has warned of the risk of ethnically motivated attacks as conditions deteriorate in the region, haunted by the legacy of