Air Quality Forecast and Caution continues for Southeast Idaho
The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) reports the Air Quality Forecast and Caution continues for Southeast…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) reports the Air Quality Forecast and Caution continues for Southeast…
Continue ReadingThe Jenny Lakeshore Trail from the String Lake parking area to the Cascade Canyon horse trail will be closed to horse traffic beginning now through…
Continue ReadingThe lightning-caused Bear Creek Fire that started August 11 on the Lemhi Pass area (29 miles East of Salmon Idaho) has burned 8,500 acres and is 20%…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has issued an air pollution forecast and caution to notify residents of Bannock, Bingham, Bear…
Continue ReadingIdaho Falls School District 91’s school board voted unanimously to push back the school start date for from Aug. 26 to Aug. 31.…
Continue ReadingWith athletic events set to kick-off on Friday, the Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 announced Thursday the guidelines it will be requiring for…
Continue ReadingLocal health officials reported 97 new COVID-19 cases on…
Continue ReadingEastern Idaho Public Health reported another death due to complications from COVID-19 in Bonneville County.…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 424 new COVID-19 cases and 7 new deaths on…
Continue ReadingEven with in-person voting as an option, people in Bannock County are planning…
Continue ReadingIn a press conference Thursday, Manu confirmed four inmates tested positive for COVID-19 this…
Continue ReadingIdaho Falls Police officers responded to a residence on the 1100 block of Kortnee Drive for a report that someone had been stabbed around 12:30 a.m.…
Continue ReadingGrand Teton National Park staff have been busy with several search and rescue operations on the Snake River in recent weeks.…
Continue ReadingDistance learning is meant to keep kids safe from COVID-19 but experts are reminding parents of the dangers lurking on the…
Continue ReadingThe City of Pocatello’s Lead Safe & Healthy Homes program is once again drawing national…
Continue ReadingIdahoans who received money from the state due to the COVID-19 pandemic could have an unexpected tax bill when they file their 2020 Idaho income tax…
Continue ReadingNew initial claims for unemployment insurance benefits increased 12% for the week ending Aug.…
Continue ReadingThe Muldoon Fire that started Sunday 20 miles southwest of Mackay in the Lost River Ranger District is estimated at 374 acres and is 55%…
Continue ReadingIdaho National Laboratory Director Mark Peters has accepted a job as executive vice president for Laboratory Operations at Battelle Energy…
Continue ReadingThe lightning-caused Bear Creek Fire that started August 11 on the Lemhi Pass area (29 miles East of Salmon Idaho) has burned 7,563 acres and is 20%…
Continue ReadingProtestors have gathered outside the Idaho Falls District…
Continue ReadingLori Vallow Daybell’s arraignment originally scheduled Aug. 27 before Judge Dane H. Watkins Jr. in Fremont County has been…
Continue ReadingIdaho contestants for American Idol can audition using…
Continue ReadingEastern Idaho Public Health reported the first death due to complications of COVID-19 in Fremont County on…
Continue ReadingWednesday night is the last Brews at the Ballpark at Melaleuca…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 370 new COVID-19 cases and 9 new deaths on…
Continue ReadingLocal health officials reported 57 new cases in the area on…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Falls Board of Trustees is holding a special meeting Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Compass Academy Auditorium to discuss modifying the 2020-21…
Continue ReadingThe Shelley School District began its school year on…
Continue ReadingWomen are all but guaranteed to claim a majority of Wyoming’s congressional delegation for the first time after voters picked four – two Republicans…
Continue ReadingUPDATE 8/19/2020: All 121 “pending” employee COVID-19 tests taken late last week have returned negative, bringing the park’s total asymptomatic…
Continue ReadingSoutheastern Idaho Public Health (SIPH) has confirmed two more deaths associated with COVID-19 in southeast Idaho.…
Continue ReadingA good story can take us far away from the problems of the pandemic, without ever leaving…
Continue ReadingGovernor Brad Little issued a proclamation Wednesday outlining the issues to be considered by the Idaho Legislature during a special legislative…
Continue ReadingA Canadian company seeking U.S. approval for three open-pit gold mines in Idaho is suing the U.S. government contending U.S. officials are allowing…
