Human trafficking symposium aims to educate public
Human trafficking is a problem all over the world, and Pocatello is no…
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Legislation adds additional restrictions for drones in Idaho
Restrictions on using drones for surveillance on individuals and private property would be increased under proposed legislation.…
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Woman who helped man who killed his fiancee gets 3 years
A woman who was having an affair with a Colorado man and helped him after he beat his fiancee to death with a baseball bat was sentenced Tuesday to…
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Felony meth trafficking arrest after driver attempts to elude officers
An Idaho Falls Police Officer was patrolling in area of 17th Street and Fife Avenue when the officer saw a vehicle driving east on 17th Street with…
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Idaho agency wants to spend $408,000 a year to count wolves
Idaho’s top wildlife official on Tuesday requested authorization from state lawmakers to spend $408,000 to count…
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Wyoming woman missing since early January found dead
A central Wyoming woman missing since early January has been found…
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Idaho Falls snow removal budget on track
The Idaho Falls Public Works Department has mobilized for three major snow removal events so far this…
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Sugar City Post Office vandalized after hours
The Sugar City Post Office is experiencing after-hours vandalism, and Postmaster Richard Miller is requesting your…
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Carbon monoxide leak at vacation rental sends 25 to hospital
Authorities say 25 people were hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning while staying at a vacation rental home in an Idaho mountain…
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1 hospitalized after 2 vehicle crash
One person was hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash Tuesday around 8:04 a.m. at the intersection of Yellowstone Highway and Iona Road near Idaho…
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Snow and Rain all day Tuesday
A cold front will bring active weather to the region throughout the day, Tuesday. Several inches of snow is expected Northward into the Snake River…
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Rigby beats Bonneville for tenth straight win
RIGBY, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – Rigby pushed its winning streak to ten with a 73-60 home win over Bonneville Monday. The Trojans were lead by Britton…
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Sheriff Paul J. Wilde announces retirement after 43 years of service
Sheriff Paul J. Wilde announced his retirement after over 43 years of…
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Idaho Falls Regional Airport 2019 passenger totals break record
The Idaho Falls Regional Airport continues to break passenger records with 30,093 more people using the airport in 2019 over…
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Rain/Snow Showers for Tuesday
Another wave of snow and rain showers are on the way for Tuesday. The wintry mix could drop in a couple of inches of snowfall with highs into the mid…
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Pocatello Senator recognized with FFA award
The Idaho FFA Association honored Pocatello Senator Mark Nye (D) and House Speaker Representative Scott Bedke (R-Twin Falls) with the group’s…
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Blackfoot store soon hiring under new name
Bealls Department Store, at 1350 Parkway Drive in Blackfoot, will soon have a new…
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New glass recycling bin added in Pocatello
The glass recycling program has proved so popular among Pocatellans that the city has added another…
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Sled Dog race course getting under construction
With a $165,000 purse for the winners, the 25th Anniversary 2020 Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race gets underway in Jackson this weekend.…
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Blackfoot Mayor to host “open mic” sessions
Blackfoot Mayor Marc Carroll is providing a new forum for public input.…
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Wyoming bill would raise daily expense money for lawmakers
A bill to increase the money allotted to cover the daily expenses of Wyoming state lawmakers was filed for the state’s 2020 legislative…
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Tax overhaul repeal first up as Utah lawmakers begin work
Utah lawmakers are expected to consider hundreds of bills over the course of a 45-day session that began Monday.…
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Legislation would limit rerunning failed Idaho bond votes
Bond elections that fail won’t be allowed before voters again for a minimum of 11 months under proposed legislation that’s heading to the full House.…
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Do you recognize this truck?
