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When disaster strikes there is only so much first responders can do with their limited supplies. However, people can train to become members of the…
Continue ReadingWhen disaster strikes there is only so much first responders can do with their limited supplies. However, people can train to become members of the…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Food Bank was able to collect over 1,200 turkeys this morning to get ready for families in need next week for Thanksgiving. Which went over…
Continue ReadingLocal News 8 is proud to promote an exciting potential opportunity for local businesses in eastern Idaho. Is your business High on growth…
Continue ReadingIf you live in Idaho Falls you most likely visited or heard of Catmull’s Furniture and Farr’s Jewelry. Both of them have been open in…
Continue Reading“We had a bomb threat over there at the courthouse,” said County Commissioner Howard Manwaring. According to the commissioner and…
Continue ReadingA “restructure” of city work departments is something Mayor Blad would hardly call it he says. Over the next several months, the…
Continue ReadingThe mayor of Idaho Falls wants to see if now is the time bring a community college to eastern Idaho. Next month, Mayor Rebecca Casper and Rep. Wendy…
Continue ReadingMailing something in Ammon just got easier. The U.S. Postal Service has opened a new location in the Hitt The Road convenience store. The USPS held a…
Continue ReadingToday the Idaho Falls Exchange Club presented the Military Affairs Committee with a check for $4,300. The money will be used by the seven local…
Continue ReadingTwo eastern Idaho correctional facilities have new wardens. Amanda Gentry has been named by the Idaho Department of Correction as the warden of…
Continue ReadingFormer Blackfoot Police officer Paul Hardwicke pleaded not guilty in court Friday. Hardwicke is accused of illegally possessing oxycodone, morphine…
Continue ReadingA winter snowstorm caused several injury accidents across southeast Idaho late Thursday. One person was hospitalized at around 4 p.m. Thursday after…
Continue ReadingResearchers studied third grade students in Singapore who tested well after being taught a new way of learning math. The students in the study were…
Continue ReadingGetting teachers into rural areas is an ongoing problem, and one school district is working to change that. Joel Wilson became the superintendent for…
Continue ReadingGIRLS H.S. BASKETBALLNorth Fremont 37**Teton 58 F Carey 33**Challis 56 F Raft River 35**Rockland 40 F **Declo 51Valley 38…
Continue ReadingThe man charged with the death of Eugene “Lorne” Red Elk has been bound over to district court Thursday. The decision came at the…
Continue ReadingLast month, a public meeting was held at the Bannock County Courthouse to vote on a possible jail bond election. This month, County Commissioners…
Continue ReadingIt’s a busy week at grocery stores because everyone is shopping for Thanksgiving. So how big of a price difference will you find between…
Continue ReadingTrip Advisor released a new survey that shows 40 percent of people are traveling for Thanksgiving. With the high amount of travelers, it’s…
Continue ReadingThe driver was seriously injured after a single vehicle rollover crash on Highway 20 near the Science Center Drive exit. The Idaho State Police say…
Continue ReadingIdaho State Police say Highway 31 over Pine Creek pass is blocked by a semi truck jackknifed. The accident is located near milepost 15, west of…
Continue ReadingThe Joint Commission – leading accreditor of health care organizations in the U.S. announced Portneuf Medical Center has yet again earned the…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Water Resource Board has agreed to expand an existing loan to Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer ground water districts. The loan would allow the…
Continue ReadingIt seems like there has been more crime in Idaho Falls lately. Now 4 Sight Security is donating $30,000 in security cameras to the city parks and…
Continue ReadingUpdate: The second suspect, 19-year-old female, has been located and arrested. Bonneville County Sheriff’s Deputies were able to locate a 2nd…
Continue ReadingGIRLS H.S. BASKETBALL**Century 54Bonneville 41 F Pocatello 26**Highland 55 F Twin Falls 42**Idaho Falls 49 F **Minico 55Preston 35 F **Hillcrest…
Continue ReadingIt’s not uncommon for kids to start the school day with the pledge of allegiance.But what is uncommon is to see the school’s entire…
Continue ReadingAn Idaho Falls business is helping to build homes for disabled veterans. Carpet One has teamed up with the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation…
Continue ReadingThe Inergy Solar team in Pocatello has been selling this product for over a year, and it’s becoming highly in demand. “The big difference…
Continue ReadingAccording to the Global Terrorism Database, 3,521 Americans have died from terror attacks in the United States since 1970. Gun violence, on the other…
Continue ReadingWhile it’s not associated with the hit TV series Dancing with the Stars, Dancing with the Hillcrest Stars is a dance competition where the…
Continue ReadingBannock County commissioners have unanimously voted to create a Citizen’s Jail Advisory Group. The group will examine overcrowding issues at…
