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While not all military veterans see combat, the transition from a military environment to an educational one can still bring its challenges. Jessie…
Continue ReadingWhile not all military veterans see combat, the transition from a military environment to an educational one can still bring its challenges. Jessie…
Continue ReadingThe Bingham County Sheriff’s Office and the Blackfoot Police are looking for a 63-year-old man who walked away from the Cedar Center Assisted…
Continue ReadingApplebee’s honored veterans Wednesday by serving up free meals. The restaurant also does something else that is special. One table is set aside…
Continue ReadingThe Haven is a shelter in Idaho Falls. The manager, Anne Johnson, said it has been around for about 26 years. She took Eyewitness News anchor Todd…
Continue ReadingNow going on 7 years, Rexburg held its annual Veterans Day Memorial Ceremony today in the Rexburg Tabernacle. With music provided by the Madison High…
Continue ReadingBlackfoot High School students learned about the bravery of the Japanese-Americans on the West Coast who were gathered up and put into internment…
Continue ReadingHillcrest High School made sure that its students understood the importance of Veterans Day Wednesday . Veterans and their families came for an…
Continue ReadingUpdate: The accident that was causing traffic delays has now been cleared and all lanes are open again. Original story: Traffic is being delayed at…
Continue ReadingHere is a list of the various events and giveaways being held throughout the area to honor our local Veterans. November 9th Taylorview Junior High…
Continue ReadingThere’s a new religion in town. According to a report by the Pew Forum on religion, one quarter of the people who live in Idaho belong to the…
Continue ReadingThe US Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted 1,976,759 firearm background checks through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System in…
Continue ReadingOrganizers of the annual “Cranksgiving” event are asking for the community’s help in collecting 1,000 turkeys to donate to the…
Continue ReadingTuesday night one local veteran got recognized for his service more than four decades ago. Navy submariner Larry Watson was honored at a veterans…
Continue ReadingIn honor of Veterans Day, local veteran Frank Randall just returned from an Honor Flight to Washington, D.C. Eyewitness News anchor Todd Kunz talked…
Continue ReadingThere’s an epidemic facing America that is taking more lives than the war on terror, and that is veteran suicide. Kris Paranto a retired US…
Continue ReadingSome Melaleuca employees are smiling big. Tuesday the company gave out over $2 million in loyalty and longevity bonuses. The bonuses are given to…
Continue ReadingThe U.S. Department of Education ranks Idaho dead last when it comes to high school seniors going on to college.. A senior at Hillcrest high school…
Continue ReadingBears, noxious weeds, fires, water levels, hydroelectric production, and fishery issues, these were just some of the topics discussed at the…
Continue ReadingCaribou-Targhee National Forest Christmas tree permit sales are in full swing for the holiday season. Permits are for sale at Forest Service offices…
Continue ReadingThe ISU Credit Union hosted their 9th annual luncheon today at the Clarion Hotel to raise money for their dual credit scholarship program. Many…
Continue ReadingFor this Veteran’s Day season, Wal Mart is sponsoring green lights for vets. During this time, everybody in the country has been encouraged to…
Continue ReadingTired of getting calls know to be a scam? The Better Business Bureau is making it easier for people to report those. It’s through a free online…
Continue ReadingA break in the water main on Highway 89 this Tuesday morning led to a lack of water to the residents and businesses in Rafter J, Adam’s Canyon…
Continue ReadingOctober was a record breaking month as Yellowstone National Park visitation passed the 4 million mark. The park recorded 252,013 recreational visits…
Continue ReadingThe mayors of Pocatello and Chubbuck continue to talk with the United States Postal Service about the closure of the Pocatello Processing Center. On…
Continue ReadingA hunter in the Clarks Fork area is recovering after being attacked by a grizzly bear near the Wyoming-Montana state border. The Cody Enterprise…
Continue ReadingAn Idaho Falls man has lived here quietly building his business, but now he’s accused of being one of Australia’s most wanted fugitives.…
Continue ReadingLocal News 8’s Chelsea Brentzel interviews journalist about the “Australian Fugitive” living in Idaho…
Continue ReadingAn Idaho Falls man has lived here quietly building his business, but now he’s accused of being Australia’s most wanted fugitive.…
Continue ReadingThe Wyoming Department of Transportation has reopened Wyoming Highway 22 from Wilson to the Idaho State Line (Teton Pass.) The pass was closed for…
Continue ReadingA group of Brigham Young University-Idaho students are teaming up with a local business to show support for veterans. Monday the group set up a booth…
Continue ReadingAfter examining home insurance rates in in cities all over Idaho, the consumer website ValuePenguin found the Gate City residents have the cheapest…
