Fort Hall tribal building evacuated due to gas leak scare
BY JOURNAL STAFF FORT HALL — Five people were evacuated Thursday around 1:45 p.m. due to an odor associated with a gas furnace motor that burned at the Tribal Enterprise Administrative office on the...
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Coasters perform at Fort Hall event center
DEBBIE BRYCE PHOTOCornell Gunter’s Coasters, from left, Sherman James, Don Hunley, Otis Hembre and Edwin Cook, performed Saturday at Shoshone-Bannock Hotel & Event Center in Fort Hall. BY DEBBIE...
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How will Obamacare affect Indians?
Trahant BY DEBBIE BRYCE For the Journal FORT HALL — Treaties between the U.S. government and American Indian tribes guaranteed health care to Indian people, but Mark Trahant said the government has...
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Farr guides Rockland over Sho-Ban
JOSH FRIESEN/IDAHO STATE JOURNALRockland’s Savanah Farr takes the ball down the court at Sho-Ban High School in Fort Hall. Farr finished with a double-double, totaling 25 points and 11 rebounds,...
View ArticleFort Hall man pleads guilty to firearms charge
POCATELLO — A Fort Hall man pleaded guilty in federal court in Pocatello on Wednesday to possession of an unregistered firearm. Arriyon Meeks-Ortiz, 33, was found in possession of a sawed-off shotgun...
View ArticleCrash near Fort Hall sends 3 to hospital
FORT HALL — A onevehicle rollover on Interstate 15 near Fort Hall Friday night sent three people to the Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello. According to Idaho State Police, Eric Miller, 20, of Idaho...
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Shoshone-Bannock Tribes hold job fair
Tracy Martin, senior personnel specialist for the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, told people about employment opportunities on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation during a job fair on Wednesday. Kendra Evensen...
View ArticleBingham GOP plans Lincoln Day fundraiser on Feb. 22
FORT HALL — The Shoshone-Bannock Hotel and Events Center is playing host to annual Bingham County Republican Central Committee Lincoln Day on Feb. 22 at 12:30 p.m. Tickets for the event are $25. A...
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Zumbathon family benefit
DOUG LINDLEY/IDAHO STATE JOURNALThe Parker family including from left, Rosalie, 3, Eileen, Micah, 1 and Benjamin were at the Zumbathon fundraiser for Benjamin who is a teacher at Stockard Elementary in...
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Magazine to feature tribes
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PHOTORandy “Leo” Teton — here with his horse Geronimo — is a member of Idaho’s Shoshone-Bannock Tribes featured in the National Geographic magazine March feature “People of the...
View ArticleGun show set March 1 and 2
There will be a gun show March 1 and 2 at the Shoshone-Bannock Hotel and Event Center, 777 Bannock Trail, Fort Hall. Hours are March 1 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and March 2 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
View ArticleFort Hall basketball event set Thursday through Saturday
FORT HALL — Coming Thursday through Saturday the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Recreation department will host the Fort Hall Men’s National Indian Athletic Association Six-Feet and Under All-Indian National...
View ArticleSnow possible Wednesday, Thursday
By Journal Staff It may be Spring, but local weather officials say we’re not through with snow yet. The National Weather Service forecast office in Pocatello issued a Special Weather Statement on...
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Blackfoot resident charged with vehicular manslaughter
Peyope By Journal Staff Jody W. Underwood, 39, of Blackfoot, was arrested on a felony warrant for vehicular manslaughter Wednesday morning, according to Idaho State Police. A news release reports that...
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In 1934, she was a queen
99-year-old remembers her Fort Hall royalty SUBMITTED PHOTOSTop left: 1934 Fort Hall Centennial Queen Kerma Keller, center left, is shown with Hollywood Oscar winner Wallace Beery and Miss Columbia...
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Injured veteran receives hunting trip to New Zealand
The Idaho Mustangs and other officials, including Pocatello Mayor Brian Blad, recently presented veteran Phillip Baldwin, pictured second from right, with a hunting trip to New Zealand as part of the...
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Fort Hall woman wins Miss Indian World title
By Journal Staff A 21-year-old Fort Hall woman was crowned Miss Indian World at the 31st Annual Gathering of Nations powwow in Albuquerque, N.M., over the weekend, becoming the first Shoshone-Bannock...
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Career fair connects military members with employers
A Hero 2 Hired career fair gave veterans, active duty military, National Guard and Reserve personnel and their spouses a chance to meet with employers at the Shoshone-Bannock Hotel and Event Center in...
View ArticleTwo hurt in rollover
By Journal Staff FORT HALL—Two women were hurt Monday night in a one-vehicle wreck on the Fort Hall Reservation. Fort Hall authorities report that one of the women was ejected from the car during the...
View ArticleTeen dies following Fort Hall crash
By Journal Staff FORT HALL — An 18-year-old female died after she was ejected from a vehicle during a crash in Fort Hall on Tuesday night. Shoshone-Bannock tribal member Sha Lynn Shoyo was transported...
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