Month: September 2018

The Pocatello City Council will hold a public hearing Thursday to consider an ordinance aimed at regulating the feeding of wildlife within city…

Utah authorities say more than half of car seats are installed incorrectly, a concerning number given that vehicle crashes are the leading cause of…

Proposition 2 is placed on the ballot for 2018. The initiative addresses the Medicaid gap, for those who don’t have medical insurance. 62…

A McCammon woman is charged with felony driving under the influence following a crash on US 30 Tuesday. Tiffany Hainline, 33, was traveling westbound…

High School football season is looking a little different this year. In fact, you’d hardly recognize former Local News 8 sports director Jeff…

Our next disturbance is rolling in for today, giving the Central Mountains a chance for showers, and more wind for the Snake River Plain. With this…

​​​​​Fire crews in Jefferson County responded to reports of a garage fire late Tuesday night. The fire broke out around 9 p.m., on the…

September is Chronic Pain Awareness Month. Chronic Pain is defined as ongoing pain with no biological value. Living with the condition can be…

BOYS H.S. SOCCER Thunder Ridge 1 Blackfoot 2 Burley 2 Century 10 Idaho Falls 1 Hillcrest 1 Rigby 1 Sugar-Salem 1 GIRLS H.S. SOCCER Century 0 Burley 6…

A man accused of walking dangerously close to Old Faithful Geyser may also have broken the rules by sitting next to a different thermal feature in…

Idaho Falls School District 91 is making sure its students and employees stay safe in an emergency. Superintendent George Boland sent a letter to…

For Heinz fans, a condiment prayer has been answered. Earlier this year, the Twitterverse went wild when someone posted a picture of…

UPDATE: The man has been identified as Gabriel Villalva, of Greeley, Colorado. ____ Yellowstone National Park officials say they’ve ticketed a…

Bonneville County Commissioners have set property tax levies for Fiscal Year 2018. The numbers will be sent to the Idaho State Tax Commission for…

Our next disturbance is rolling in for Wednesday, giving the Central Mountains a chance for showers, and more wind for the Snake River Plain. With…

A southwestern Idaho man who was charged with misdemeanor animal abuse after four of his horses were found dead in a pasture earlier this year will…

Lawyers are asking Boise’s U.S. District Court to issue a preliminary injunction blocking a new Idaho law requiring doctors to report extensive…

Unbelievable video out of Salem, New Hampshire. That’s where police say a man was caught on video allegedly using a young child to take items…

The Steamboat Geyser in Yellowstone National Park erupted for the 19th time in 2018 Monday morning. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the…

The Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office reports two individuals broke into Starlite Skating on Sept 14th. Officials report they stole a small…

Elizabeth Smart says she’s been assured that the woman who helped kidnap her when she was 14 and stood by as she was sexually assaulted will be…

A 42-year-old Wyoming man whose pickup truck ran out of gas was struck and killed while trying to flag down help in a construction zone on Interstate…

UPDATE: 9:05 a.m. All lanes of traffic have now been opened. Idaho State Police are investigating a crash on eastbound Interstate 86 at milepost 62…

Slightly above average high temperatures Tuesday, with plenty of sunshine and light breeze. A weak disturbance moves in for Wednesday, giving the…

The Madison County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the killing of a colt in Thornton. The owners of the colt live 4 to 5 miles away from the…

BOYS H.S. SOCCER Aberdeen 0Snake River 4 GIRLS H.S. SOCCER Shelley 0 Bonneville 8 Marsh Valley 8 American Falls 0 Aberdeen 1 Snake River…

In what is seeming to be a developing trend, another Bannock County resident has made a chain of purchases in the Old Town area of Pocatello. Matt…

UPDATE 9/17/18: The Bureau of Land Management reports the Indian Butte Fire, 8 miles northwest of Dubois, that started on Sept. 12 has burned 13,072…

Nonresident/second elk tags are selling fast and may sell out soon, according to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. Officials say nonresident elk…

Idaho Falls Police say they received another report of shots fired in Idaho Falls. Police report the incident occurred near the area of Smith’s…

A federal judge has invalidated a 2015 U.S. Forest Service decision that reauthorized a state of Wyoming elk feedground permit in the Jackson Hole…

