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Wyoming abortion ban to take effect Wednesday after review

July 22, 2022 3:31 PM Associated Press

Most abortions will become illegal in Wyoming on Wednesday after Gov. Mark Gordon gave the go-ahead Friday under a new state…

Central Idaho Fire Restrictions Area implements Stage I Fire Restrictions

July 22, 2022 5:13 PM News Team

The U.S. Forest Service, Idaho Department of Lands, and Bureau of Land Management in east-central Idaho will begin Stage 1 fire…

Farmers Market Family Fun Days

July 22, 2022 6:08 PM Linda Larsen

If you are looking for some great family fun this weekend, one of our local farmers markets is ready to give you the royal…

COVID-19 UPDATES: 1,194 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 7 new deaths

July 22, 2022 4:51 PM News Team

Idaho officials reported 1,194 new COVID-19 cases and 7 new deaths…

Degraded Air Quality and Burn Ban for Lemhi County

July 22, 2022 11:35 AM News Team

The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality has issued an Air Quality Advisory and Burn Ban for Lemhi…

Future of event center takes form

July 22, 2022 1:32 PM Seth Ratliff

The future of the New Mountain America center is on more solid ground today. Contractors spent hours pouring cement to build the main floor on…

Pocatello hosts POW*MIA Awareness Association Rally and Motorcycle Rodeo

July 22, 2022 11:11 AM Cole Sams

The Pocatello POW*MIA Awareness Association is hosting its 22nd Annual Awareness Rally & Motorcycle Rodeo on July 22 & 23 at the Bannock…

Idaho closes out fiscal year with $1.4 billion surplus, more tax cuts and investments on the way

July 22, 2022 12:43 PM News Team

Governor Brad Little announced Friday Idahoans can expect more tax cuts and additional investments with the state’s $1.4 billion budget…

Idaho’s June unemployment rate remains at 2.5%

July 22, 2022 10:39 AM News Team

Idaho’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 2.5% in June, unchanged from May and remaining at a historic…

2022 Scenic River Classic finishes strong with donation to Development Workshop Inc.

July 22, 2022 9:00 AM News Team

The 2022 version of Idaho Falls oldest running race was held July 11 at Snake River Landing, with over 100 runners navigating courses that included…

3 thing to do this weekend – July 22-24, 2022

July 22, 2022 7:27 AM Zach Glancy

Here’s three things you can check out this…

Search ongoing for missing 76-year-old man

July 21, 2022 5:52 PM News Team

Boundary County Search and Rescue was activated Thursday morning at 10:31 a.m. to respond to a report of a missing man in the vicinity of Deep Creek…

Escapee arrested after lengthy pursuit, firing on officers

July 21, 2022 3:01 PM News Team

Early Thursday morning, Idaho Falls Police Officers and Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputies located Peter Lewis, a known fugitive who recently did…

Liz Cheney braces for primary loss as focus shifts to 2024

July 22, 2022 9:45 AM Associated Press

Three weeks before the most significant election of her political career, Liz Cheney was nowhere to be seen as thousands of voters gathered for a…

Moose Fire mapped at 23,620 acres

July 22, 2022 9:52 AM News Team

The Moose Fire burning five miles southwest of North Fork has burned 23,620 acres and is 0% contained. The cause is still…

3 things to know this morning – July 22, 2022

July 22, 2022 7:05 AM Zach Glancy

Here’s what you should know to start your…

Aubree Ours and 5 first responders receive “life saving award”

July 21, 2022 5:18 PM Braydon Wilson

It all started as a regular day for Aubree Ours when she started on her route, to deliver meals to the seniors on the Meals On Wheels program. Except…

Governor Little directs $1 million to fight fentanyl

July 21, 2022 11:13 AM Seth Ratliff

Governor Little plans to hold a press conference Thursday on his anti-drug initiative “Operation Esto…

Former legislator Ann Rydalch passes away

July 21, 2022 5:30 PM News Team

A former state legislator from Idaho Falls has also passed away this…

Crews respond to fire on I-15

July 21, 2022 4:11 PM News Team

The Idaho Falls Fire Department is on scene with Idaho State Police to an outside fire on Interstate 15 at milepost 122.…

Longtime Idaho lawmaker Sen. Mark Nye dies after illness

July 21, 2022 4:52 PM News Team

An Idaho State lawmaker has passed…

Police continue to seek public’s help locating escapee

July 6, 2022 5:48 PM News Team

Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputies are seeking the public’s help locating three inmates who cut their ankle monitor’s off and failed to…

