City Council Adopts New Zoning Map

The Blackfoot City Council adopts a new Zoning Map at the February 5, 2019 City Council meeting.  This map is descriptive of not only the City's Zoning, but the Bingham County Impact Area Zoning as well.  The City antic...

Army Corps Offers Grant Award to the City of Blackfoot

The Army Corps of Engineers has offered a grant award to the City of Blackfoot in the amount of $1,866,000, minus the City's match of $466,666 and administrative costs.  This would be used to partially fund the Phase II project at the Wastewater ...

The City of Blackfoot Achieved Premier Blood Partner Status

The City of Blackfoot and Bingham County achieved Premier Blood Partner status for their work with the Red Cross!  We would like to thank all of our amazing donors - you know who you are - for always being there when we call.  We couldn'...

Blackfoot is a Purple Heart City

The City of Blackfoot has been recognized by the Military Order of the Purple Heart as being a Purple Heart City.  This designation is presented to Cities, Counties and States whom the Order feels show gratitude to the service members of the comm...

Blackfoot Recognized as a Tree City USA

City trees provide many benefits - clean air, clean water, shade and beauty to name a few.  But they also require an investment to remain healthy and sustainable.  To qualify as a Tree City USA community, the Arbor Day Foundation and the...

Blackfoot Council Passes Tiny House Ordinance

In February 2019, the City of Blackfoot Council passed a subdivision Ordinance for tiny houses within City limits and, to the best of our knowledge, it is the first tiny house subdivision Ordinance in Idaho.  Tiny houses provide a great benefit t...

City Purchases New Pumper Truck

The pumper truck, ordered in October 2017 from Rosenbauer America, took over 12 months to build and measures up at approximately 40 feet in length and 35,000 pounds.  One of the great benefits of the pumper, that was delivered on January 2 and pu...

Blackfoot Prepares for Flooding

In its efforts to assist its citizens with flood control, Bingham County will be providing sandbags, free of charge.  Sandbags may be found in the following locations:

Bingham County:  Moreland Park & The Cow Palace, 900 West 140 Sout...

Firefighters Promoted

In a ceremony held on Wednesday, January 30, 2019 and hosted by Fire Chief, Kevin Gray, Avery St John and Brian Christiansen were promoted from Probationary Firefighters to First Class Firefighters.  Also promoted during the ceremony were Bryon H...

Vehicles Prohibited From Parking Overnight on Downtown Streets

As we continue to see more snow, residents should remember that City Code prohibits overnight vehicle parking downtown in the winter months.

City Code (Ordinance 2150) prohibits overnight parking of any vehicle between the hours of 2:00 AM and 7:00 AM from...

New City Web Site Provides Additional Features

By clicking “Log In” on the MyAccount bar at the top of the screen, users may create a login for the site or use their Facebook profile to access MyAccount.  Once logged in, visitors may choose the modules, features and keywords that they would l...