Month: August 2019

Governor Brad Little will set up shop Tuesday in Grace, his “Capital for a Day.” A long list of state agency heads and representatives of…

Three school bonds go to voters in eastern Idaho Tuesday. The Bonneville School district is seeking a $42.7 million bond to finance the construction…

The Tincup Fire remains active and continues to consume dead and down fuel. High winds propelled the fire to 72 acres over the weekend, which spotted…

In a split decision focused on the separation of legislative and judicial powers, the Idaho Supreme Court has decided a legal squabble between…

Temperatures will slowly warm this week, with a few thunderstorms in the forecast for Thursday & Friday. Tuesday: Sunny, with highs into the…

Three people have died following a head-on crash east of Boise. Authorities say the crash occurred at about 3:20 p.m. Sunday on Idaho 21. Idaho State…

McKayla Matlack has been named Chief Executive Officer of Development Workshop Inc. (DWI). The workshop’s board of directors announced Matlack…

The Bingham County Sheriff’s Office would like to remind drivers to pay attention and drive cautiously as children start to go back to school.…

Idaho’s gasoline prices continue to fall, down 3.6 cents per gallon in the past week. At an average $2.78 per gallon, Gas Buddy’s daily…

Laura Moore won what was billed as a mechanical bull world championship in Spangle, Washington over the weekend. Moore rode the mechanical bull for…

An Idaho agency says recordings made by a former worker of her unwitting co-workers as part of a sex discrimination lawsuit are illegal and…

The helicopter banked left and tracked its quarry over the field for about 10 seconds before the net gun went off with a distant pop. The chopper…

Forest managers are planning to begin an expansive, yearslong controlled burn project on the Bridger-Teton National Forest this fall in western…

A Wyoming man has been sentenced to 12 to 16 years in prison after pleading “no contest” to injecting a woman with a fatal dose of…

One person died and three others were injured in a crash during a boat race on the Snake River in Idaho. KBOI reports two boats competing in the…

Yellowstone National Park’s top administrator says visitors aren’t harming the park’s natural resources and he sees no need to…

Update: 8-25 An Idaho Falls area field fire was estimated at about 15 to 20 acres and was fully controlled before it damaged any structures. The…

Update: 8-26 Idaho State Police have reported that since the on-scene investigation ended, additional people came forward who were with the victims…

Sometimes bureaucracy and politics can get in the way of getting things done, and Pocatello’s South Valley Connector is no exception. The name…

The South Fremont Fire Department was called to two separate field fires Saturday afternoon. A stubble field in Newdale and a grain field in Wilford…

The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare has opened a 30-day public comment period on the so-called “work requirement” restriction. The…

Idaho big game hunters can expect “good to excellent” prospects for whie-tailed deer and elk this fall and average for mule deer this…

Wind Advisory for a good portion of the Snake River plane and Southeast Idaho. With cooler temperatures and high pressure in control, winds on Sunday…

Native American tribes are becoming a political key player in next year’s presidential election. Shoshone Bannock Tribes are preparing by…

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A Victor man has been arrested for rape and battery after a two-year Teton County Sheriff’s Office investigation. Chet K. Nielson, 31, was…

Officials are looking for information about vandalism that happened at Craters of the Moon. Beauty Cave was vandalized during the week on August 11.…

A federal appeals court says Idaho must provide gender confirmation surgery to a transgender inmate who has been living as a woman for years but who…

Brian Leigh Dripps, the man who investigators say confessed to killing Angie Dodge in 1996, appeared in court for a preliminary hearing Friday.…

The Idaho Falls City Council has approved an amended development agreement for the Costco site and annexed the radius and circumference of the…

Authorities say a man died after the fishing boat he was in flipped on the Snake River in northwest Wyoming. The Jackson Hole News & Guide…

Hot and sunny for Saturday, with winds picking up Saturday afternoon thanks to a dry cold front. Gusty winds expected Sunday and Monday with dropping…

Winds will begin to pick up Saturday afternoon, as a cold front moves through on Sunday. The National Weather Service in Pocatello has issued a Red…