Pocatello Fire Department makes it rain

July 21, 2022 5:10 PM Linda Larsen

Kids got a chance to cool down Thursday afternoon at Caldwell Park in…

Work begins on Pocatello’s new town square

July 21, 2022 6:22 PM Linda Larsen

Work has started on Pocatello’s new town…

Chief deputy leaving Idaho attorney general’s office

July 21, 2022 12:15 PM Associated Press

Idaho Chief Deputy Attorney General Brian Kane is leaving to become the executive director of the National Association of Attorneys…

Idaho Falls to host public meeting on proposed roadway safety improvements

July 21, 2022 12:05 PM News Team

The Idaho Falls Public Works Department is hosting a public meeting regarding proposed roadway safety improvements scheduled for…

Important deadlines for 2022 Teton County Fair event entries

July 21, 2022 11:58 AM News Team

The 2022 Teton County Fair kicks off next week, and there is still time to enter into some of the fair’s most popular…

Improving sections of Teton Crest Trail

July 21, 2022 12:01 PM News Team

Grand Teton National Park in partnership with the Grand Teton National Park Foundation are in their third year working to improve sections of the…

When in doubt, stay out of the water: Protect yourself and pets from cyanobacterial blooms this summer

July 21, 2022 10:37 AM Evan Thomason

Summer is peak season for cyanobacterial blooms (previously called cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms), and Idahoans are reminded to protect…

Moose Fire grows to 20,648 acres

July 21, 2022 10:02 AM News Team

The Moose Fire burning five miles southwest of North Fork has burned 20,648 acres and is 0% contained. The cause is still…

Yellowstone flood recovery update

July 20, 2022 5:37 PM News Team

Yellowstone National Park announced Wednesday visitors will be able to park at Tower Junction and bicycle, hike and fish between Tower Junction and…

Police continue to investigate July 16 hit and run

July 20, 2022 4:21 PM News Team

At about 6:30 a.m. on Saturday, an Idaho State Police trooper was dispatched to a reported hit and run collision near milepost 204 on I-84 in…

Woman arrested for drug trafficking

July 20, 2022 11:26 AM News Team

Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 60-year-old woman Tuesday night after a traffic stop produced multiple illegal drugs in her…

High fire danger in Yellowstone

July 20, 2022 10:28 AM News Team

The parkwide fire danger level for Yellowstone is now…

Idaho’s participates in $34 million multistate agreement with New York Jewelry Company

July 20, 2022 3:21 PM News Team

Attorney General Lawrence Wasden announced Tuesday Idaho’s participation in a $34.2 million multistate agreement with a New York-based jewelry…

Idaho Falls walkaway captured

July 20, 2022 12:12 PM News Team

The Idaho Department of Correction is searching for a walkaway from the Idaho Falls Community Reentry…

COVID-19 UPDATES: 1,529 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 5 new deaths

July 20, 2022 4:54 PM News Team

Idaho officials reported 1,529 new COVID-19 cases and 5 new deaths…

Hot Classic Nights raise $15K for Rigby seniors and Meals on Wheels program

July 20, 2022 2:49 PM Braydon Wilson

Saturday July 9 was all about classic hot rods and raising enough funds to help the Rigby Senior Center feed more than 11,000 meals to seniors in the…

Rexburg police and Nitro Car Wash partner together to raise funds, awareness to D.A.R.E program

July 20, 2022 2:42 PM Braydon Wilson

The flashing lights in front of the NITRO Car Wash in Rexburg on North Second East are not for what you might expect.…

2 hospitalized after being ejected from vehicle in crash on SH33 in Victor

July 20, 2022 2:38 PM News Team

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…

Pocatello police Emergency Communications Center achieves ACE certification

July 11, 2022 3:12 PM News Team

The Pocatello Police Department announced its Emergency Communication Center has been awarded the Accredited Center of Excellence or ACE…

Tickets on sale for War Bonnet Round Up

July 20, 2022 12:18 PM News Team

Idaho’s Oldest Rodeo, The War Bonnet Round Up, is just around the corner and tickets are on…

Bray Fire mapped at 20,345 acres

July 20, 2022 11:32 AM News Team

Fire crews worked throughout the night to contain the Bray Fire northeast of Bliss.…

Idaho Falls ninth grader recognized for her tsunami preventing invention

July 20, 2022 11:22 AM Kailey Galaviz

Local 9th grade student invents a way to prevent tsunamis for this year’s Invention Convention and wins 2nd…

WHP K-9 trained to find fentanyl

July 20, 2022 9:47 AM News Team

Last week, the Wyoming Highway Patrol trained its first Narcotic Detection K-9 to detect the odor of…

4 things to help make sure you’re safe every time you get behind the wheel

July 20, 2022 9:47 AM News Team

Starting now and through the end of July, Bonneville County Sheriff’s Deputies will be participating in an Aggressive Driving Mobilization in…

