Soda Springs News

Research Shows You Have 2 Mins to Escape House Fire Once Alarm Sounds

NATIONWIDE - Today’s home fires burn faster than ever, making escape planning all the more critical to home fire safety. Studies show that in the past, people had approximately 17 minutes to escape a typical h... Read More...

One Dead in Crash on Interstate 15, South of Inkom

INKOM, ID. | SODA SPRINGS, ID. — On Wednesday, September 25, 2019, at 5:06 p.m., Idaho State Police investigated a single vehicle, fatality crash on Interstate 15 at mile marker 54, just south of Inkom. Bra... Read More...

New Open-Pit Phosphate Mines Approved In Eastern Idaho

SODA SPRINGS, Idaho (AP) — Federal officials have approved two open-pit phosphate mines in eastern Idaho that include environmental protections intended to prevent the type of pollution caused by past phosphate... Read More...

Soda Springs Man Sentenced to 17 Years for Running Drug Trafficking Organization

SODA SPRINGS, ID. – Ryan Fitzgerald Dalley, 44, of Soda Springs, was sentenced last week in U.S. District Court to 17 years in federal prison for continuing criminal enterprise and conspiracy to launder money, ... Read More...

Man Identified in Smoky Canyon Mine Crash

Police have identified the deceased driver from the August 2nd fatal crash at Smoky Canyon Mine, as Brandon Astle, 39, of Rigby. Astle died from injuries sustained when the 1982 Peterbilt refueling truck he ... Read More...

Large Number of Rainbow Trout To Be Released In Southeast Idaho Rivers

Bloomington, ID — Idaho Fish and Game will begin releasing catchable-sized rainbow trout throughout southeastern Idaho in August. They plan to release roughly 200 in Bloomington Creek and nearly 1,000 in Cu... Read More...

Small Plane Crashes While Spraying Crops Near Bancroft

CARIBOU COUNTY - On Monday, July 15, at approximately 1:18 p.m., the Caribou County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a plane crash on the hillside just west of 2629 Kelly Toponce Road in Bancroft, Idaho.... Read More...

One Killed in US30 Rollover Crash Near Soda Springs

SODA SPRINGS, ID. - On Friday, July 5, 2019, at approximately 1:59 a.m., Idaho State Police investigated a one-vehicle, fatality crash, eastbound US30 near milepost 383, near Soda Springs. Jacob Beutler, 2... Read More...

14 Year-Old Male Shoots Self in Foot in Caribou County

Caribou County, ID. - On Monday, July 1st, at approximately 10:30 a.m., the Caribou County Sheriff's Office received a report of a 14-year-old male that had accidentally discharged a firearm and the bullet h... Read More...

Teen Injured In ATV Accident in Rural Caribou County

CARIBOU COUNTY, ID. - On Wednesday, June 26th at approximately 8:13 a.m., Caribou County Sheriff’s Office received a report of an ATV accident in an irrigation ditch off of Nipper Road, in the Chesterfield area... Read More...