Month: February 2016

The City Club of Idaho Falls hosts a conference Thursday to discuss employment, wages, income inequality and the disability policy. Federal Reserve…

Pocatello Police arrested two women at 709 N. 5th at around 2:20 p.m. Wednesday on felony drug charges. According to reports, an officer recognized…

Panthers defensive end Jared Allen announced his retirement from football on Twitter in unique fashion – from atop a horse. Allen, who often…

BOYS H.S. BASKETBALL3A DISTRICT 6 TOURNAMENT**Shelley 58Sugar-Salem 44 Teton 25**South Fremont 32 2A DISTRICT 5 TOURNAMENTBear Lake 39**Soda Springs…

A letter sent to the state suggest Bonneville School District 93 and Hughes General Contractors broke the law. However, Hughes General Contractors…

Neighbors near the Oregon Trail Gun Range in Bannock County can rest a little easier tonight. Commissioners agreed to increase safety of the gun…

According to Pocatellan Blaise Smith, dodging potholes is a normal part of driving in the Gate City. “You see new ones all the time,”…

Warmer weather means no more snow and ice. But melting snow means more water and possible flooding. Pocatello city officials said so far they…

If you’ve been thinking about getting out of your timeshare, it’s not as easy as you may think. Scammers prey on timeshare owners,…

Pending Wyoming budget bills could end a popular property tax refund program. Teton County, Wyoming Treasurer Donna Baur said the action would affect…

Two men were arrested Tuesday night after a brief high speed chase in Bonneville County. Zachary R. Raymond, 20, of Hamer and Ethan A. Zimmerman,19,…

Ken Covert has been living in the Mink Creek area for 30 years. When he first heard about the proposed Deer Valley Reserve subdivision, he…

Have you seen the recent cover of Barrel Horse News? Vauna Walker is on the page with the horse she trains, Famous Shiney Hiney. Shiney is the 2015…

BOYS H.S. BASKETBALL5A DIST. 5-6 TOURNAMENT**Skyline 79Idaho Falls 68 **Bonneville 66Hillcrest 61 4A DISTRICT 5-6 TOURNAMENTBlackfoot 44**Pocatello…

Madison School District said it wants to save taxpayers money to the tune of $1.2 and $2 million over the next 12 years. That’s IF the school…

Update: The Pocatello Police Department says they have identified the person they say made a non specific threat against schools in Pocatello. The…

The City of Idaho Falls announced it’s community college panel members Tuesday. They will be in charge of gathering data surrounding the…

Water fountains at Ucon Elementary School were wrapped up and out of service Tuesday after high levels of lead was found in one of them last week.…

Bingham County Prosecutor Cleve Colson announced today that Lane Edward Carroll, a 46-year-old of Knoxville, Tennessee, is being charged on one count…

UPDATE: Lemhi County Prosecutor Paul Withers has dropped a charge of Voluntary Manslaughter previously filed against Jedidiah Barton of Boise.…

The Valentine’s Day house fire in Idaho Falls could have been a lot worse than it was. While the garage is a complete loss, the rest of the…

A study by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy shows about 40% of teens are sexting. On Monday, an Idaho lawmaker introduced new…

A Jerome man whose first-degree murder conviction was overturned after more than 30 years is back behind bars on investigation of assault. KTVB-TV…

Like most people, Eva Sorrentino picked her SUV for good mileage, but driving to Rigby from Pocatello nearly every weekend to visit her parents can…

BOYS H.S. BASKETBALL3A DIST. 6 TOURNAMENTShelley 51**South Fremont 55 F/OT **Teton 53 Sugar-Salem 47 2A DIST. 6 TOURNAMENTSalmon 29**Firth 70 **Ririe…

The safety of drinking water is on everyone’s mind. It started nationally with the contaminated water in Flint, Michigan, then it hit close to…

Recent rain and wind may not be ideal for skiers but is it keeping them off the slopes on President’s Day? The slopes at Pebble Creek Ski…

Michael has worked for Local News 8 since the Summer of 2006. He started work on the early morning newscasts for several years before accepting a…

Idaho Falls Power customers in the Ironwood and Alice Dickson subdivisions will experience a short outage Tuesday, as crews upgrade the distribution…

Two men were arrested Saturday after a traffic stop west of Laramie, Wyoming with 292 pounds of marijuana. The Wyoming Highway Patrol says a trooper…

Representative Greg Chaney (R-Caldwell) introduced a bill today in the House Judiciary and Rules Committee aimed at revamping Idaho’s obscenity…