Man succumbs to injuries after alcohol-related canal crash

July 15, 2022 9:54 AM News Team

he driver of the vehicle involved, 29-year-old Taylor Starnes of Idaho Falls, succumbed to his injuries at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center…

Grass fire quickly spreads to garage

July 20, 2022 9:45 AM News Team

At 4:38 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, the Idaho Falls Fire Department responded to a structure fire that initially came in as an outside fire at the 1400…

Evacuation status moved back to “set” for Moose Fire

July 20, 2022 9:22 AM News Team

The Lemhi County Sheriff’s office has moved the evacuation status from North Fork to Tower Creek back to “set” status.…

3 things to know this morning – July 20, 2022

July 20, 2022 6:10 AM Zach Glancy

Here’s what you should know to start your…

New splash pad proposed for OK Ward Park

July 19, 2022 8:48 PM Cole Sams

Thanks to a community partnership between Pocatello’s Parks and Recreation Department and Idaho Central Credit Union, a new splash pad may be on…

Smoke covers Salmon as fire reinforcements arrive

July 19, 2022 7:22 PM Seth Ratliff

A blanket of smoke rests over Salmon and the area surrounding it as the Moose fire continues to grow.
According to the US Forest Service, crews have…

1 in custody after vehicle pursuit

July 19, 2022 10:17 AM News Team

The Blackfoot-Bingham County Joint Detective Division was investigating a possible narcotics violation inside the city limits of Blackfoot Monday.…

An uncommon herd found in Idaho is thriving

July 19, 2022 3:07 PM Braydon Wilson

The next time you are on the county roads in Archer, you might need to do a double take when you see cattle grazing in the area, as it might just be…

Routine maintenance on Alta roads could cause delays

July 19, 2022 2:36 PM News Team

Motorists who regularly use Lower Ski Hill and Alta North roads in Alta, Wyo., should plan for delays over the next few weeks to allow for surfacing…

Idaho Endowment Fund lost $400 million last fiscal year

July 19, 2022 2:25 PM Associated Press

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…

Mountain View to use innovative technology for lung cancer diagnosis

July 19, 2022 11:54 AM Kailey Galaviz

Mountain View Hospital recently gained a new innovation that holds promise to fight lung…

Degraded Air Quality and Burn Ban for Lemhi County

July 19, 2022 11:46 AM News Team

The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality has issued an Air Quality Advisory and Burn Ban for Lemhi…

Idaho WIC makes annual adjustment to income guidelines

June 28, 2022 2:42 PM News Team

Idaho’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) will implement new income guidelines effective July 1, 2022,…

Central Idaho Dispatch Zone moves to Very High Fire Danger

July 19, 2022 11:09 AM News Team

Due to weather and fuel conditions, the Central Idaho Dispatch Zone, which includes the Salmon-Challis National Forest, has moved to Very High Fire…

Rafters getting stranded after river trips

July 19, 2022 10:54 AM ABC News

Idaho has some of the best white water rafting anywhere in the…

Community input wanted on trail vision

July 12, 2022 2:19 PM Cole Sams

The City of Pocatello, US Forest Service (USFS), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) and Bannock County are…

Bray Fire estimated at 12,000 acres

July 19, 2022 10:09 AM News Team

The Bray Fire was reported Monday at 4:25 p.m. northeast of Bliss. It is estimated at 12,000 acres, and structures are…

Moose Fire evacuations remain in place

July 19, 2022 10:03 AM News Team

Lemhi County Sheriff Penner says evacuation status will remain the same due to another expected wind event…

Three things to know this morning – July 19, 2022

July 19, 2022 7:44 AM Zach Glancy

Here’s what you should know to start your…

Idaho GOP rejects abortion exception to save mother’s life

July 18, 2022 2:57 PM Associated Press

The Idaho Republican Party has rejected adding language to their platform to allow an abortion to save the life of the…

Lumber prices continue to rise after a brief down turn

July 18, 2022 6:17 PM Braydon Wilson

Lumber prices are continuing to rise after a brief downturn during the month of June.…

Trailer catches fire behind business

July 18, 2022 6:29 PM News Team

The Idaho Falls Fire Department made sure a trailer fire doesn’t spread into something…

6 members of white supremacist group expected in Idaho court

July 18, 2022 9:52 AM Associated Press

Six of the 31 members of a white supremacist group who were arrested near a northern Idaho pride event last month will be in court on Monday…