The Blackfoot Police Department needs your help identifying a truck.…
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SIPH offers free dental care for children
Southeastern Idaho Public Health is partnering with Idaho State University and area dentists to provide a day of free dental care for…
Continue Reading Wyoming lawmaker trying again to raise minimum marriage age
A state lawmaker seeks to raise the minimum age for legal marriage in…
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Idaho wildlife officials criticized for elk hunt
Idaho Department of Fish and Game officials are being criticized for taking part in a research project that led to the killing of 206 elk across…
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Idaho Health and Welfare seeks $3.7 billion overall budget
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare is seeking an additional $70 million from the general fund and $300 million overall that includes federal…
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Police confirm Vallow search warrant served
Police in Kaua’i, Hawaii confirm Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell have been living there for an unconfirmed amount of…
Continue Reading Snowy Start to the Week
We’ll look ahead to a snowy Tuesday, after much of the area woke up to new snow this morning. Monday and Tuesday will see wind speeds around 15…
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Chad Daybell, Lori Vallow located in Hawaii
Sources said Chad Daybell and Tammy Vallow were located in Hawaii Sunday at a resort according to media sources. …
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Snow Chances are Back
Early Morning snow for Monday once temps drop, some accumulation possible for IF north, Driggs. Lows in mid 20’s and another round of snow Tuesday…
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Bengals split Montana road trip
BOZEMAN, Montana (KECI) – The Idaho State women’s basketball team split their Montana road trip with a 67-59 loss to Montana State. The Bengals…
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Bengals drop their fourth straight
POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFK/KIDK) – The Idaho State men’s basketball team fell 75-64 to Montana State. The game featured 12 lead changes and 10 ties, but…
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North Bannock Fire finally has its own department
It’s been less than a year since a levy was passed to fund the first-ever fire department for the North Bannock Fire District.…
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A weekend storm will bring lots of rain and maybe flooding to the Northeast
It’s going to be a wet one, folks. The third storm to hit the Northeast in as many weekends is expected to bring lots of rain and might even…
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Blackfoot tops Hillcrest for fourth straight win
BLACKFOOT, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – Blackfoot extends winning streak to four games with 58-48 home win over Hillcrest Friday. The Broncos were lead by…
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High School Scores – Friday, January 24
Boys H.S. Basketball Snake River 42 Teton 52 Wendall 60 American Falls 46 Aberdeen 14 Bear Lake 49 Soda Springs 42 Malad 50 Jerome 23 Preston 70…
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Ririe earns non-conference win over Butte County
RIRIE, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – Ririe beat Butte County 53-49 in boys basketball on its home floor Friday night. The Bulldogs have now won two in a row to…
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Idaho Falls’ Justin Thomas is ready to take on the X Games
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – Justin Thomas is no stranger to the X Games. The Idaho Falls resident returned home in 2015 with a silver medal in…
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North Fremont takes control of Nuclear Conference with win at Firth
FIRTH, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – North Fremont topped Firth 47-37 in boys basketball Friday night. The Huskies sit alone on top of the Nuclear Conference…
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Sho-Ban takes game one of a two-game set
POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – Sho-Ban defeated Hagerman, 65-43. Harley Jackson had herself a day on Senior Day, helping the Chiefs open the game on…
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Bengals try to snap three-game skid
POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – Idaho State hosts Montana State inside Reed Gym at 7 p.m. on Saturday. The Bobcats are another team the Bengals…
Continue Reading Idaho State continue their Montana road trip
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – The Idaho State women’s basketball team travel to Bozeman to face Montana State on Saturday at 2 p.m. Montana State…
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Preston rolls past Pocatello
POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – Cassee Pugmire’s 19 points helped Preston takedown Pocatello, 50-21. With the win, Preston ends their 2 games losing…
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Black Canyon Middle School keeps safety and learning a priority
AMMON, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK)- Bonneville School District 93 is showing off its new campus. Still under construction, Black Canyon Middle School is…
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Tax Commission: Bannock County’s agricultural assessments are off
A recent audit by the Idaho State Tax Commission revealed several irregularities in agricultural assessments of Bannock County properties. …
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New clinical trial aims to create national oncology database to advance cancer research and treatment
