Over the ensuing years it increased publication to twice weekly, and then thrice weekly. On January 6, 1893, it became a newspaper with a weekly printing. The periodical began it existence as a political publication in 1890, as the Pocatello Tribune. The paper is published by Travis Quast, with Ian Fennell as managing editor. The Idaho State Journal is daily newspaper published in Pocatello, Idaho, United States, that serves southeast Idaho, including Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Caribou, Franklin, Power, and Oneida counties. October 1, 1949 74 years ago ( ) (current) Idaho State Journal building on Arthur Street in Pocatello, Idaho