Month: May 2019

As our storm system exits the region, we’ll see dropping temperatures into early Friday morning. Morning low’s just before sunrise, are…

Freezing temperatures early Friday morning, as our stormy weather slides out of here. High pressure builds back into the region, with warming…

The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) are working to find new ways to serve rural people impacted by the…

Idaho Falls Parks and Recreation Director Greg Weitzel is resigning to lead the Las Vegas, Nevada Parks and Recreation Department. Weitzel will leave…

The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare says one of its contractors fell for an email phishing scheme, and personal information belonging to more…

If you’ve ever wanted to learn to swim, here’s your chance. On Saturday from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., the City of Idaho Falls Parks and…

HK Contractor crews will begin road work associated with the Belmont Estates subdivision Friday. That work will require a full closure of South…

Idaho Falls School Board Chair Deidre Warden says she is stepping down from the position due to family obligations. Her resignation was effective…

All mothers will get into Yellowstone Bear World for free this Mother’s Day weekend. On both Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., all…

Starting on the morning of May 9, 2019, you can expect to see more crews on West Broadway. The West Broadway Sidewalk Improvement project goes from…

Everyone who owns a pet loves them and probably wants to be with them all the time. There is a small group who’s animals are more than just…

Beginning Friday, burn permits are required for burning anywhere outside city limits in Idaho. The permit requirement is in effect from May 10…

The Bureau of Land Management is putting up for adoption dozens of wild horses and burros in Wyoming this month. The Cody Enterprise reports the…

National average gasoline prices have seen their largest seasonal rise since 2011. But, industry watch-dog GasBuddy is predicting that relief may be…

We’ll see a few showers and thunderstorms throughout the day with chilly daytime highs into the 50’s. However, by Friday and this…

DISTRICT H.S BASEBALL 4A DIST. 4-5 TOURNAMENT: Burley – 3 Century – 1 Canyon Ridge – 1 Pocatello 11 (5 inn.) 4A DIST. 6 TOURNAMENT…

The moratorium on development of land surrounding the Idaho Falls Regional Airport could be lifted Thursday night. The city of Idaho Falls put a…

Idaho Falls firefighters were called to the parking lot at O’Brady’s Restaurant and Jack-in-the-Box on Broadway at around 10:30 a.m.…

Hospital administrators in Blackfoot are excited to begin construction on their new multimillion dollar building. A groundbreaking ceremony was held…

On Wednesday, hundreds of people filled the parking lot of the South East Idaho Behavioral Crisis Center for a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Among them…

Thousands of students marched across the Holt Arena stage to accept their degree from Idaho State University this past weekend. A couple of high…

A local student council is leading its school and the rest of the community by example. They found a way to help other less-fortunate kids, while…

A high school senior from Rigby and one from Boise have been named as Idaho’s two Presidential Scholars for the class of 2019, Superintendent…

A measure to effectively decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms in the city of Denver barely passed after the final unofficial results were posted…

A few showers and thunderstorms heading into Thursday, with mild daytime highs into the 50’s and 60’s. We’ll see partly to mostly…

Salmon-Challis National Forest officials are warning boaters not to use mothballs around their vehicles. Rangers working around the Corn Creek Boat…

The Salt Lake Tribune has announced plans to become a nonprofit as it moves toward a nontraditional model that it hopes will ensure long-term…

State agencies in Idaho are racing to beat a Friday deadline to keep alive thousands of administrative rules after the Legislature’s House of…

Audrey Cohen-Davis has submitted her resignation as Town Attorney for Jackson. Mayor Pete Muldoon and the Town Council accepted the resignation with…

Three men who violated the Lacey Act in Yellowstone National Park (an act that prohibits hunting in the park) have been sentenced in federal court.…

Authorities have identified a northern Idaho man struck and killed by a train as 42-year-old Michael E. Hart of Post Falls. Lt. Ryan Higgins of the…

Pocatello officials are looking for community ideas on the future of Ross Park. A public meeting is set from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 14 at the…

The Idaho Supreme Court is considering reducing the 15-year sentence of a northern Idaho man who threw a punch that killed another man. The Coeur…

A 57-year-old Idaho Falls man was arrested Tuesday night after reports he was ramming a shopping cart into a traffic signal pole and talking to…

