Month: January 2026

Seth Ratliff

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) — Idaho Falls resident Josh Hartfield is heading home with a lot more horsepower than he started with. The local farmer recently claimed the second top prize in the Idaho Lottery’s Bucks n’ Trucks Scratch game, walking away with a fully loaded Ford F-150 Tremor and $10,000 in cash.

While many players rely on pure luck, Hartfield takes a more calculated approach. While traveling through Northern Idaho for work, he stopped at the Super Store in Post Falls specifically to hunt for games nearing their end. Little did he know he’d leave the lucky winner of a new set of wheels.

“I do my research on the Scratch games, especially when games are close to selling out. If there’s a Scratch game that looks like it’s about to end, I’ll stop at places along the way and buy a few at a time,” said Hatfield.  “I was looking for tickets on the game $200,000 Cash Spectacular. But I also knew that Bucks n’ Trucks was close to ending as well. When I saw them, I got a handful.”

Hartfield was originally scouting for $200,000 Cash Spectacular tickets, but his research led him to Bucks n’ Trucks, which was also on the verge of ending. At the time of his purchase, the game was 99.43% sold out.

“I have fun playing, trying to find the last tickets on a game, trying to help it get sold out, and maybe win, too,” added Hatfield.

With Hartfield claiming this final top prize, the Bucks n’ Trucks game has officially ended. However, Idaho Lottery Officials say one more truck remains up for grabs for those who didn’t find a winning ticket in the wild.

Players have until February 19, 2026, at 11:59 pm MT to enter any non-winning tickets into the Idaho Lottery’s VIP Club for a chance to win the third and final Ford F-150 Tremor.  The second-chance truck winner will be announced by February 26, 2026, at 3:00 pm MT.

For more information, click HERE. According to the Idaho Lottery website, lottery dividends benefit public education, with every play benefiting Idaho’s schools, students, and property taxpayers.

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Originally Published: 29 JAN 26 17:00 ET

By Shelby Lofton

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    TOOELE (KSL) — A fire destroyed a Tooele couple’s home and took the life of one of their pets Friday night.

It happened about 6 p.m.

“We were actually just getting ready to eat a roast,” homeowner Brittany Johnson said. “Our fire alarms started to go off, which sometimes they randomly do that anyway, which is a little inconvenient, but, if we shower, hot water is running too long, they just kind of go off and do their own thing.”

She said they didn’t rush to get up because their smoke alarms have a history of being sensitive.

Johnson said she tried to fan the smoke alarm, but it didn’t work. That’s when they rounded up their cats and five dogs.

“We felt an insane explosion,” Johnson said. “I lost my hearing for probably about two minutes. Everything was very muffled. I remember my husband screaming my name.”

Smoke was coming from their swamp cooler.

They ran outside to safety with their pets.

Johnson said several fire trucks came to her house, and she remembers they spent 12 hours looking over every corner of her home.

“There was for sure a very large explosion,” she said. “Personally, my guess is faulty wiring, but investigators from insurance should be coming out sometime this week.”

Firefighters haven’t shared the official cause.

They did find one of the Johnsons’ pets inside, border collie-Aussie mix, Kenzie. Johnson said she died from smoke inhalation.

“I’m pretty sure she did come out when we were out, when we were trying to gather all of the animals out,” Johnson said. “Unfortunately, she was kind of skittish, and she actually had, ironically, in that room that we saw the flames firsthand, she actually had a little closet area that she would go and hide.”

The Johnsons said Brittany’s clothing, furniture and so much more is destroyed. It could be nine to 12 months before they’re back home.

“Just to see everything that you’ve built, the first quarter of our lives is just, it’s gone,” Johnson said.

They’re intent on staying in Tooele, where they run Coffee Barn and where they have a community.

“There has been multiple businesses, even some of our competitors have come out and donated a proceeds of their sales to us,” Johnson said. “We’ve never felt alone in this, not once.”

The Johnsons’ family members set up a GoFundMe* to help them with expenses.

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