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GIRLS H.S. SOCCERSnake River 1**Teton 8 H.S. VOLLEYBALL {SETS WON}**Bonneville 3 Idaho Falls 0 **Idaho Falls 3 Hillcrest 2 **Challis 3 Salmon 1…

UPDATE: Hanna has been found. Officers said she was not in danger and is with her family at this time. ORIGINAL: The Bonneville County…

2016 was a good year for gun sales in the United States. Statistics from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives show that more guns…

A water quality report from the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WYDEQ) indicates samples collected over the summer at two E. coli…

We want to announce our “Food for Friends” winner for our final Week 7. Brandi Sweeney is our winner this week from our website. She wins…

Idaho Falls Mayor Rebecca Casper announced she is running for re-election. Casper laid out her agenda she hopes to accomplish if she is re-elected.…

Rigby Police say a juvenile, female driver was responsible for a hit and run accident and chase that ignited several small fires Tuesday. According…

Many of us know people suffering in the disaster in Houston and have heard their experiences. Local News 8 reached out to Ido Walker, who moved to…

Officials say a school bus with 45 children aboard has collided with a pickup truck in Boise, but none of the school children appear to have…

Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter has appointed Twin Falls judge Richard Bevan to the state’s highest court. Otter announced Tuesday…

With less than 70 days away from the November election, Tuesday morning started off with a small victory for the those in support of fixing the…

Authorities in southwestern Idaho say an elderly couple is dead after an apparent shooting, but no suspects are being sought. Nampa Police Department…

Park rangers have responded to several recent incidents in Grand Teton National Park. On Saturday, August 26, at approximately 8:15 a.m. Teton…

The National Weather Service in Pocatello has issued a Fire Weather Watch for Wednesday. “Moisture will continue to stream into central and…

Beginning Friday, September 1, Yellowstone will be accepting applications to the 2017-2018 winter season lottery for permits to snowmobile in the…

Staying hot thanks to high pressure, but stormy at times thanks to sub-tropical moisture through the Great Basin. Scattered thunderstorms are…

A family discovered the remains of a female while driving an off-road vehicle near the Utah-Arizona border. The Spectrum reported on Monday the…

After a national search, Idaho State University officials selected Dr. Christopher T. Owens as ISU’s new associate vice president for health…

A two-mile stretch of US Highway 26/89/191 will be temporarily closed to vehicle traffic during a traditional cattle drive in Grand Teton National…

A 25-year-old Wyoming mother accused of killing her 16-month-old baby has pleaded not guilty to the charges against her. KGAB-AM reports Sabrina A.…

More than 60 business leaders have urged the federal government to release endangered Mexican gray wolves into the Grand Canyon area in northern…

A 36-year-old southern Utah mother whose malnourished son was found in a feces-strewn bathroom where authorities believe he had been locked away for…

Scattered thunderstorms are expected for today as a weak disturbance moves through, drawing moisture from the south. The best chance for showers…

UPDATE: 5:45 p.m.: The Bureau of Land Management reports the Deer Park Fire is 90 percent contained and full containment is expected for 10 p.m. BLM…

People across the country are channeling their inner “Dirty Harry” (kind of) and asking themselves if they feel lucky…lucky enough…

With so much devastation happening in Texas, many people are eager to help in some way. Organizations such as the American Red Cross and the…

BOYS H.S. SOCCERIdaho Falls 1 **Blackfoot 3 Preston 4Century 4 **Skyline 12 Pocatello 0 **Highland 6Bonneville 3 **Hillcrest 1 Rigby 0 GIRLS H.S.…

The first week of school is now in the books for students at Idaho State University, which means tradition will kick-in Monday night for the eighth,…

On Monday morning, signs across City Creek entrances were posted, warning visitors of a recent discovery of high levels of E. coli bacteria found in…

The City of Pocatello Sanitation Department’s collection trucks will be operating as normal on Labor Day, September 4. Officials ask residents…

With the Eastern Idaho State Fair only four days away, one local charity group received an early taste of that notorious fair food that only…

The person who caused a wildfire that destroyed a home and threatened several others east of Yellowstone National Park could be ordered to pay…

Scattered thunderstorms with several weak disturbances will impact the region starting Monday evening. This and other disturbances will move in for…

A child was injured at the North Idaho Fair in Coeur d’Alene, resulting in the closure of a carnival ride. The Spokesman Review reports the…

