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Two dedicated law enforcement officers from the Idaho Falls area received awards from the Idaho Attorney General for their work protecting children from online exploitation. Detective Jared Mendenhall of the Idaho Falls Police Department and Detective Korey Payne of the Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office were honored for their outstanding work with the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. (ICAC)

“Mr. Jones has already shown us what he can do as our interim city attorney. In a very short amount of time, he has demonstrated his ability to bring people together to build a team that will serve this city with excellence,” said Mayor Rebecca Casper. “His fresh perspective, exceptional legal training and willingness to master new areas of the law will be invaluable to Idaho Falls. He also brings something you can’t teach — an innate sense of good judgment. We are confident that Mr. Jones and the city’s legal team will continue to provide the well-reasoned, sound and thoughtful counsel our city requires.”

The smell of warm cider and 15% off of a good book filled The Book Shelf this Cider Monday, as Idaho Falls’ only used bookstore invited shoppers to slow down and enjoy a cozy alternative to the rush of online shopping.

Every tree sold at the YMCA’s holiday fundraiser helps open the door for a child in need, easing scholarship costs and bringing families together as they pick out the perfect symbol of the season.

“It started out of the love of people, and it started with a desire to to make people feel seen, valued and loved so much,” Lt. Jon-Marc Lamb of the Salvation Army of Idaho Falls said.

A familiar voice across Southeast Idaho is offering a look back at the American history that shaped his very life this holiday season.

This Thanksgiving, Local News 8’s Jeff Roper had a special chance to sit down with Marvelous Marv Hepworth, the beloved radio host and chief engineer of Sand Hill Media Group. Their conversation delved into Marv’s extraordinary and personal connection to the Pilgrims.

As families gather around the table each Thanksgiving, kitchens across the country become the site of a surprising holiday hazard: cooking fires. In 2023 alone, Thanksgiving Day saw more than 1,400 home cooking fires—almost 388 percent higher than a typical day.

A leading developer of advanced micro nuclear reactors from California, Antares Industries is building an office in downtown Idaho Falls. This decision comes after the company has worked extensively with the Idaho National Laboratory.

Beginning Dec. 1, 65th North will be closed between 5th West and 5th East (Lewisville Highway) to allow crews to remove the existing bridge and replace it with a wider structure over the Idaho Canal.

Hollie Albertson and her daughters celebrated the grand opening of “Wild as You” boutique and custom denim jacket bar tonight with a ribbon cutting party.

“This is a wake-up call for our community,” Bonneville County Coroner Shante Sanchez said. “To put this into perspective, Kratom is now implicated in approximately 18% of the drug overdose fatalities in our country over the last year and a half. The highest concentration of mitragynine observed in one of these fatalities was 12,000 ng/mL, which is the highest I have ever seen at nearly four times our national laboratory’s range typically associated with overdose of this substance.”