Month: August 2020

The Muldoon Fire, reported Sunday at approximately 4:00 p.m., is located approximately 20 miles southwest of Mackay and a half-mile east and south of Star Hope Campground on the Lost River Ranger District.

The Bear Creek Fire that was caused by lightning Tuesday has burned 6,334 acres and is 10% contained.

Public land managers in central Idaho will implement Stage I Fire Restrictions on August 21 at 12:01 a.m.

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK (KIFI/KIDK) – The parkwide wildland fire danger for Yellowstone National Park is now very high.   Currently, there are no active wildland fires in the park., and there are no fire restrictions in place in the park.   Campfires are only permitted within established fire rings in campgrounds and some backcountry campsites. All campfires

Yellowstone National Park has temporarily closed the road between Mammoth Hot Springs and Norris Junction.

A Chubbuck man was arrested at around 5:50 p.m. Wednesday after attempting to rob an acquaintance in the parking lot of an apartment complex in the 4300 block of Yellowstone.

Idaho Governor Brad Little and the Coronavirus Financial Advisory Committee (CFAC) has approved additional funds to support the St. Anthony Juvenile Corrections facility, community food banks and long term care facilities.

Idaho State Police and Bonneville County Search and Rescue have recovered the body of a man who turned up missing after an August 1st crash Wednesday night.

Three people were arrested after Idaho Falls Police served a search warrant at a home in the 100 block of 3rd Street at around 4 p.m. Thursday.

The Idaho Falls Education Association Board is calling on the District’s Board of Trustees to rescind its vote and return to its original plan.

Wyoming has launched a notification app that will alert users if they have been in close contact with a person who has tested positive for COVID-19.

Holy Spirit Catholic School in Pocatello has released a tiered plan detailing its reopening plan for the 2020-21 school year.

The Bear Creek Fire, burning on Lemhi Pass, about 29 miles east of Salmon, was estimated at 4,200 acres Friday morning.

The city of Pocatello has designated $264,672 in Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding to help eligible city residents obtain temporary rental or mortgage assistance.

Bonneville County Sheriff’s Deputies are trying to find the subjects involved in a widely reported traffic incident.

Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon has made over $86 million in CARES Act funding available for broadband improvements across the state.

Several popular events at the Idaho Falls Zoo will be canceled this year due to the COVID-19 epidemic.

The Pocatello Chamber of Commerce annual “Welcome Back Orange and Black” event Monday has been postponed until 2021, another victim of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Idahoans have filed 3,250 new claims for unemployment benefits in the week ending August 8.

Among the issues being considered by the Idaho Legislature in a special session this month will be what legislators call the “Special Session Liability Bill.”

The Bonneville County Elections office is encouraging eligible voters to register early to vote in the general election

We learned that the Bonneville County Sheriff’s Search & Rescue team found the remains of Paul Oler in a canal Wednesday night.

The Bridger-Teton National Forest has implemented Stage 1 Fire Restrictions beginning at 12:01 a.m. Thursday.

A Bear Creek fire burning near the Montana-Idaho border is estimated to be approximately 1,500 acres Wednesday morning.

Don’t be too alarmed if you hear an alarm in Teton County, Wyoming Thursday.

Although overall visitation was down, Grand Teton National Park says hiking and camping numbers are up this summer.

Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon has updated the state’s health orders to ease some restrictions on the size of permitted outdoor gatherings, beginning August 16.

Eastern Idaho Down Syndrome Family Connect (EIDS) announced its annual Dash for Down Syndrome race and community celebration will take place on a virtual platform for 2020.

The Utah Taxpayers Association (UTA) to open a “process of public scrutiny” into the NuScale Small Reactor Project being planned at the Idaho National Laboratory.