Continue ReadingStarting this week, tribal members can get a new ID showing their veteran status. The design of the card shows a bald eagle juxtaposed with the U.S.…
Continue ReadingCar enthusiasts are talking about a truck built right here in Eastern Idaho. It’s called a rat rod and it was built in Rexburg. It took over…
Continue ReadingGetting in and out of Target and other nearby stores in Ammon just got a bit easier with the completion of a new exit onto Hitt Road. The one way…
Continue ReadingIdaho Falls Police arrested 33-year-old Gary R. Wright for two counts of aggravated assault with a vehicle as a deadly weapon and malicious injury to…
Continue ReadingThose who lived through World War II are known as the greatest generation. They can teach us a lot about history, and they can also teach us about…
Continue ReadingA group of Brigham Young University Idaho students have teamed up with a couple or local businesses, and set up a booth to give thanks to veterans.…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Fall Police Department is investigating the death of a woman in her sixties who was found dead near the Haven Community Center. Officers…
Continue ReadingOne of Australia’s most wanted fugitives was found by “60 Minutes Australia” in Idaho Falls. Michael Hand vanished from Australia…
Continue ReadingIn an annual birth report card, a national advocacy group gives Idaho an A grade for its low level of premature birth rates. March of Dimes, a…
Continue ReadingA local soup kitchen in Idaho Falls is lending a helping hand, to make sure those who are hungry get a warm meal. It’s a full kitchen with…
Continue ReadingHere are the final scores of Friday night football games in eastern Idaho.. For highlights, see www.localnews8.com/sports or the Sports section of…
Continue ReadingFriday night the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released an interview with Elder Todd D. Christofferson a member of the church’s…
Continue ReadingThe election for a central fire district’s commissioner seat is being thrown out. It was a hot race for the seat, incumbent Roger Anderson only…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho National Laboratory will play a key role in President Obama’s clean energy solution for combating climate change. The Department of…
Continue ReadingA shooting in Adams County has many folks thinking about open range laws. A driver there hit a bull on the road, but who’s fault is it: the…
Continue ReadingThe Pocatello Fire Dept. and American Red Cross teamed up to bring free smoke detectors to houses that need it most in the valley. Community…
Continue ReadingIt’s been 35 years since Randall Leach was reported missing. He was last seen in Idaho Falls walking away from a dairy farm on November 7,…
Continue ReadingIdaho House Speaker Scott Bedke says better clarification surrounding when and how legislation is vetoed is needed to avoid the high-profile lawsuit…
Continue ReadingA 12-foot Columbian mammoth tusk has been unearthed in Idaho and scientists say more of the fossil skeleton might still be buried at the site.…
Continue ReadingCaribou-Targhee National Forest officials said possible management changes in the region’s sage grouse habitat areas could affect regional…
Continue ReadingIdaho State police report that on Thursday just before 5:30 p.m. troopers were called to a crash about 14 miles north of Ashton. Gregory Griffith of…
Continue ReadingUPDATE: During a court hearing in Idaho Falls Thursday, Tony Sawyer waived extradition to Montana. He will be returned to Butte to face murder…
Continue ReadingCommon Core is changing the way teachers teach and students learn. Its more rigorous standards require students to think more critically. Sixth grade…
Continue ReadingThe city of Ammon now has a city seal. People submitted seal designs and citizens voted on them during Ammon Days.The seal adopted Thursday night…
Continue ReadingIt was packed at the Ammon city council meeting Thursday night. Some people came out to voice their support for the council and mayor. The group did…
Continue ReadingThe annual March of Dimes Premature birth report card released its grades. It gives an overview of national birthrates and takes into account…
Continue ReadingSome of the pilots for United Airlines are taking a day from flying the skies to stop at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center and spread smiles to…
Continue ReadingWyoming Game and Fish officers issued four citations and five warnings after posing a mule deer decoy near the Wyoming-Idaho border in October. The…
Continue ReadingU.S. Sen. Jim Risch today met with Dan Ashe, Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, to discuss the dramatic increase of the grizzly bear…
Continue ReadingIt was known as an inner city drug, but now heroin is making its way across the country– southeast Idaho isn’t an exception. When asked about…
Continue ReadingThe investigation into an attempted burglary in Soda Springs has led police to a multi-state crime operation. A man in Soda Springs was shot after…
Continue ReadingFour of our legislators took a tour of a non-traditional high school. They saw how the technical school works and how funding would help grow the…
Continue ReadingNow that elections are over Bonneville school district is working to implement both bonds passed last night. The district will build a new high…