Based on latest available statistics, AARP Idaho says 32% of Idahoans stopped taking a prescription drug in 2016 because of cost. In Idaho, the…

Yellowstone National Park completed the first transfer of bison to the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Poplar,…

A geologist who has never held statewide public office has announced he is running for the Wyoming U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Republican Mike…

A southwestern Idaho woman is denying charges she stole $1 million from Saint Alphonsus Health System. Sixty-year-old Lois Soito of Horseshoe Bend…

The sale of the former Hoku Materials plant property has been stopped in its tracks. On Wednesday, the Pocatello Development Authority rescinded…

This weekend is your last chance to go to the Ross Park Aquatic Complex. Sunday, August 25 marks the last day to take a dip in the pools at the…

UPDATE: 11:10 a.m. Fire Chief Carl Anderson reports one farm vehicle was moved out of the area of the fire, but a second would not start and was…

A medical aircraft detected the 1-acre Wyodaho Fire about -mile east of Wyodaho Lake in the Bechler District of Yellowstone National Park on August…

Jackson Police are looking for help tracking down a driver involved in a hit and run accident.It happened Thursday, when a red truck pulling a U-Haul…

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A National Park Service decision will clear the path for a right-of-way permit for telecommunications infrastructure, including cellular and…

After 20 years of planning and a four-year renovation project, the historic Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel will formally reopen in Yellowstone National…

A Preston man was killed in a one-car rollover on Highway 34 at Thatcher Road at around 4:09 p.m. Thursday. Idaho State Police said Thomas Sampson,…

UPDATE 9:35 a.m. An Amber Alert for Tyran Ban Campern has been canceled. The child safely along with the vehicle has been located. ____ An Amber…

Rexburg is the national winner of The Wyland National Mayor Challenge for Water Conservation. “This is a beautiful state, you can see water is…

Update: 8/22/2019 6:30 p.m.: Hundreds of people came out to cheer on the Idaho Falls Bandits as they paraded through Idaho Falls Thursday afternoon.…

A new study is giving you more reasons to skip the diet soda when you’re craving sugar. The health risks of sugary drinks are already…

A healthier community in Idaho Falls is on the horizon. The Idaho Falls Community Hospital is set to open its doors Nov. 4. “We meet with the…

Scattered thunderstorms late Thursday coming to an end for Friday, with lighter winds. There will be a slight chance of thunderstorms for Friday near…

Idaho Transportation Department crews are making safety improvements to the intersection of Idaho Highway 47 and US 20 through the city of Ashton.…

Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden, other state attorneys general and 12 private phone companies have agreed to adopt eight principles to fight…

A video shows employees at a rental car agency all they need to know about how a car got damaged in Yellowstone National Park. The footage shows one…

A new steering committee has begun looking at ways to address drinking water safety issues in the Hoback Junction area. Teton Conservation District…

Central Wyoming College, which operates an outreach center in Jackson, is preparing to begin offering Bachelor of Applied Science degrees. In a…

A 40-year-old Boise man was arrested Wednesday for possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Jonathan Schmidt is…

A 54-year-old Boise man who killed two women in the 1990s in different states has been sentenced to life in prison after DNA evidence connected him…

Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center has adopted a new mission statement and a logo that should fit easier on a sign. The hospital’s new…

A Wyoming developer wants a wrongful death lawsuit moved to a different location due to media coverage about him. The Jackson Hole News & Guide…

UPDATE 8-22 The Bannock Peak Truck Stop is open for business after an unexplained odor forced evacuation of the truck stop and casino last weekend.…

In Ed McKim’s home, you’ll find Amazon Alexa and several Echo Dots throughout his house. It works just like a regular model but his home…

Hundreds of educators around Eastern Idaho and the nation are at Thunder Ridge High School in Bonneville County this week. Bonneville School District…

As part of an annual effort, students from two ISU programs aided the City of Pocatello in cleaning up the Portneuf River. This collaborative effort…