An Idaho judge now says state prison officials can hold off on identifying where they obtain the drugs used in executions until a trial is held on…

U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced two Pocatello men were sentenced on federal gun charges last Wednesday. 34-year-old Jamey Lynn Doshier was…

Fremont County has decided to allow exemptions to burning restrictions for crop residue burning. But, the county laid out some strict requirements.…

The Latest on an Oregon man being sentenced for drunken behavior in national parks: 3:05 p.m. An Oregon man who was sentenced for drunken behavior in…

Idaho Falls Police reported Monday a robbery of a person occurred at 12th Street and Hoopes Avenue around 9:55 p.m. Sunday. Police say one individual…

Exceptionally dry conditions have moved fire danger to “very high” in western Wyoming. The last significant rainfall came in late August…

Grand Teton National Park officials are keeping a close eye on the 3.5 acre Leigh Canyon fire, one mile west of Leigh Lake. The fire is burning in…

Slightly above average high temperatures Tuesday, with plenty of sunshine and lighter winds. A weak disturbance moves in for Wednesday, giving the…

Saratoga Springs officials say they were able to thwart a social media threat related to Westlake High School that was discovered by the FBI.…

The Idaho Falls Police Department officially welcomed four new police officers Monday. Chief Bryce Johnson introduced the new recruits, Officer…

According to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 802 stations in Idaho, gasoline prices in the Gem State have fallen 1.3 cents per gallon in the past…

Ten Idaho volunteers with the American Red Cross of Greater Idaho deployed to Hurricane Florence over the weekend. The Red Cross said the group…

UPDATE 9/17/18: The Idaho Falls Animal Shelter has decided to temporarily halt taking in owner surrendered dogs until further notice. The shelter…

Potato lovers mashed together Saturday in Shelley for the 90th annual Spud Days. The day started off with a 5K and parade. Families lined the…

Yellowstone park officials say bison numbers are down from last year but still remain in a healthy range. The park’s 2018 bison population…

The body of a North Carolina infant who went missing in floodwaters was recovered Monday bringing the death toll from Florence to 20 in the…

We’ll see slightly above average high temperatures today and tomorrow with plenty of sunshine and lighter winds. A weak disturbance moves in…

The Eastern Idaho community came together this morning to raise awareness and put an end to Alzheimer’s. There were 500 participants in the…

This morning in Ross Park, Pocatello Pumped kicked off its second day of climbing competition. For the 37th year, the event has brought climbers into…

UPDATE 9/16/18 2:27 p.m.: Wyoming officials have trapped and killed two grizzly bears they believe killed Mark Uptain. Game and Fish Department…

UPDATE 9/15/18 6:02 P.M.: The Fort Hall Fire Department responded to a structural fire south of the Pocatello Airport at 1:09 P.M. People inside…

Two people are in the hospital after a car crash just west of Pocatello. According to Idaho State Police, Parker Hall of Pocatello and a juvenile…

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Teton Interagency firefighters responded to the Leigh Canyon Fire Saturday afternoon after reports of smoke in the area. Fire management staff are…

UPDATE 9/15/18 7:54 P.M.: All Idaho Falls Power customers have their power restored. The cause was an outage the Goshen Plant. ORIGINAL STORY: More…

Idaho Power is reporting about 132 customers are without power in the Blackfoot area. Most of the customers affected are on Highway 26. Highway 39,…

The Idaho Falls community celebrated LGBTQ pride with a festival along the Greenbelt today. Festival goers donned rainbow flags with pride at the…

High School football scores for Friday, September 14 Skyline – 35Blackfoot – 21 Rigby – 6Eastside Catholic (WA) – 35…

As we wrapped up the Eastern Idaho State fair last week, another fair is coming to eastern Idaho; the East Idaho Kids Fair. It will be two days of…

Museum of Idaho brings a couple of events to keep eastern Idaho busy this weekend. The Museum is hosting the Steampunk Street Party and the…

The 116th Engineer Battalion is having its 50 year reunion Friday and Saturday night at the Elks Lodge in Idaho Falls. The battalion was activated…

The Lincoln County School District in Afton, Wyoming reports a 9th-grade student died from an accident on Wednesday. Ryder Haderlie was a student at…

