It was Sept. 6, 1960. The Gate City was one of many stops for John F. Kennedy during the Western states tour of his presidential campaign. Accompanying him during his visit was Idaho’s U.S. Senator, Frank Church, who’d nominated Kennedy at the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles two months earlier.

Warm up your car extra early this week because eastern Idaho is in for quite the chill. Cold temperatures on Monday morning prevented cars from starting, froze the roads, and encouraged Idahoans to wear all of their extra layers.

Gina Judd, the Executive Director for 'Friends of the Children-Eastern Idaho' recently spoke to the Pocatello Rotary Club about the organization. 'Friends of the Children-Eastern Idaho' is the first chapter in Idaho. It was formed in Idaho in 2023 and they began serving families in March of last year.

According to data collected from state and local law enforcement agencies, intimate partner violence is an issue in Eastern Idaho.

Subzero temperatures are creating dangerous conditions across eastern Idaho and some of those most at risk are people without homes.

An estimated 4.2 magnitude earthquake struck central Idaho on Monday morning near Stanley — the epicenter was in Clayton, according to the United States Geological Survey.

Gina Judd, the Executive Director for 'Friends of the Children-Eastern Idaho,' recently spoke to the Pocatello Rotary Club about the organization. 'Friends of the Children-Eastern Idaho' is the first chapter in Idaho. It was formed in Idaho in 2023 and they began serving families in March of last year.

Eastern Washington Eagles (6-15, 2-6 Big Sky) at Idaho State Bengals (8-10, 3-4 Big Sky) Pocatello, Idaho; Thursday, 9 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Bengals -6; over/under is 139 BOTTOM LINE: Jake O'Neil and Idaho State host Nic McClain and Eastern Washington in Big Sky play.

Besse Bailey, a 20-year banking veteran has been promoted to regional market president of Mountain West Bank. The Journal sat down with Bailey to discuss how she got into banking and what she hopes to accomplish in this new role.

17-year-old Abby Lusk is one of the most promising college basketball prospects in the state of Idaho. Abby and the Pocatello Thunder are currently 18-2 and leading the 5A South East Idaho Conference.

Idaho State is looking to end its four-game road skid with a victory against Eastern Washington. The teams meet Thursday for the first time this season. Eastern Washington is 2-6 against the Big Sky,

For their final season of college basketball, Olivia Nelson and Jennifer Aadland, for varying reasons, decided to step up from Division II to the Big Sky Conference and Division I University of Idaho.