Continue ReadingA man was taken to the Bannock County Jail Tuesday night after his truck was hit by a train near Downey. Ryan Steward, 39, of Downey, was traveling…
Continue ReadingA 59-year-old Jefferson County woman was killed Monday in a single-car rollover accident. It happened at around 12:30 p.m. near the intersection of…
Continue ReadingPocatello fire engines and police cars crowded West Bonneville Street Tuesday night, after a fire started in the attic of an apartment house. The…
Continue ReadingA death row inmate in Idaho has pleaded guilty to a reduced offense as part of a bargain that ensures he will never be released from prison. The…
Continue ReadingThe Wyoming Game and Fish wildlife disease laboratory in Laramie has confirmed the presence of chronic wasting disease in three new hunting areas…
Continue ReadingGIRLS H.S. BASKETBALLJerome 37**Preston 49 F Snake River 50**Shelley 51 F Firth 14**Sugar-Salem 49 F **West Jefferson 42Teton 41 F American Falls…
Continue ReadingThe main suspect in the 2009 death of Eugene “Lorne” Red Elk appeared in court for his preliminary hearing Tuesday. Red Elk was found…
Continue ReadingStudents within district 25 were given an opportunity to become certified as a Emergency Medical Technician before graduation. The basic course also…
Continue ReadingThe holidays can be a tough time of year for domestic violence victims. The pressures of holiday shopping can cause financial burdens and family…
Continue ReadingThere has been a focus on immigration from war-torn regions. Idaho Gov. Butch Otter is calling on President Barack Obama to pause the U.S. refugee…
Continue ReadingThe Bureau of Land Management is facing a lawsuit for an Idaho “wolf derby.” It’s a contest where a prize is given to the hunter…
Continue ReadingFor nearly 100 years, people living on the south side of the Snake river near Heise Hot Springs could cross the Great Feeder Canal at the headgates…
Continue ReadingThe Bannock County Sheriff’s office disclosed Tuesday that an inmate attempted to escape the Bannock County Detention Facility at around 10…
Continue ReadingEnvironmental groups on Tuesday filed lawsuits in Idaho and Washington, D.C., seeking to force the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to reveal whether…
Continue ReadingFormer Utah lawmaker Jackie Biskupski has become the first openly gay mayor of Salt Lake City. Official election results released Tuesday show the…
Continue ReadingDoes a snowboarder’s blind spot give a ski resort the right to ban him from public land? It’s a question under federal review in the 10th…
Continue ReadingWyoming Game and Fish wardens and Grand Teton National Park rangers are investigating the illegal taking of a moose within park boundaries. A…
Continue ReadingIt’s American Education Week. The point of this is to show the importance of giving every kid in America a quality public education, so in…
Continue ReadingThe University of Wyoming president has announced plans to create a diversity coordinator position and form a committee tasked with increasing…
Continue ReadingCruising down the freeway is one of the greatest parts about being American. If you’ve got keys to a working car and some gas money, you can…
Continue ReadingA local woman currently in Paris with her family, and is staying only a couple of miles from where some of the attacks happened. Katie Jolley, a…
Continue ReadingIt’s that time of year as communities across Eastern Idaho kick off Festival of Trees events. Monday was the start of the Idaho Falls Festival…
Continue ReadingPocatellans with plans to travel to Europe are having second thoughts because of the attacks in Paris Friday. German language teacher Rick Call has…
Continue ReadingIn October 2012, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints President Thomas S. Monson announced a reduction in the age for missionary service,…
Continue ReadingHomeless shelters see more people looking for a warm place to stay during the winter months. These shelters provide a bed or mat for them to sleep…
Continue ReadingOrganizers of Special Olympics Idaho, which manages team’s finances and has an annual budget of about $1 million, are grappling with a $150,000…
Continue ReadingAnother month and another record for Yellowstone National Park. The National Park Service reports just over 252,000 people visited the park in…
Continue ReadingA safety expert with Bonneville School District 93 says a bus driver did exactly what she was supposed to do after one of her windows was shattered…
Continue ReadingRexburg students attending Brigham Young University-Idaho who don’t own cars have to walk or get a ride from a friend, but that could be…
Continue ReadingGMA Celebrates 40 Years with 40 hour…
Continue ReadingAn Idaho Falls man is being held in the Madison County jail on felony charges of sexual exploitation of a child. Michael Dwane Weathers, 42, was…
Continue ReadingThe superintendent for the West Jefferson School District 253 says schools are closed today. The closure was blamed on a broken water line. The line…
Continue ReadingIdaho Falls Police arrested 46-year-old Betsy A. Lewis-Beaver on a warrant for vehicle theft and burglary in reference to a stolen truck.…
Continue ReadingIdaho Falls Police are investigating a burglary that occurred at the Spray Me Down Car Wash sometime late Friday night and early Saturday morning.…
Continue ReadingAll LDS missionaries serving in Paris are safe and accounted for.There are strict guidelines for missionaries to ensure their safety. The church…
