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1 hospitalized after crash at intersection of US 26 and Iona Road

October 14, 2020 3:27 PM News Team

A 38-year-old was hospitalized after a two-vehicle injury crash at the intersection of US26 and Iona Road, east of Idaho Falls…

Mule deer buck left to waste near American Falls

October 14, 2020 12:36 PM News Team

Idaho Department of Fish and Game is seeking information regarding the waste of a 4-point mule deer buck in Power…

Elderly woman hospitalized after attacked by dogs

October 13, 2020 5:11 PM News Team

An elderly woman is in the ICU after being attacked by several dogs…

Former Idaho governor candidate charged with murder in Colorado cold case

October 13, 2020 3:46 PM Emma Iannacone

Former Idaho gubernatorial candidate Steve Pankey was arrested and charged in the 1984 cold case of a 12-year-old Colorado…

U.S. Supreme Court upholds transgender inmate’s sex-reassignment surgery

May 7, 2020 3:59 PM News Team

Governor Brad Little announced the State of Idaho has appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals…

I-15 open after closed due to high winds

October 13, 2020 3:51 PM News Team

UPDATE 10/14/20 5:30 p.m. ITD reports Interstate 15 is now open between Idaho Falls and…

I-15 reopens after closed due to high winds

October 12, 2020 4:18 PM News Team

UPDATE 9:00p.m.: Idaho State Police reports Interstate 15 is back open.…

BYU-Idaho sends warning about intentionally contracting COVID-19

October 12, 2020 6:14 PM News Team

Brigham Young University Idaho released a warning Monday about individuals who have intentionally exposed themselves or others to…

SIPH confirms another death due to COVID-19

October 10, 2020 5:53 PM News Team

Southeastern Idaho Public Health has confirmed two deaths associated with…

Police stop wanted man with pit maneuver

October 9, 2020 1:15 PM Linda Larsen

Pocatello Police used the pit maneuver to capture a man wanted on outstanding warrants.…

Madison County moves to high risk category, EIPH Board modifies COVID-19 regional response plan

October 8, 2020 4:34 PM News Team

The Board of Health (BOH) at Eastern Idaho Public Health met Thursday morning and made modifications to the COVID-19 Regional Response Plan and moved…

Virginia man pleads guilty to bribery of FBI official

October 8, 2020 4:47 PM News Team

A 63-year-old Centreville, Virginia man pleaded guilty to paying a bribe to a public official, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced Thursday.…

EIPH confirms another death due to COVID-19

October 8, 2020 4:36 PM News Team

Eastern Idaho Public Health has confirmed another death associated with…

Authorities investigate killing of grizzly bear in Fremont County

October 8, 2020 9:48 AM Associated Press

Wildlife officials are investigating the killing of a federally protected grizzly bear near Coyote Meadows in Fremont County that had been part of a…

EIPH confirms another death due to COVID-19

October 7, 2020 5:48 PM News Team

Eastern Idaho Public Health has confirmed another death associated with…

SIPH confirms 2 more deaths due to COVID-19

October 7, 2020 3:43 PM News Team

Southeastern Idaho Public Health has confirmed two deaths associated with…

Little: Pandemic changing forever how residents live, work

October 7, 2020 1:05 PM Associated Press

The way Idaho’s residents live and work is being changed forever by the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Brad Little said…

2 more deaths due to COVID-19 confirmed

October 6, 2020 5:44 PM News Team

Local health officials reported two more deaths due to COVID-19…

Police release surveillance photos of liquor store theft suspects

October 6, 2020 2:54 PM News Team

Chubbuck Police released surveillance photos of suspects stealing from a liquor store and is asking for your assistance identifying the two…

SIPH confirms 2 more deaths due to COVID-19

October 5, 2020 2:46 PM News Team

Southeastern Idaho Public Health has confirmed two more deaths associated with COVID-19 in southeast Idaho.…

EIPH confirms 2 more deaths due to COVID-19

October 2, 2020 9:53 AM News Team

Eastern Idaho Public Health has confirmed two more deaths associated with COVID-19.…

