Month: August 2017

The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality has lifted its stage one air quality advisory for Pocatello, Chubbuck, Bannock, and Franklin Counties.…

The City of Rexburg, the Rexburg Area Chamber of Commerce and Madison Eclipse Committee is sponsoring an “Eclipse Community Forum” on…

An active weather pattern continues for this week, with an increase in moisture from the south. Thunderstorms with gusty out-flow winds across the…

Idaho State Police report a male juvenile was injured when the 1997 Ford F150 pickup he was driving went off the highway west of Dubois. The crash…

Tragedy has struck again for an Idaho family after a second child died stemming from a swimming incident in the river in Morton Slough. The Bonner…

Police say one or more thieves in Wyoming have made off with more than $115,000 worth of art. The Jackson Hole News & Guide reports several…

The Idaho Public Utilities Commission reports they’ve spoken to all phone carriers/providers and all said the transition to 10 digit dialing…

Officials with Idaho’s welfare agency say six employees no longer are employed at a treatment center for people with severe disabilities after…

Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter has announced Idaho Department of Labor Director Ken Edmunds has resigned effective immediately. Otter’s…

Idaho State Police have identified a jogger who was fatally struck by a log truck. The Bonner County Daily Bee reported Tuesday state police say…

Zoo Idaho will be saying thanks to those who serve on Saturday, August 12 with its Ninth Annual Military Family Appreciation Day. The zoo will be…

Tuesday’s fire plan will include dispatching engines and crews to work the eastern side of the fire in conjunction with helicopters dropping…

Idaho Falls Power is proposing a six percent rate increase after Bonneville Power Administration announced its rate increases. Bonneville Power…

An increase in moisture from the south will lead to thunderstorms in the afternoon across the region. The highest chances are for the Central…

The Bannock County Sheriff’s Office says they’ve received numerous calls from concerned citizens regarding any immediate danger to homes…

Idaho State Police investigated a one-vehicle injury crash on US20 at milepost 313, near the Hitt Road exit, near Ucon Monday around 9:18 a.m.…

(UPDATE: 8/07/17 9:00 p.m.) A gas leak in the 100 block of 6th, 7th, and 8th Streets has been stopped. People living in the evacuation area are being…

A southeastern Wyoming mother is charged with misdemeanor child endangering for the death of her 4-month-old baby, who was left in a car seat for…

Officials in southwestern Montana have identified the Idaho woman and two young cousins who were killed in a rollover crash on Interstate 90 near…

Eastern Idaho Public Health and the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) issued a health advisory Monday for Henrys Lake, Idaho. Water…

The American Red Cross urges blood donors to give in the final weeks of summer to help overcome a chronic summer blood shortage. Those who donated…

The Idaho Transportation Department warns you to expect ramp closures and lane restrictions on Interstate 15 near Shelley and Idaho Falls this week…

Stage One Fire Restrictions have been ordered for 16 eastern Idaho counties beginning at 12:01 a.m. on August 14. The Bureau of Land Management and…

An increase in moisture from the south will lead to thunderstorms in the afternoon across the region. The highest chances are for the Central…

Most elementary school students won’t be heading back to school for several weeks, but some kids are getting a head start on the semester…

A Wyoming couple died in an all-terrain vehicle crash on a U.S. Forest Service road in northwestern Wyoming. The Park County sheriff’s office…

The Madison County Sheriff Office warns you of a recent scam going around the area. According to officials, the scammer is pretending to be Sgt.…

The American Civil Liberties Union has sent record requests to Republican attorneys general in 10 states and Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch”…

Smoke from the Ibex and other fires in the region is impacting Challis and surrounding areas. A smoke sensor is now located in Challis, and you can…

President Donald Trump has approved a disaster declaration for Wyoming’s flood-affected Fremont and Park counties, including the Wind River…

Idaho Gov. C. L. “Butch” Otter is continuing to recover at home following two surgeries and a subsequent infection. The Idaho Statesman…

Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center announced Judd Taylor as Chief Financial Officer to the hospital’s administrative team Monday. Taylor…

The Caribou County Sheriff’s Office is working to determine how an amount of marijuana found its way into a spare tire. According to Chief…