Continue ReadingThe Pine Creek Bridge on Idaho Highway 31 in Swan Valley will close Thursday, August 20 while crews seal the last half of the new bridge deck against…
Continue ReadingThe Salmon-Challis National Forest has implemented an emergency road closure (#04-13-20-013) to protect a Chinook Salmon Redd where the road crosses…
Continue ReadingCollege of Eastern Idaho (CEI) will start the fall 2020 semester Monday, August 24 with both on-campus and online options.…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Department of Correction is being sued in federal court by an environmental group that says a north-central Idaho prison is dumping…
Continue ReadingThe City of Victor is entering the early stages of conducting a City Hall and Public Works facilities assessment.…
Continue ReadingThree separate people called police to report someone impersonating an officer asking for…
Continue ReadingThe Muldoon Fire that started Sunday 20 miles southwest of Mackay in the Lost River Ranger District is estimated at 366 acres and is 35%…
Continue ReadingThe lightning-caused Bear Creek Fire that started August 11 on the Lemhi Pass area (29 miles East of Salmon Idaho) has burned 7,543 acres and is 10%…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 384 new COVID-19 cases and 9 new deaths on…
Continue ReadingLocal health officials reported 97 new COVID-19 cases in the area on…
Continue ReadingUPDATE 6:00 p.m. Firefighters expect to contain the Michaud Creek Fire by 10:00 p.m. Tuesday.…
Continue ReadingRapper and music producer Kanye West’s campaign ran into trouble with the law Tuesday on his first day of trying to get on the presidential ballot in…
Continue ReadingSome key decisions are in store as Idaho lawmakers gear up for a rare special session next week.…
Continue ReadingThe eastbound Coldwater Rest Area, between Raft River and Rockland on Interstate 86, will be closed on Wednesday, August 19.…
Continue ReadingTeton Interagency fire managers announced the fire danger rating has been elevated to very high for Grand Teton National Park, the Bridger-Teton…
Continue ReadingFrom dog parks to ballparks to new businesses coming to town, Rexburg Mayor Jerry Merrill tells us there’s a lot in store for the community.…
Continue ReadingWoodland Hills Elementary student, Hailey Bateman, is the Idaho state winner for Doodle for Google…
Continue ReadingFluor Idaho, LLC, which manages cleanup operations for the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site, has signed a…
Continue ReadingThe Teton School District 401 Board of Trustees approved the reopening plan presented by the district’s administrative team on…
Continue ReadingUPDATE 11:48 a.m. Idaho State Police reports the southbound lanes are…
Continue Readingwo well-funded Republican candidates with past experience in federal office face several little-known challengers, while an usually large number of…
Continue ReadingThe Bingham County Sheriff’s Office would like to remind drivers to pay extra close attention as school starts up and harvest season is in full…
Continue ReadingYou can participate in an hour long statewide telephone town hall with Governor Brad Little and Idaho state epidemiologist Dr. Christine Hahn Tuesday…
Continue ReadingA federal judge has issued a temporary injunction to stop Idaho from enacting a law banning transgender girls and women from participating in…
Continue ReadingAn Idaho hospital is reporting the state’s first case of a pediatric inflammatory illness associated with the coronavirus.…
Continue ReadingYellowstone National Park hosted 955,645 recreation visits in July 2020.…
Continue ReadingThe number of eviction hearings held in Idaho has gone up since a federal eviction moratorium aimed at helping renters hit hard economically by the…
Continue ReadingSam Hix of Bellaire, Texas set a new catch-and-release state record Yellowstone cutthroat trout at 30.5 inches…
Continue ReadingTeachers, parents and patrons are making their concerns on sending kids back to school publicly known by sharing an open letter they sent to the…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho State Board of Education heard on Monday from public school superintendents from throughout Idaho and the presidents of all eight public…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 282 new COVID-19 cases and four new deaths on…
Continue ReadingLocal health officials reported 88 new COVID-19 cases in the area…
Continue ReadingA 53-year-old Pocatello woman died after a single-vehicle crash on City Creek Road west of Pocatello…
