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Idaho adopts stricter guidelines to limit coronavirus spread

March 18, 2020 10:37 AM Associated Press

Idaho on Wednesday adopted stricter guidelines for social interaction to slow the spread of the new…

Southeastern Idaho Public Health urges you to limit gatherings

March 18, 2020 1:16 PM News Team

outheastern Idaho Public Health is urging community members to do the following to reduce the spread of…

D93 launches free emergency meals program

March 18, 2020 5:21 PM News Team

The USDA has granted flexibility for the Bonneville Joint School District 93 Child Nutrition Program to offer meals to school-aged children during…

Idaho now has 9 COVID-19 cases

March 17, 2020 7:54 PM News Team

There are now nine cases of COVID-19 in…

Man in custody after standoff

March 18, 2020 11:36 AM News Team

Madison County Sheriff’s deputies initiated a traffic stop Wednesday morning.…

BYU-Idaho student is first confirmed COVID-19 case in Madison County, Idaho cases up to 8

March 17, 2020 2:58 PM News Team

Eastern Idaho Public Health will announce the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Madison County at 5:00 p.m.…

Idaho now has 7 coronavirus cases

March 17, 2020 10:01 AM News Team

Idaho is currently reporting seven…

Police identify body found near Pocatello

March 16, 2020 2:20 PM News Team

The Bannock County Sheriff’s Office is seeking your assistance in the following…

1 person killed in multi-vehicle crash

March 16, 2020 5:59 PM News Team

Idaho State Police reports at least one person was killed and others were injured in a multi-vehicle crash Monday…

Madison School District to close school March 18 – April 6

March 16, 2020 1:19 PM News Team

All Madison 321 schools will be closed from Wednesday, March 18, 2020 – Monday, April 6,…

Updated guidance for mass gatherings and public events in Idaho

March 13, 2020 12:43 PM News Team

Idaho Department of Health and Welfare and the seven local Public Health Districts have developed guidance for event and venue managers to assist…

Sugar Salem School District cancels school until further notice

March 16, 2020 12:51 PM News Team

“Our plan for the foreseeable future is that we will cancel school attendance until further notice. We anticipate that this will be approximately…

Dozens of schools across Idaho close over coronavirus

March 16, 2020 9:55 AM Associated Press

Several school districts and daycare centers across Idaho have closed in efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus…

Canada closing borders to non-citizens, Americans exempted

March 16, 2020 12:07 PM News Team

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is closing his country’s borders to anyone not a citizen or a permanent resident amid the coronavirus…

Idaho’s coronavirus cases reach 5, schools consider closing

March 15, 2020 2:01 PM Associated Press

Idaho Gov. Brad Little met with state school officials Sunday to consider possible closures as the number of Idaho residents confirmed to have…

American Falls man killed in avalanche at Pebble Creek

March 15, 2020 2:45 PM News Team

Bannock County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue is on the scene of an avalanche near the Pebble Creek Ski Area.…

Judge disqualified from Lori Vallow Daybell case, preliminary hearing moved to May

March 13, 2020 2:51 PM Jilliana Colina

During Friday’s hearing, Magistrate Judge Farren Eddins granted the stipulation filed to reschedule Lori Vallow Daybell’s preliminary hearing for…

Police found missing mother and son

March 13, 2020 2:40 PM News Team

The Idaho Falls Police Department is attempting to locate two…

Temporary adjustments made to LDS temple worship around the world

March 13, 2020 12:12 PM News Team

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced the following changes effective March 16, 2020 for all temples…

Jackson cancels Hill Climb, 2 other events

March 12, 2020 4:31 PM News Team

Calling them a “clear and present danger” to the community, the Town of Jackson and Teton County have decided to revoke the permits for three…

Court ruling restricts wolf-killing and bans cyanide bombs

March 11, 2020 4:41 PM News Team

Calling it a “key victory for wildlife,” a coalition of conservation groups has finalized an agreement with the Idaho Office of USDA Wildlife…

