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Idaho WIC makes annual adjustment to income guidelines

June 23, 2020 12:38 PM News Team

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

Grant to help advance Idaho STEM development

June 23, 2020 10:45 AM News Team

The Idaho STEM Action Center has been awarded a $99,500 National Science Foundation grant to guide development of the Idaho STEM EcosySTEM…

Grab and go meals being served in District 25

June 23, 2020 10:39 AM News Team

The Pocatello-Chubbuck School District is continuing its Summer Food Service program. …

Wyoming employment shows some improvement

June 23, 2020 10:36 AM News Team

Wyoming’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 8.8% in May, down from 9.6% recorded in April.…

Rocky Mountain Power extends help for customers behind on bills

June 23, 2020 10:56 AM News Team

Rocky Mountain Power is encouraging customers experiencing difficulties paying bills in the wake of the COVID-19 to speak with representatives who…

Documents: Lori Vallow-Daybell called kids ‘zombies’ before their deaths

June 23, 2020 10:14 AM Associated Press, CNN

Newly released court documents in the case of two kids who were found dead in rural Idaho reveal allegations that their mother believed they were…

Rexburg will host their first Independence Day fireworks show

June 22, 2020 5:32 PM Jilliana Colina

While many towns are canceling their Fourth of July celebrations, the city of Rexburg has something big in the…

FDA warns pet owners to keep your dog socially distanced

June 22, 2020 5:38 PM Ariel Schroeder

Local Veterinarian Adam Peterson says you don’t need to take it to that extreme.…

Shoshone-Bannock Casino Hotel in Fort Hall, ID

Shoshone-Bannock cancels fireworks

June 22, 2020 5:31 PM News Team

Shoshone-Bannock Casino Hotel has canceled the Annual Treaty Day Fireworks on July 3,…

248 new Idaho COVID-19 cases since last update

June 22, 2020 5:11 PM News Team

Idaho is experiencing a sharp increase in confirmed coronavirus cases, with 544 new cases reported in a five-day…

Educators elect new leadership

June 22, 2020 4:56 PM News Team

Boise teacher Layne McInelly has been elected to a new three-year term as President of the Idaho Education Association. …

Deputy undergoes surgery after severely injured while patrolling river

June 22, 2020 9:55 AM News Team

UPDATE 6/22/20 2:50 p.m. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office reports deputy Tyler Thomson was injured while patrolling the South Fork of the…

11 new COVID-19 cases in Southeast Idaho

June 22, 2020 4:50 PM News Team

Southeastern Idaho Public Health has 11 new confirmed…

Incoming cold storage facility expected to heat up ag industry

June 22, 2020 4:58 PM Emma Iannacone

The facility is expected to help the local ag industry reach across the nation and into other…

Supreme Court backs legislative authority over schools Superintendent

June 22, 2020 4:43 PM News Team

The Idaho Supreme Court has ruled on the side of the Idaho Legislature in a suit filed against it by Idaho State Schools Superintendent Sherri…

Wyoming COVID-19 new-case count ties early-May previous high

June 22, 2020 4:33 PM Associated Press

The number of people infected with the coronavirus in Wyoming grew by the fastest rate since early May in numbers released…

North Fremont Fire District issues open burn ban

June 22, 2020 3:21 PM News Team

North Fremont Fire District has issued an open burn ban effective Monday until further…

Ada County ordered to return to Stage 3 operations

June 22, 2020 3:15 PM News Team

Central District Health and Board of Health has issued an order for Ada County to return to Idaho Rebounds State 3…

California bans state-paid travel to Idaho over new laws

June 22, 2020 2:44 PM Associated Press

Attorney General Xavier Becerra on Monday added Idaho to a list of 11 other states where state-funded travel isn’t allowed because he determined that…

2 rabid bats found in Ada County, health officials urge caution around all bats

June 22, 2020 2:39 PM News Team

Idaho Public Health officials are reporting two bats have tested positive for rabies and were found in separate homes in Ada County.…

Amber Alert canceled, 10-year-old found safe

June 22, 2020 11:58 AM News Team

UPDATE 12:40 p.m. The Bingham County Sheriff’s Office reports Gage Thomas Joslin was found safe at 12:20…

Gas prices on the rise

June 22, 2020 9:58 AM News Team

Idaho gas prices have risen 4.5 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.28/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 802 stations.…