SIPH confirmed another death due to COVID-19

October 1, 2020 3:23 PM News Team

Southeastern Idaho Public Health has confirmed another death associated with…

EIPH confirms 2 more deaths due to COVID-19

September 29, 2020 5:20 PM News Team

Eastern Idaho Public Health has confirmed two more deaths associated with COVID-19.…

SIPH confirmed another death due to COVID-19

September 29, 2020 1:24 PM News Team

Southeastern Idaho Public Health has confirmed another death associated with…

One person dead in Bonneville County shooting

September 28, 2020 2:50 PM Curtis Jackson

UPDATE 3:30 p.m. Bonneville County deputies are investigating a shooting incident at South Ammon Road, just south of First…

2 arrested during search warrant regarding stolen vehicle

September 28, 2020 3:55 PM News Team

On Friday, Idaho Falls Police officers received information that a vehicle reported as stolen from Boise may be located on 8th Street in Idaho…

Pocatello Police looking for theft suspect

Pocatello theft suspect shot by police

September 25, 2020 6:28 PM News Team

A number of police officers are searching a Pocatello neighborhood for a man who was seen breaking into homes.…

I-15 open as dust dies down

September 25, 2020 5:36 PM News Team

The Idaho Transportation Department and Idaho State Police are in the process of shutting down Interstate 15 from Idaho Falls to…

BYU-Idaho warns of campus closure if COVID-19 cases increase

September 25, 2020 5:24 PM News Team

Brigham Young University Idaho has issued a warning of a potential campus closure if COVID-19 cases continue to…

Police arrest 2 following SWAT standoff

September 25, 2020 11:20 AM News Team

Idaho Falls Police officers were searching for a wanted subject, Maddeline Ovard, Friday morning when they received information that Ovard and…

Exotic reptiles surrendered by Ammon couple

September 24, 2020 6:17 PM Chelsea Briar

Idaho Department of Fish and Game officers recently took possession of several exotic reptiles from an Idaho Falls area residence.…

Police arrest man for robbery, battery

September 24, 2020 5:36 PM News Team

Idaho Falls Police arrested a 30-year-old Idaho Falls resident on multiple charges…

EIPH confirms another death due to COVID-19

September 24, 2020 4:44 PM News Team

Eastern Idaho Public Health is reporting another death due to…

Pedestrian hospitalized after hit by vehicle on US 20

September 24, 2020 11:48 AM News Team

Idaho State Police report a 42-year-old Rexburg man was hospitalized after a vehicle vs pedestrian crash on US 20…

Police arrest man for attempted strangulation, domestic battery

September 24, 2020 11:19 AM News Team

Idaho Falls Police arrested a 25-year-old Idaho Falls resident for strangulation, domestic battery with traumatic injury and resisting or obstruction…

EIPH confirms another death due to COVID-19

September 22, 2020 5:11 PM News Team

Eastern Idaho Public Health is reporting another death due to…

Pocatello fire causes ISU Eames Complex to evacuate Monday

September 21, 2020 3:40 PM Curtis Jackson

A brush fire is burning east of Pocatello near Alvin Ricken…

UPDATE: Alleged swimmer found safe

September 21, 2020 5:09 PM News Team

UPDATE 5:26 p.m.: The Idaho Falls Fire Department has not been able to locate the…

EIPH confirms another death due to COVID-19

September 21, 2020 3:21 PM News Team

Eastern Idaho Public Health is reporting another death due to…

SIPH confirms another death due to COVID-19

September 21, 2020 2:49 PM News Team

Southeastern Idaho Public Health (SIPH) has confirmed the first death associated with COVID-19 in
Bear Lake County.…

Gallatin County locates missing woman

September 18, 2020 3:05 PM News Team

UPDATE: JoVonne Justice, who had been reported missing on Sept. 14, has been located and is…