Idaho’s Secretary of State Lawerence Denney has sent President Donald Trump’s commission investigating alleged voter fraud an official…

Authorities in south-central Idaho say a man who shot and killed another man acted in self-defense and will not face homicide charges. But the Twin…

Idaho is putting up 61 Priest Lake lots for auction as part of an ongoing effort to remove the state from leasing land to cabin owners. The…

A Stage 1 air quality forecast and caution continues for Pocatello and Chubbuck Monday. According to the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality,…

The Mormon church says a missionary from Chile serving in Guatemala has died after coming into contact with a live electrical wire. The Church of…

UPDATE: 8-7-17 Victor Mayor Jeff Potter is expressing the community’s shock at the sexual assault that happened in the city early Friday…

UPDATE: 8-7 A passenger in the white Infinity died Saturday at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of injuries sustained in the crash. He was…

An increase in moisture from the south will lead to thunderstorms in the afternoon across the region. The highest chances are for the Central…

Officials with Idaho State Police are investigating after an Oregon man was killed by a Union Pacific freight train in eastern Idaho. According to…

Ross Parsons is surprised more people don’t go into teaching. But it wasn’t his original plan, either. Parsons’ first career was a…

Many places across Southeastern Idaho will see haze and smoke from wildfires in Idaho and even from other states. The Idaho Department of…

Pocatello citizens woke up to a surprising site this morning. Ash rained down onto cars, sidewalks and grass. The ash is coming from the Powerline…

Saturday, the parking lot of Holt Arena was filled with basketball hoops and players of all ages. It was the 4th annual Bill Parrish family memorial…

It’s almost that time of year again for back-to-school shopping. On Saturday, Pine Ridge Mall hosted a back-to-school fashion show to give…

Haze and smoke from wildfires in the area will limited visibility in some areas across Southeast Idaho. There is a slight chance of rain showers in…

The Fort Hall Fire Department responded to a wild land fire on Interstate 15 by mile marker 83 near Fort Hall Friday around 3:40 p.m. Officials…

The 54th annual Shoshone-Bannock Indian Festival is August 10th-13th. The festival has a long history and has drawn in dancers from all over the…

The city of Blackfoot is preparing to take down two landmarks. They are planning take down their two water towers. The towers have not been used…

UPDATE: 3:13 P.M. Firefighters said they believe the fire started in a field and burned up to the building, but did not involve the building. Some…

A Mexican federal court has made an unusual ruling that bans the import of U.S. potatoes on the grounds the imports violate Mexicans’ right to…

This week’s education news: Reading scores trend upward. The spring scores on the Idaho Reading Indicator are in, and the numbers are moving in…

There have been a number of brush and structure fires in the area over the last few days — and the result of that is causing smoke to fill the…

Police say a lightning strike at mountain lake injured three sisters in eastern Utah, leaving two in critical condition. Authorities said the girls…

Smoke from area wildfires will continue to hang around for the weekend. The thunderstorm threat remains very weak for this weekend, with only a…

A 20-year-old eastern Idaho man who killed two people in a drunk driving crash has been sentenced to three years, 10 months in prison. Ruben Wounded…

Public health officials are evaluating a group of people as a precaution after being exposed to wild Wyoming bats known to have rabies. The Jackson…

The Salmon-Challis National Forest is battling a 927-acre fire on the Middle Fork and North Fork Ranger Districts, near the confluence of Camas Creek…

The Idaho Department of Insurance revoked the insurance producer license of Jordan Tait of Rexburg for unfair trade practices and imposed an…

Crews are scheduled to begin replacing the water main lines on Zener Street and Hilliard Street in Pocatello Monday, August 7. According to…

A man doing construction work in northern Idaho was killed after a tractor with a rolling pin attached to the front tipped over and trapped him. The…

There is one more day until Idahoans have to dial 10 digits when calling. This is in preparation for the new area code 986 that will roll out next…

The family of an elderly and partially deaf Arizona man missing in the Uinta Mountains is pleading for volunteers to help find him. The Salt Lake…

Yellowstone National Park has decided to convert part of its bison trap into a temporary brucellosis quarantine facility. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle…

A woman has died after being struck by a logging truck in northern Idaho. Idaho State Police tell the Bonner County Daily Bee the woman died at the…

