Month: October 2018

UPDATE: Yellowstone National Park officials have identified the man as Dane M. Offutt, 29, of Big Sky, Montana. The cause of his death is still under…

As soon as disasters hit, the scammers swoop in. People are starting to see instances of that in our nation’s most recent disaster, Hurricane…

Remember when analog TV changed to digital? Well, TV is about to change again. It’s going to be called Next-gen TV, and it’s official…

A 16-year-old Rigby High School student was struck by a Ford truck driven by a 15-year-old boy at around 10:45 p.m. Thursday. The Jefferson County…

A new T-Mobile location has opened up in eastern Idaho. The store is located in Rexburg directly in front of Walmart on the north side of town at…

At Forks Pit Stop in Walterboro, Kirby Evans says he’s a regular. But when he went to grab something to eat this Monday, he was caught off…

A South Carolina man who lost one of his eyes and his nose to cancer was told to cover his face or leave a convenience store. 65-year-old Kirby Evans…

Idaho Falls and Ammon received top honors for planning efforts from the American Planning Association in Boise Wednesday. Idaho Falls received the…

Idaho Falls attorney Ryan Nelson has been confirmed as a judge on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The U.S. Senate action came as part of a flurry…

A jury found the man who shot a teen who had knocked on his door asking for directions guilty of assault and intent to do bodily harm on Friday in…

The Chubbuck Development Authority has completed its most recent project, a reconstruction of streets in the Country Acres area. The Country Acres…

Drivers in Idaho Falls must now put down the cell phone. The Idaho Falls City Council unanimously approved a city ordinance banning the use of mobile…

UPDATE: 10-12 The Idaho Falls Auditorium District has formally accepted a 22-acre land donation to house a new Event Center within Snake River…

UPDATE 10/11/18 7:00 a.m.: It was a two-car crash that triggered another wreck on Interstate 15 last night around 8:30 p.m. Idaho State Police says…

The City of Idaho Falls leaf collection schedule will begin on Monday. Find out when the Street Division will be in your neighborhood by visiting the…

Blackfoot has been awarded a $25,000 drinking water planning grant. The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality said the funding will help the city…

Authorities in Idaho have called off the search for a Maryland filmmaker who became lost while filming a documentary. The Baltimore Sun reports the…

Mitt Romney took up the question of water shortage this week in Utah, one of the driest states in the country, during a debate as he runs for a U.S.…

Idaho Falls Police report two Idaho Falls residents were arrested Monday for the manufacture of a controlled substance. Idaho Falls Detectives and…

We’ll climb into the mid 50’s today with plenty of sunshine across the region. However, tomorrow a weak cold front drops in from the…

BOYS DISTRICT SOCCER 5A DIST. 5-6 TOURNAMENT: Madison – 2 Rigby – 3 F/OT 4A DIST. 6 TOURNAMENT:Blackfoot – 2 Idaho Falls – 0…

The Idaho Falls Fire Department celebrated Fire Prevention Week Thursday night with a community block party. Kids did a combat challenge course where…

You dig a hole to dump garbage in and that’s it right? Wrong. There’s a whole lot more that goes on behind the scenes at landfills to…

Almost every school in America has some type of system or code for emergency response, similar to police and fire departments. “First…

The Franklin County Community Center is working hard to stay open. The center needs to raise enough money to buy new equipment and continue…

The American Heart Association Award recognizes Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center commitment to quality stroke care. According to the American…

Idaho Falls School District 91 held a school board meeting last night to discuss moving forward on purchasing more property. The new purchase is on…

Bonneville School District 93 board members met Wednesday night to discuss the future of the district. The agenda called for several key topics,…

Hundreds of students put their lab coats on, went to the Museum of Idaho and took part in “STEM at the Museum.” The second annual event…

It’s been 25 years since Sandi Crane walked into the Custer County Sheriffs on Oct. 11, 1993, to report she could not find her nine-year-old…

A man accused of killing and raping a 6-year-old West Jordan girl in 2012 has accepted a plea deal and been sentenced to 65 years to life in prison.…

Two visitors to Grand Teton National Park were recently cited for illegally feeding wildlife within the park. On Thursday, Oct. 4, visitors in two…

Domino’s promised to save carryout pizza, one pothole at a time, and it is doing just that in Rexburg. Rexburg was selected as a “Paving…