“This trial can fundamentally change the way that we do research across the…
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Wyoming teen pleads guilty to bringing guns to school
A Wyoming teenager told a judge his biological father had died just days before he brought two guns to his eighth-grade English class with what he…
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Idaho Falls man sentenced for misappropriating funds
An Idaho Falls man was sentenced for misappropriation or diversion of fiduciary funds…
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More chances of rain and snow, Sunday and Tuesday
Patchy fog overnight and into Saturday morning with leftover moisture hanging around from Friday’s snow/rain showers. A brief ridge of high pressure…
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Idaho Medicaid expansion signups pass 60,000
The number of Idaho residents who have signed up for Medicaid under the state’s voter-approved expanded coverage has passed 60,000.…
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Idaho Falls job growth leads the nation
Idaho Falls’ regional economy led the nation in over-the-year job gains, according to the Idaho Department of…
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Police seek help identifying burglar
Idaho Falls Police are trying to identify this individual in connection to a burglary on Wednesday.…
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BElieve in YOUrself Dancers Challenge taking place
The 5th annual BElieve in YOUrself Dancers Challenge taking place Friday and…
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Boy dies in skiing accident
Authorities say a boy from Illinois died after hitting a tree while skiing at an Idaho…
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Grand Teton National Park sees high annual attendance
Grand Teton National Park stayed near its highest visitation levels in 2019, while Yellowstone National Park had its slowest tourism year since 2014,…
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High tech helps Idaho wolf-count
A combination of game cameras and mathematical modeling is giving Idaho Fish and Game Department personnel a more accurate estimate of the statewide…
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TSA detects firearm in traveler’s carry-on luggage at Idaho Falls Airport
Transportation Security Administration officers at Idaho Falls Regional Airport discovered a loaded firearm in the carry-on luggage of female…
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Rexburg Police Officer cleared in shooting
The Madison County Prosecutor’s Office has determined an officer-involved shooting incident involving a Rexburg policeman does not warrant the filing…
Continue Reading Institution in Idaho for Oregon foster children off limits
A Lane County judge has blocked Oregon child welfare officials from sending a foster child to live at an Idaho facility after the boy’s attorney…
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Idaho budget committee OKs increase in rainy-day funds
The amount of money in Idaho’s rainy-day fund that serves as a cushion against a potential economic downturn would increase under proposed…
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Cheyenne police say they can’t enforce federal tobacco law
Police in Cheyenne don’t have the authority to enforce the new federal law that increased the legal age to purchase tobacco products from 18 to 21,…
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Administration announces new water protection rule
Second District Congressman Mike Simpson traveled to Pocatello Thursday to formally announce a final rule for the Navigable Waters Protection…
Continue Reading For a third weekend in a row, a winter storm will blast the eastern US
For the third weekend in a row, a storm will dump rain and snow on the eastern half of the country. While this storm will have much less snow than…
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Power Restored for more than 30,000 Rocky Mountain Customers
IDAHO FALLS (KIFI/KIDK) Update: Power has been restored for thousands of people in the upper Snake River Plain. No word yet on what caused the outage…
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Bengals grab first road win in Missoula since 2012
MISSOULA, MT (KIFI/KIDK) – Idaho State women’s basketball beat Montana 67-53 Thursday night. It’s the Bengals first road win in Montana since 2012…
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Hillcrest defends home court against Bonneville
AMMON, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – Hillcrest beat Bonneville 58-54 in Civil War boys basketball Thursday night. Sophomore Cooper Kesler lead the Knights with…
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Montana beats Idaho State for the 18th straight time
POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – Montana visits Pocatello and edges out the Idaho State Bengals, 77-74. The win marks 18 straight games that Montana…
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5th annual Believe in Yourself Dance Competition
RIGBY, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – On January 24 and 25, the 5th annual Believe in Yourself Dancers Challenge will be held at Rigby High School. This year,…
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Search and rescue teams rely on canines
TETON COUNTY, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK)- It’s the time of year when we hear more and more about avalanche safety. The Teton County Search and Rescue team…
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Eastern Idaho Ag Expo wraps up its 41st year
POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – Thursday was the final day of the 41st annual Eastern Idaho Ag Expo in Holt Arena. Some of the top tractor…