Prosecutor: 3 officers found innocent in officer-involved shooting

March 12, 2020 5:36 PM News Team

The investigation into an officer-involved shooting in Idaho Falls is…

All LDS Church gatherings temporarily suspended worldwide

March 12, 2020 4:48 PM News Team

The First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have announced beginning immediately, all…

BYU-Idaho moves academic courses online

March 12, 2020 5:00 PM News Team

Consistent with the CES guidelines issued Wednesday, Brigham Young University Idaho has canceled all campus face-to-face classes beginning March 13…

Lori Vallow Daybell seeks dismissal of judge

March 12, 2020 9:36 AM News Team

Attorneys for Lori Vallow Daybell have filed a motion to disqualify Magistrate Judge Ferin Eddins without…

D91 postpones events due to coronavirus concerns

March 12, 2020 11:48 AM News Team

Idaho Falls School District 91 decided Thursday morning to postpone several large group gatherings planned for the next two weeks due to coronavirus…

Ski Club travelers self-quarantine after Italian trip

March 12, 2020 10:16 AM News Team

A group from the Idaho Falls Ski Club returned from a Club trip to Cortina d’Amepezzo in the Italian Dolomite Mountains last…

Big Sky Conference cancels rest of mens basketball tournament

March 12, 2020 11:04 AM Dylan Carder

BOISE, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – The Big Sky Conference is canceling the remainder of the mens basketball tournament due to concern over the coronavirus.…

Wyoming’s first COVID-19 case reported

March 12, 2020 10:34 AM News Team

Lab testing at the Wyoming Public Health Laboratory has identified the first known case of a state resident with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19),…

Another Jazz star tests positive for coronavirus

March 12, 2020 9:46 AM News Team

The Utah Jazz has a second player testing positive for the…

Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert, Tom Hanks tested positive for the coronavirus

March 11, 2020 7:43 PM Associated Press

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – AP Source: Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert has tested positive for the coronavirus. Also, Actor Tom Hanks says he and his wife,…

NBA suspends season until further notice, over coronavirus

March 11, 2020 7:39 PM Associated Press

NBA suspending season after Wednesday night’s games until further notice because of the coronavirus…

Jazz-Thunder postponed due to “unforeseen circumstances”

March 11, 2020 7:08 PM Associated Press

The Oklahoma City Thunder’s game against the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night has been postponed, with the only explanation a public address announcement…

Public not allowed to attend LDS Church’s April general conference due to coronavirus

March 11, 2020 10:33 AM News Team

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is making major changes to its upcoming April general conference session, missionary training and…

FBI meets with law enforcement agencies about Lori Vallow investigation

March 11, 2020 10:12 AM News Team

The FBI, Rexburg Police Department and numerous law enforcement agencies investigating cases related to Lori Vallow and her missing children, JJ…

Man killed in Idaho Falls

March 10, 2020 11:59 PM Curtis Jackson

Police are investigating a possible homicide on Higbee and 17th Street in Idaho Falls.…

Joe Biden wins Democratic presidential primary in Idaho

March 10, 2020 10:59 PM Associated Press

Joe Biden wins Democratic presidential primary in…

Donald Trump wins Republican presidential primary in Idaho

March 10, 2020 9:25 PM Associated Press

Donald Trump wins Republican presidential primary in…

Police seek help finding money and cards stolen from funeral

March 9, 2020 3:58 PM News Team

The Preston Police Department is seeking help from anyone who might have been at a funeral at the Church house near 200 N and 200 W in Preston on…

WATCH: Lori Vallow Daybell’s bail reduced to $1 million

March 6, 2020 1:38 PM News Team, Associated Press

Lori Vallow Daybell’s bail was reduced during her initial court appearance Friday afternoon at the Madison County Court House in Rexburg.…

Reward offered for information regarding bull elk shot and left to waste

March 6, 2020 11:44 AM News Team

Idaho Department of Fish and Game reports a bull elk was shot twice approximately 30 yards off of the Dingle Pond road, in Dingle in Bear Lake County…