Two Tennessee men are accused of raping a 9-month-old girl and filming the attack. News outlets report 19-year-old Isiah Dequan Hayes and 22-year-old…

The deputy director of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department appeared before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Thursday. John Kennedy…

Environmental groups that want Idaho to close steelhead fishing to protect wild steelhead have filed a 60-day notice of intent to sue. The Lewiston…

Officials in Madison County say a ransomware attack has left the county struggling to conduct business. County Commissioner Brent Mendenhall tells…

One storm is clearing out and sunshine is moving in for today and tomorrow. Another storm drops in for Saturday, but the moisture stays east.…

BOYS DISTRICT SOCCER 5A DIST. 5-6 TOURNAMENT: Madison – 0,Thunder Ridge – 1 (2OT) 3A DIST. 5 TOURNAMENTMarsh Valley – 2 American…

KIDK Eyewitness News anchor Todd Kunz found an organization that aims to rescue and rehabilitate animals. It can be hard a hard task and expensive to…

World Mental Health Day is observed every year on Oct. 10. This year’s goal is to raise awareness about mental health issues and discuss…

It’s been four years since Simplot closed its potato processing plant in Aberdeen. The move cut nearly 300 hundred jobs from the local economy…

Tautphaus Park in Idaho Falls is getting some upgrades that will make it easier for visitors to get around. Roads and parking lots throughout the…

UPDATE 10/10/18 4:15 p.m. The Pocatello Police Department captured Power County inmate Michael Edgar McCann at the Thunderbird Motel around 12:55…

Authorities are warning hunters to be on the lookout for bovine tuberculosis in deer. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources called it an…

The Idaho Soil and Water Conservation Commission says more than 520,000 acres was scorched by wildfires this summer. Now, farmers and other…

Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill says a Cottonwood Heights police officer who fatally shot a 19-year-old robbery suspect will not face…

The City of Idaho Falls provides collection locations for recycling and is now considering a proposal from Momentum Recycling of Salt Lake City, Utah…

A southwest Idaho high school teacher who had sex with a student has been sentenced to 120 days in jail and must register as a sex offender for the…

Prosecutors in Wyoming say a woman mistakenly texted a police officer in her search for a gram of methamphetamine. The Powell Tribune reports…

The Buzz Saw Shark has made its way back home to Idaho. The Museum of Natural History in Pocatello held a ribbon cutting Tuesday for the new Buzz Saw…

We’ll see off and on cold rain showers throughout the day today, and continuing into tomorrow morning. There is a chance to see some snow down…

Here is the press release announcing the honor: U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos today recognized two Idaho schools asNational Blue Ribbon…

BOYS DISTRICT SOCCER 5A DIST. 5-6 TOURNAMENT: Madison 0 Thunder Ridge 1 (2OT) Rigby 2 Highland 1 4A DIST. 4-5 TOURNAMENT:Wood River 1 Canyon Ridge 2…

Idaho Falls is getting a visit from its sister this week, sister city from Japan that is. Nine citizens from Tokai-mura, Japan are getting the full…

As part of a larger group of Idaho businesses, members from Inergy of Pocatello, took a trip to Canada with Governor Butch Otter, in an effort to…

Due to a shortage of beds in Idaho’s prisons and jails, the Idaho Department of Correction has moved 150 male inmates to the Eagle Pass…

Pocatello Police have some questions for a man whose image was captured on home surveillance. The man is a person of interest in connection with a…

Idaho Falls firefighters were called to the Museum of Idaho at 200 North Eastern Avenue at around 3:35 p.m. Tuesday. They found a small front-end…

Wyoming Game and Fish wardens trapped and relocated another adult female grizzly bear Monday. The bear was captured after damaging property on…

It’s not every day you see a pink semi-truck headed down the freeway. But keep your eye out, and you might see this one. Her name is Agatha,…

Five of Idaho’s 18 ski resorts received high marks in Ski Magazine’s annual “Resorts of the Year” issue for 2019. Sun Valley…

The Idaho Department of Insurance has released final 2019 premium rates for individual and small group health insurance plans. Individual market…

An 80-year-old Idaho man has changed his plea to guilty after being accused of trying to murder his son. A sentencing hearing was held Tuesday…