An elk knocked a man to the ground in Yellowstone Thursday. Boyce Schall captured this video of two bull elk fighting in Mammoth Hot Spring when one…

Montana wildlife officials say a freight train struck and killed a 2-year-old grizzly bear near West Glacier. The bear’s death on Monday was…

Wyoming hunters and fishermen can pick up a free canister of bear spray at the National Elk Refuge Thursday, September 20. The refuge and Wyoming…

A cold front is sweeping in for the weekend. We’ll see a few isolated thunderstorms, but for the most part our weather will be dry and windy.…

The marketing organization for commercial potato growers in the United States says potato exports fell in all categories in July compared to the same…

There was good news for Idaho Walmart associates this month. The company announced it handed out $1.56 million in second quarter bonuses in their…

UPDATE: The Rexburg Animal Shelter reports the person who left the dog has been contacted, and the situation should soon be resolved. _____ Rexburg…

Wyoming Game and Fish personnel trapped and relocated a sub-adult male grizzly bear Wednesday. The animal was captured after it killed cattle on…

A cold front is sliding through the region Friday night and Saturday. We are expecting a very windy afternoon for Saturday, along with a few…

For the first time, the Distinguished Under 40 honoree group will be expanded to 11 recipients to include a very special individual. Jesse Brown will…

The city of Idaho Falls’ contractors will begin seal-coating South Boulevard north of 17th Street to the Northgate Mile Saturday. But, people…

A 31-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to two counts of felony injury to a child following a car fire that killed one of her children and injured…

Idaho Falls Police are asking for public help in identifying a person of interest as part of an investigation into a recent fraud case. Additional…

The city of Idaho Falls has accepted a $257,000 gift from the William J. and Shirley A. Maeck Family Foundation. The money will help purchase and…

We’ll start to warm up today and through Saturday. However, winds will be an issue each afternoon through the weekend. There is a chance for…

On Wednesday, the FDA declared youth vaping a national epidemic. The reason is because the FDA feels it is a growing problem that poses a serious…

BOYS H.S. SOCCER Bonneville 1 Highland 7 Hillcrest 1 Thunder Ridge 1 Madison 1 Idaho Falls 1 GIRLS H.S. SOCCER Madison 8 Idaho Falls 2 HIGH SCHOOL…

The Thunder Ridge High School student council is paying it forward to a school on the other side of the world. The school is in Kabul, Afghanistan…

The Idaho Department of Corrections is holding a resource fair set for this afternoon, Thursday, September 13. This is the first resources fair…

Changes are coming to how Idaho Falls power deals with accounts that are past due. Any delinquent account with a balance more than 30 days past due…

Subway restaurants in Idaho Falls teamed up with the Meals on Wheels program to provide meals to senior citizens. From September 3 to 30, customers…

UPDATE 9/13/18 5:00 p.m. Police say they have no leads to follow up on besides the shell casings found at Chestnut. “This is a very uncommon…

Idaho Falls School Board Trustee Lisa Burtenshaw has resigned. Burtenshaw represented Zone 3, which includes the neighborhoods of Theresa Bunker,…

An area of low pressure will continue to work in from the northwest. A few showers are likely through Central Idaho and areas near the Montana…

Second District Congressman Mike Simpson has successfully guided the Energy and Water Development Appropriations bill through the House Thursday. By…

The Latest on Elizabeth Smart’s reaction to the release of one of her kidnappers.4:15 p.m. Elizabeth Smart says she has no desire to talk to…

Legislation is on its way to President Trump that would create partnerships between private-sector innovators in nuclear energy and federal…

Idaho Falls Police were dispatched to the Common Cents convenience store at 1940 W. Broadway for an unresponsive 3 week old baby. The call came in at…

The House Judiciary Committee has approved legislation that would authorize a third U.S. District Judge for Idaho. Representative Raul Labrador is a…

The Jackson Police Department is trying to contact the owners of what officials describe as a “light brown and white pit bull looking”…

BREAKING 10:55 a.m.: A U.S. judge has delayed for two more weeks the first grizzly bear hunts to be held in the Lower 48 states in almost three…

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After 32 and a half years in the field of education, Jefferson School District 251 Superintendent Lisa Sherick has announced she will retire in…