Former Idaho Falls woman sentenced for insurance fraud

March 6, 2020 11:35 AM News Team

A former Bonneville County woman was sentenced Thursday for insurance fraud, Attorney General Lawrence Wasden…

FBI, Rexburg Police seek images in missing Rexburg children’s case

March 5, 2020 11:42 AM News Team

The FBI and the Rexburg Police Department are asking that visitors who were at Yellowstone National Park on Sept. 8, 2019, submit any photos and…

Idaho visitors will see big hike in hunting, fishing fees

March 5, 2020 11:11 AM Associated Press

Gov. Brad Little signed legislation that significantly increases what it will cost nonresidents to hunt deer and elk in…

Rigby man arrested and charged with sexual exploitation of a child

March 5, 2020 10:38 AM News Team

Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children Unit investigators arrested a Rigby man on Wednesday for sexual exploitation of a…

Man arrested on aggravated assault charges

March 5, 2020 10:00 AM News Team

Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputies were sent to a residence on Chokecherry Lane in the Irwin area to a report of a disturbance Tuesday around…

Lori Vallow court appearance set for Friday

March 3, 2020 12:39 PM News Team

Lori Vallow’s initial court appearance has been set for Friday, March 6 at 2 p.m. at the Madison County Court House in…

Standoff suspect in custody

March 4, 2020 6:58 AM Joel Killam

Police report a suspect surrendered and is in…

Woman disputes claim she knows whereabouts of missing Rexburg kids

March 2, 2020 4:01 PM Associated Press

The adult niece of an Idaho woman whose two children have been missing for five months is cooperating in the FBI’s investigation into the…

2 Pocatello shooting suspects in custody

March 1, 2020 7:22 AM News Team

UPDATE 3/2/20 2:40 p.m. The Pocatello Police Department reports Mason Gonzales and Mitchell Gonzales have been taken into custody without incident.…

Police investigate suspected murder-suicide

February 28, 2020 11:38 AM News Team

The Idaho Falls Police Department released information Friday during a press conference regarding a suspicious death investigation that occurred…

Man arrested for attempted strangulation

February 28, 2020 5:03 PM News Team

A jail cell in Bannock County is holding a Salt Lake City man on charges of…

Plane crash at Dubois Airport

February 27, 2020 11:03 AM News Team

Clark County Sheriff Bart May reports a Cessna 172 airplane crashed at the Dubois Airport Thursday around 9:10…

WATCH: Lori Vallow bail remains at $5 million, waives extradition

February 26, 2020 4:53 PM News Team, Associated Press

Lori Vallow asked a judge to reconsider her $5 million bail, but the judge said it will remain at $5 million during a court hearing in…

Devon M. Barrington and Jaclyn L. Whorton

2 arrested for robbery and possession of drugs

February 26, 2020 1:17 PM News Team

Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a residence in the 5300 W. block of W. Broadway to a report of a robbery Wednesday around 12:40…

Suspect dead in officer-involved shooting

February 26, 2020 3:26 AM Joel Killam

A suspect armed with a knife is dead following an officer-involved shooting. …

Lori Vallow wants $5 million bail reduced

February 25, 2020 5:21 PM News Team

A mother arrested in Hawaii over the disappearance of her two Idaho children wants a judge to reconsider her $5 million…

1 hospitalized after train vs. semi accident

February 25, 2020 4:08 PM News Team

Central Fire District reports Highway 48 is closed in the Roberts area at the railroad tracks for a train vs. semi accident.…

Charging documents unveil last known photo of Tylee Ryan

February 21, 2020 9:45 AM Kaitlin Miklos

Charging documents obtained by Local News 8 on Friday unveil new details leading up to Lori Vallow’s arrest in Princeville, HI on Thursday…