An assistant professor at the University of Wyoming died in a motorcycle crash during a hailstorm in Nevada. The Nevada Highway Patrol says…

UPDATE: 11:00 a.m. 8-4-17 The Lava Flow fire is continuing to actively burn on Bureau of Land Management rangeland about 5 miles south of Atomic…

A group called “Reclaim Idaho” is driving around the state advocating for affordable healthcare. The group stopped in Blackfoot this…

Most will remain in the 90s in the Snake River Plain for today. The thunderstorm threat remains very weak, with only a slight chance towards Island…

The National Weather Service has issued a Fire Weather Watch for Friday. “A system moving over the Canada/Idaho/Montana borders will bring…

A large structure fire started just after 7 p.m. southeast of Rigby Thursday night. Carl Anderson, the assistant fire chief with Central Fire…

A new billboard is going up in Pocatello and it has several people who live near it upset. Soon, cars driving South Valley Road and the South Valley…

The Caribou County sheriff says the quick actions of jail staff stopped an attempted escape July 31. In a press release posted on the Sheriff’s…

Love can be tricky to describe or explain. You can ask just about anyone and get a slightly different answer. However, Mona Xu, a professor at Idaho…

A Pocatello man will face first-degree arson charges in connection with the Bitterroot fire in Pocatello July 13. John Woods is accused of lighting…

The Pocatello Police Department reports it’s been taking numerous calls of thefts of and from trailers recently. Officials remind you to secure…

A Wyoming man is now secretary of the U.S. Navy. Richard Spencer was sworn in for the job Thursday in a ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.…

A Blackfoot church is now serving free lunch to kids. The Jason Lee Memorial United Methodist Church started serving lunch when the Blackfoot school…

A local woman and her daughter are going through a long international adoption process for a 4-year-old girl from Serbia with special needs. “I…

An 18-month-old Idaho boy who went missing from his home has been found dead in a canal. KBOI-TV reports Mason Cunningham’s body was found on…

Police have arrested a 24-year-old southwestern Idaho man following the death of a 5-month-old girl left in a hot car. The Caldwell Police Department…

Deaths in U.S. coal mines this year have surged ahead of last year’s, and federal safety officials say workers who are new to a mine have been…

Ozone levels in northern Utah’s murky air have reached their worst levels in nearly 10 years this summer. The Salt Lake Tribune reports hot…

Election officials say Republican primary ballots for the special election to replace U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz were mistakenly sent to 1,400…

Most will remain in the 90s in the Snake River Plain for Friday. The thunderstorm threat remains very weak, with only a slight chance in the mts for…

A dairymen group in south-central Idaho has sent a letter to Jerome County commissioners in opposition to a pending contract that would lease out…

Teton County, Wyoming is asking the Wyoming State Loan and Investment Board to approve an emergency $738,000 grant to address a landslide in the…

The lone provider of health insurance through the Affordable Care Act in Wyoming is proposing to raise rates for those customers by almost 50…

Idaho has confirmed its first human case of West Nile Virus (WNV) infection for 2017. It involved a Kootenai County man, over the age of 50. He is…

Six construction workers were injured when a building that was under construction collapsed in the southwestern Idaho town of Parma. KBOI-TV reports…

According to the Idaho Division of Veterans Services, 60 percent of veterans don’t know, or fully understand, their benefits. Wednesday night,…

The Rexburg community is rallying around two families after a single car rollover killed three people on a Montana highway last Friday. Olivia…

Jefferson County Commissioners have unanimously approved a resolution banning open fires during the weeks surrounding the solar eclipse August 21.…

Most will remain in the 90s in the Snake River Plain today, though we will be slightly cooler than yesterday. The thunderstorm threat remains very…

Since June, a swarm of more than 1,200 temblors have been rumbling near Yellowstone National Park, and now scientists are wondering if this could be…

The Grand Teton Stadium 14 movie theaters were evacuated because of smoke. It’s unknown at this time where the smoke is coming from.…

Blackfoot firefighters have contained a brush fire near the intersection of 520 North and 900 West. Some outbuildings were burned, but no homes were…

A judge has sentenced a woman who killed her husband for nagging her too much to 20-30 years in prison. Deborah Johnson, of Gillette, originally was…