Continue ReadingNew numbers out of the Idaho National Laboratory show the government center spent nearly $130 million with businesses in Idaho. Most of that was…
Continue ReadingA local father who attends BYU-Idaho plans to fulfill a lifelong dream of opening a preschool in Rexburg. Jonathan Doramus said, he wants it up and…
Continue ReadingA program featuring the Lava Hot Springs Inn will air on the Travel Channel Saturday. Cable-One has the program listed to air at 10 p.m. MT. Dish…
Continue ReadingVoters have approved bonds to build a new high school, auditorium and football stadium in the Bonneville School District. Excitement and tears of joy…
Continue ReadingHere is a list of links to the results for city elections in eastern Idaho sorted by county. Bannock County Bear Lake County Bingham County…
Continue ReadingMenan Menan Mayor Menan City Council 2-Yr (Top 2) Menan City Council 4-yr (Top 2) Mudlake Mudlake Mayor Rigby Rigby City Council (Top 4) Rigby Sunday…
Continue ReadingSchool District 93 Bond Vote Bonneville Dist. 93 High School Bond Q1 Bonneville Dist. 93 Aud & Stadium Bond Q2/ap/pstrongIdaho Falls/strong/pp/a…
Continue ReadingPocatello Pocatello City Council Seat 1 Pocatello City Council Seat 2 Pocatello City Council Seat 3 Chubbuck Chubbuck City Council Seat 1 Chubbuck…
Continue ReadingAberdeen Aberdeen Mayor Aberdeen City Council (Vote 3) Basalt Basalt Mayor Basalt City Council (Top 2) Blackfoot Blackfoot Franchise Fee increase…
Continue ReadingRexburg Rexburg Mayor Rexburg City Council (Top 3) Sugar City Sugar City Council (Top…
Continue ReadingBingham County Prosecutor Cleve Colson announced today that Matthew Burgett has been indicted on federal charges of unlawful possession of bombs or…
Continue ReadingGoing under at a hospital typically involves the use of anesthetics before surgery, but at Mountain View’s Hyperbaric Center, it’s the…
Continue ReadingCommunity Engagement Representative of the National Marrow Donor Program, John Philpott, along with nurses, kept the Bannock Creek Room open today…
Continue ReadingBrian J. Mitchell of Shelley pleaded not guilty in the death of Deraek Patrick Larson. Mitchell was arraigned before 7th District Judge Dane Watkins,…
Continue ReadingBingham Memorial Hospital held a ceremony for winners of the Back-to-School coloring contest. Three winners showcased their art pieces, which…
Continue ReadingThe Bingham County Sheriff’s office is equipping deputies with 28 new body camera’s. Sheriff Craig Rowland said, “What the officer…
Continue ReadingWith the big weather changes it’s time to start preparing for those sometimes nasty winter storms. Justin Rees Cabela’s product training…
Continue ReadingFarmer’s Insurance has announced plans to relocate most of the people working at its Pocatello regional office to Austin, Texas, Grand Rapids,…
Continue ReadingA six day enforcement action by officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO)…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Falls Community Food Bank has announced that it will be changing its name to Community Food Basket Idaho Falls effective immediately. The…
Continue ReadingUpdate: Eastern Idaho Public Health and Department of Environmental Quality have now lifted the water advisory for food handlers in Rexburg. Original…
Continue ReadingFull-time firefighters in Jackson have organized a new labor union. Local 5067, or Jackson Hole Professional Firefighters, became an official charter…
Continue ReadingCan you answer this math question? Will played eight games of basketball with his friends. If Will scored three points each game, how many points did…
Continue ReadingBureau of Land Management law enforcement rangers are working to find the owner of two domestic horses found abandoned south of Challis on October…
Continue ReadingRexburg Police are attempting to identify a person for questioning in connection with the theft of a wallet at BYU Idaho. Police Captain Randy Lewis…
Continue ReadingOfficials say two men were injured at an Idaho gun show after a vendor from Washington state accidentally fired a rifle. Ada County Sheriff’s…
Continue ReadingFrank Lewis White, 55, of Great Falls, Montana, was sentencedtodayto seven years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for unlawful…
Continue ReadingThe Gate City’s street department is getting ready for the wintry weather. The street department will be meeting with the National Weather…
Continue ReadingOne man is dead after leading police on a chase in Bingham County. A press release from the Blackfoot Police Department says officers tried to pull…
Continue ReadingNovember is National Diabetes Awareness month, and a new study shows that more and more people are living with the disease. Merri Ann Bowler, a…
Continue ReadingBlackfoot is a step closer to building a satellite fire station. The city bought land for the future fire station that will be on the corner of…
Continue ReadingWhat entrance do you normally accesses the sand dunes? Should the Bureau of Land Management allow large scale events to take place at the sand dunes?…
Continue ReadingJesse Bruce, 25, pleaded guilty to a charge of involuntary manslaughter in 6th District Court in Pocatello Monday. Bruce was initially charged with…
Continue ReadingOn Sunday, November 1, 2015, at approximately 6:45 p.m. Adams County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a motor vehicle crash involving a…
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