Butte County Commissioners raise COVID-19 risk level to high
In July, Southeastern Idaho Public Health’s Board of Health adopted the COVID-19 Regional Response Plan for the eight-county…
Continue ReadingIn July, Southeastern Idaho Public Health’s Board of Health adopted the COVID-19 Regional Response Plan for the eight-county…
Continue ReadingEastern Idaho Public Health (EIPH) has confirmed the death of two females due to complications of COVID-19.…
Continue ReadingThe annual Relay for Life event in Pocatello will look a little different in…
Continue ReadingSoutheastern Idaho Public Health has 54 new confirmed cases of…
Continue ReadingCHEYENNE, Wyo. (KIFI/KIDK)-Governor Mark Gordon has extended all current public Wyoming Department of Health orders with no changes.Wyoming has…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Falls Community Food Basket and the Idaho Falls Soup Kitchen are struggling to continue to provide…
Continue ReadingSixteen Idaho volunteers have been dispatched by the American Red Cross to help with fire relief efforts in California.…
Continue ReadingNo one was seriously hurt in an apartment house fire on Old Butte Road, shortly after 10 p.m.…
Continue ReadingFire crews are responding to a lightning-caused fire approximately three miles west of Georgetown.…
Continue ReadingPacific Creek Landing, in Grand Teton National Park, will close for construction beginning September…
Continue ReadingMany residents of Eastern Idaho may hear a knock at their door or receive some other type of communication from the U.S. Census Bureau within the…
Continue ReadingIdaho nurses are being scammed by mail and phone by people threatening their nursing…
Continue ReadingThe Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office is participating with law enforcement around the state in mobilizing extra patrols looking for impaired…
Continue ReadingYellowstone National Park Rangers closed the road between Mud Volcano and Fishing Bridge Junction after a semi-tractor trailer overturned Thursday.…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Department of Environmental Quality is lifting an air pollution forecast and caution for all of southeast Idaho. …
Continue ReadingMost teens would ask for a car on their birthday, but when Camelia Murdoch turned 17 she had something different in…
Continue ReadingIdaho’s public health officials are trying to decide whether they’ll officially adopt new CDC guidelines that no longer recommend coronavirus testing…
Continue ReadingIdahoans filed 3,794 new initial claims for unemployment insurance benefits in the past week. That is up 4%, or 150 claims, from last week.…
Continue ReadingYellowstone National Park expected to open the Grand Loop Road between Old Faithful and West Thumb Junction…
Continue ReadingThere was not a lot of change on the Bear Creek fire line on the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest in the last 24 hours, but there was…
Continue ReadingRIGBY, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – A new elementary school in Jefferson Joint School District is ready for students this fall in Rigby. Cottonwood Elementary…
Continue ReadingUnlike most businesses, they are booming during the…
Continue ReadingIdaho is ranked the 49th state when it comes to women equality throughout the nation. According to data gathered by WalletHub, the gem state only…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho State Board of Education approved a proposed and temporary rule change for how Average Daily Attendance (ADA) is reported by Idaho public…
Continue ReadingINKOM, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – There are some big plans for Inkom’s infrastructure in the near future. Recently, the town was awarded the Transportation…
Continue ReadingUPDATE 4:40 p.m. The Blackfoot Police Department reports the man has been found and is in custody as of 4:40 p.m.…
Continue ReadingLocal health officials reported 88 new COVID-19 cases in the area…
Continue ReadingPolice are searching for an individual who fled from a high-speed pursuit that ended with a…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 305 new COVID-19 cases and 11 new deaths on…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Nonprofit Center is collecting signatures on a letter calling on Governor Brad Little to enact a statewide mask mandate. The group will…
Continue ReadingGovernor Mark Gordon ordered $250 million in the first round of state budget cuts Wednesday. …
Continue ReadingOver the past year, Idaho ranked fourth…
Continue ReadingThe American Heart Association/American Stroke Association presented Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center with the Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke…
Continue ReadingAnti-government activist Ammon Bundy was arrested Wednesday for the second time in two days at the Idaho…
Continue ReadingA wildfire that closed a road near Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park continued to…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has extended an Air Pollution Forecast and Caution again for Wednesday.…
Continue ReadingIdaho lawmakers meeting in a special session resumed work Wednesday on bills dealing with the coronavirus pandemic following two chaotic days…
Continue ReadingSeveral small wildfires were started by a lightning storm that tracked over southeast Idaho Tuesday afternoon. …
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Falls City Council is considering a proposal to allow the Community Youth in Action (CYA) to sublease the former Grand Teton Council…
Continue ReadingFire destroyed a single-wide mobile home at 895 South 52nd East in Idaho Falls. …
Continue ReadingAuthorities on Tuesday arrested anti-government activist Ammon Bundy at the Idaho Statehouse after he refused to leave a meeting room where a few…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 405 new COVID-19 cases and 12 new deaths on…
Continue ReadingThe Portneuf District Library in Chubbuck announced on Monday that one of their employees tested positive for COVID-19.…
Continue ReadingOne person was taken into custody Tuesday and lawmakers abandoned the room after spectators at a House committee meeting at the Idaho Statehouse…
Continue ReadingSoutheastern Idaho Public Health (SIPH) has confirmed another death associated with COVID-19 in Bingham County.…
Continue ReadingThe old Sears building at the Grand Teton Mall in Idaho Falls won’t be empty much…
Continue ReadingLocal health officials reported 53 new cases on…
Continue ReadingA 27-year-old Ammon man has been arrested for two counts of…
Continue ReadingThe Teton County, Wyoming Board of County Commissioners has ordered a partial fire restriction until further…
