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Cranes of luck at Fox Hollow Elementary

April 7, 2021 4:57 PM Rachel Fabbi

The kids in Mrs. Wyrick’s class have a wish of having a great summer with family and…

349 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 6 new deaths

April 7, 2021 5:10 PM News Team

Idaho officials reported 349 new COVID-19 cases and 6 new deaths on…

BBB warns us of signs promising money

April 7, 2021 5:55 PM Ariel Schroeder

Signs promising money for unused diabetes test strips are showing up around Eastern…

Lawmaker panel advances two anti-abortion bills to Senate

April 7, 2021 2:30 PM Associated Press

A panel of Idaho lawmakers advanced two bills targeting abortion…

House votes to override Idaho governor’s tax commission veto

April 7, 2021 12:07 PM Associated Press

The House on Wednesday voted to override Republican Gov. Brad Little’s veto of a bill involving the responsibilities of the chairman of the Idaho…

Former FBI employee sentenced for receiving bribes, tax fraud

April 7, 2021 9:52 AM News Team

A former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) official was sentenced to 39 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release…

Police release update about Pocatello stabbing incident

April 5, 2021 11:35 AM News Team

The Pocatello Police Department released an update Tuesday about an incident Monday where three individuals were reported to have been involved in an…

346 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 6 new deaths

April 6, 2021 5:24 PM News Team

Idaho officials reported 346 new COVID-19 cases and 6 new deaths on…

Legislation would double electric vehicle registration fees

April 6, 2021 6:08 PM Associated Press

An Idaho House committee on Tuesday introduced legislation that would more than double what it costs to register electric…

Idaho Senate passes so-called ‘fetal heartbeat’ abortion ban

April 6, 2021 4:54 PM Associated Press

The Idaho Senate passed a bill that would outlaw nearly all abortions in the state by banning them once fetal cardiac activity can be…

Idaho Power customers log energy savings

April 6, 2021 4:33 PM News Team

A new report from Idaho Power Company (IPC) shows customers helped save 196,809 megawatt hours of energy by participating in energy efficiency…

Bill to lift Idaho smoking age from 18 to 21 fails in House

April 6, 2021 4:03 PM Associated Press

The House on Tuesday rejected legislation banning anyone under 21 from buying cigarettes or electronic smoking products in Idaho has failed in the…

Bannock County looks forward to eventful summer, vaccinations pick up

April 6, 2021 3:40 PM Emma Iannacone

After a year of cancellations, postponements, and virtual gatherings, Bannock County is looking forward to an eventful…

Information needed regarding swan shooting near Newdale

April 6, 2021 2:51 PM News Team

Conservation Officers are seeking information after discovering multiple dead trumpeter swans on March 27 at the intersection of 100 N. and 2750 E.…

COVID-19 media briefing set Tuesday

April 6, 2021 11:08 AM News Team

The Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) will hold a media briefing about COVID-19 in Idaho at 2:30 p.m. MST…

Idaho panel OKs plan to nullify federal actions, rulings

April 6, 2021 12:34 PM Associated Press

An Idaho House panel on Tuesday approved legislation intended to give lawmakers veto power over federal government actions and federal court…

Idaho to get nearly $21 million to boost vaccine uptake

April 6, 2021 12:25 PM Associated Press

Idaho will receive nearly $21 million in federal funds to encourage people to get the COVID-19 vaccine and to improve access among racial and ethnic…

318 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 2 new deaths

April 5, 2021 5:01 PM News Team

Idaho officials reported 318 new COVID-19 cases and 2 new deaths on…

Farmers file antitrust lawsuit against big ag companies

April 5, 2021 5:07 PM Associated Press

A group of farmers has filed an antitrust case against several big agricultural companies, contending the companies worked together to ban e-commerce…

Idaho Legislature has big to-do list after COVID-19 break

April 5, 2021 2:45 PM Associated Press

A huge income tax cut and rebate, legislation to limit the governor’s authority during emergencies, and a proposed constitutional amendment allowing…

