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IDAHO FALLS — U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm made a stop in Idaho Falls Wednesday morning to celebrate a $15 million upgrade to the Idaho National Laboratory’s Biomass Feedstock National User Facility. BFNUF is the world’s most complete biomass preprocessing research and development facility. It collects various types of waste from landfills — animal […]
IDAHO FALLS – The Greater Idaho Falls Chamber of Commerce is under new leadership. Paul Baker was hired as the chamber’s new president and CEO on May 1. In a conversation with EastIdahoNews.com, Baker describes his first month on the job as extremely busy. “I’ve been out to all different kinds of events — ribbon-cuttings, […]
Idaho Falls Luxury RV Park at 3000 South Yellowstone Highway in Idaho Falls is open year-round. It opened in November, but its grand opening is this weekend. Get a look inside in the video above. | Rett Nelson, EastIdahoNews.com Do you want to know what’s happening in the eastern Idaho business scene? We’ve got you […]
Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of stories about former sheriffs in eastern Idaho. IDAHO FALLS — Dressed in a blue button-up shirt, Ariat vest, Wrangler jeans and boots, Blair Olsen’s attire is reminiscent of John Dutton, Kevin Costner’s character in the series, “Yellowstone.” Like Dutton, Olsen owns a ranch that’s been […]
IDAHO FALLS — The United States is the only country Zues Ocegueda has ever known, but now U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is forcing him to leave. Since 2017, ICE agents have been working to deport the 40-year-old Idaho Falls man to Mexico. Ocegueda has worked with attorneys to appeal the decision, which has repeatedly […]