Lori Vallow arrested on $5 million warrant

February 20, 2020 6:04 PM News Team

The Kaua‘i Police Department (KPD) arrested 47-year-old Lori Vallow of Idaho on Thursday in relation to an investigation being conducted by the…

Rigby man arrested for felony DUI and possession of marijuana

February 20, 2020 10:41 AM News Team

Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the Ammon Walmart for a report of a hit and run accident Wednesday around 6:25 p.m.…

One school district closes on Thursday

February 20, 2020 6:45 AM News Team

Butte County School District 111 has closed school today because of the extreme cold temperatures.…

UPDATE: Six men wanted in beating after gunshot investigation

February 19, 2020 10:10 PM News Team

UPDATE 7:58 am. 2/20/20: Pocatello, ID (KIFI/KIDK) – Pocatello police releasing new details about the shooting near campus late Wednesday night. They…

Police seek help identifying burglar

February 19, 2020 4:24 PM News Team

Jackson Police report the AT&T store in Jackson was burglarized on Jan. 28.…

Bill to compensate wrongly convicted heads to Senate

February 19, 2020 1:34 PM Associated Press

Legislation that would compensate the wrongly convicted headed to the Senate on…

Bank robber arrested

February 19, 2020 10:23 AM News Team

A 43-year-old was arrested Tuesday in connection to the robbery of the south branch of the DL Evans Bank in Burley on Feb.…

Police surround home near Idaho Falls High

February 18, 2020 5:54 PM Curtis Jackson

Police are at home near Idaho Falls High School with guns drawn and urging people to come out.…

Vigil planned for West Yellowstone boy who was killed

February 18, 2020 11:30 AM Associated Press

West Yellowstone residents are planning a candlelight vigil this weekend for a 12-year-old boy who was beaten to death.…

Idaho fugitive killed by officers in western North Dakota

February 13, 2020 4:52 PM Associated Press

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…

Grandparents of missing boy seek temporary guardianship

February 4, 2020 1:29 PM Kaitlin Miklos

The grandparents of a 7-year-old boy who has been missing for months have asked a judge to grant them temporary guardianship of the…

Police: School e-mail threats originated from outside the country

February 11, 2020 11:20 AM News Team

UPDATE 4:50 p.m. Idaho Falls Police report two schools in our area received identical threats via email…

Driver survives after car crashes into river

February 11, 2020 11:30 AM News Team

A driver is lucky to be alive after driving off the road and into the South Fork of the Snake River Tuesday morning.…

Source: Cell phone of missing teen found with mother

February 10, 2020 9:43 AM Kaitlin Miklos

Sources tell CBS News police have found 17-year-old Tylee Ryan’s cell phone with Lori Vallow in Hawaii.…

Woman arrested for beating 93-year-old

February 10, 2020 12:07 PM News Team

Blackfoot Police report a 21-year-old was arrested Saturday afternoon after she forced her way into a residence on N. Stout Street in Blackfoot and…

Idaho Falls woman sentenced for insurance fraud

February 10, 2020 3:51 PM News Team

An Idaho Falls woman was sentenced Monday for insurance…

UPDATE: Danger situation in Heise area over

February 9, 2020 5:05 PM News Team

UPDATE 2/9/20 5:54 P.M. : Sergeant Bryan Lovell with the Bonneville County Sheriff’s office tells us the danger situation in the Heise area is over.…

Highway 26/89 closed due to avalanche

February 6, 2020 9:32 PM News Team

LINCOLN COUNTY, WY (KIFI/KIDK) – Highway 26 and 89 from Alpine Junction and Hoback Junction has been closed due to an avalanche. This comes from the…

Stolen vehicle recovered before owner knew it was stolen

February 6, 2020 4:52 PM News Team

An Idaho Falls Police officer was patrolling the area of 1st street and St. Clair Avenue Friday around 12:40 a.m. when he approached a vehicle…

Man arrested for heroin trafficking

February 6, 2020 4:34 PM News Team

Idaho Falls Police responded to the area of 150 Houston Circle for a report that two people were passed out in a vehicle outside a business Friday…

