North Bannock County Fire District could have EMT services soon
The North Bannock County Fire District is finding ways to help keep people in rural areas…
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Another storm will be a menace for the UK
One week after Storm Ciara lashed the United Kingdom with heavy rain and extreme wind gusts, another storm is knocking at the door. Storm Dennis is…
Continue Reading More intense windstorms and floods heading to UK and Europe this weekend
Last weekend it was Storm Ciara. Now it will be Storm Dennis. A second weekend of significant windstorms is forecast for Europe and the British Isles…
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Wintry End to Weekend
Snow mixed with rain overtake the area into Sunday, ahead of a strong cold front. Windy with temperatures hovering around freezing and into the 40’s…
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Rockland clinches a spot in the state tournament
AMMON, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – Rockland advances to State with their, 34-21, win over Watersprings. Joanna Hayes led Watersprings with 12…
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Idaho State take season sweep over Montana
POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – Idaho State took the Big Sky standings battle, 72-59, over Montana. The victory gives the Bengals the season sweep…
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Eagle takes out Thunder Ridge to advance to State
AMERICAN FALLS, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – Thunder Ridge’s season is over after falling to Eagle, 59-51. With the win, Eagle clinches a spot in the 5A State…
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After petitions, Reading Time with the Queens has largest crowd yet
On Saturday morning, the Pocatello community showed out at the first Reading Time with the Queens in the wake of recent petitions.…
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Free Community Heart and Health Fair in Idaho Falls
Keep your heart aflutter post-Valentines at the Community Heart and Health Fair in Idaho Falls on…
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Smooches From Pooches event in Pocatello
If your Valentine’s Day quest for unconditional love was unsuccessful, it’s not too late to find some at the Smooches for Pooches event at the…
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Thunder Ridge holds off Bonneville
AMMON, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – Thunder Ridge withstood a rally to beat Bonneville 59-50 Friday night. The Bees got within striking distance late before…
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Rigby beats Madison to finish off conference sweep
REXBURG, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – Rigby capped off the regular season with a 77-67 win over rival Madison Friday. The Trojans swept through the conference…
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Preston ends conference play undefeated
POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – Preston escaped Pocatello with a 58-55 win. The victory for Preston keeps them undefeated in Great Basin Conference…
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Century takes down Jerome at the Snake Pit
POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – Century surged past Jerome, 56-33 on Friday night. Drew Gunter and Nathan Manning were honored pregame for Senior…
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Bengals go for season sweep over Montana
POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – Idaho State welcomes Montana to Reed Gym, Saturday afternoon. The Grizzlies are one place ahead of the Bengals at…
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Idaho State looks to snap their nine-game losing streak
POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – The Idaho State men’s basketball team travels to Missoula looking to end their nine-game skid. Overall, the Bengals…
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Friday high school basketball scores – February 14
Boys high school basketball scores and Wyoming boys basketball…
Continue Reading American Dog Derby returns to Ashton
ASHTON, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK)- The 103rd American Dog Derby returns to Ashton. For one family it’s more than just the racing, it’s a time for bonding.…
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Pocatello seniors upset over potential changes to Senior Activity Center
The City of Pocatello is considering the creation of a new community center and members of the Senior Activity Center are not happy.…
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Wyoming lawmakers kill ‘Defend the Guard’ deployment act
Veterans and lawmakers including U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, of Kentucky, rallied in support of a bill in Wyoming that would restrict combat deployment of…
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Windy holiday weekend with chance of snow
Gusty winds will push through Friday night into Saturday. Another system swings in from the northwest on Saturday afternoon with scattered snow and…
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Magical Moments baby contest winners
The Magical Moments baby contest is about celebrating the lives that began at Portneuf Medical Center in…
