On Thursday at noon, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) temporarily closed public lands administered by the BLM’s Salmon Field Office north of the town of Salmon, south of Wallace Creek, and west of the Salmon River due to wildfire suppression activities.
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Idaho State Police is investigating a two-vehicle crash that occurred on Wednesday at approximately 6:00 p.m., in Fort Hall.
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The Bureau of Land Management reports the Heath Springs Fire was reported five miles north of Malad at approximately 2 p.m. Wednesday afternoon.
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Idaho State Police is investigating a vehicle collision that occurred on Tuesday at 5:12 p.m. on northbound Interstate 15 at milepost 69 in Pocatello, in Bannock County.
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Teton Interagency fire managers have elevated the fire danger rating to high for Grand Teton National Park, the Bridger-Teton National Forest and the National Elk Refuge.
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A 46-year-old of Tucson, Arizona was sentenced to five years in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced Friday.
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The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality has issued an Air Quality Advisory and Burn Ban for Lemhi County.
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Yellowstone National Park released new videos and photos of the ongoing road repairs on the North and Northeast entrance roads following damage caused by the historic flood event in June.
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Laboratory testing has recently confirmed a rural Albany County cat died of plague, according to the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH).
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In a Special Meeting held on Tuesday, the Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 Board of Trustees approved a series of reductions to the district’s ongoing levies funded by local taxpayers.
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The Clearwater County Prosecutor’s Office will not file criminal charges against Boise Chief Police Ryan Lee after reviewing the investigation results of a briefing incident.
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Idaho lawmakers are scheduled to meet Thursday at the Statehouse to consider using the state’s projected $2 billion budget surplus for a $500 million income tax rebate.
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Beginning Sept. 8, Yellowstone National Park will no longer require visitors to obtain a day-use ticket to drive the 6-mile road corridor between Tower Junction and Slough Creek.
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The family of fallen U.S. Marine Rylee J. McCollum has re-filed their lawsuit against actor Alec Baldwin for defamation in New York, according to a complaint filed Friday.
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Wildfire season has begun in Yellowstone National Park.
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The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) is announcing the state’s second monkeypox case has been identified in a Teton County resident.
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Former Bingham County Sheriff Craig Rowland will not be going to trial.
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five-year review by U.S. officials has determined that Endangered Species Act protections for ocean-going salmon and steelhead that reproduce in the Snake River and its Idaho tributaries must stay in effect.
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Effective Thursday at 6:00 a.m., the Salmon‐Challis National Forest has implemented the Moose Fire Emergency Area, Road and Trail Closure, Order Number: 04‐13‐22‐507, which includes updates to a road and trail status.
Continue Reading The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality has issued an Air Quality Advisory and Burn Ban for Lemhi County.
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PDATE 8/16/22: The Morgan Bar Campground administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Salmon Field Office has been reopened to entry by members of the public.
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Abortion will remain legal in Wyoming while a lawsuit that contests a ban on the procedure in nearly all cases moves ahead, a judge ruled Wednesday.
Continue Reading The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality has issued an Air Quality Advisory and Burn Ban for Lemhi County.
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Mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus (WNV) were detected in Elmore County on July 29, prompting health officials to remind people to take precautions to “Fight the Bite.”
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A grass fire broke out on the Camas National Wildlife Refuge near Hamer. Firefighters hope to have it out Monday night.
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Public health officials say a southwestern Idaho resident has contracted monkeypox, marking the state’s fourth reported case.
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On July 24 around 8 p.m., the Custer County Sheriff’s Office in Challis received the report of a missing hiker on Mount Borah.
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During the peak summer season, hot weather causes elevated water temperatures that are stressful for coldwater fish such as trout.
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Idaho officials violated the federal Clean Air Act as well as the state’s regulations by issuing an air quality permit for a proposed gold mine in west-central Idaho, the Nez Perce Tribe and two conservation groups said.
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At approximately 12:04 p.m. on Thursday, the Teton County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a motor vehicle accident at the junction of Idaho Highway 33 and Highway 32 west of the City of Tetonia.
Continue Reading Abortion bans set to take effect this week in Wyoming and North Dakota have been temporarily blocked by judges in those states amid lawsuits arguing that the bans violate their state constitutions.
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The U.S. Forest Service, Idaho Department of Lands, and Bureau of Land Management in east-central Idaho will begin Stage 1 fire restrictions, effective at just after midnight (12:01 am) on Tuesday, July 26, 2022.
Continue Reading The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality has issued an Air Quality Advisory and Burn Ban for Lemhi County.
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A former state legislator from Idaho Falls has also passed away this week.
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Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputies are seeking the public’s help locating three inmates who cut their ankle monitor’s off and failed to return to the jail.