Ammon and Nampa men arrested for child pornography crimes

February 6, 2020 3:53 PM News Team

Attorney General Lawrence Wasden has announced investigators with his Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit arrested two men on…

Winter weather advisory for East Idaho: Prepare ahead of time for travel

February 5, 2020 4:40 PM News Team

The Idaho Transportation Department and the National Weather Service are advising you use caution while traveling beginning Wednesday evening due to…

Idaho Falls man arrested after road rage incident involving firearm

February 5, 2020 10:51 AM News Team

A 20-year-old Idaho Falls man was arrested Tuesday night after he admitted to pointing a firearm at another driver during a road rage…

White Pine Charter School students sent home

February 5, 2020 10:36 AM News Team

White Pine Charter School in Idaho Falls has released students from the elementary school due to an HVAC problem in the…

KIFI Local News 8 and KIDK Eyewitness News 3

School Closures for February 5, 2020

February 5, 2020 6:12 AM Joel Killam

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – Schools Closed: Marsh Valley School District 21 Other School Closures: American Heritage Charter School. The School…

Police investigate crash on I-15

February 4, 2020 4:51 PM News Team

Idaho State Police is currently investigating a single-vehicle crash on southbound I-15 at mile marker 118, the Broadway exit.…

School and road closures, Tuesday…Most INL operations open

February 4, 2020 6:12 AM Joel Killam

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) School Closures for Tuesday, February 4th: Butte County School District 111Mackay School District 182 Other Closures:…

2 hospitalized in US 26 crash

February 3, 2020 3:10 PM News Team

Idaho State Police is investigating a crash on US26 at milepost 343, west of Ririe. …

Deadline passed for mom to produce missing kids in Rexburg

January 30, 2020 4:34 PM News Team, Associated Press

As authorities continue to plead with the public for any information about two kids missing for five months, experts say a potential criminal case…

Senator Brent Hill will not seek reelection

January 30, 2020 12:22 PM News Team

Senator Brent Hill announced Thursday he will not seek…

Coyote that bit skier tested negative for rabies

January 29, 2020 10:12 AM News Team

Yellowstone National Park officials report a coyote bit a woman who was cross-country skiing in the Canyon Village area Tuesday around 9:50 a.m.…

Hazmat responds to chemical spill

January 30, 2020 11:22 AM News Team

The Region 7 Hazardous Material Response Team is en route to a chemical spill at 250 S.…

Blackfoot school closed Thursday

January 29, 2020 5:08 PM News Team

Blackfoot School District #55 reports Blackfoot Heritage Sixth Grade will not have school on Thursday, Jan.…

IDOC investigates inmate’s apparent suicide

January 29, 2020 11:27 AM News Team

The Idaho Department of Correction is investigating the apparent suicide of a Pocatello Women’s Correctional Center…

Felony meth trafficking arrest after driver attempts to elude officers

January 28, 2020 2:52 PM News Team

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…

Do you recognize this truck?

January 27, 2020 11:55 AM News Team

The Blackfoot Police Department needs your help identifying a truck.…

Police seek help identifying burglar

January 24, 2020 3:12 PM News Team

Idaho Falls Police are trying to identify this individual in connection to a burglary on Wednesday.…

Idaho Falls man sentenced for misappropriating funds

January 24, 2020 4:17 PM News Team

An Idaho Falls man was sentenced for misappropriation or diversion of fiduciary funds…

TSA detects firearm in traveler’s carry-on luggage at Idaho Falls Airport

January 24, 2020 11:49 AM News Team

Transportation Security Administration officers at Idaho Falls Regional Airport discovered a loaded firearm in the carry-on luggage of female…

Power Restored for more than 30,000 Rocky Mountain Customers

January 23, 2020 11:30 PM Michael Coats

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…

Fort Hall man sentenced in truck driver assault

January 23, 2020 4:54 PM News Team

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…