Continue ReadingIdaho Falls School District 91 is unveiling new rules and expectations for Ravsten Stadium amid COVID-19 in accordance with guidance from local…
Continue ReadingIdaho lawmakers on Tuesday started the second day of a special session called by Republican Gov. Brad Little to deal with the coronavirus…
Continue ReadingRapper Kanye West has qualified to appear on Idaho’s presidential ballot this November as an independent candidate, the Idaho Secretary of State’s…
Continue ReadingCommander Nicholas Meyers will be the first skipper of the USS Idaho, which had a keel-laying ceremony in Connecticut…
Continue ReadingThe 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…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Transportation Department has outlined five major projects it hopes to build along the Interstate 15 Inkom Corridor.…
Continue ReadingAn accident on a highway pass in western Wyoming has killed a state transportation…
Continue ReadingIt appears social distancing measures and mask mandates could be reducing Idaho’s rate of Covid-19…
Continue ReadingBecause of improved conditions, the Idaho DEQ has lifted air pollution advisories for much of eastern…
Continue ReadingAll of eastern Idaho is now under Stage 1 Fire Restrictions. The restrictions take effect at 12:01 a.m. Friday.…
Continue ReadingTeton County posted Wyoming’s best improvement in unemployment statistics during July. …
Continue ReadingRapper and music producer Kanye West has missed a deadline to submit signatures to get on the presidential ballot in his home state of…
Continue ReadingHunting seasons are upon us in Idaho with opening day for general archery season starting on Aug. 30.…
Continue ReadingThe unpaved section of the Moose-Wilson Road in Grand Teton National Park will be temporarily closed for seasonal dust abatement until 8 a.m.…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) reports air quality has improved overnight and is expected to be in the moderate category…
Continue ReadingCustomers of the Raft River Electric Cooperative in the Albion area can expect a brief power outage…
Continue ReadingThe Bear Creek Fire on Lemhi Pass is estimated at 11,236 acres and is now 70% contained.…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 217 new COVID-19 cases and 7 new deaths on…
Continue ReadingThe College of Eastern Idaho started its fall 2020 semester Monday. The college has prepared to host approximately one-third of classes in-person and…
Continue ReadingLocal health officials reported 61 new COVID-19 cases in the area…
Continue ReadingAngry spectators who couldn’t get into the Idaho House of Representatives for a special session to deal with the coronavirus pandemic Monday…
Continue ReadingIdaho lawmakers started a special session Monday to deal with the coronavirus…
Continue ReadingStudents and teachers are back in the classroom after a long hiatus from the…
Continue ReadingThe East Idaho Fair Food Tour announced on Monday a second tour for the late summer and fall…
Continue ReadingMadison School District patrons have approved a two-year, $1,995,000 supplemental maintenance and operation levy.…
Continue ReadingContract negotiations to support the design and build phase of the Versatile Test Reactor (VTR) are now underway. …
Continue ReadingAs part of ongoing efforts required under the Endangered Species Act to monitor the population of grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem,…
Continue ReadingThe Air Pollution Forecast and Caution continues for Southeast Idaho as smoke from regional wildfires continues to impact air…
Continue Readinghe Caribou-Targhee National Forest, in conjunction with its partners, will replace two deficient bridges and realign the road around a wetland area…
Continue ReadingIdaho gas prices rose only .3 cents per gallon in the past week, to an average of $2.38 per gallon.…
Continue Reading(KIFI/KIDK) A lightning-ignited wildfire was reported on Saturday afternoon near Old Faithful. The National Park Service reports, the fire was…
Continue Reading(KIFI/KIDK) An Amber Alert has been issued in Wyoming for a Montana couple and a baby. The Montana Department of Justice says, 20-year-old Andrew…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 191 new COVID-19 cases and 1 new death on…
Continue Reading(IDAHO FALLS – KIFI/KIDK) A 14-year-old boy was struck by a car, in what Bonnveille County Deputies are calling a large fight, late Saturday night.…
Continue ReadingProviders are expressing an increased rate of people seeking mental health services, including people who have never stepped foot in a therapeutic…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 293 new COVID-19 cases and 2 new deaths on…
Continue ReadingIdaho Falls Police deemed a phoned-in bomb threat to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center noncredible…
Continue Reading298 small white flags surround the American flag pole in Bruce Mason’s front yard in Driggs.…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 239 new COVID-19 cases and 6 new deaths on…
Continue ReadingIdaho Gov. Brad Little said Friday he will keep the state in his fourth and final stage for reopening the economy for at least another two weeks as…
Continue ReadingChad Daybell entered a not guilty plea to all charges during his arraignment before Judge Steven Boyce during an arraignment on…
Continue ReadingLocal health officials reported 85 new COVID-19 cases in the area…
Continue ReadingThe Teton County Health Department, in partnership with St. John’s Health, will begin COVID-19 surveillance testing for businesses beginning…
Continue ReadingThe “Remote Area Medical” team will bring free, quality, dental, vision, and medical care to underinsured and uninsured people in Idaho on…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) maintenance crews will begin construction on US-20/26 from Butte City to Arco on Monday, Aug…
Continue ReadingFor 66 years, the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) has collected critical funds in the community – one dollar at a time – as…
Continue ReadingWildfire smoke can hurt your eyes, aggravate respiratory problems and worsen the symptoms of heart or lung disease.…
Continue ReadingThe Teton County Fair Board is looking to crown its royalty this weekend to represent the 2021 Teton County…
Continue ReadingIdaho State Veterans Home – Pocatello (ISVH-P) has been recognized as a 2020 recipient of the Silver– Commitment to Quality Award for its…
Continue ReadingThe Muldoon Fire that started Sunday 20 miles southwest of Mackay in the Lost River Ranger District is now is at 75% containment and holding at 374…
Continue ReadingBackcountry fire restrictions took effect Friday in Yellowstone National Park due to very high fire…
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