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Idaho Chief Deputy Attorney General Brian Kane is leaving to become the executive director of the National Association of Attorneys General.
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Attorney General Lawrence Wasden announced Tuesday Idaho’s participation in a $34.2 million multistate agreement with a New York-based jewelry company that defrauded thousands of U.S. servicemembers and veterans.
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On Monday at approximately 7:37 a.m., Idaho State Police investigated a two-vehicle, injury crash at the intersection of SH33 and Sagebrush Drive in Victor.
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The Idaho Endowment Fund that distributes money to public schools and other entities lost $400 million in the fiscal year that wrapped up at the end of June, state officials said Tuesday.
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The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality has issued an Air Quality Advisory and Burn Ban for Lemhi County.
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Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputies are seeking the public’s help locating 40-year-old Genevette Garner of Jefferson County.
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Yellowstone National Park announced Tuesday the reopening of Slough Creek to overnight backcountry use on July 13
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Idaho State Police completed a 2021 Crime in Idaho Report, primarily detailing statistics collected from police agencies.
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Governor Mark Gordon has mobilized the Wyoming National Guard and multiple state agencies to provide assistance to the residents of Lingle and Goshen County in response to flooding that is occurring as a result of a breach in the Interstate Canal north of Lingle.
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Rudy Gobert has been traded by the Utah Jazz to the Minnesota Timberwolves for a massive package of players and draft picks, a person with knowledge of the blockbuster deal said.
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An FBI affidavit gives more details surrounding the disappearance of 19-year-old Dylan Rounds.
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Yellowstone National Park will reopen the north loop on Saturday, July 2, to all visitors.
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A U.S. agency responsible for killing wolves and other predators to prevent attacks on livestock has agreed to settle a lawsuit by completing an extensive environmental study on its methods in Idaho.
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Idaho State Police are investigating a vehicle collision that occurred on Sunday at 8:44 p.m. on State Highway 48 at 150 N., just north of Ririe in Jefferson County.
Continue Reading On Thursday at 11:23 p.m., the Pocatello Police Department was called to assist Idaho State Police with a male being reported as walking out in front of oncoming vehicles in the area of I-15 and milepost 71.
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An Idaho woman has been sentenced to up to 12 years in prison for attempted murder after prosecutors said she put a plastic bag over her husband’s head while he slept.
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A Florida judge said he plans to issue an order within the next two weeks regarding a lawsuit filed by Gabby Petito’s parents against the parents of Brian Laundrie.
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Attorney General Lawrence Wasden announced Wednesday Idaho’s participation in a $1.25 million multistate settlement with Florida-based Carnival Cruise Line
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On June 17, the FDA authorized emergency use of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for children as young as six months
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Teton County Health Department announced Friday Teton County, Wyo. has moved into the Medium Community Level for COVID-19.
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Due to new information released by Yellowstone National Park regarding the status of flooding and infrastructure damage and the inability to reopen the park in the immediate future, the decision has been made to close the Teton County Fairgrounds to overnight camping and recreational vehicles (RV) beginning Wednesday night.
Continue Reading The United States District Court entered judgment against Nurse Practitioner Kenneth Lowther for violating the Controlled Substances Act and ordered him to pay $30,000 in fines.
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In coordination with the Town of Jackson, Jackson Police Department, Teton County and the Teton County Sheriff’s Office, the Teton County Fairgrounds will again be available Tuesday to those impacted by the closure and evacuation of Yellowstone National Park.
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After a four-day trial, a federal jury sitting in Pocatello found 46-year-old Adam Lee Vallely of Pocatello guilty of one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, one count of possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, and one count of possession with the intent to distribute heroin, U.S. Attorney Rafael M. Gonzalez, Jr. announced Friday.
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Idaho State Police is investigating a three-vehicle collision that occurred on Friday at 12:33 p.m. on US 26 at Iona Road in Idaho Falls.
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Idaho Fish and Game staff at Hagerman State Fish Hatchery euthanized about 188,000 young rainbow trout after the fish contracted a viral disease called infectious hematopoietic necrosis (IHN) on June 1.
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The Beartooth Highway (US-212), located east of the park’s Northeast Entrance between Red Lodge, Montana, and Cooke City, Montana, opened Thursday.
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A deadly accident involving an ATV happened about nine and a half mile southeast of Afton, Wyo. but in Idaho.
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The man who is charged with shooting two Pocatello police officers was in court Monday afternoon.
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The U.S. Forest Service violated environmental laws in approving exploratory drilling by a Canadian company hoping to build a gold mine in Idaho west of Yellowstone National Park, two environmental groups say.