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Death row inmate Gerald Pizzuto’s appeals nearing legal end
One of Idaho’s death row inmates is nearing the end of his legal appeals, and that could prompt prison officials to prepare for his execution before…
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Black LDS Church missionary attacked in possible hate crime
Utah authorities are investigating an attack on a black missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as a possible hate…
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Idaho business to pay $100K in case of fake Alaska trips
Business owners in Idaho have reached a settlement agreement after they were accused of selling fake fishing trips in Alaska and leaving people…
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ITD addresses wildlife impacts on US 28
An increased number of wildlife-vehicle collisions have prompted the Idaho Transportation Department to plan a fencing project along Idaho Highway…
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Yellowstone River Bridge options revealed
The National Park Service has identified four options to replace the Yellowstone River…
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Local seniors get surprise hugs for Valentine’s Day
“I don’t have family here, so a few hugs from other people are always…
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Task force looks at Hoback water options
The Hoback Drinking Water Quality Stakeholder Group have come up with proposals to improve drinking water in Hoback…
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Idaho, other western states to study big game rangeland
Idaho has been awarded a grant to study how elk herds move through a northern Idaho migration corridor also used by grizzly bears and wolverines.…
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Gov. Ivey signs executive order forming gambling policy study group
Click here for updates on this story MONTGOMERY, AL (WALA) — Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday signed Executive Order 719, which…
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Brew industry expected to grow in Pocatello
A new kind of business is planting its seeds in Bannock County and is expected to sprout into…
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Wyoming looks at wildlife corridor options
Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon has signed a Wildlife Corridor
executive order…
Appellate courts block Arkansas Medicaid work requirements
The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has rejected arguments trying to attach so-called “work requirements” on Medicaid…
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Teton Valley schools to open soon
Teton Valley school officials will snip ribbons this month officially opening two new elementary schools.…
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Weather Picks up for Valentine’s Day
Some snow and rain will move into the area with a cold front for your Friday. Greater snow impact is expected later in the…
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Mackay tops Rockland to win district championship
AMMON, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – Mackay defeated Rockland 62-51 Thursday to win the 1AD2 District 5/6 championship in girls basketball. The Miners are back…
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Bonneville heads to state as undefeated district champs
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – Bonneville made sure their perfect regular season didn’t go to waste. The Bees beat Blackfoot 60-41 Thursday to win…
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Special basket for Sugar Salem basketball
SUGAR CITY, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – Wednesday night’s game for Sugar Salem was also senior night. It also proved to be a very special night for one of…
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High school basketball scores- Thursday, February 13
Boys basketball and Girls district…
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Century wins back-to-back district championships
POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – Century advances to the state tournament as the top seed after beating Burley,…
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Montana State ends Idaho State’s win streak
POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – Montana State extended their win streak to eight games by beating Idaho State, 74-55. The loss ended the Bengals…
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Firefighters return home from Australia
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK)- A pair of Bureau of Land Management firefighters are home after providing assistance in Australia. Battalion Chief…
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Reading Time with the Queens moves forward
During a Pocatello City Council meeting last Thursday, local carpenter Ted King said he planned to protest Reading Time With the Queens – a program…
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Kempf hired to be new head football coach at Bonneville
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – Bonneville high school hires Keven Kempf to be the new head football coach. Kempf served as the Bees defensive…
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How early should you plan your Valentine’s Day plans?
