James Tidmarsh

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is suing Jerome Cheese Company for allegedly violating the Clean Water Act. In a civil complaint, filed in Boise’s U.S. District Court last week, The EPA contends that the Davisco Foods International-owned Jerome Cheese Company in southern Idaho dumped waste …

Another Idaho soldier has been killed in combat in Afghanistan.  The family of Specialist Robert Dyas confirmed his death to Idaho’s news channel.  He was just 21 years old. The Department of Defense has not released any details about Dyas’ death yet.  …

State transportation officials say signs with a national suicide prevention hotline number have been posted at a bridge that spans the Snake River near Twin Falls.  A regional director for the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare in south-central Idaho proposed the signs more than a year ago …

Residents of the remote and sparsely populated state of Idaho likely won’t be surprised to learn that the state has been ranked last in a national study of Internet speeds.  The New York Times reports that even though Idaho has more than 11 federal funded projects under way to establish high-speed b…

A woman missing out of Elmore County was found alive Thursday morning in a rugged canyon near Buhl.  25 year old Ashly Hankins had been missing from her King Hill home since Monday. The Twin Falls County Sheriff’s Office said Hankins was found in the River Road area near Bu…

Authorities in Twin Falls say a hiker was rescued yesterday who fell more than 100 feet into the Snake River Canyon near the Perrine Bridge. Police say 19-year-old Marcus Toothman from Buhl was hiking down into the canyon with his girlfriend on the southeast side of the Bridge when he fell about 150…

It’s another day of smokey skies for the Magic Valley as a brush fire burns Near Wendell this afternoon. BLM says the fire started out as a fire in a borrow pit and has since spread. The fire is burning about 2 miles north of Wendell along highway 46.  Th
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In light of the recent hurricane on the east coast, Twin Falls police are cautioning residents to be careful about who they donate money to. Police say they have seen at least one facebook scam concerning hurricane Irene and expect more to pop up in the coming weeks
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A new report says more people have been earning less in Idaho during the recession. The latest survey of wages under the Occupational Employment Statistics program put the average wage for all jobs in Idaho at $18.56 an hour in May 2010. That was 15 percent below the national average wage for all jo…

If you are looking for something to do this upcoming holiday weekend, you might want to take some time to visit Shoshone Falls.  According to the city only twice before have the flows at the falls been greater during this time of year. Those record breakers occurred on Sept
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New numbers released by the U.S. Census Bureau shows Idaho residents are more likely to get married and more likely to stay that way than their counterparts across the country.
The research published Thursday used data from 2009 to show that Idaho has one of the highest marriage rates in the nation. …

Police have identified the teenager who led them on a multi-county high speed chase on I-84 over the weekend. 18-year-old David J. Miller of Filer faces several charges in connection with Sunday’s high speed. Police say the chase began in Jerome when Miller called 911 to say he had s…