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A review of about 20,000 ballots in a post-election audit of randomly selected precincts in eight randomly selected counties found only six variations from initial results, state officials said Wednesday.
Continue Reading An Idaho man drowned in a kayaking accident on the Salmon River on Monday.
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Idaho Falls Power is currently experiencing an outage.
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U.S. officials have released an environmental study for a proposed nuclear test reactor to be built in eastern Idaho that backers say is needed to revamp the nation’s fading nuclear power industry by developing safer fuel and power plants.
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On Friday, the Sixth District Magistrates Commission convened and appointed David W. Cousin to serve as a Caribou County magistrate judge.
Continue Reading A Rexburg man was sentenced to 144 months in federal prison for distribution of child pornography.
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On Monday, an Idaho Falls man was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison on drug trafficking and immigration charges.
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For drivers everywhere, the pain at the pump continues. According to AAA, Idaho’s average price for regular gasoline is now tied with the national average at $4.57 per gallon – a new record high for both averages.
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The Central Fire District has issued a burn ban due to expected high winds.
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U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis apologized Monday after getting booed and heckled for remarks she made on sexual identity during a University of Wyoming graduation speech.
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Idaho officials on Friday agreed to a $119 million settlement with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson and three major distributors over their role in the opioid addiction crisis.
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Attorney General Lawrence Wasden has announced the arrest of an Idaho Falls man following an investigation by the Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit.
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Due to expected winter weather and hazardous driving conditions in Yellowstone National Park over the next few days, visitors should anticipate temporary road closures, driving delays and select roads having delayed openings.
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An Idaho hospital that went on lockdown in March after far-right activists protested outside is suing Ammon Bundy, Diego Rodriguez and their various political organizations for defamation and “sustained online attacks.”
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Idaho Gov. Brad Little is promising more tax cuts after state budget officials on Tuesday reported April tax revenue came in nearly double what had been expected.
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The Idaho Fish and Game Department is investigating how many illegally-stocked walleye fish are in Lake Cascade after a second walleye catch was reported in four years.
Continue Reading CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit over online harassment filed against actor Alec Baldwin by the family of a Marine who was killed in Afghanistan, saying the Wyoming court did not have jurisdiction over the case.
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The State of Wyoming has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Batelle Energy Alliance, the operating contractor of the Idaho National Laboratory (INL), to collaborate in the research, development, demonstration and deployment of advanced energy technologies and approaches.
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Republican Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin’s association with what a group of retired Idaho county sheriffs and police officers said are extreme, anti-law enforcement factions caused them on Tuesday to oppose her run for governor.
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The Idaho Falls Regional Airport (IDA) has set yet another passenger record during the first quarter of 2022.
Continue Reading Idaho State Police is investigating a crash northbound Interstate 15 at milepost 69, in Bannock County, that occurred on Friday at 9:53 a.m.
Continue Reading Diesel prices on Friday reached a new average all-time high of $5.16 per gallon, surpassing the previous record of $5.15 per gallon set on March 10, according to GasBuddy.
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The theft happened sometime between Thursday night and Saturday afternoon at Gas & Grub on Lindsay Blvd in Idaho Falls.
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Idaho drivers continue to feel the pain at the pump.
Continue Reading The Power County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a one-vehicle rollover that occurred on Arbon Valley Highway on Thursday.
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The Idaho State Board of Education approved a temporary rule Thursday extending an expired temporary rule that bases Idaho public school funding on student enrollment rather than attendance.
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Idaho State Police investigated a single-vehicle, fatal crash at 111-130 Bassett Rd. in Jefferson County Wednesday around 9 a.m.
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The Teton Raptor Center has confirmed the highly pathogenic avian influenza has been found in Teton County, Wyoming.
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The investigation of Randall Fife’s death revealed only one potential suspect, and a judge on Thursday determined this person lacks capacity to understand proceedings against him or to assist in his own defense due to severe brain injuries.
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Idaho Gov. Brad Little says he won’t participate in debates heading into next month’s Republican primary.
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Forty-nine Yellowstone National Park bison were shipped to slaughter, killed by hunters or captured for relocation this winter —- well short of officials’ goal to remove 600 to 900 of the animals.
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A lawsuit challenging Idaho’s ban on transgender athletes in women’s sports will likely move forward after both sides agreed the woman who sued is again enrolled at Boise State University.
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During that time, she used her phone to research, guns, school shootings, and gunmen in school shootings. She also downloaded “numerous” images on her phone of other school shootings such as Columbine and Sandy Hook.
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An Idaho Falls man was sentenced to 80 months in federal prison for unlawful possession of firearm.
Continue Reading A federal jury sitting in Pocatello convicted a Pocatello man on Tuesday for failure to register as a sex offender.
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