SIPH confirms another death due to COVID-19

September 19, 2020 5:16 PM News Team

Southeastern Idaho Public Health (SIPH) has confirmed another death associated with COVID-19 in Power County.…

Hunters with bear spray survive attack in Island Park

September 18, 2020 3:51 PM News Team

Idaho Department of Fish and Game report an archery hunter was attacked by a bear while pursuing elk Friday morning in a remote area of the…

Unhappy parents mount school board recall effort

September 18, 2020 4:49 PM Linda Larsen

Immediately after Friday morning’s Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 board meeting finished, Jessie Ward, Troy Sutton and Brandi Clark, members…

SIPH board increases COVID-19 risk levels in 3 counties

September 18, 2020 1:04 PM News Team

The Southeastern Idaho Public Health Board made the decision Thursday to increase COVID-19 risk levels to moderate in Bannock, Bingham and Franklin…

Fatal crash near Blackfoot

September 18, 2020 10:25 AM News Team

A 77-year-old Blackfoot man succumbed to his injuries at the scene of a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 15…

D25 to continue current school schedule

September 18, 2020 11:10 AM News Team

The Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 Board of Trustees held a special meeting Friday to reassess the Roadmap to the 2020-2021 School…

SIPH moves Bannock County to “moderate risk” level

September 17, 2020 4:45 PM News Team

Southeastern Idaho Public Health’s Board of Health voted Thursday to move Bannock County to the “moderate risk” level of the COVID-19 Regional…

Lori Vallow Daybell requests change of venue

September 17, 2020 4:20 PM News Team

Attorneys for Lori Vallow-Daybell have filed a motion in Fremont County District Court asking the court to transfer her case to another…

Suspect in I-15 crash located

September 15, 2020 4:46 PM Curtis Jackson

UPDATE: Suspect who ran from I-15 crash has been located, Idaho State Police…

2 arrested for aggravated assault, felony drug charges

September 16, 2020 10:54 AM News Team

Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the 600 N. block of Eden Dr. to a disturbance involving a man dumping gasoline on property and…

Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 Board Member Dave Mattson looks on as student gives his thoughts concerning the mascot decision.

Board of Trustees vote to change Pocatello mascot

September 16, 2020 2:13 AM Cole Sams

POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – Another school in Idaho is transitioning from a Native American nickname. At Tuesday’s Pocatello/Cubbuck School…

Bonneville High School closed Wednesday and Thursday due to COVID-19

September 15, 2020 4:36 PM News Team

Bonneville School District Superintendent Scott Woolstenhulme announced an emergency closure of Bonneville High School Wednesday and…

Blackfoot School District students diagnosed with COVID-19

September 15, 2020 3:16 PM News Team

Blackfoot School District Superintendent Brian Kress and Southeastern Idaho Public Health announced two students in the district were recently…

Blackfoot Mountain Fire grows to 419 acres

September 14, 2020 5:38 PM News Team

UPDATE 9/15/2020 10:45 a.m. Crews have made good progress with Blackfoot Mountain Fire that started on private land and burned on state land…

SIPH confirms another death due to COVID-19

September 14, 2020 12:17 PM News Team

Southeastern Idaho Public Health (SIPH) has confirmed another death associated with…

EIPH confirms 2 more deaths due to COVID-19

September 11, 2020 3:49 PM News Team

Eastern Idaho Public Health is reporting two more deaths due to…

White-tailed deer found shot in Bear Lake County

September 10, 2020 5:50 PM News Team

Idaho Department of Fish and Game is seeking information regarding the illegal shooting of a white-tailed deer doe near Dingle Pond approximately…

EIPH confirms 2 more deaths due to COVID-19

September 10, 2020 4:59 PM News Team

Eastern Idaho Public Health has confirmed the death of two individuals due to…

Man arrested for trafficking meth, nearly 100 hydrocodone pills

September 9, 2020 6:11 PM News Team

A 51-year-old Idaho Falls resident has been arrested for trafficking meth and nearly 100 hydrocodone…