Several fire engines from the Idaho Falls Fire Department responded to a house fire on Shady Pine Drive in Idaho Falls late Sunday night. The…

After roaming around town all morning, four moose were captured by Idaho Fish and Game. Police confirmed all four were captured around 2:46 p.m.…

Love one another. People think that’s the message of Valentine’s Day. But according to the National Research Center, consumers spend an…

The Idaho Potato Museum in Blackfoot attracts thousands of visitors from across the globe yearly. The museum was built in 1912 and has had…

Girls Scores: Ririe-44 West Jefferson-50 Grace-61 Challis-49 Salmon River-74…

The big food drive kicks off tonight at the First Presbyterian Church in Pocatello, where local talent will be showcasing their musicwith a concert.…

BOYS H.S. BASKETBALL**Madison 88Blackfoot 44 Rigby 41**Skyline 59 Bonneville 73**Burley 83 F/OT Hillcrest 31**Minico 60 Idaho Falls 49**Century 53…

Officials with School District 93 have confirmed that lead was found in at least one of the hallway drinking fountains at Ucon Elementary School.…

Idaho Falls firefighters extinguished a off-road vehicle fire Friday afternoon. The fire started around 4:15 p.m., on the 600 block of Garfield. An…

Pocatello Mayor, Brian Blad and Chubbuck Mayor, Kevin England held a meeting Friday morning at City Hall to discuss solutions for mail processing…

Valentine’s Day is filled with dinner, roses, and chocolates for the ladies, but what do the men want? That’s something that Local News 8…

Madison School District is participating in National Start With Hello Week. Start with Hello teaches students, from kindergarten through high school,…

The Hispanic population in Idaho is booming and will continue to be a greater percentage of the population in coming years. That’s the…

Ah, February. The month of love. It brings red roses, boxes of chocolates, and valentines to mind. It’s also a pretty popular time of the year…

Idaho Falls Police are investigating an accident Thursday night on the corner of Woodruff Avenue and First Street. Officers say a Ford Ranger pickup…

There were two planned shipments of spent nuclear fuel rods – proposed to end up at the Idaho National Laboratory. The shipments are small,…

Hughes General Contractors’ of Utah will be in charge of building Bonneville District 93’s new high school. The district’s decision…

Pocatello Firefighters and Pocatello Police were called to the Pressbox Bar & Grill on Yellowstone Road Thursday night for report of smoke coming…

GIRLS SCORES Ririe-36 West Jefferson-27 (There will be one more game Saturday night) Challis-50 Grace-44 Sho-Ban -51 Mackay -37 Richfield -46…

The Pocatello Planning and Zoning Commission has cleared the way for the Idaho Distance Education Academy to expand. The Idaho Education Academy is…

Approximately 1.3 million women and 835,000 men are physically assaulted by an intimate partner annually in the United States. The Family Crisis…

The Bannock County Sheriff’s Office says they have arrested the man who made a phone call bomb threat against the county courthouse on January…

After a total of seven bomb threats, Bannock County Commissioners held a department head meeting Wednesday morning to address the need for safety in…

One woman has died in an auto accident on highway 26 west of Moreland Wednesday evening. Idaho State Police report the accident happened around 7…

GIRLS H.S. BASKETBALLCarey 31**Richfield 44 West Side 38**Soda Springs 48 **Dietrich 51Castleford 49 BOYS H.S. BASKETBALLSkyline 58**Hillcrest 66…

Most students at Idaho State University like the idea of freezing tuition for students, in light of an Idaho Senate panel introducing legislation to…

It’s a program many people don’t know even exists. When they do find out about it, they get the wrong impression of what it does and who…

UPDATE: According to the Director of Public Affairs of Union Pacific Nathan Anderson, the railway should be cleared by noon Thursday. Cleaning crews…

District 93 continues to work on building a new high school to deal with overcrowding. District leaders held three meetings Wednesday night to…

Chubbuck police are looking for two suspects after an armed robbery early Wednesday morning. It happened at Jackson’s Gas Station located at…

Twenty local students got a behind the scenes look at local government during Youth in Government Day on Wednesday. Members of the Pocatello Youth…

Mountain Valley Elementary School has dedicated an entire week to science. Over 160 children participated in the science fair, where more than 150…

The Idaho House passed a bill Tuesday that would have a major impact on property taxes. Bonneville County Assessor P. Blake Mueller said…

Update 2/10 11:15 a.m:On February 9th at approximately 4:37pm a Bonneville County Sheriff’s Deputy attempted to stop a maroon Lincoln Town Car…