Express Lab presents East Idaho’s First Automated Medical Lab. With two years of planning and less than a year of construction, the laboratory…

The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office is sounding alarm about a new scam. According to investigators, a caller claims they will send you a safe…

Garth Brooks has added another stop to his Stadium Tour this year. It will be in Boise. The country singer announced the concert Wednesday morning.…

It’s Skin Cancer Awareness Month, and it’s also Melanoma Monday. High Valley Dermatology in Idaho Falls participated in the SPOTme Skin…

The College of Eastern Idaho will hold its 2019 Commencement Thursday. Out of the 485 awards that will be issued at the CEI Commencement this year,…

Community members are gathering at Tautphaus Park to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. Vendors from Idaho falls came together to helped organize and celebrate…

An area of low pressure will push further to our southeast today, so we’ll just see a slight risk for showers and thunderstorms for today and…

DISTRICT H.S BASEBALL 5A DIST. 5-6 TOURNAMENT: Madison – 3 Highland – 6 2A DIST. 5 TOURNAMNENT: Bear Lake – Soda Springs –…

There have been a number of science fiction movies where robots take over the world. That hasn ‘ t happened yet, but robots are taking over…

UPDATE: 10:15 P.M. The Idaho Falls Planning and Zoning Commission voted 5-1 to postpone its decision until the commission can gather more information…

UPDATE 8:40 p.m.: Avery’s grandmother Loretta says Pocatello Police have found the tricycle. ___ ORIGINAL: Avery Price is 14-years-old. She was…

Did you know that 7 million gallons of treated water go into the Portneuf River every day? Multiple city departments are involved in keeping our…

“When I think of a dog bite, I think okay a dog bite a little scratch, but this was an attack. He attacked my son, he wanted to kill…

Idaho’s tax revenue collections came in higher than expected in April, but the state is still falling short of the forecast for the fiscal…

An area of low pressure will push further to our southeast tonight and Wednesday. We’ll see a slight risk for showers and thunderstorms for…

The U.S. Forest Service National Helicopter Rappel Program will drop in on the Salmon-Challis National Forest this spring for comprehensive training.…

The Big Sky Conference released the league football schedule through the 2023 season Tuesday afternoon. Each of the 13 member schools will play eight…

UPDATE 3:10 p.m. Idaho Power reports power has been restored to the majority of customers. If your power is not restored, call 208-388-2213. __…

Two school buses, carrying Shelley 8th grade students, got stuck in the mud on a field trip to the Fremont County Civil Defense Caves Tuesday. The…

Weather permitting, Pocatello’s famous Brooklyn’s Playground will be on a one-day hiatus Thursday. City officials say the…

Idaho Falls’ Community Food Bank has launched a capital campaign to purchase its current warehouse as a permanent storage facility. City…

A planned hiking-and-biking trail connecting the popular central Idaho tourist destinations of Redfish Lake and Stanley is being challenged in…

A man found sleeping inside a business Monday has a new bunk in the Bonneville County Jail. According to the Bonneville County Sheriff’s…

Two Idaho Falls residents have been arrested for drug trafficking and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. Bonneville County Sheriff’s…

Bear Lake and Custer Counties have been awarded two of 15 Community Development Block Grants approved by Governor Brad Little Tuesday. A $150,000…

A new study shows Fluor Idaho, LLC operations at the Idaho National Laboratory site generated an $800 million impact on the Idaho economy last year.…

A U.S. Senate candidate says she will have her fundraising campaign launch at her home in Boise on Saturday. Nancy Harris says the event is set to…

The Nez Perce County Sheriff’s Office says several human bones have been found along the Snake River south of Lewiston. The Lewiston Tribune…

An independent report states visitors to Wyoming spent more than $3.8 billion in 2018, an increase of 6.8% from 2017. The report by Dean Runyan…

A Utah city council is scheduled to consider a declaration of opposition to abortion. The Salt Lake Tribune reported Monday the Riverton City…

The College of Eastern Idaho will award 485 degrees during its 2019 commencement ceremonies Thursday. Of them, there are 18 Associate of Arts or…

Construction crews will begin work Tuesday on the southbound off-ramp of Interstate 15 at Exit 47, Merrill Road, at McCammon. ITD is intermittently…