Craig Rowland trial postponed

July 18, 2022 5:02 PM News Team

The trial of Bingham County Sheriff Craig Rowland has been…

Moose Fire estimated at 1,000 acres

July 18, 2022 2:47 PM News Team

The Moose Fire that started on Sunday five miles southwest of North Fork has burned 1,000…

COVID-19 UPDATES: 998 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 4 new deaths

July 18, 2022 4:54 PM News Team

Idaho officials reported 998 new COVID-19 cases and 4 new deaths over the…

Experts: Idaho law, culture complicates hate crime response

July 18, 2022 12:09 PM Associated Press

The number of hate crimes reported to law enforcement agencies dropped slightly in 2021, according to a report from the Idaho State Police, but…

Zoo seeks vendors for trick or treat booths at Boo at the Zoo

July 18, 2022 11:42 AM News Team

Boo at the Zoo will return to the Idaho Falls Zoo on October 20, 21 and 22.…

Cities where houses sell fastest near Boise

July 15, 2022 6:33 PM Stacker

Stacker compiled a list of the cities in the Boise metro area where houses are selling the…

Wolf trapper education class offered in Salmon

July 18, 2022 9:00 AM News Team

A wolf trapper education class will be offered in Salmon on Saturday, August 6, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Idaho Fish and Game…

Three things to know this morning — July 18, 2022

July 18, 2022 8:03 AM News Team

Here’s what you should know to start your Monday.…

CERT creates mock disaster scenario to train public how to respond when disaster strikes

July 18, 2022 10:08 AM Braydon Wilson

rned members of the community gathered together to receive some hands on training on how they could then help people when a disaster strikes. The…

Arco celebrates atomic days

July 16, 2022 4:28 PM Seth Ratliff

A parade with historic magnitude marched through Arco Saturday.
Their “atomic days” have returned to celebrate the community’s very small, but…

Shady Grove Music Camp back for third time

July 16, 2022 10:53 AM Cole Sams

FMC Park is hosting the third annual Shady Grove Music Camp festival this weekend in Pocatello. …

ISU President named 1 of Idaho’s 50 Most Influential Business Leaders

July 16, 2022 10:00 AM News Team

Idaho State University President Kevin Satterlee was named one of Idaho’s 50 Most Influential Business Leaders by the Idaho Business…

Idaho State professor receives grant for Marisol set design

July 17, 2022 2:00 PM News Team

Paul Yeates, assistant professor of scenic and lighting design in the Department of Theatre and Dance, received a $10,000 grant from the F.M., Anne…

Festival of Trees is back after 2 year hiatus

July 17, 2022 10:00 AM News Team

After a two-year hiatus, the Idaho State University College of Business in conjunction with Lookout Credit Union is reintroducing a local holiday…

Feedback sought on proposed location for new BLM Challis Field Office Building

July 17, 2022 9:00 AM News Team

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is extending the comment period on a proposed site for the new Challis Field Office building through July 29.…

ISU to offer professional selling masterclass to the public

July 16, 2022 2:00 PM News Team

The Walter P. Brown Center for Sales Excellence in Idaho State University’s College of Business has partnered with ISU Continuing Education and…

Trash can lids make awkward necklaces for deer

July 16, 2022 9:00 AM News Team

Late last week, Fish and Game’s McCall office received a flurry of calls about a mule deer doe with a trash can lid stuck on her…

1 arrested in connection to Pelton homicide

July 15, 2022 4:30 PM News Team

Earlier Friday, Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputies made contact with 58-year-old Randy Michael Larkin in Chubbuck and placed him under arrest…

IFPD says missing child found safe

July 15, 2022 6:01 PM News Team

The Idaho Falls Police Department is currently searching for missing 9-year-old Cylar Pasley.…

Fatality crash by American Falls

July 15, 2022 4:03 PM News Team

Idaho State Police is investigating a fatal crash that occurred Friday at approximately 7:40 a.m., eastbound Interstate 86 at milepost 39, near…

Investigation into burglary at Planet Doom

July 15, 2022 1:15 PM News Team

The Idaho Falls Police Department is investigating a burglary that occurred early Friday morning at Planet Doom on 1st Street.…

COVID-19 UPDATES: 1,166 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 7 new deaths

July 15, 2022 5:13 PM News Team

Idaho officials reported 1,166 new COVID-19 cases and 7 new deaths…

Deputies rescue 3 from overturned boat

July 15, 2022 9:44 AM News Team

Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputies and Idaho Falls Fire responded to the Snake River near the Conant Access in Swan Valley Thursday afternoon…

Idaho nuclear waste treatment plant making progress

July 15, 2022 2:44 PM Associated Press

A nuclear waste treatment plant in eastern Idaho designed to treat 900,000 gallons (3.4 million liters) of sodium-bearing, radioactive waste that has…