Month: August 2020

Yellowstone National Park expected to open the Grand Loop Road between Old Faithful and West Thumb Junction Thursday.

Governor Mark Gordon ordered $250 million in the first round of state budget cuts Wednesday.

The Caribou-Targhee National Forest has published a “Notice of Intent” to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Grand Targhee Resort.

A wildfire that closed a road near Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park continued to grow.

There was not a lot of change on the Bear Creek fire line on the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest in the last 24 hours, but there was progress.

Several small wildfires were started by a lightning storm that tracked over southeast Idaho Tuesday afternoon.

The Idaho Falls City Council is considering a proposal to allow the Community Youth in Action (CYA) to sublease the former Grand Teton Council headquarters building at 574 4th Street as a community Youth Center beginning November 1.

Fire destroyed a single-wide mobile home at 895 South 52nd East in Idaho Falls.

The Teton County, Wyoming Board of County Commissioners has ordered a partial fire restriction until further notice

Commander Nicholas Meyers will be the first skipper of the USS Idaho, which had a keel-laying ceremony in Connecticut Monday.

The Idaho Transportation Department has outlined five major projects it hopes to build along the Interstate 15 Inkom Corridor.

Because of improved conditions, the Idaho DEQ has lifted air pollution advisories for much of eastern Idaho.

All of eastern Idaho is now under Stage 1 Fire Restrictions. The restrictions take effect at 12:01 a.m. Friday.

Customers of the Raft River Electric Cooperative in the Albion area can expect a brief power outage today.

Madison School District patrons have approved a two-year, $1,995,000 supplemental maintenance and operation levy.

Contract negotiations to support the design and build phase of the Versatile Test Reactor (VTR) are now underway.

As part of ongoing efforts required under the Endangered Species Act to monitor the population of grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, the U.S. Geological Survey, in conjunction with the National Park Service, is working to inform the public that pre-baiting and scientific capture operations will be extended within Yellowstone National Park.

he Caribou-Targhee National Forest, in conjunction with its partners, will replace two deficient bridges and realign the road around a wetland area susceptible to annual flooding beginning August 31.

The Bear Creek Fire on Lemhi Pass is estimated at 11,236 acres and is now 70% contained.