Authorities say an armed man shut down a northern Utah freeway in Clearfield for more than three hours. The Clearfield Police Department said in a…

UPDATE 10/9/18: Idaho State Police reports Brent Carlson of Pocatello has been cited for allowing the release of the hazardous material in violation…

Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputies have arrested Jason F. White, 41, of Freedom, Wyoming without incident after a night-long manhunt. White…

Multiple police agencies worked together to rescue more than 120 missing children in Michigan. The U.S. Marshals Service said the one-day sting took…

A motorcycle collided with a car in northeast Wyoming, killing the drivers of both vehicles. The Wyoming Highway Patrol says the accident occurred…

UPDATE: 10-9 8:30 A.M. Idaho Falls Police report David Madison has been found. Police say he caught a bus to Boise. He is currently under the care of…

UPDATE: 10-9 8:44 A.M. The Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office says the subject of a search in the Bone area Monday is now in custody. More…

The Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce will hosts its 53rd annual Award Celebration at the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar Friday. The awards are intended to…

We’ll see of and on cold rain showers throughout the day today, and continuing into tomorrow. There is a chance to see some snow down to the…

BOYS 3A DIST. 6 SOCCER TOURNAMENT Firth – 0Sugar-Salem – 5 South Fremont – 0Teton – 5 3A DIST. 6 GIRLS SOCCER TOURNAMENT…

A Portneuf Medical Center patient and his fiancee decided to elope and tie the knot in the hospital’s chapel Sunday. Bradly Orr is currently…

Gasoline prices in Idaho have fallen 0.8 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.12 per gallon Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily…

Teton County, Wyoming Commissioners are expected to vote Tuesday on the proposed Wyoming Public Lands Initiative. They will decide whether to forward…

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is investigating who is responsible for killing and removing the head of a bull elk in the Bighorn Mountains and…

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has completed the emergency capture of more than 1,000 wild horses on federal land in northern Nevada near the…

The Steamboat Geyser in Yellowstone National Park erupted for the 22nd time in 2018 Monday morning. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the…

Natrona County authorities say one person has been found dead following a fire at a trailer home in Mills early Monday. The identity of the female…

Rexburg Police arrested two people Sunday after investigating a report of a lost child. According to police reports, a six-year-old boy left his…

UPDATE 1:00 p.m. The sheriff’s office says Jose Mendez-Morales, a 42-year-old Tacoma, Washington resident who was traveling to Elk City, Idaho…

Idaho State Police are looking for information about a crash that involved two potato trucks that occurred northbound on Interstate 15 at milepost…

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UPDATE 10/08/18 11:16 a.m.: The body of a second Union Pacific Railroad employee has been recovered from the site of last week’s train crash in…

Authorities in north-central Idaho say a suspicious letter mailed to Sen. Mike Crapo’s Lewiston office on Friday didn’t contain any…

The United Way of Idaho Falls and Bonneville County is planning a series of “community conversations” focusing on health, education, and…

We’ll see plenty of sunshine today with temperatures just a bit below average. However, another storm drops in from the NW for tomorrow and…

UPDATE: Amber has reached out to Missing Juveniles of Idaho’s Teresa Hughes and confirmed that she and her daughter Debbie are alright. They…

At the end of the 188th Semiannual General Conference, President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced plans…

UPDATE 10/7/18 9:06 P.M.: Idaho State Police investigated a deadly two vehicle crash at 4:20 p.m. heading west on U.S. 20 near milepost 332 in…

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke made a stop in Grand Teton National Park this morning to discuss a variety of topics, from forest…

UPDATE 4:05 P.M. 10/7/18: At 1:10 p.m. Idaho State Police investigated a deadly crash on US-30, west of Lava Hot Springs. 22-year-old Jason Huffine,…

A Utah man was killed after crashing into a potato hauler on Interstate 86 in Power County on Saturday night. Dean Rottini, of Toole, was traveling…

The Idaho State Bengals beat the University of Idaho Vandals 62-28. Highlights on Local News 8 at 10 and KIDK Eyewitness News at…

Pocatello Police are investigating vandalism and a break in at Villanos Italian and Grecian Key. Both are located on North Main Street in Old Town…

A local Grid Kid football team is letting their classmate know that he is not battling cancer alone. The Thunder Ridge Football Grid Kid Blue team…