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Something’s fishy: Trout in the Classroom program begins in east Idaho
In the halls of Franklin Middle School, Shayne Hughes’ class has become pretty famous.…
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Help for the homeless shelter declines after the holiday season
“Besides our donors that we have a relationship with, our backbone donors, there’s no…
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Scattered rain and snow showers with slightly warmer temps
Scattered rain and snow showers for Friday and Sunday with a couple of systems moving through. Above average temps will lead to melting snow and a…
Continue Reading Idaho lawmakers told global warming has helped state
n attorney with an Illinois-based group that dismisses human-caused climate change told Idaho lawmakers Thursday that the warming that has occurred…
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Idaho wineries want to store extra wine in the state
Idaho’s wine industry wouldn’t have to store extra wine in neighboring states under proposed legislation.…
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INL names new leader for GAIN program
A 26-year nuclear industry veteran has been named director of the Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN)…
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Fort Hall man sentenced in truck driver assault
A 24-year-old Fort Hall man was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 57 months in federal prison for assault resulting in serious bodily…
Continue Reading Idaho wolf population is estimated at 1,000 animals
The director of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game on Thursday said there are an estimated 1,000 wolves in…
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Lucky’s Market launches going-out-of-business sales
Lucky’s Market in Jackson will soon close as its parent company restructures.…
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WATCH 360 video: Museum of Idaho updates Eagle Rock exhibit
The Museum of Idaho is hard at work at remodeling their Eagle Rock and Idaho exhibits.…
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School patrons invited to building & finance workshop
The Idaho Falls school board is inviting the public to a financing and construction workshop next…
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Equal Rights Amendment introduced to the House
Boise Representative Melissa Wintrow (D) introduced the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in the Idaho House.…
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Blackfoot man arrested on sex abuse charges
Kilby Williams, 35, appeared for his first appearance/arraignment in court Tuesday, January 21, on seven counts of lewd conduct with a minor child…
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Idaho schools chief seeks 5.3% budget hike to $2 billion
Idaho schools chief Sherri Ybarra on Thursday proposed a 5.3% hike in public school funding to just under $2 billion from the state’s general…
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2 year anniversary of Matthew “Jed” Hall disappearance
Wednesday marked the two year anniversary of the disappearance of Idaho Falls’ teen Matthew “Jed” Hall.…
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Idaho House committee OKs bill to end daylight saving time
Idaho residents wouldn’t have to fall back or spring ahead for daylight saving time under legislation introduced…
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Wyoming close to finalizing hemp-growing regulations
The attorney general in Wyoming has said the state is close to setting statewide hemp-growing regulations amid concerns from farmers about missing…
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Sheriff: Remains found near Salmon River may be Boise man
Idaho County officials say human remains found along the Salmon River earlier this month may belong to a Boise man who disappeared on a fishing trip…
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Pocatello Police warn of new business scam
Pocatello Police are warning businesses of a new scam that has surfaced in the city…
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Bonneville powers past Hillcrest
AMMON, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – Bonneville rolled past rival Hillcrest 54-23 in girls basketball Wednesday night. The Bees offense was lead by Sydnee Hunt…
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Rigby clinches top seed with win over Thunder Ridge
AMMON, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – Rigby defeated Thunder Ridge 59-55 Wednesday to clinch the top seed in the 5a District tournament. Brooke Donnelly lead…
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High School Scores – Wednesday, January 22
Boys and girls high school basketball…
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District 91 approves multiple projects
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – District 91 held their board meeting on Wednesday night and approved several additions. The board improved modular…
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Teen charged as adult in fatal family shooting in Utah
A Utah teenager accused of shooting his mother and three siblings has been charged as an adult with aggravated murder and other felony counts.…
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Program helps to advance students to college
More and more students are taking part in a state program that helps high school students get dual college credit. …
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Energy Assistance Program helps those in need with utility bill during winter months
EICAP helps individuals who qualify to participate in the Low-income Heating Energy Assistance Program that is state-funded.…
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