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Nightwork on Blue Lakes Boulevard
(KLIX)- If you’re out late tonight on Blue Lakes Boulevard in Twin Falls expect some road work. This evening traffic will be reduced to just two lanes while crews do some scheduled maintenance. The section of Blue Lakes from Fillmore to the Perrine bridge will be worked on
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Car Plunges Into Canyon
TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KTVB)- Authorities in Twin Falls are working to retrieve a body after a car plunged into the Snake River Canyon near the Perrine Bridge Sunday night. Jerome County Sheriff Doug McFall confirmed to KTVB that a 28-year-old female died in the wreck
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Police Looking for Convict on the Loose in Eastern Idaho
(KLIX)-The Idaho Department of Correction is looking for an escaped inmate. 39 year old Tarango Deforest Padilla walked off from the St. Anthony Work Camp in eastern Idaho on July 5th. Padilla was serving a 15 year sentence for two counts of grand theft out of Twin Falls County
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Lawmakers to Meet on Health Care
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho lawmakers will meet to discuss last week’s Supreme Court ruling upholding President Barack Obama’s 2010 health care overhaul. The July 30 meeting of a Senate-House health care task force was added to the Legislature’s calendar this week after the 5-4 decision that Obama’s reforms were legal. Until now, Idaho’s Rep
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Good Neighbor Days This Weekend
(KLIX)-Twin Falls neighbor to the east is having its annual celebration starting this afternoon. Kimberly Good Neighbor Days kicks off with a horseshoe tournament and community dinner at 5pm. The celebrations will continue on Saturday with plenty for everyone to do with a breakfast at 6am at the city park
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Idaho Attorney General Warns of Fire Scams
(KLIX)- Recent devastating fires in Idaho and across the nation has prompted the Idaho Attorney General’s office to issue a consumer alert. They are warning people that when tragedy strikes, scams are quick to follow. For those that have lost their homes the AG’s offices says to beware of door to door salesmen
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Idaho Gets $1.6 Million in Drug Settlement
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho’s share of the largest health care fraud settlement in U.S. history will come to more than $1.6 million. Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden announced the state’s share of the $3 billion GlaxoSmithKline settlement on Tuesday. The Britis
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Sgt. Bergdahl Grand Marshal for Hailey Parade
HAILEY–Thousands lined the streets of Hailey Wednesday for the annual 4th of July Parade. KTVB reports the town did something special this year for the only known American prisoner of war Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.
Idaho Soldier Killed In Afghanistan
(KLIX)-The Department of Defense says 24 year old Pfc. Cody O. Moosman was killed while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Pfc. Moosman is from Preston Idaho. He was killed July 3, in Gayan Alwara Mandi, Afghanistan, when enemy forces attacked his unit with small arms fire
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Vaccines Offered at Reduced Cost
(KLIX)-The South Central Public Health District is encouraging adults to get their Tdap vaccines updated. The vaccine protects against pertussis and can prevent the spread of it to infants, its also known as whooping cough. The vaccine is being offered at a reduced cost
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Fire Restrictions Begin Monday
(KLIX)-Beginning on Monday most of southern Idaho will be under stage one fire restrictions. From about Highway 20 to the Nevada and Utah boarders people will be required to light fires in designated campgrounds only. Sawtooth National Forest spokesperson Julie Thomas says fire conditions right now are high
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Fire Near Castleford May have Been Caused by Fireworks
(KLIX)- A 75 acre fire broke out near Balanced Rock yesterday afternoon. Bureau of Land management fire officials say they were able to get a handle on it quickly. They had it contained roughly before midnight and full containment by this afternoon
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