A compromise federal budget plan that would remove the threat of a government shutdown for two years won easy approval Thursday from the Republican-controlled U.S. House.

A 25-year-old Rexburg woman has been arrested after confessing to a string of burglaries.

Authorities say a teacher at a middle school in Malad has been charged with four felonies related to inappropriate sexual conduct with minors.

Yellowstone National Park is reopening for the winter.

The two health insurance companies offering coverage under the federal Affordable Care Act in Wyoming say the Internet site people must use to enroll is working better and they're seeing a sharp increase in people registering.

Air and ground teams have suspended their search for the plane carrying two Brigham Young University-Idaho students that lost contact near Yellow Pine.

On Wednesday, a Rexburg business cut the ribbon a new, expanded location.  It included several new employees, with promise of more to come. AvantGuard Monitoring Company is a third party, wholesale company that accepts phone calls on behalf of security companies.

Most temporary workers are hired during the holiday season, but how does that help you once that job is over?

Talking on your cell phone could possibly be more secure thanks to some researchers at Idaho State University and the Idaho National Laboratory. 

More people are signing up for Idaho's insurance exchange while Idaho ranks No. 12 for healthy states according to the United Health Foundation.

A man shot by a Bannock County deputy on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation has been arrested on a warrant.