The postcard that came home after 60 years
It was 2003, and Leora Krygier was rummaging around a thrift store near her home in Los Angeles. Krygier wasn’t looking for anything in…
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Archaeologists discover 3,000-year-old Egyptian city, left ‘as if it were yesterday’
A group of archaeologists has found the largest ancient city ever discovered in Egypt, dating back 3,000 years. The city, named “The Rise of…
Continue Reading Now you can move into an Italian house for just $12,000
For the determined buyer with a strong vision and good home improvement skills, the fire sale of crumbling Italian houses for a little over a dollar…
Continue Reading What kids are telling us about their pandemic lives
As more children get to head back to in-person school after a year of virtual learning, they bring with them the lessons learned from a year of…
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10-year-old skis all 20 Idaho ski areas in one season
New Plymouth, Idaho, 10-year-old Henry Black has completed his quest to slalom all 20 of the state’s alpine ski areas.…
Continue Reading The greatest airplane beds in the sky
The most luxurious thing in the sky is to stretch out on a fully flat bed and sleep your way through a night flight, arriving refreshed the next…
Continue Reading Scientists have taken the first ever picture of a glow-in-the-dark shark
Scientists have taken the first ever photos of a glow-in-the-dark shark producing its own light. The kitefin shark, Dalatias licha, is the…
Continue Reading Comfort yourself with these 6 hearty soups
How many more weeks of winter? Sounds like it’s the right time for a bowl — no, make that a cauldron — of soup. “People get…
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Tractor Drive launches FFA day at Rigby High School
The Rigby FFA is celebrating National Future Farmers of America Week Thursday with an appreciation luncheon at Rigby High School.…
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ITD crews build snow trenches on SH33
Idaho Transportation Department crews are working on building snow trenches on SH33 in between Newdale and…
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Preliminary report released after avalanche kills Preston man
The Utah Avalanche Center released a preliminary accident report regarding a large avalanche on the east side of Sherman Peak in the Montpelier…
Continue Reading Incredible new images shared by Perseverance rover after Mars landing
After safely landing on the surface of Mars Thursday, NASA’s Perseverance rover has sent back a never-before-seen view: what it looks like to land on…
Continue Reading Antarctic sponges discovered under the ice shelf is perplexing scientists
The accidental discovery of strange life forms on a boulder beneath the ice shelves of the Antarctic has confounded scientists. Researchers were…
Continue Reading This is the biggest drawing in the world made by one person
An artist based in Philadelphia has set a new record for the world’s largest drawing by an individual. The art project, made by Dyymond…
Continue Reading Lunar New Year 2021: Ushering in the Year of the Ox
Though parties and travel may be discouraged in much of the world right now as COVID-19 casts a shadow over Lunar New Year for the second year in a…
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Incorrect Pocatello Temple open house dates announced
UPDATE 3:00 p.m. Pocatello Communication Director Larry Fisher released the following Wednesday…
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8 LDS Church leaders receive COVID-19 vaccine
Eight senior leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints received the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday morning in Salt Lake…
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Ammon Fire Department joining Fire District
Ammon Fire Department firefighters are serving their last day under the city of…
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Potato harvest going strong
Farmers are hoping this year’s potato harvest will be better than last year.…
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Fall photos gallery
Check out some great fall…
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Remembering the Fallen
Almost every one of us remembers where we were 19 years ago on September…
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Wind damage gallery
Here are some photos you shared from Monday and Tuesday’s…
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Judge rules Chad Daybell case can proceed to trial
The Chad Daybell case will likely go to…
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Day 1 of Chad Daybell’s preliminary hearing
Prosecutors on Monday began sketching out their evidence against a couple at the center of a bizarre case of two missing children whose bodies were…
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Rewatch local firework shows here
You can watch the local Fourth of July firework shows virtually here on our…
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Rewatch the Light the Community fireworks
Watch the Light the Community fireworks…
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Rewatch the East Idaho Liberty Celebration fireworks
Watch the East Idaho Liberty Celebration fireworks…
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Watch Flyover Friday to honor medical workers, first responders and essential workers
The Idaho National Guard is teaming up with the Mountain Home Air Force Base Gunfighters to perform a flyover over 11 Idaho cities…
Continue Reading Photos of Idaho Highway 21 cleanup after earthquake
Idaho Department of Transportation crews have finished cleaning up tons of rock, dirt and snow on Idaho Highway 21 between Lowman and Stanley a week…
Continue Reading Local Super Pink Moon pictures
The night sky put on a spectacular show around the globe on Tuesday evening as the “pink” April supermoon — the biggest and brightest of the year –…
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8 foods that age your skin faster
Take a look at what foods (and drinks) may be prematurely aging your…
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10 foods you think are healthy but aren’t
Take a look at 10 foods that aren’t as good for you as you may have…
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Welcome to the new LocalNews8.com and KIDK.com
The digital team behind LocalNews8.com and KIDK.com has been very busy behind the scenes working to improve your experience with the…
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Report: No defects in tour bus in Utah crash that killed 4
U.S. authorities investigating a tour bus crash that killed four Chinese tourists in Utah say they haven’t uncovered any mechanical problems that…
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7-foot long sturgeon get new home in Idaho Falls
Two 7-foot long sturgeon were transported 190 miles from the Hagerman Fish Hatchery to the Snake River in Idaho Falls after spending the first 25…
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First Lady Melania Trump visits Grand Teton
GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK (KIFI/KIDK) – First Lady Melania Trump’s visit to Yellowstone National Park was canceled Friday. White House officials say…
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First Lady Melania Trump visits Jackson
First Lady Melania Trump is in Jackson, Wyo. promoting U.S. national parks and her youth initiative. She touched down in Jackson Thursday…
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Portion of EIRMC evacuated for electrical fire
The Idaho Falls Fire Department responded to a smoke-filled room at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center around noon Tuesday. Upon investigation,…
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Wyoming man grows 1,491-pound pumpkin, breaks state record
Wyoming officials say a Cheyenne man has grown a pumpkin that weighs in at 1,491 pounds, a new state record. The Wyoming Tribune Eagle…
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