Idaho Transportation Department crews will begin removing asphalt and beginning earthwork for the Rose Road interchange on Interstate 15 Tuesday. The…

Scattered thunderstorms for the next few days, as an area of low pressure moves to our south. Today, these showers will be very widespread across the…

H.S BASEBALL 4A DIST. 4-5 TOURNAMENT: Twin Falls – 10 Canyon Ridge – 1 Burley – 10 Minico – 0 Pocatello – 3 Preston…

The final three candidates for Pocatello Police Chief met the public Monday night. Candidates introduced themselves and said why they should be…

Public transportation in Eastern Idaho cities, such as Idaho Falls and Rexburg, came to an abrupt end last week, and the employees have still not…

A group of 130 Wyoming Army National Guardsmen is set to fly to Texas ahead of a nine-month deployment to the Middle East. The Casper Star-Tribune…

The Idaho Falls Zoo has been raising a Muller’s grey Gibbon. “When you come to the zoo, one of the first animals that you’ll notice…

Just days after two local women were struck by a drunk driver, a pedestrian safety rally was held on the corner or Alameda Road and Yellowstone…

Seventh District Court in Bonneville County fully and completely dismissed the case Kunz v. Klein. The case was filed over a year ago and all but one…

Pocatello Police are reaching out to the public for help in finding a stolen tricycle. The trike was stolen from a little girl with special needs.…

Melinda Gregston, 44, of Idaho Falls, was killed in a motorcycle crash on US 26, near milepost 1 near Alpine, Wyoming. The Wyoming Highway Patrol…

Scattered thunderstorms for the next few days, as an area of low pressure moves to our south. Tuesday, those showers become more widespread across…

The Latest about a Utah man accused of killing a city code enforcement officer: 2 p.m. A Utah man who pleaded guilty to killing a city code…

The April Water Supply Outlook shows precipitation in the upper Snake River Basin totaled about 140% of normal. Year-to-date precipitation is at…

About 200 people attended church services for a 6-year-old girl who died last month in an accident with a school bus in northern Wyoming. The…

A 33-year-old Jackson man was killed in a one-vehicle rollover at milepost 12 on US 26 north of Jackson Sunday around 1: 56 p.m. Wyoming Highway…

As part of a cooperative effort, travelers along US Highway 26 east of Idaho Falls may see some burning and smoke as a prescribed fire gets underway…

“Flood fight” specialists from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have completed their assessment of levees along the Snake River in…

A group of 134 sex offenders have asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court to revive their lawsuit against the state of Idaho because they say they were…

Wildlife biologists will be baiting and trapping grizzly bears in Yellowstone National Park from May 13 through July 31 as part of ongoing research.…

UPDATE 5/6/19: Idaho State Police just released a current photo of Oscar Pantoja-Martinez. Anyone with information about Pantoja-Martinez was…

Pocatello Police arrested 42-year-old David Earl Wilcox on charges of battery early Sunday morning. According to police, Wilcox was riding in a taxi…

Wyoming Republican Senator Mike Enzi announced Saturday that he will retire from the post at the end of his current term in 2020. From his hometown…

The following is a press release from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of…

President Donald J. Trump has nominated a Wyoming man to be assistant secretary for fish, wildlife and parks at the U.S. Interior Department. The…

Have you ever wondered what a day in the life of a firefighter is like? KIFI/KIDK reporter Jilliana Colina got to slide into the life of a Madison…

It seems early but fire officials are already gearing up for what could be a dangerous fire season. Last year’s fire season was catastrophic…

Fire crews were able to put out a small structure fire Sunday evening. The fire started just before 6:00 p.m. a mile south of County Line Road on…

A low pressure center to our south will start to ignite a few thunderstorms today, primarily today for the S. Highlands. Tomorrow those showers…

When is the best time to start your garden? That is a question that is a tricky one in Idaho. With Farmers Markets open and green houses full of new…

Lot’s of people took advantage of the great weather this weekend to do some spring cleaning outside. In Chubbuck, the city held it’s…

Farmer’s markets across the state kicked off their season Saturday. The Portneuf Valley Farmer’s Market in Pocatello and opened to large…

Idaho State Police say a passenger in a car died after a wasp flew into the vehicle and it overturned into a creek. Police say a juvenile was driving…