Power restored in Ammon area

June 22, 2020 9:32 AM News Team

Rocky Mountain Power reports there are 13 outages in Idaho affecting 15,189…

Pocatello women spreading kindness and glitter as Porch Pixies

June 21, 2020 5:47 PM Emma Iannacone

They wear wings, carry glitter and are the “adult version of ding-dong…

Idaho COVID-19 cases pass 4,000, 135 new cases Saturday

June 20, 2020 5:45 PM News Team

Idaho officials reported 135 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday bringing the total confirmed and probable cases to 4,006.…

Court document detail how Tylee and JJ bodies were found

June 19, 2020 5:27 PM News Team

Chad Daybell’s preliminary hearing has been rescheduled for August 3, 2020, and August 4,…

Newly-released body cam video of Charles Vallow with Gilbert AZ police

June 19, 2020 8:05 PM Todd Kunz

Gilbert, Arizona police release new video of their conversations with Charles Vallow at a Gilbert hotel in…

Summary into Daybell’s probable cause report

June 20, 2020 1:39 PM Chelsea Briar

The last verifiable sighting of Tylee was September 8, 2019. The last sighting of JJ was September 24,…

Fireworks sales are up; authorities urge safe practices

June 19, 2020 5:50 PM Andrew Howe

It seems people are more likely to be doing their own firework shows this year, though a few community events are still scheduled to take…

What Friday’s Juneteenth Celebration in Rexburg is about

June 19, 2020 3:00 PM Jilliana Colina

On June 19, 1865 in Galveston, Texas, slaves were finally told about President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. The announcement came…

128 new Idaho COVID-19 cases

June 19, 2020 5:10 PM News Team

Idaho officials reported 128 new COVID-19 cases on Friday.…

Shawn Cochran, Corey J. Hall and Shawn S. Petersen

Motel confrontation lands 1 in hospital, 3 in jail

June 19, 2020 5:33 PM Chelsea Briar

Police are investigating an alleged kidnapping and battery at the Y Motel on S. Boulevard in…

8 new COVID-19 cases in Southeast Idaho

June 19, 2020 4:13 PM News Team

Southeastern Idaho Public Health has eight new confirmed…

COVID-19 claims 2 more lives in Wyoming

June 19, 2020 4:06 PM News Team

Two more residents of a Washakie County, Wyoming long-term care facility have died of COVID-19. …

Pandemic impacts car dealerships in more ways than one

June 19, 2020 3:54 PM News Team

Car sales in Idaho may be accelerating after being idled by the…

IF businessman David Hansen sentenced for fraud

June 19, 2020 3:37 PM News Team

A former Idaho Falls businessman was sentenced to five years in prison for wire fraud in U.S. District Court in Pocatello.…

Fuller to seek GOP party chairmanship

June 19, 2020 3:25 PM News Team

Mark Fuller, the Chairman of the Bonneville County Republican Central Committee has announced he will run for State Party Chairman this year.…

Police search for suspect after finding man unconscious outside bar

June 19, 2020 11:47 AM News Team

Rigby Police report officers discovered an unconscious man on Main Street in Rigby outside of a bar Friday morning.…

Suspected wolf killed in vehicle collision in Franklin County

June 19, 2020 3:13 PM News Team

A Franklin County resident accidentally hit and killed a large canid with his vehicle on Highway 36 between Williams Creek and the parking lot at…

Snake River Bridge to provide limited service

June 19, 2020 2:38 PM News Team

After a recent safety inspection, the Wyoming Department of Transportation moved to restrict heavier loads from crossing the Snake River Bridge on…

Trump administration supports Idaho transgender sports ban

June 19, 2020 2:26 PM Associated Press

A recently passed Idaho law banning transgender women from competing in women’s sports – the first such law in the nation – received support from the…

Kitchen fire evacuates EICAP

June 19, 2020 1:19 PM Curtis Jackson

Employees at Eastern Idaho Community Partnership were evacuated from their building on Lincoln Road because of a fire in the Head Start kitchen. …

Idaho: Throw out education funding ballot initiative lawsuit

June 19, 2020 12:45 PM Associated Press

State officials say a lawsuit seeking more time to collect signatures for an education funding ballot initiative should be thrown out.…

Bear euthanized after habituating to human garbage

June 19, 2020 12:24 PM News Team

Human garbage is blamed for attracting a female bear to a Darby Canyon campsite.…

Trains back on track in Bancroft

June 19, 2020 11:55 AM News Team

Union Pacific has removed cars and repaired tracks after a Wednesday night derailment near Bancroft.…

Idaho unemployment rate falls to 8.9% in May

June 19, 2020 11:03 AM News Team

Idaho’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 8.9% in…

BYU-Idaho students petition for a Center for Diversity and Inclusion after a controversial Facebook post was shared