Continue ReadingRexburg’s Porter Park was filled with lighta candlelight vigil to honor the lives lost in the terrorist attacks in Paris. More than 40 people…
Continue ReadingThe 10th Annual Holiday Alternate Giving fair kicked off Saturday and raised more then 12,000 in donations. It was a two day event and Sunday was the…
Continue ReadingSeveral dozen people marched to support the family of a rancher who was shot and killed by sheriff’s deputies after one of his bulls was hit by…
Continue ReadingYellowstone National Park officials say they have received much criticism for their decision to euthanize a grizzly bear that killed a Montana man…
Continue ReadingComposting in the winter months is a little hard in Idaho because of the weather. That’s why indoor vermicomposting is so…
Continue ReadingA missing 63 year old Blackfoot man has been found alive. Fort Hall police found McDonal Blackhawk around 4p.m. Saturday. Blackhawk had been missing…
Continue ReadingIdaho State Police teamed up with Montana Highway Patrol to produce a joint PSA on preventing driving under the influence. The PSA is set to air Sat.…
Continue ReadingSeveral hundred people are expected at a rally in Salt Lake City on Saturday to protest Mormon policy changes targeting gay members and their…
Continue ReadingThe number of homeless children attending schools in Twin Falls is on the rise. The Times-News reports that as of October, 272 homeless students were…
Continue ReadingSTATE H.S. FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS5A SEMIFINALSHighland 7*Rocky Mountain 24 Madison 21**Mountain View 23 4A SEMIFINALSCentury 20**Bishop Kelly 56 3A…
Continue ReadingMeet Jackson Moreau. Cupcakes are his favorite but he loves something else even more. “Selling and making cupcakes to earn money for Primary…
Continue ReadingIn recent years, there has been an increased focus on math and science in the schools, often at the expense of fine arts programs which have been…
Continue ReadingUpdate: Bonneville County Sheriff’s office has a juvenile in custody in connection to the incident. The investigation has shown the damage to…
Continue ReadingFour people from seven different schools throughout Idaho and Utah will be defending themselves from hacker scenarios. The teams will be up against…
Continue ReadingWe hear about economic development all the time and typically associate that with bringing in more businesses. While that is a big part of it, there…
Continue ReadingFort Hall Police and the FBI are investigating a two vehicle crash that left two dead Thursday morning. At around 3 a.m. a truck being driven by…
Continue ReadingThe Bonneville Youth Development Council held its 11th annual Trapped Sober Conference to educate high school students on the dangers of drunk…
Continue ReadingThe popular TED talks will becoming to Rexburg when the locally organized TEDxRexburg is held on December 5, 2015. The independently organized event,…
Continue ReadingA 48-year-old Texas man suspected in a triple shooting that left one man dead made his initial appearance in District Court in Butte. The Montana…
Continue ReadingThe First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has issued a letter to help clarify its new policy on children of same-sex…
Continue ReadingWyoming Game and Fish biologists believe 900 to 1,000 elk are living in the Snake River corridor between Grand Teton National Park and the town of…
Continue ReadingIn Wendi Straub’s zoology class at Idaho Falls High school students team up to figure out the answers to problems at a series of stations…
Continue ReadingIdaho Falls Police say an attempted burglary suspect is still on the run as of Thursday night. It happened at a home in the 800 block of Pescadero…
Continue ReadingA crash on Highway 20 near the Lorenzo Bridge has been cleared. The Madison County Sheriff’s office says a semi truck was crossing the…
Continue ReadingMadison County Sheriff’s Office and the Rexburg Police Department have arrested a Rexburg man on two counts of statutory rape and one count of…
Continue ReadingA student at ISU received an award today from the Public Safety Department for reporting a child left alone in a car during an unusually warm day in…
Continue ReadingThe construction industry was hit hard during the 2008 recession. Now, the industry is rebounding and there are jobs that need to be filled. Some…
Continue ReadingTaking wedding photos and selfies on the train tracks has become popular. Sargent Jeff Edwards with the Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office said…
Continue ReadingComing Soon! The all NEW First Alert Weather App from KIFI Local News 8 and KIDK Eyewitness News. Check out VIPIR Radar and get storm alerts that…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Independent Living Council collected public feedback today on how to develop a three year plan. That plan will be designed to better serve…
Continue ReadingThe Boil Water Order still remains in effect for the residents and businesses of Rafter J, Adam’s Canyon and South Park Service Center. Teton…
Continue ReadingIn support of Every Kid in a Park, the Bridger-Teton National Forest will offer one free Christmas tree cutting permit to fourth graders who present…
Continue ReadingPocatello police are questioning a man they pulled over for a traffic stop in the vicinity of Beth and Lucille Streets at around 11:20 p.m.…
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