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Firefighters climb the ladder for first softball title
August 3rd, 2011
It takes grit to be a firefighter, and it took grit for The Firefighters slow-pitch softball team to win its first Ketchum Coed Softball League tournament championship Saturday...Read full story

Fire agencies struggle with transfers
July 27th, 2011
Patients needing transfer from St. Luke's Wood River Medical Center to an out-of-area hospital could face increasing delays, as local fire departments say they can't keep up with demand...Read full story

Fire tears through Bellevue house
July 27th, 2011
A house fire that broke out midday Monday in downtown Bellevue consumed a guesthouse and garage, and partially burned a larger home next door...Read full story

Trip to Zambia is no vacation
July 1st, 2011
Presbyterian Church of the Big Wood members will help villagers...Read full story

East Fork resident charged with first-degree arson
May 11th, 2011
A 43-year-old Blaine County man has been charged with first-degree arson for allegedly lighting his own house on fire Saturday evening...Read full story

Fatality on Highway 75
February 18th, 2011
A two-car accident south of Timmerman Junction shut down Highway 75 earlier this evening and resulted in one fatality, according to Wood River Fire Chief Bart Lassman...Read full story

Study recommends fire department consolidation in south valley
February 2nd, 2011
Wood River Fire & Rescue could integrate Hailey and Bellevue fire departments...Read full story

Idaho Power contractor burned by power line
January 7th, 2011
A worker for Western Line Builders, an Idaho Power contractor, came into contact with a 20,000-volt power line Tuesday afternoon while working one mile west of Carey...Read full story

Horse killed in collision with car
November 3rd, 2010
A 77-year-old Washington woman was treated and released at St. Luke's Wood River Medical Center after her vehicle collided with a horse last Friday morning on state Highway 75 south of Bellevue...Read full story

Highway 20 crash still under investigation
October 29th, 2010
Police are still trying to determine the cause of a two-car accident that killed Carey High School sophomore...Read full story

Car crash kills Carey sophomore
October 27th, 2010
A sophomore male student from the Carey School was killed in a two-vehicle accident just after 7:30 a.m. Tuesday morning on U.S. Highway 20, west of state Highway 75...Read full story

Volunteer Firefighters Commended
August 27th, 2010
Wood River Fire Protection District Commissioner James Frehling, left, and Fire Chief Bart Lassman, far right, present a Department Commendation to Wood River Fire & Rescue volunteers firefighter/paramedic Chris Thomas, firefighter/EMT Ruune Haavik, center, and firefighter/paramedic Ryan Yates on Tuesday...Read full story

Timmerman crash victim in critical condition
October 29th, 2010
A Bellevue resident was in critical condition Thursday following a two-vehicle collision at Timmerman Junction, south of Bellevue...Read full story

New fire engine goes into service tomorrow
October 21st, 2010
Wood River Fire and Rescue recently purchased a new Rosenbauer Central States Pumper Tender...Read full story

Motorcycle crash victim in serious condition
September 24th, 2010
A 68-year-old Bellevue man injured in a motorcycle accident Wednesday morning in southern Hailey was listed in serious condition Thursday at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise...Read full story

Woman injured in rollover near Picabo
September 22nd, 2010
A 54-year-old Idaho Falls woman was treated and released at St. Luke's Wood River Medical Center after being injured in a single-vehicle rollover Saturday afternoon on U.S. Highway 20 about five miles west of Picabo...Read full story

Bellevue man dies in canyon rollover
September 8th, 2010
A 21-year-old Bellevue man was killed Sunday morning in a one-vehicle rollover accident in Muldoon Canyon...Read full story

2 injured in crash near Carey
August 18th, 2010
Two eastern Idaho residents were treated and released at St. Luke's Wood River Medical Center following a single-vehicle accident shortly before noon Saturday near Carey. ...Read full story

Fire consolidation study set to begin
July 14th, 2010
An independent consultant will take stock of south-county emergency fire and medical service agencies this summer...Read full story

Another car crash at Timmerman
June 18, 2010
Four people were injured Thursday morning in a two-vehicle accident at Timmerman Junction south of Bellevue...Read full story

Goofdellas
June 9th, 2010
Men. To put it in their words, "Yeah, cool." ...Read full story

Helping hand: Wood River firefighters make scholarship offer
April 13th, 2010
The Wood River Fire & Rescue Firefighters' Association has introduced a new scholarship program for the 2010-11 academic year...Read full story

Dog alerts sleeping owners to fire
March 10th, 2010
A shaggy dog named Gus saved his owners from a dangerous house fire Saturday night...Read full story





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