Idaho gas prices slow down

April 5, 2021 12:46 PM News Team

After months of soaring gas prices, Idaho saw the smallest weekly jump since January this…

Man arrested for possession of marijuana, methamphetamine

April 5, 2021 11:19 AM News Team

A 22-year-old Ammon man was arrested for possession of marijuana and methamphetamine…

D91 wants another talk with superintendent candidate

April 5, 2021 10:10 AM News Team

The Idaho Falls School Board met in special session Monday morning to discuss its options for selecting a new Superintendent.…

Man charged with attacking, choking mother

April 5, 2021 10:21 AM Associated Press

The case of a man accused of choking his mother and threatening her with knives has been sent to district…

Controlled burn scorches 13 acres in Indian Creek area

April 3, 2021 9:44 AM News Team

The fire started in the vicinity of Indian Creek Road and quickly spread uphill to the northwest, potentially threatening two…

One dead after tool flies into windshield

April 3, 2021 10:09 AM News Team

A ratchet from an unknown vehicle flew through the windshield hitting Jimenez Negrete, who then drove off the right shoulder into the median, where…

284 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 3 new deaths

April 2, 2021 5:26 PM News Team

Idaho officials reported 284 new COVID-19 cases and 3 new deaths on…

Idaho Falls boy named semifinalist in NASA essay competition

April 2, 2021 4:02 PM Rachel Fabbi

Nine-year-old third-grader Grayson Walters is one of three Idaho students to be named a semifinalist, for the “Artemis Moon Pod Essay…

2021 Easter celebration events

March 27, 2021 11:34 AM News Team

The following is a list with links to Easter egg hunts and other Easter events around east and southeast…

Idaho lawmakers introduce bill to fund all-day kindergarten

April 2, 2021 3:26 PM Associated Press

Idaho lawmakers have introduced a bill that would fully fund all-day kindergarten programs in the…

Inmate sentenced to life in drug racketeering gang case

April 2, 2021 2:07 PM Associated Press

A leader of a white supremacist prison gang in Idaho has been sentenced to life in prison on racketeering and other charges, authorities…

COVID-19 vaccine efforts going well

April 2, 2021 11:53 AM Linda Larsen

Vaccination clinics throughout the area have been busy since the early rollout of vaccine availability for everyone age 16 and up in both the…

2021 “Liberty on Parade” set for July 3

April 2, 2021 10:06 AM News Team

The Greater Idaho Falls Chamber of Commerce announced the “Liberty on Parade” will take place this year. …

EIPH opens COVID-19 vaccinations to ages 16+

April 1, 2021 4:44 PM News Team

Everyone aged 16 and up in the Eastern Idaho Public Health District can now get protected from the…

Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office partners with Othram to identify human remains

April 1, 2021 10:14 AM News Team

The Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office has partnered with Othram Laboratories to help identify human remains found in the Palisades area.…

361 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 1 new death

April 1, 2021 5:15 PM News Team

Idaho officials reported 361 new COVID-19 cases and 1 new death on…

Prescribed fire planned for Market Lake WMA

March 16, 2021 10:59 AM News Team

A series of prescribed burns are planned to occur on Market Lake Wildlife Management Area (WMA) between March 18 and April 15.…

Idaho asks court to toss lawsuit challenging vaccine plans

April 1, 2021 2:18 PM Associated Press

A federal judge should require an 87-year-old Idaho man to reveal whether he’s received the COVID-19 vaccine following his January lawsuit seeking to…

Man accused of killing 3-year-old in Idaho pleads guilty

April 1, 2021 9:41 AM Associated Press

A man who was accused of breaking into an Idaho apartment, stabbing a 3-year-old girl and injuring eight others has pleaded guilty to first-degree…

Funeral cost assistance available for Idaho citizens

April 1, 2021 12:20 PM News Team

The policy was finalized March 24, 2021, and FEMA is moving forward to implement this funeral assistance program nationwide.…