The Idaho Transportation Department says construction of the Thornton Interchange overpass on U.S. Highway 20 will begin in March. It should be…

Kim Thompson, 49, of Rigby, Idaho, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court to bankruptcy fraud, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.…

The U.S. Attorney’s office announced Wednesday that Danny Henderson, 42, of Burley, Idaho, has pleaded guilty to possessing and distributing…

The scheduled closure of Brigham Young University’s paramedic program brings with it the end of a valuable partnership between the university…

An Idaho board in charge of killing problem wolves kept information from a state senator during a recent budget hearing. The Spokesman-Review reports…

A Blackfoot man was hospitalized at around 6:35 a.m. Wednesday after his 1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee crashed on US Highway 91 at Cemetery Road in Fort…

GIRLS DISTRICT H.S. BASKETBALL**Idaho Falls 55 Bonneville 47 **Highland 69Hillcrest 48 Rigby 25**Century 32 Pocatello 29**Preston 49 Shelley…

Monte Rasmussen has lived across the street from Alameda Park since 1984. Besides people watching, he likes the year-round recreation the park can…

Drivers are enjoying some the lowest gas prices at the pump in years, and gas prices are continuing to drop. According to GasBuddy.com the average…

Henry’s Fork Watershed Council held a public meeting Tuesday discussing details on the proposed boat ramp project. The proposed site is west of…

Students of the Compass Academy are doing their part to help raise awareness about mental illness. Today they donated $2,500 to the Behavioral Health…

You could be seeing new power lines through Power and Cassia counties soon. But if landowners have their way the power won’t be on their…

Tanner Cox appeared in court today for sentencing after being found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. Judge Pickett sentenced Cox to 10 years in…

The U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals has temporarily halted the desertion case against Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who walked off an outpost in…

Joaquin Broncho, 19, of Fort Hall, Idaho, pleaded guilty today to voluntary manslaughter in United States District Court according toU.S. Attorney…

The Teton County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue team assisted with 3 different rescue efforts on Monday. The first search started…

Eastern Idaho is getting some much-needed help in reducing crime rates. James Dalton was named the new Special Assistant U.S. Attorney for Eastern…

Downtown Idaho Falls will be getting a little bit busier in the coming years as the city brings in more residential options. “We’ve…

You could be seeing some changes to the bus routes in Pocatello. For the past five months Pocatello Regional Transit has held a public comment period…

Get ready to ring in the new year. Billions of people across the globe are celebrating the 2016 Chinese New Year. The lunar new year starts after the…

The Idaho Falls Fire Department responded to a small apartment fire Monday afternoon. When fire fighters entered the apartment at 1638 Ashment in…

KIFI Local News 8 and KIDK Eyewitness News is looking for a part-time Video Editor.Thecandidate isresponsible for editing local and national video…

The Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office has arrested Spencer A. Wagner for burglary and two felony counts of possession of a controlled…

Several businesses in an area of 17th Street west of Jennie Lee Drive area being affected by a water main break Monday morning. City crews had…

Update: 9 a.m. Monday Intermountain Gas Company says the release of excess pressure at one of its regulator stations sent steam into the air and…

Even though Jeff Dean’s favorite football team, the Seattle Seahawks, didn’t make the Super Bowl this year, he’s still excited for…

There’s a proposal to build a gravel pit in the Thornton area. People around the rural location have major concerns. “It’s the…

Imagine being arrested for standing up for what you believe in. That’s what happened to one man now sitting in a jail in Congo. Now his brother…

Landing a job isn’t the easiest task, and it’s even more difficult if you’re young and have a disability. Transitions is a company…

Girls High School Basketball Shelley-54 Sugar-Salem-52 Sho-ban-45 Clark County-35 Snake River-46 American Falls-14 North Gem-35 Leadore-34 OT Boys…

Pocatello legislators brought the community up to speed with what’s going on so far in the 2016 legislative session. Reps. Elaine Smith and…

Sunday’s big game has the nation in party-prep mode. The Press Box Sports Bar in Pocatello has just that going on from prize giveaways to tasty…

Idaho Falls police say Christopher Lee Derrick was a part of an armed robbery that took place in January. Derrick was arraigned Friday afternoon on…

BOYS H.S. BASKETBALLIdaho Falls 59**Madison 68 **Highland 75Hillcrest 61 Bonneville 56**Skyline 62 Blackfoot 39**Preston 63 **Pocatello 63Century 39…