June 18, 2020 5:25 PM Jilliana Colina

A controversial post that was shared on the BYU-Idaho College of Performing and Visual Arts Facebook page has caused an outrage among…

3 charged with kidnapping in ongoing investigation

June 18, 2020 4:55 PM News Team

The Blackfoot Police took an initial report of a possible aggravated battery and kidnapping that occurred near the 1300 block of S. Broadway in…

Man drowns while fishing the Henrys Fork

June 18, 2020 12:57 PM News Team

The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office reports a 58-year-old Utah man drowned when he was on the river fishing the Henrys Fork…

111 new Idaho COVID-19 cases

June 18, 2020 5:18 PM News Team

Idaho officials reported 111 new COVID-19 cases on…

Idaho ACLU applauds Supreme Court action

June 18, 2020 4:54 PM News Team

The ACLU of Idaho is celebrating the 5-4 United States Supreme Court decision Thursday upholding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)…

Bayer Fund gives a boost to ISU STEM program

June 18, 2020 3:50 PM News Team

The Bayer Fund handed the Idaho State University College of Technology a $10,000 check Wednesday to support its upcoming STEM summer camp.…

12 new COVID-19 cases in Southeast Idaho

June 18, 2020 3:16 PM News Team

Southeastern Idaho Public Health has 12 new confirmed…

Rocky Mountain Power net billing workshop set tonight

June 18, 2020 2:01 PM News Team

The Idaho Public Utilities Commission is holding a workshop tonight on Rocky Mountain Power’s proposal to change how its net-metering customers are…

‘Animationland’ exhibit offers clean, hands on experience for families

June 18, 2020 1:00 PM Emma Iannacone

Animationland teaches guests how to create their own animation, from their…

Outside Govanna Studios tattoo shop, store front

Artistic design offers renewal at Govannon Studios

June 18, 2020 12:45 PM Chelsea Briar

A local tattoo shop is helping recreate an outward persona that matches the inner changes some clients go…

UFC Champ and Superman among five sworn in as Poky Reserve Officers

UFC Champ and Superman among five sworn in as Pocatello Reserve Officers

June 18, 2020 12:35 PM News Team

Pocatello Police Chief Roger Schie celebrated his one-year anniversary in command by swearing in seven reserve officers…

DOE Secretary announces nuclear energy research funding

June 18, 2020 12:18 PM News Team

The U.S. Department of Energy has announced more than $65 million in nuclear energy research funding will target 93 advanced nuclear technology…

2 women sentenced for Yellowstone National Park violations

June 18, 2020 11:43 AM News Team

Federal District Court Magistrate Judge Mark L Carman sentenced 31-year-old Tara L. Davoli and 30-year-old Sarah A. Piotrowski, both of Philadelphia,…

Wyoming to allow long-term care visitation

June 18, 2020 11:02 AM News Team

The Wyoming Department of Health has determined the state will allow long-term care facilities to permit in-person visitation. …

Idaho rate of unemployment filing declines

June 18, 2020 10:59 AM News Team

Unemployed Idahoans filed 3,631 initial claims for new unemployment benefits in the past week, decreasing 8% from the previous…

Libraries to use CARES funds to improve broadband coverage

June 18, 2020 9:17 AM News Team

The Senate has approved a bipartisan bill that would spend nearly $3 billion on conservation projects, outdoor recreation and maintenance of national…

Fort Hall reports 2 new COVID-19 cases

June 18, 2020 8:43 AM News Team

The Shoshone-Bannock Office of Emergency Management reports two additional cases of COVID-19 on the Fort Hall Indian…

Senate approves land and water conservation funding

June 18, 2020 8:57 AM News Team

The Senate has approved a bipartisan bill that would spend nearly $3 billion on conservation projects, outdoor recreation and maintenance of national…

Almost 100 new Idaho COVID-19 cases reported Wednesday

June 17, 2020 5:12 PM News Team

There are at least 3,632 confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases in 35 of the 44 Idaho counties, according to numbers released from the local health…

A new law will make it harder for violent offenders in North Carolina to bond out of jail.