Prosecutors: Idaho officer murder-suicide was premeditated

April 1, 2021 11:42 AM Associated Press

Prosecutors in Idaho have said a former police officer fatally shot a woman he had been dating before shooting himself last year in what they…

Governor Little appoints at-large member to ITC

April 1, 2021 10:46 AM News Team

Governor Brad Little has appointed Earl Sullivan to the Idaho Travel Council…

N. Idaho representative to run for state Senate seat

April 1, 2021 9:48 AM Associated Press

Republican Rep. Paul Amador of Coeur d’Alene plans to leave the Idaho House to run for a northern Idaho state Senate seat that’s being…

460 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 5 new deaths

March 31, 2021 5:18 PM News Team

Idaho officials reported 460 new COVID-19 cases and 5 new deaths on…

‘My soul is lighter:’ Serial killer’s death brings closure

March 31, 2021 2:38 PM Associated Press

Serial killer Joseph Edward Duncan III died in federal prison recently, having admitted to killing seven people, including five children, in Idaho,…

COVID-19 vaccine eligibility expands in many areas of Idaho

March 31, 2021 12:58 PM Associated Press

More areas of Idaho are opening even earlier to additional categories of people wanting to get the coronavirus…

Northern Idaho senator announces run for secretary of state

March 31, 2021 1:00 PM Associated Press

A four-term northern Idaho Republican senator says she will run to become Idaho’s secretary of…

St. Anthony man wins $300,000 on lottery scratch ticket sold in Rexburg

March 31, 2021 11:22 AM News Team

The Maverik in Rexburg off Highway 20 has sold a six-figure winning Lottery ticket once…

Family who lost pigs in fire thanks community for support

March 31, 2021 5:54 PM Rachel Fabbi

The estimated cost of the damage is around $200,000. Eighty thousand for the barn, and $120,000 in show…

New wedding venues to open near Pocatello

March 30, 2021 11:26 AM Emma Iannacone

The Gate City area is expanding the limited options for couples to tie the…

313 new Idaho COVID-19 cases

March 30, 2021 5:10 PM News Team

Idaho officials reported 313 new COVID-19 cases on…

1st Street construction resumes April 5

March 30, 2021 3:57 PM News Team

Knife River will begin installing a new waterline and reconstructing 1st Street between Yellowstone Avenue and the 1st Street/Lomax Street junction…

200 piglets die in outbuilding fire

March 30, 2021 11:16 AM News Team

The Idaho Falls Fire Department reports 200 piglets died in a structure fire on the 14000 block of North 5th East…

Ex-Idaho university employee faces money misuse charges

March 30, 2021 2:43 PM Associated Press

Prosecutors in Idaho have charged the former University of Idaho associate director of alumni relations with multiple felonies after he was accused…

US officials OK plan to send radioactive waste to Idaho

March 30, 2021 2:21 PM Associated Press

U.S. officials have released the latest plan to send low-level radioactive waste to Idaho from a South Carolina facility that converts enriched…

D91 announces new superintendent

March 30, 2021 9:19 AM News Team

The Board of Trustees announced Dr. Eric Pingrey as the new superintendent for Idaho Falls School District 91.…

COVID-19 vaccine media briefing Tuesday

March 30, 2021 11:00 AM News Team

The Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) will hold a media briefing about COVID-19 vaccine in Idaho at 2:30 p.m. MST Tuesday.…

Strike teams armor Idaho ag and mining workers against COVID-19

March 29, 2021 6:44 PM Emma Iannacone

Idaho’s agriculture and mining industries are protecting themselves against the…

Bird goes viral for telling dog “I love you”

March 29, 2021 6:19 PM News Team

A bird in Idaho has gone viral with more than 20-million views on Tik-Tok, by expressing its love for his four-legged…