“My biggest suggestion would be to definitely book early because we’ve been booked and telling people no since…
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Madison County Sheriff is running for reelection
The Pocatello native has been serving the Madison County area as Sheriff since 2017.…
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Idaho fugitive killed by officers in western North Dakota
Dakota Lee Chlarson, 25, was shot by officers in Dickinson on Thursday after he charged at them with scissors. Chlarson was being sought by the…
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WATCH: Simplot Games ribbon cutting
The Simplot Games ribbon cutting at Holt…
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Windy with scattered showers
A couple of systems take aim at us, the first arrives Friday. We’ll see a slight chance of rain and snow for Friday with gusty winds in the Snake…
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Man killed after semi hits backhoe
UPDATE 2/14/20: Idaho Transportation Department Transportation Technician Mark Reinke died at approximately 7 a.m. Thursday on westbound US-20 about…
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Idaho Senate committee approves school curriculum standards
Idaho’s public school curriculum standards will stay in place for another year after they were adopted by a panel of Idaho…
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State Education board endorses task force proposals
The Idaho State Board of Education has formally adopted the recommendations made by Governor Brad Little’s “Our Kids, Idaho’s Future” task force. …
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Trump suggests he may stop aides from listening to calls with foreign leaders
President Donald Trump suggested Thursday that he may block officials from listening in on his calls with foreign leaders after a…
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ISU projects get State Board approval
Idaho State University has won approval to start the third phase of the EAMES complex expansion project.…
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Apparent gas leak empties Jackson elementary school
Students and teachers at Jackson’s Munger Mountain Elementary School were evacuated at around 10:20 a.m. Thursday.…
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In 141 years of record-keeping, there has never been a warmer January
If you felt that January was warmer than usual, you’re right. January 2020 was Earth’s hottest start to a year in over a century —…
Continue Reading Investigation into former Missouri governor who resigned finds ‘no evidence of any wrongdoing’
A Missouri panel “found no evidence of any wrongdoing” by former Gov. Eric Greitens following a nearly 18-month investigation into…
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60-year-old SD25 levy up for renewal in March
Every ten years, the same levy appears on the Bannock County ballot: the School Plant Facilities Levy…
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Teacher enters plea in 8 year old assault case
Former school teacher Tiffany Marie Petersen has entered an Alford Plea to a misdemeanor charge of injury to a child. …
Continue Reading University of Wyoming spent $42,000 fighting records lawsuit
The University of Wyoming paid attorneys more than $42,000 in an unsuccessful attempt to block the release of records involving a decision not to…
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Boise man who died after China trip tests negative for coronavirus
A 71-year-old man who was found dead in his home after returning from a trip to China does not appear to have been infected with the new coronavirus,…
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Police: No charges recommended in fatal Gillette shooting
Police in Gillette aren’t pursuing charges in a shooting…
Continue Reading Wyoming native dies in horse-riding accident at Utah ranch
Police say a Wyoming native has died in a horse-riding accident in Utah.…
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Pocatello plans property auction
The city of Pocatello has established minimum reserve prices for properties it will sell at auction this spring.…
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Harris drops out of Idaho Senate race
Democratic US Senate candidate Nancy Harris is withdrawing from the race. …
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Nye promises to cut his pay
Idaho Senator Mark Nye (D-Pocatello) is taking the Governor’s budget plan to heart.…
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Simplot games bring more to Pocatello than just athletes
POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – Competition is heating up for the 42nd annual Simplot Games in Pocatello. Students from more than 20 states and at…
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4th person charged in death of West Yellowstone boy
Three people have been charged in the murder of a 12-year old boy near West Yellowstone.…
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WATCH: BLM firefighters return from Australia
Bureau of Land Management wildland firefighters Kris Bruington and Farron Kunkel recently returned from fighting the Australian…
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INL cleanup milestone nears
Another INL cleanup milestone is in…
Continue Reading Partly Cloudy Thursday
The Upper Snake River Plain will see pockets of freezing fog through the morning hours. Later, the region will enjoy sunshine and very light…
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Bonneville pulls away to beat Shelley
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – Bonneville defeated Shelley 59-51 in boys basketball on Wednesday. It is just the Bees second win in their last…
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Idaho Falls finishes season sweep over Skyline
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – Idaho Falls beat rival Skyline 72-63 in boys basketball Wednesday. With the win, Idaho Falls sweeps the rivalry for…
