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1. What you should know about Twin Falls' uncontrolled intersections, and the process of installing signage (kmvt.com) — If you drive in Twin Falls, many of the intersections you use daily are actually uncontrolled, meaning no stop or yield signs, and city engineers are now studying whether to add signs at Jackson Street and Shoup Avenue after a school bus crash. Officials explain how right-of-way works, why stop signs aren't added everywhere, and what speed and attention they expect from local drivers.
2. Twin Falls City Council approves $102 million budget, keeps Flock cameras (kmvt.com) — Twin Falls residents will see a new $102 million city budget that lowers the tax rate while heavily funding police, fire, parks, and sidewalks, plus improvements to Fire Station No. 1 and police evidence facilities. Council members also narrowly voted to keep Flock license plate reader cameras, citing public safety benefits while pledging to monitor data privacy concerns.
3. Fulcher co-sponsors privacy bill with guardrails for Flock cameras (idahopress.com) — Twin Falls residents should know that local police Flock cameras were reportedly accessed by outside agencies for immigration searches, prompting the department to shut off a nationwide lookup tool. Now, Idaho Congressman Russ Fulcher is co-sponsoring a federal bill to require warrants and tighter guardrails when federal agencies tap into local surveillance systems like these cameras, responding to mounting privacy concerns across Idaho.
4. Legals for September, 3 2026 (bonnercountydailybee.com) — Twin Falls plays a central role in Idaho's new Kootenai River Basin water rights adjudication, with the Fifth Judicial District Court and Idaho Water Adjudications Court based here overseeing the process. Local readers who own or may buy water rights anywhere in the basin should note the June 4, 2027 filing deadline and that IDWR's Southern Region office on Addison Avenue in Twin Falls is a key contact point for claims and information.
5. Magic Valley farmers face tough choices as drought strains aquifer and depletes reservoirs (kivitv.com) — Farmers across the Magic Valley, including leaders on the Twin Falls Canal Company board, are cutting water use and shifting crops as drought drains reservoirs to about 11% capacity. State water officials report major aquifer losses despite recharge efforts, and local growers warn Twin Falls-area residents that 2027 could bring even tighter irrigation supplies without an unusually wet winter.
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