335 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 3 new deaths

March 29, 2021 5:02 PM News Team

Idaho officials reported 335 new COVID-19 cases and three new deaths on…

Idaho governor issues first veto of 2021 legislative session

March 29, 2021 2:16 PM Associated Press

Idaho Gov. Brad Little has issued his first veto of the 2021 legislative session, refusing to sign a bill involving the responsibilities of the…

Idaho gas prices in top 10 most expensive

March 29, 2021 12:12 PM News Team

The Gem State now ranks tenth in the country for most expensive…

Idaho Falls residential street sweeping to begin April 12

March 29, 2021 3:26 PM News Team

The Idaho Falls Street Division is already sweeping arterial and collector streets to prepare to repaint the faded striping.…

Canadian coal company pays $60M for environmental damage

March 29, 2021 2:54 PM Associated Press

A Canadian coal company has paid a $60 million fine after pleading guilty in federal court involving pollution discharges that killed most of the…

Man arrested for Walmart burglary

March 29, 2021 11:48 AM News Team

Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 27-year-old Ammon man last Saturday afternoon after responding to a report of a burglary at the…

Idaho regulators join civil enforcement action

March 29, 2021 9:54 AM News Team

The Idaho Department of Finance (IDOF) is joining other state regulators and the Commodity Futures Commission in a civil enforcement action involving…

Race to give blood for a chance to win a trip

March 28, 2021 6:26 PM Ariel Schroeder

This spring, the Red Cross is teaming up with INDYCAR to urge people to help keep the blood supply on track by donating blood or…

Serial killer on federal death row dies at Indiana hospital

March 28, 2021 4:40 PM Associated Press

He was sentenced to death in 2008 following his conviction for the killing of 9-year-old Dylan Groene and three adults in Idaho.…

One killed, 2 injured in highway crash

March 27, 2021 1:23 PM News Team

Northbound traffic is being…

224 new Idaho COVID-19 cases

March 27, 2021 5:33 PM News Team

Idaho officials reported 224 new COVID-19 cases on…

Fire in Hailey determined to be arson

March 27, 2021 2:01 PM News Team

HAILEY, Idaho (KMVT)- A fire that destroyed a building in Hailey has been ruled to be arson. The Croy Street Exchange was lost in a fire on Tuesday,…

Help the Red Cross refuel the blood supply

March 27, 2021 10:00 AM News Team

Your car can’t run on empty. Neither can hospital blood…

CDC: Flu and RSV cases down

March 26, 2021 5:34 PM Rachel Fabbi

Sedillo also credits mask wearing, social distancing, and staying home when sick for the low…

317 new Idaho COVID-19 cases

March 26, 2021 4:59 PM News Team

Idaho officials reported 317 new COVID-19 cases on…

Idaho activist suspected of vandalism injured during arrest

March 26, 2021 3:35 PM Associated Press

A Black Lives Matter organizer in Boise who is a former university professor was injured this week during his arrest by police in Boise who said they…

Rexburg man wins Powerball prize

March 26, 2021 3:28 PM News Team

A Rexburg man won $150,000 after matching four of the first five numbers and the Powerball from the Saturday, March 21 drawing. …

Report: Radioactive cleanup at Idaho nuclear site working

March 26, 2021 3:19 PM Associated Press

Ongoing Superfund cleanup work of radioactive and other contamination at the Idaho National Laboratory in eastern Idaho has been successful at…

Applicants wanted for virtual teen symposium

March 26, 2021 2:50 PM News Team

The Salt Lake City FBI invites all interested high school juniors and seniors, 16-18 years of age, in Utah, Idaho and Montana to apply to the FBI’s…

Police no longer searching for 19-year-old

March 26, 2021 10:47 AM News Team

The Idaho Falls Police Department is currently searching for a 19-year-old male resident of Idaho Falls.…

Chubbuck named 2020 Tree City USA

March 26, 2021 10:33 AM News Team

The Arbor Day Foundation has named Chubbuck a 2020 Tree City…

Gov. Little to host statewide Sustainable Transportation Funding Roundtables

March 26, 2021 10:11 AM News Team

Governor Brad Little announced Friday he will host Sustainable Transportation Funding Roundtables with businesses and local leaders across Idaho next…