U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke says he wants to speed up a proposal to block new gold mining claims on forested public land near Yellowstone…

The Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center’s Microbiology department now offers MALDI-TOF, the next generation of bacterial identification. This…

Wes and Jessie Mennear, who moved to Houston about two years ago, are hunkering down in their apartment, with nowhere to go. The water in the street…

A stretch of the Gibbon River and its headwater lakes are being poisoned so Yellowstone National Park can remove non-native fish and reintroduce…

A former Utah County commissioner has been sentenced to five years of probation, including paying $162,606 in restitution, for his role in a scam…

Another warm and dry day today. However, several weak disturbances will impact the region starting this evening, giving the Central Mts and Southern…

A ridge of high pressure will remain centered over the Great Basin for the start of the work week. Isolated thunderstorms are possible across the…

Four clinicians from Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center are in Texas assisting to relocate NICU babies to safer locations following Hurricane…

One Jackson woman and her family got the promotion opportunity of a lifetime. Melissa Wandursky, along with her mom and sister, appeared on a recent…

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UPDATE 7:48 p.m.: A 50-acre fire burning west of Grace is under control and officials said they expect to have containment by 8 p.m. Saturday. The…

A ridge of high pressure will continue to strengthen across the Great Basin. Expect warm and dry weather conditions for the rest of the weekend and…

The Afton Police Department in Wyoming said Friday it has apprehended a suspect wanted in connection to an attempted abduction of a young female and…

The following is a press release from Grand Teton National Park. Rangers recovered the body of a deceased climber in Grand Teton National Park on…

H.S. FOOTBALL SCORES WEEK 1Skyline 28, Hillcrest 41 Bonneville 28, Idaho Falls 27 Ogden 24, Preston 27Lake City 10, Madison 34Blackfoot 35, Snake…

Idaho State University has been awarded a large grant to help expand health education and health services in southeastern Idaho. The grant is for…

Come Monday, the old O.E. Bell Junior High School building in Idaho Falls will once again be an actual school. After being abandoned as a school for…

Grand Teton National Park experienced record visitation August 18-21 as visitors traveled to the park to view the total solar eclipse. Park traffic…

Idaho officials have declined to move forward for now allowing the use of bait by hunters to specifically target wolves. The Idaho Fish and Game…

A mutil-car accident sent at least two people to the hospital Friday evening. The accident happened shortly after 6 p.m. at the intersection of US26…

Local law enforcement agencies are cracking down on drunk drivers on Friday and Saturday. The Pocatello Police Department, Chubbuck Police…

If you are looking to fly from Pocatello to Salt Lake City, you will have a few more flight options, starting October 1st. A third flight option will…

An Idaho Falls man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Pocatello Thursday to charges of accessing with intent to view child pornography. Thomas…

Moving into Tuesday, a large ridge builds in bringing about sunny skies and warm temperatures to the region, with many in the plain reaching the 90s…

E. Elva Street & N. Holmes Avenue IntersectionTMC Contractors, Inc. will close the southern half of the E. Elva Street & N. Holmes Avenue…

Idaho Falls has signed a contract with Design Workshop, Inc. to construct the new Heritage Park near the southern edge of Snake River Landing. The…

Atop the South Menan Butte in Idaho for the solar eclipse, and what a fantastic place to view it. Once KIDK Eyewitness News crew arrived, we finally…

The city of Blackfoot has been awarded a $1.6 million FEMA grant for a major storm water upgrade. The federal funding will cover about 63 percent of…

Former Governor Cecil Andrus died Thursday, one day short of his 86th birthday, after a battle with lung cancer. According to Democratic party…

Rock legends Jack Russell’s Great White will be opening for Joan Jett and the Blackhearts at the Eastern Idaho State Fair Friday, September 8 .…

This week’s education (and political) news: Cecil Andrus, 1931-2017. Andrus, Idaho’s only four-term governor and interior secretary to…

Bryce Johnson was sworn in as Idaho Falls’ new Chief of Police by Mayor Rebecca Casper Thursday night. Johnson comes to Idaho Falls from…

Wyoming Highway Patrol’s K-9 Basil retired August 1 after nine years of service with Patrol. Basil was assigned to Trooper Barry Tippy in the…

HK Contractors, Inc. will be chip sealing, brooming, fog coating and striping Idaho Falls city streets starting Sunday, August 27. Crews will be…