The Pocatello Police led a team to clear a homeless encampment up City Creek Trail last weekend. Pocatello hikers are happy, but where will these…

Idaho is experiencing tremendous growth and that growth is affecting our schools. All the schools in the Sugar-Salem School District have modular…

Old Town Pocatello is changing every day, and this past moth is no exception. “There’s quite a lot of changes, actually, in the last…

The Idaho Falls Bandits won the American Legion World Series Wednesday morning with a 5-3 victory over Fargo, N.D.This is the first American Legion…

Teton Interagency fire managers and staff are busy responding to fire incidents locally, regionally and nationally. The Teton Interagency area,…

Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon released an executive order Wednesday he claims will improve the state’s Greater Sage Grouse Core Area Protection…

Searchers in western Wyoming have found the body of a woman missing for over a month. Twenty-eight-year-old Aubree Corona hadn’t been seen…

Be on the lookout for an Eastern Idaho State Fair ticket scam. EISF officials said Facebook profiles are selling tickets and asking people to send…

After our hot Wednesday, We have a dry cold front moving in for Thursday with gusty winds and highs back into the 70’s and 80’s. There…

The Idaho Falls Fire Department confirms the large plumes of smoke visible northwest of Idaho Falls are the result of a controlled agricultural burn.…

A 32-year-old Rigby man was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court to 300 months in prison, for sexual exploitation of a minor child, U.S. Attorney…

Update: Houston Briscoe, 19, has been identified as the man injured during Tuesday’s collapse. As of Wednesday afternoon, Briscoe remains in…

Four Idaho Falls Police Officers were honored during a recent promotion ceremony. Now Captain Jeremy Galbraith was named to lead the Professional…

Four skiers have been ordered to pay fines for illegally leaving a Wyoming ski boundary and entering an area of Grand Teton National Park that had…

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The largest-ever project in the U.S. to remove thousands of juniper trees to help imperiled sage grouse has started in southwestern Idaho. The…

A Boise pastor has been charged with sexually abusing a child after prosecutors say he abused a teenage parishioner. Forty-eight-year-old Bret Welty…

Ada County has expanded its anti-discrimination policy to include protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer employees. Boise…

UPDATE: The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office reports the UTV has been recovered. ____ ORIGINAL: The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is…

A man is dead after a crash on U.S. Highway 91 at North 400 East. It is just south of Firth. Idaho State Police say a truck on Highway 91 attempted…

Idaho State Police is investigating a deadly crash heading east on U.S. Highway 20 at milepost 337 near Rexburg in Madison County. Grant O.…

Patrons of the Bonneville School District can get a first-hand look at the school board’s plans if a proposed building bond issue is approved…

We’re still in the window of the 100 Deadliest Days and approaching holidays. On the streets, you will see more patrol cars cracking down on…

Art administrators, artists, arts educators and art enthusiasts all came together for a roundtable discussion on Tuesday. The conversation was part…

As parents and students across Southeast Idaho are preparing for the first day of school, so are school officials. This year, School District 25 in…

The Steamboat Geyser at Yellowstone National Park is no Old Faithful. The world’s tallest active geyser — whose major eruptions shoot…

Fluor Idaho has completed cleanup of radioactive sludge spilled during a breach of four storage drums there last year. There were no injuries or…

State officials have approved a 4.5 percent increase in payouts to public schools and other beneficiaries from money generated from the state’s…

The off-year municipal political season will officially get underway August 26, when people can declare their candidacy for city council positions.…

An Idaho Fish and Game Department study focusing on roadkill incidents on US Highway 20 and State Highway 87 in Fremont County will continue, but…

Idaho officials are increasing logging on state lands by more than 30 percent and plan to build a seed orchard in northern Idaho to plant trees to…

Health officials have confirmed a human case of West Nile virus in eastern Utah. The TriCounty Health Department in Vernal didn’t disclose the…

The Idaho Falls Chukars are getting two more home games. Their scheduled two game series in Missoula for August 20 and August 21 has been moved to…