343 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 2 new deaths

March 25, 2021 5:11 PM News Team

Idaho officials reported 343 new COVID-19 cases and 2 new deaths on…

Idaho Tax Commission extends tax filing deadline to May 17

March 25, 2021 12:42 PM Associated Press

The Idaho Tax Commission voted Thursday to delay Idaho’s tax deadline a month to match the new later federal tax…

Idaho Falls airport director talks 2020 numbers

March 25, 2021 10:14 AM Rachel Fabbi

Cloutier says during the first couple months of the pandemic, the airport was virtually a ghost town, but traffic picked up during the…

Salmon Region trout stocking schedule for April

March 25, 2021 3:25 PM News Team

Idaho Fish and Game will stock approximately 1,950 catchable-sized rainbow at the following locations in…

North Idaho expands vaccine access because of lack of demand

March 25, 2021 11:49 AM Associated Press

A decline in demand for the COVID-19 vaccine in far North Idaho prompted officials to open access to all people 16 and older, meanwhile demand…

Senior center providing meals for 60+

March 25, 2021 12:46 PM Ariel Schroeder

A key resource for our senior community may be operating under their…

M3.2 earthquake registered near Bancroft

March 25, 2021 9:57 AM Curtis Jackson

Did you feel the ground move? …

Idaho city sued over arrests at church singing event

March 25, 2021 9:47 AM Associated Press

A former Idaho county commissioner candidate and a couple have filed a lawsuit against the city of Moscow alleging their First Amendment rights were…

Idaho Falls Power begins major powerline construction

March 25, 2021 9:41 AM News Team

A power project more than four decades in the making is getting underway in Idaho…

Idaho tax filing deadline to be extended to May 17

March 24, 2021 4:13 PM News Team

The deadline to file Idaho state income taxes will be extended to May 17 to conform with temporary changes to the federal tax filing…

425 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 1 new death

March 24, 2021 5:14 PM News Team

Idaho officials reported 425 new COVID-19 cases and 1 new death on…

All Idahoans over age 16 can access COVID-19 vaccine starting April 5

March 24, 2021 10:31 AM News Team

The Department of Health and Welfare has changed the date and time for this week’s media briefing about the COVID-19 vaccine in Idaho to 12:30 p.m.…

80 years after Pearl Harbor, veteran’s remains identified

March 24, 2021 5:54 PM Associated Press

About 80 years after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, a veteran who died during the attacks has had his remains…

Ex-Idaho nurse resentenced, released in 2018 murder case

March 24, 2021 10:49 AM Associated Press

A former nurse in Idaho who admitted to helping a Colorado rancher cover up the killing of his fiancee Kelsey Berreth was released on parole after…

Hit and run crash results in felony DUI arrest

March 24, 2021 9:51 AM News Team

Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputies located a 59-year-old Shelley man Tuesday around 4:30 p.m. after he was reported to have been intoxicated and…

Distracted driving remains a concern on Idaho roads

March 24, 2021 4:28 PM Rachel Fabbi

Lieutenant Chris Weadick with ISP says distracted driving is to blame for most…

Wrong-way crash fatalities on the rise in Idaho

March 24, 2021 11:07 AM Ariel Schroeder

In Idaho, wrong-way deaths are up 50%, climbing from two to three deaths each year.…

Man arrested for kidnapping woman

March 24, 2021 9:40 AM News Team

Clark County Dispatch received a 911 call from a distraught female Tuesday around 9:30 a.m. claiming she was being held against her will and was in…

Idaho lawmakers face tight schedule to extend tax deadline

March 24, 2021 10:48 AM Associated Press

Legislation extending the tax filing deadline from April 15 to May 17 for Idaho residents will be among lawmakers’ top priorities for when they…