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Do You Think ATM Fees Are to High?

Jackie — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:14:47 +0000

According to Bankrate banks now charge an average of $2.40 for non-customers to use their ATMs, which is a record high for ATM fees. That's a 3% increase from last year, when the $2.33 average fee was a record high. In fact, ATM fees have hit a record high each of the last seven years.

Ten years ago, the average fee was more than a dollar lower, at $1.36.

High Gas Prices Could Save Lives

Jackie — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:38:12 +0000

And now, it's time for us to do the requisite story about how high gas prices aren't 100% bad news. So remember what we're about to say when you're paying $5.50 a gallon in July.

High gas prices save lives. For every $1 rise in gas prices, approximately 11,000 American lives are saved. That's a combo of fewer car accidents and more people getting healthy by walking.

Twin Falls High School Lockdown [Audio]

Brad Weiser — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 16:34:58 +0000

Yesterday, I saw a multitude of posts following the walkout at Canyon Ridge and many during the Twin Falls High lockdown. This morning we asked you what you thought. Hit the jump for audio from this mornings show. Twin Falls Police: GREAT work keeping everyone safe. I was very glad to hear that nobody was [...]

World Unrest Causing Gas Prices To Soar

Brad Weiser — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:56:44 +0000

The unrest half a world away is causing gas prices to rise in the US and here locally. Prices range from just over $3.00 for a gallon of regular unleaded in Twin Falls to as high as $3.26 a gallon just a few miles west in Filer. Oil analysts say the supply in the US [...]