http://www.kmvt.com/news/local RSS Feed for KMVT-1 - News - Local en-us Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:17:45 GMT http://www.kmvt.com/news/local/49979532.html According to Idaho State Police a Jerome man was hit late Saturday night in Jerome by a pickup truck. He was taken to an area hospital where he died of his injuries. http://www.kmvt.com/news/local/49946612.html Another tea party was held today in front of the twin falls county court house. http://www.kmvt.com/news/local/49946087.html Over at Wendell High School this afternoon – some of the Wendell firefighters and Farmer's National Bank employees competed against each other in a bed racing. http://www.kmvt.com/news/local/49887187.html There's been a steady increase in the volume of traffic leaving town, as people head for the hills and other locations for the Fourth of July weekend. Officials with Idaho AAA predict a slight increase in the number of Idahoans going somewhere 50 miles or more away over the weekend, as compared to last year at this time. http://www.kmvt.com/news/local/49887562.html A rollover accident on Interstate-84 early this morning sent a Texas man to the hospital. According to Idaho State Police 22-year old Michael Peevey of Tyler, Texas was traveling eastbound on I-84 near milepost 240 when he drove off the right shoulder and into the gravel. http://www.kmvt.com/news/local/49885097.html Idaho officials are predicting that 300 to 500 sockeye salmon will return to Redfish Lake in central Idaho. Jeff Heindel, conservation hatchery supervisor for the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, says fish counts indicate this year's run is returning early and could be larger than previously forecast http://www.kmvt.com/news/local/49775117.html More than ten years ago, the site of a Twin Falls gas station was abandoned because gasoline leaked into the soil nearby; and now that may be a problem. http://www.kmvt.com/news/local/49774767.html National Transportation Safety Board officials are starting their investigation into a private plane that crashed near downtown Burley yesterday. http://www.kmvt.com/news/local/49774387.html A Burley man who referred to himself as "Biker Santa" as he rode around on his motorcycle dressed up as Santa was sentenced this afternoon for sexual abuse of a child under 16. http://www.kmvt.com/news/local/49772747.html All of us keep waiting for the economy to start climbing out of the slump it's been in. But while southern Idaho has been bucking national trends lately, unemployment in Twin Falls and Jerome edged up .8 of a percent in June, which is more than the .5 increase averaged statewide.