1 hospitalized after crash on I-15

September 9, 2020 12:52 PM News Team

A 30-year-old McCammon woman was hospitalized after a crash on Interstate 15 south of Pocatello…

Man arrested for DUI, leaving the scene of a crash

September 9, 2020 3:18 PM News Team

A 60-year-old Idaho Falls was arrested for felony driving under the influence and eluding an officer in a motor vehicle, as well as misdemeanor…

Motorcyclist dies after crash

September 9, 2020 11:54 AM News Team

A 64-year-old Iona man died due to injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash…

School Closure 9/9/2020

September 9, 2020 6:25 AM News Team

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – The following schools are closed for Wednesday classes. SNAKE RIVER SCHOOL DISTRICT…

Crews continue to restore power lost due to high winds and gusts

September 8, 2020 12:26 PM News Team

UPDATE 4:50 p.m. Idaho Power crews are continuing restoration work on widespread outages in eastern Idaho caused by the high winds last night.…

EIPH confirms another death due to COVID-19

September 8, 2020 4:49 PM News Team

Eastern Idaho Public Health is reporting another death due to…

SIPH confirms another death due to COVID-19

September 8, 2020 2:55 PM News Team

Southeastern Idaho Public Health (SIPH) has confirmed another death associated with…

Chubbuck Police cancel 2020 Trunk or Treat event

September 8, 2020 2:41 PM News Team

The Chubbuck Police Department has canceled the 2020 Trunk or Treat event scheduled for October.…

Earthquake damage threatens stability of Idaho monument

September 8, 2020 10:50 AM Associated Press

An earthquake in March is threatening caves at the Craters of the Moon National Monument, officials…

School Closures 9/8/2020

September 8, 2020 6:20 AM News Team

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – The following schools/districts are closed due to weather and power outages. BINGHAM ACADEMY BLACKFOOT CHARTER…

Multiple COVID-19 cases confirmed in D93

September 7, 2020 5:54 PM News Team

Bonneville School District 93 reports the following confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported in its…

Multiple power outages in the area

September 7, 2020 4:49 PM News Team

UPDATE: Rocky Mountain Power reports there are 72 outages in Idaho affecting 5,053…

Downed power lines near intersection of Lincoln and Woodruff

September 7, 2020 5:14 PM News Team

The Idaho Falls Police Department and Idaho Falls Fire Department is responding to downed power lines near the intersection of Lincoln and Woodruff.…

Daybell lawyer wants trial moved

September 4, 2020 2:55 PM News Team

Chad Daybell’s attorney has filed a motion to change the venue of his pending court…

Northbound traffic on I-15 near Fort Hall

September 4, 2020 5:58 PM News Team

Idaho State Police reports northbound traffic on Interstate 15 between mileposts 73-93 is currently at a standstill.…

SIPH confirms 2 more deaths due to COVID-19

September 4, 2020 4:05 PM News Team

Southeastern Idaho Public Health (SIPH) has confirmed two more deaths associated with COVID-19 in southeast Idaho.…

SIPH confirms another death due to COVID-19

September 3, 2020 4:30 PM News Team

Southeastern Idaho Public Health (SIPH) has confirmed another death associated with COVID-19 in Bingham County.…

Police arrest man after stabbing

September 3, 2020 3:53 PM News Team

A 30-year-old man was arrested for felony aggravated battery with a deadly weapon…

Bannock County rescinds COVID-19 emergency declaration

September 3, 2020 12:31 PM News Team

The Bannock County Commissioners rescinded the COVID-19 emergency declarations during its regular business meeting…

SIPH confirms another death due to COVID-19

September 2, 2020 2:36 PM News Team

Southeastern Idaho Public Health has confirmed another death associated with COVID-19 in Bannock County.…

EIPH confirms another death due to COVID-19

September 1, 2020 3:08 PM News Team

Eastern Idaho Public Health is reporting another death due to…

Reward offered after 2 doe mule deer shot and left to waste near Elk Bend

September 1, 2020 12:11 PM News Team

Idaho Fish and Game is asking the public for information regarding the recent poaching of two doe mule deer shot and left to waste near Elk Bend,…