Continue Reading High school basketball scores – Wednesday, February 12
Boys high school basketball and girls district tournament…
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On The Hook Fish & Chips brings waves of people out
It’s not often a food truck has people track everywhere it goes.…
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It is time to update your Windows operating system
It is time to look at your computer software and see if you need to update to the newest Windows operating…
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Portneuf Health Trust Amphitheatre plans to increase concert frequency
Bannock County is negotiating an agreement with Live Nation that would allow the production of the county’s own shows at the Portneuf Health Trust…
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Bannock County to address Downey fire district tax mix-up
Some Downey residents were over charged for the city’s rural fire district levy, while others weren’t billed at…
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Patchy Freezing Fog for Thursday, Stormy Friday and Sunday
A slight chance of snow Wednesday night with a weak disturbance, otherwise quiet weather for Thursday before a cold front arrives for Friday. A…
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Pay It Forward: People Against Impaired Driving
A young girl’s life was cut short by a tragic accident years ago. But out of that came the birth of a nonprofit that now saves the lives of…
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D91 kicks off One District One Book
Idaho Falls School District 91 is kicking off its One District One Book program, and this year’s book is…
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Appeals court won’t reconsider inmate’s gender surgery case
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has become the first circuit in the nation to order a state to pay for an inmate’s gender confirmation surgery,…
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Report: Wyoming app received more anonymous safety reports
An anonymous tipster application marketed to Wyoming students received a record number of tips last year, with suicide being the most frequently…
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Rigby woman barred from Jefferson courthouse
Jefferson County Commissioners have taken the unusual step of “trespassing” or blocking a Rigby woman from entering the courthouse and other county…
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Idaho bill would ban transgender women athletes in schools
An Idaho lawmaker wants to ban transgender women athletes from participating in sports that align with their gender…
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New bill could freeze property tax, and cities
The rise of property tax throughout the state is prompting some legislators to take…
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Salt Lake City eyes 2034 Olympics after Sapporo bid for 2030
Salt Lake City may shift its focus to bidding for the 2034 Winter Olympics rather than the Games four years earlier following the announcement that…
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Idaho legislative committee advances affirmative action ban
A panel of Idaho lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday banning affirmative action for state agencies, state contracting and public…
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Bingham Healthcare opens urgent care in Pocatello
Bingham Healthcare is expanding its services in the Pocatello…
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Bureau of Reclamation awards $1.2 million for Idaho water projects
The Henry’s Fork Foundation (HFF) and Idaho Power Company (IPC) will participate in a US Bureau of Reclamation project to help make water management…
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FCC Chairman Pai tours Wyoming reservation broadband project
A top federal official toured Wyoming’s Wind River Reservation to look at efforts to improve internet access for tribal…
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ISU football players win settlement in false arrest lawsuit
A Utah county agreed to pay more than $10,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by two Idaho State University football players who said they were falsely…
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Diaper drive to take place on Valentine’s Day
Southeastern Idaho Public Health (SIPH) will hold a diaper drive on Valentine’s Day at the Pocatello Fred Meyer.…
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BYU-Idaho winter enrollment up slightly
Brigham Young University Idaho is reporting total winter semester campus enrollment of 19,211 students.…
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Accused killer seeks change of venue
Attorneys for Brian Dripps filed two new motions with Seventh District Judge Joel Tingey…
Continue Reading Flood threat continues from the Deep South through the Ohio Valley
Another winter storm system is setting up once again to add to this relentless season. Flood watches and warnings are up for areas along the I-20…
Continue Reading Partly Cloudy, with Mountain Storms
A weather system to our East will drop some snow in the area for your Wednesday, before clearing out and leaving partially cloudy skies by this…
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Blackfoot earns state berth with win over Skyline
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – Blackfoot took care of business the second time around. The Broncos beat Skyline 53-41 to clinch a spot in the state…
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Rigby downs Thunder Ridge to win 5A district title
RIGBY, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – Rigby girls basketball is heading back the state tournament. The Trojans beat Thunder Ridge 68-56 Tuesday night to win the…
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