The Idaho Falls City Council has accepted a $750,000 donation from William J. Maeck to help renovate the interior of the Idaho Falls Civic Auditorium…

The Driver’s License Office located at 254 E. St. in Idaho Falls will be closed Wednesday, August 30 for mandatory employee training and…

The candidate-filing period for municipal elections opens at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, August 28. City of Idaho Falls residents interested in running for…

Starting next week, crews from the City of Pocatello Street Operations Department will begin chip sealing roads around Pocatello. Chip sealing is…

Idaho Falls will use a Department of Energy grant to pursue a franchise agreement with a private vendor to provide voluntary curbside recycling…

Today is the last day that we should see a chance of T-Storms, though the threat is very small within the Snake Plain. After today, a large ridge…

Former Idaho Gov. Cecil D. Andrus died Thursday afternoon Idaho Sen. Cherie Buckner-Webb said in a Facebook post. “It is with a heavy heart and…

H.S. FOOTBALL*Pocatello 49 Wood River 7 *Century 42 Burley 12 BOYS H.S. SOCCERSnake River 0 *Sugar-Salem 8 H.S. VOLLEYBALL {Sets Won}*Shelley 3…

The annual “I love ISU” campaign is back again. On Thursday, the campaign got a jumpstart on its fundraising with a large donation. ISU…

Due to area wildfire smoke, there is an air quality advisory for Lemhi and Custer county. On Friday, around 11 a.m. an air quality update will be…

All three of the 2018 Republican gubernatorial candidates running for governor faced off at a panel discussion today. The panel discussion, hosted by…

In April, President Trump signed an executive order questioning the future of 27 monuments. 9-year-old Robbie Bond is making it his goal to save…

A Fort Hall man faces up to ten years in prison and a $250,000 fine after pleading guilty Thursday to charges of assault with a dangerous weapon.…

UPDATE: Deputies have located the owner of the bike, and there are no further welfare concerns at this time. ORIGINAL: Thursday afternoon the…

Grand Teton National Park law enforcement rangers are seeking information regarding an illegal operation of a drone apparently photographing grizzly…

Idaho’s U.S. Sen. Jim Risch says Congress needs to find a bipartisan solution to improving health care in the United States. The Republican…

Idaho State University has been awarded a $386,250 grant to establish an area health education center or AHEC to improve access to primary care in…

UPDATE: The Madison County Prosecutor’s Office formally charged Holly Harrison Thursday with three felonies and one misdemeanor. Harrison was…

Idaho law enforcement officials are looking for an inmate who went missing after he was granted permission to attend a funeral. KTVB-TV reports…

Feel good, do good and look good this September by donating blood or platelets with the American Red Cross and get a free haircut coupon from Sport…

LOLO PASS The Ravalli County Sheriff has issued an evacuation order for all residents on Sweeney Creek Loop north of and including Outback Road. All…

UPDATE 8/24: A GoFundMe page has been set up to help Matt Henderson, one of the firefighters burned badly in Downey Monday. To donate and find out…

The numbers have been drawn for the second largest lottery prize in U.S. history. The winning numbers are 6, 7, 16, 23 and 26, and the Powerball…

Monsoonal moisture will continue to stream into our area from the south, though the threat has shifted to the north for today, with the Central…

BOYS H.S. SOCCERHighland 0*Century 4 *Blackfoot 6 Rigby 3 *Hillcrest 3 Idaho Falls 1 Twin Falls 2 Jerome 2 GIRLS H.S. SOCCER*Hillcrest 4 Idaho Falls…

Some students at Idaho State University are working with NASA scientists. The university has partnered with NASA on a recent project to do underwater…

We want to announce our “Food for Friends” winner for Week 6. Joel Watson is our winner this week from our website. He wins a $200 gift…

The College of Eastern Idaho is in session. Classes officially started Tuesday — and Wednesday was the ribbon-cutting ceremony.…

The National Weather Service in Pocatello has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for… Central Bannock County in southeastern Idaho… East…

A 22-year-old man from American Falls was killed in a two vehicle traffic accident on Wapi Road in rural Power County Tuesday. Power County…

Saturday, August 26 is Community Appreciation Day at the Idaho Falls Zoo. Admission for the day is only $1 and one can of food per person or $3.50…

The National Park Service will celebrate the 101st anniversary of its founding on Friday, August 25 by waiving entrance fees. All park visitor…