EIPH confirms another death due to COVID-19

August 31, 2020 6:21 PM News Team

Eastern Idaho Public Health is reporting another death due to…

EIPH lifts orders of restriction in Clark and Lemhi Counties

August 31, 2020 12:15 PM News Team

At the Eastern Idaho Public Health Board last Thursday, action was taken to lift Public Health’s Orders of Restriction for Lemhi and Clark…

Missing 11-year-old safely located

August 31, 2020 11:22 AM News Team

UPDATE 11:48 a.m. Idaho Falls Police report Connor has been safely located.…

EIPH confirms 2 more COVID-19 related deaths

August 28, 2020 2:45 PM News Team

Eastern Idaho Public Health has reported two more COVID-19 deaths in EIPH’s region.…

200 US Army soldiers deployed to help fight wildfires

August 28, 2020 12:13 PM Associated Press

Officials with the National Interagency Fire Center say about 200 active duty U.S. Army soldiers are being mobilized to help fight wildfires across…

53 inmates, 5 staff test positive for COVID-19 at Bingham County Jail

August 28, 2020 11:35 AM News Team

Bingham County Sheriff Craig T. Rowland reports 53 inmates and 5 staff have tested positive for…

AMC Theater in Chubbuck reopens its doors

August 27, 2020 7:19 PM Cole Sams

Chubbuck, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK)- For the first time since March, the AMC CLASSIC Pine Ridge 11 Theater in Chubbuck is open for business. The theater is…

Butte County Commissioners raise COVID-19 risk level to high

August 27, 2020 3:51 PM News Team

In July, Southeastern Idaho Public Health’s Board of Health adopted the COVID-19 Regional Response Plan for the eight-county…

EIPH confirmes 2 more COVID-19 deaths, Fremont County mandatory face coverings and other restrictions rescinded

August 27, 2020 4:08 PM News Team

Eastern Idaho Public Health (EIPH) has confirmed the death of two females due to complications of COVID-19.…

Idaho State Board of Education approves temporary change to attendance rule

August 26, 2020 6:03 PM News Team

The Idaho State Board of Education approved a proposed and temporary rule change for how Average Daily Attendance (ADA) is reported by Idaho public…

Man in custody after escaping State Hospital South

August 26, 2020 3:55 PM News Team

UPDATE 4:40 p.m. The Blackfoot Police Department reports the man has been found and is in custody as of 4:40 p.m.…

Police investigate after high-speed pursuit ends with rollover

August 26, 2020 1:27 PM News Team

Police are searching for an individual who fled from a high-speed pursuit that ended with a…

Idaho lawmakers abandon meeting amid unruly spectators

August 25, 2020 4:17 PM Associated Press

One person was taken into custody Tuesday and lawmakers abandoned the room after spectators at a House committee meeting at the Idaho Statehouse…

SIPH confirms another death due to COVID-19

August 25, 2020 6:13 PM News Team

Southeastern Idaho Public Health (SIPH) has confirmed another death associated with COVID-19 in Bingham County.…

Man arrested for burglary of 2 Ammon businesses

August 25, 2020 12:05 PM News Team

A 27-year-old Ammon man has been arrested for two counts of…

Kanye West qualifies for Idaho presidential ballot

August 25, 2020 3:31 PM Associated Press

Rapper Kanye West has qualified to appear on Idaho’s presidential ballot this November as an independent candidate, the Idaho Secretary of State’s…

Lone Star Fire grows to 763 acres, 0% contained

August 25, 2020 3:38 PM News Team

The lightning-ignited Lone Star Fire reported on Saturday is now estimated at 763 acres and is spreading to the northeast, away from the Old Faithful…

Kanye West misses deadline for presidential ballot in home Wyoming

August 25, 2020 11:13 AM News Team

Rapper and music producer Kanye West has missed a deadline to submit signatures to get on the presidential ballot in his home state of…