Less people booked into Bannock jail during pandemic been “a great relief”

June 17, 2020 5:14 PM Emma Iannacone

Police are booking fewer people into jail in order to prevent a COVID-19 outbreak, but its causing unintended…

Rexburg has several projects in the works including a new River Adventure Park

June 17, 2020 4:33 PM Jilliana Colina

The city of Rexburg has its plate full with projects for parks, street improvements and high speed…

Idaho coronavirus spread linked to infected bar patrons

June 17, 2020 1:02 PM Associated Press

Health officials in southwestern Idaho say a coronavirus outbreak linked to patrons at six Boise bars has spread to 34 confirmed…

Grand Targhee Resort makes changes for a fun and safe summer

June 17, 2020 5:44 PM Ariel Schroeder

Finding fun outdoors this summer may be a different experience than ever…

Grand Teton creates $796 Million in local economic benefits

June 17, 2020 3:34 PM News Team

A recent National Park Service report shows in 2019, 3.4 million park visitors spent an estimated $630 million in local gateway regions while…

4 new COVID-19 cases in Southeast Idaho

June 17, 2020 4:57 PM News Team

Southeastern Idaho Public Health has four new confirmed…

Yellowstone employees test negative for COVID-19 for third time, construction project contractor tests positive outside park

June 17, 2020 4:17 PM News Team

For the third week in a row, all Yellowstone employees COVID-19 tests came back negative.…

Details released on Idaho Return to Work bonuses

June 17, 2020 3:53 PM News Team

Additional program details were made available Wednesday on the Idaho Return to Work…

Fluor Idaho completes first spent nuclear fuel shipments

June 17, 2020 3:31 PM News Team

Fluor Idaho has completed two of about 40 planned shipments of spent nuclear fuel to a temporary storage area at the Idaho National Laboratory. …

Bear Lake County Fair 2020 canceled

June 17, 2020 3:20 PM Todd Kunz

The Bear Lake County Fair 2020 is canceled due to COVID-19…

Chubbuck to open parks & splash pad Thursday

June 17, 2020 2:35 PM News Team

The city of Chubbuck will formally open the Stuart Park Splash Pad and playground equipment will officially open for the season on Thursday.…

Increased rain and vegetation pose a threat for wildfires

June 17, 2020 1:11 PM News Team

Consistent rain across southeast Idaho is sprouting an increased risk to our fire season.…

Idaho labor officials working on claim backlog

June 17, 2020 12:14 PM News Team

The Idaho Department of Labor claims it is making progress in processing unemployment insurance claims.…

Yellowstone tourism creates $642 million in economic benefits

June 17, 2020 12:15 PM News Team

A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows 4 million people visiting Yellowstone in 2019 spent $507 million in communities near the park.…

Man arrested for allegedly stealing beehives in 5 states

June 17, 2020 12:03 PM Associated Press

A man who stole dozens of beehives across the West has been arrested in Washington state.…

3 hospitalized after crash on US 26

June 17, 2020 11:48 AM News Team

Idaho State Police report three individuals were hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash at the intersection 130th E and US 26, just south of Ririe…

Official canvass finalizes Idaho primary election

June 17, 2020 11:43 AM News Team

After a nearly 37% turnout, Idaho’s primary election results are…

Airport expansion project underway

June 17, 2020 10:48 AM News Team

Idaho Falls Regional Airport (IFRA) has begun construction on a $12 million expansion project.…

New committees formed to address fall school reopening and digital divide

June 17, 2020 10:42 AM News Team

Governor Brad Little announced the formation of two new committees to create a plan for reopening public schools this fall and a plan to address the…

St. John’s Health installs new equipment

June 17, 2020 10:26 AM News Team

St. John’s Health has installed a new nuclear medicine SPECT/CT Scanner in its Diagnostic Imaging Department.…

Health officials track Victor COVID-19 case

June 17, 2020 8:57 AM News Team

Eastern Idaho Public Health (EIPH) warns customers of the Westside Yard in Victor, Idaho Saturday to monitor themselves for any of the symptoms of…

78 new Idaho COVID-19 cases

June 16, 2020 5:13 PM News Team

Idaho officials reported 78 new COVID-19 cases on…

Teton High School students pick Timberwolves as new mascot

June 16, 2020 5:09 PM Dylan Carder

Goodbye, Redskins. Hello, Timberwolves.…

3 new COVID-19 cases in Southeast Idaho

June 16, 2020 4:42 PM News Team

Southeastern Idaho Public Health has three new confirmed cases.…

Idaho Falls man arrested after road rage incident and aggravated assault

June 16, 2020 4:37 PM News Team

Idaho Falls Police officers responded to a hit and run incident and possible attempted assault on Saturday around 2:00 a.m., IFPD reported Tuesday.…

Men’s Health Month: What preventative care men should be taking

June 16, 2020 5:19 PM Jilliana Colina

Maintaining a healthy body is important for both genders, but also taking the time to bring awareness to common health issues that are more common in…