Continue ReadingGovernor Brad Little announced on Monday the State of Idaho will participate in the Trump Administration’s new conservative plan to offer extended…
Continue ReadingFor the first time since March 15, Idaho State University is bustling with students ready to learn, despite the…
Continue ReadingThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announces phased temple reopenings each week.…
Continue ReadingFor the first time in the organization’s history, Remote Area Medical or RAM, is making its first stop in Idaho to the city of…
Continue ReadingIdaho State Police troopers want drivers to know that extra patrols are out in force now through Labor Day focused on finding DUI…
Continue ReadingThe Bear Creek Fire that was caused by lightning Tuesday has burned 6,334 acres and is 10%…
Continue ReadingThe Muldoon Fire, reported Sunday at approximately 4:00 p.m., is located approximately 20 miles southwest of Mackay and a half-mile east and south of…
Continue ReadingTwo well-known and well-funded candidates dominate a dozen Republicans while a bigger-than-usual field of Democrats seek nomination for the U.S.…
Continue ReadingPublic land managers in central Idaho will implement Stage I Fire Restrictions on August 21 at 12:01 a.m. …
Continue ReadingIBM Watson Health named Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center one of the “50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals” in the…
Continue ReadingYELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK (KIFI/KIDK) – The parkwide wildland fire danger for Yellowstone National Park is now very high. Currently, there are no…
Continue ReadingSage grouse numbers have remained mostly flat this year, according to data from the Idaho Department of Fish and…
Continue ReadingIdaho gas prices have fallen 2.1 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.37/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 802…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported a total confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases reported since March to 27,660 and 269 deaths over the weekend.…
Continue ReadingStudies confirm creating art can reduce stress and anxiety levels in the…
Continue ReadingA new business has opened up in Pocatello and is looking to bring coronavirus relief funds to community members.…
Continue ReadingIDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – As a high pressure system slides into the area, doctors are warning us to stay safe while keeping our cool. High…
Continue ReadingThe unprecedented challenges brought on by COVID-19 are exacerbating the opioid epidemic across the country. Idaho is seeing an increase in the…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 538 new COVID-19 cases and zero new deaths on…
Continue ReadingEastern Idaho Public Health says an 80 year old man died due to complications of COVID-19.…
Continue ReadingYellowstone National Park has temporarily closed the road between Mammoth Hot Springs and Norris Junction. …
Continue ReadingA Chubbuck man was arrested at around 5:50 p.m. Wednesday after attempting to rob an acquaintance in the parking lot of an apartment complex in the…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Falls Education Association released a statement Friday that it was sideswiped by Idaho Falls School District 91’s plan to…
Continue ReadingIdaho Governor Brad Little and the Coronavirus Financial Advisory Committee (CFAC) has approved additional funds to support the St. Anthony Juvenile…
Continue ReadingCostco opened a new 180,000 square foot store on Friday in Idaho…
Continue ReadingIdaho State Police and Bonneville County Search and Rescue have recovered the body of a man who turned up missing after an August 1st crash Wednesday…
Continue ReadingThree people were arrested after Idaho Falls Police served a search warrant at a home in the 100 block of 3rd Street at around 4 p.m. Thursday.…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Falls Education Association Board is calling on the District’s Board of Trustees to rescind its vote and return to its original…
Continue ReadingWyoming has launched a notification app that will alert users if they have been in close contact with a person who has tested positive for COVID-19.…
Continue ReadingHoly Spirit Catholic School in Pocatello has released a tiered plan detailing its reopening plan for the 2020-21 school year.…
Continue ReadingThe Bear Creek Fire, burning on Lemhi Pass, about 29 miles east of Salmon, was estimated at 4,200 acres Friday morning.…
Continue ReadingThe city of Pocatello has designated $264,672 in Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding to help eligible city residents…
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