CHUBBUCK — Local residents can typically expect a rather quiet and uncontentious election season in Pocatello's smaller northern neighbor, but talk of a recently resolved federal lawsuit could turn the Chubbuck mayoral race into a powder keg.

Chubbuck Mayor Kevin England recently spoke to the Idaho State Journal for the first time about a 2022 lawsuit filed against him and the city by his election opponent, Rodney Burch.

England, who's been mayor for nearly 12 years, said Chubbuck voters need to know about the lawsuit that made his "life a living nightmare for three and a half years."

Burch, Chubbuck's former public works director, defends his lawsuit as necessary, maintaining he was forced to resign over a differing vision of what's best for the city. Despite losing in court, Burch say

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