Forecast November 5, 2016
Hard to beat a day like today, but we might do it in the extended forecast with lots of sunshine ahead. Tonight, mostly clear with lows in the upper…
Continue ReadingHard to beat a day like today, but we might do it in the extended forecast with lots of sunshine ahead. Tonight, mostly clear with lows in the upper…
Continue Reading(via 6 On Your Side) The Pioneer Fire is officially 100% contained as of Thursday. The massive wildfire burned nearly 300 square miles and was the…
Continue ReadingPolice in Boise have arrested a man on sex charges after he showed up to meet with an underage child he’d met online and instead found…
Continue Reading(via ABC4 News) An Idaho Falls woman was arrested in Logan, Utah after a high speed chase near Utah University, Saturday morning. Logan Police said…
Continue ReadingUpdate 4:08 p.m.: The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office said there are no survivors. Original Story: The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office is…
Continue ReadingA domestic dispute call in Oneida County Friday turned into a foot chase and the arrest of a Colorado fugitive. Deputies responded to a call stating…
Continue ReadingThe final scores of Friday night’s football games in eastern Idaho and western Wyoming. For highlights, see www.localnews8.com/sports or the…
Continue ReadingAfter weeks of sitting idle, the wind turbines east of Idaho Falls will soon be back up and running. BP Wind Energy told KIFI/KIDK the turbines at…
Continue ReadingHigh school students from all over Idaho Falls learned the dangers of substance abuse Friday. The event was coordinated by the Bonneville Youth…
Continue ReadingWith a new year comes new insurance plans for some people. Blue Cross of Idaho is changing its network product. They are have removed the preferred…
Continue ReadingIdaho Department of Water Resources Director Gary Spackman has signed an order creating a Ground Water Management Area for the Eastern Snake Plain…
Continue ReadingHigh pressure remains in place with above average daytime highs, as temps push towards the high 50’s and lower 60’s for the Snake River…
Continue ReadingA Utah court fight over alcohol, sex and “Deadpool” is drawing in experts dueling over booze at suggestive movies and the artistic value…
Continue ReadingFederal transportation officials say the more than 400 miles of Interstate 15 through Utah are being marked with signs showing where alternative…
Continue ReadingA former U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service senior official who concealed working at a nonprofit organization has pleaded guilty to falsifying documents…
Continue ReadingAn 80-foot Englemann spruce has been cut down in western Idaho and is heading for Washington, D.C., to be decorated as the Capitol Christmas Tree.…
Continue ReadingPolice say a Wyoming woman drunkenly commandeered a state-owned forklift to move her own van that was blocking her driveway. Ashley Basich was…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Water Resource Board predicts more than 100,000 acre-feet of water will be recharged into the Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer this winter. The…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Division of Motor Vehicles has temporarily closed the Teton County office in Driggs. The office is converting to new software for…
Continue ReadingHigh pressure remains in place for the next several days with above average daytime highs, as temps push towards the high 50’s and lower…
Continue ReadingThere are many challenges for disabled people when it comes to voting, but new assisted technology is giving them a chance to share their voices by…
Continue ReadingWhen Toni Price was pregnant with her son Vince, she knew she would have to have a kidney transplant in order for him to live. At 20 months old, he…
Continue ReadingHundreds of people turned out Thursday to honor a popular Madison High School teacher who died while hiking last weekend. Larry Prescott, 56, was…
Continue ReadingPolice in Preston are still looking for burglars who broke into five businesses a couple weeks ago. On Thursday Groll Family Fitness, one of the…
Continue ReadingOn Thursday, people reacted to the new name and mascot for the new Bonneville School District high school. Wednesday night the district announced…
Continue ReadingSears is coming back to Pocatello – and just in time for Christmas. Tim England and his father, Doug, will be the owners. The store will be…
Continue ReadingPocatello Police responded to a fatal accident on Garrett Way in Pocatello at about 2 p.m. Thursday. When police arrived at the accident the male…
Continue ReadingThe Pocatello Fire Department is in need of some new equipment. The equipment will cost about $400,000. Pocatello city council will vote on Thursday…
Continue ReadingIdaho Falls police arrested Jerad R. Contreras, 27, for felony attempted strangulation. Police responded to a home in the 600 block of Westhill for a…
Continue ReadingHigh pressure remains in place for the next couple of days with above average daytime highs, with temps pushing towards the high 50’s and lower…
Continue ReadingBonneville County deputies were called to the 1800 block of Eagle Drive to investigate a shooting incident at approximately 10:40 p.m. Wednesday.…
Continue ReadingThis weekend marks the end of the season at Yellowstone National Park. On Monday November 7th almost all entrances to the park will close in…
Continue ReadingAn Idaho construction company is formally appealing findings that it failed to properly train and protect its employees. The Idaho Statesman reports…
Continue ReadingA former sheriff’s deputy in central Idaho accused of stealing from a police program intended to create positive relationships with local…
Continue ReadingThe Bonneville Joint School District #93 has selected a new name for its new high school scheduled to open in the Fall of 2018. The D93 Board of…
Continue ReadingThe Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a possible shooting in the 1300 block of Eagle Dr. in Ammon. We have a reporter there…
Continue ReadingPocatello Police arrested Dustin Thomas Sweeney, 31, after officers pulled over his vehicle in the 1300 block of North Grant at around 4:30 a.m.…
Continue ReadingUpdate 11/2/2016 4:30 pm: The Bonneville County Sheriff’s office has released the name of the man killed in a construction accident Tuesday.…
Continue ReadingA very strong ridge of high pressure is in place across the West and is here to stay for quite some time. That means sunshine and well above average…
Continue ReadingAn Idaho Falls family says they’re going viral after a video of the mom singing to her 3 year-old in his final moments reaches nearly 100,000…
Continue ReadingIdaho is doling out $11.2 million to help students in K-3 grades who are struggling with reading. The funds are distributed at a district level.…
Continue ReadingPolice have arrested a Taco Bell worker in Utah accused of punching and kicking a customer who was creating a disturbance and fighting with…
Continue ReadingPower County has a rare bond up for vote on the upcoming ballot. The bond is $8 million to buy industrial water rights. The water rights would be…
Continue ReadingA West Jefferson High School student has become the star of the school’s news broadcast. Junior Wylee Morton has Down Syndrome, and his…
Continue ReadingEagle Rock Middle School in Idaho Falls had a freaky Friday sort of day. Even though it’s not Friday 7th grader Mason Colvin won this…
Continue ReadingIdaho Fish and Game is asking for the public’s help to gather information about two mule deer bucks that were left to waste in Power County.…
Continue ReadingAs a very strong ridge of high pressure builds back in across the West expect a nice long stretch of sunshine and drier weather ahead with freezing…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Fish and Game Department has issued a salvage order for the Dry Bed Canal on the South Fork of the Snake River. The salvage took effect…
Continue ReadingRepublican U.S. Rep. Raul Labrador has contributed to more than 40 GOP candidates running in legislative races across Idaho, as well as giving…
Continue ReadingThree of four wolves fitted with tracking collars in a central Idaho wilderness area last year by state officials without federal approval are…
Continue ReadingThe expected arrival in custody in Nevada of two of rancher Cliven Bundy’s sons following their acquittal on federal charges in Oregon is…
Continue ReadingClayton Scott, 18, was sentenced to two years probation and 80 hours of community service Tuesday for his misdemeanor vehicular-manslaughter charge.…
Continue ReadingResidential building permits in Wyoming are down nearly 13 percent compared to last year. State economist Jim Robinson blames the decrease on the…
Continue ReadingIt’s been over a year-and-a-half since the United State Postal Service stopped some mail processing services at it’s Pocatello location.…
Continue ReadingAs a very strong ridge of high pressure builds back in across the West expect a nice long stretch of sunshine and drier weather ahead with freezing…
Continue ReadingUPDATE: 11/01/17 7:35 p.m. Idaho state police have released the names of those involved in a deadly crash on Highway 75 in Custer County Tuesday…
Continue ReadingSeveral areas in the region broke their October rainfall records this year, according to the National Weather Service. Pocatello, Burley and Stanley…
Continue ReadingKids lined up Kidds Dental in Pocatello to get their candy weighed in exchange for dollars in their pocket. It was part of Kidds Dental eighth annual…
Continue ReadingA local Rexburg family whose newborn baby was accidentally burned by heat packs in the care of a Madison County Fire Department paramedic has settled…
Continue ReadingThe following is a press release from the National Park Service: Five defendants from the Canadian group High On Life appeared Tuesday, November 1,…
Continue ReadingIt may seem a bit soon to talk about the new year but not when it comes to health insurance. Your Health Idaho’s open enrollment for 2017 began…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho National Laboratory is expanding its testing environment to allow more flexibility in its testing of new technologies. Power distribution…
Continue ReadingA new hotel is coming to Soda Springs and on Tuesday, the city held a groundbreaking for it. The hotel will be on the main road running through town,…
Continue ReadingIdaho Falls School District put out new request for qualifications for contract managers and design services.The board of trustees is trying to…
Continue ReadingUpdate 11/01/2016: Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office confirmed it is still investigating the home invasion and shooting that occurred on…
Continue ReadingThe final cost of Teton County, Wyoming’s Grove, Phase II affordable housing project totaled $6,437,975. Jackson/Teton County Affordable…
Continue ReadingCool and sunny with high pressure returning across the West. Overnight, we’ll see some light scattered snow showers into the mountains, with…
Continue ReadingWyoming’s fourth- and eighth-grade students continue to score higher than the national average in science. The Wyoming Department of Education…
Continue ReadingSome of Utah’s top Republicans are urging their fellow conservatives to unite around Donald Trump as the billionaire candidate’s lead in…
Continue ReadingUpdate: An inmate who escaped from the Canyon County jail sometime Tuesday morning has been taken into custody. Authorities captured 27-year-old…
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