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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…

A 65-year-old Colorado man is the only fatality in Wyoming attributed to the unprecedented traffic associated with Monday’s eclipse. The…

As an ode to the first day of school happening across the region today, your favorite anchors and reporters are sharing their back to school photos…

The top federal prosecutor in Nevada is vowing a third try to convict two accused gunmen of armed assault on a federal officer in a 2014 standoff…

Jackson Hole Fire/EMS is lifting its partial fire restrictions effective Thursday. Because eclipse crowds are leaving the area, interagency fire…

Over 25,000 eclipse visitors checked into the three Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce Visitor Centers prior to the Total Solar Eclipse Monday.…

Update: Given projected weather events, including high temperatures, gusty winds, and the potential for lightning over the next couple of days, the…

Thursday, the monsoonal moisture will continue to stream into our area from the south. Expect to see cooler temperatures in the next couple of…

The eclipse came and so did the people. Just how many? An estimated 300,000, possibly more, traveled into the path of totality in eastern Idaho,…

The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality has issued an air quality forecast and caution for Custer and Lemhi Counties. According to the warning,…

Five of Utah’s 10 largest colleges are under federal investigation into the handling of various sexual misconduct claims. The Salt Lake Tribune…

– Montana environmental regulators have set a reclamation bond at just over $154,000 for gold exploration on private property north of…

Robbery charges have been filed in Nebraska against a man suspected of being the “AK-47 bandit,” who investigators believe robbed banks…

For the next couple of days, monsoonal moisture will begin to stream into our area from the south. Expect to see cooler temperatures in the next…

The Idaho Food Bank has put out a call for volunteers. The food bank said it can always use more volunteers, but it’s especially important and…

The total solar eclipse on Monday was an exciting an event for many. But for one Pocatello couple, it was an extra special day as they gave birth to…

BOYS H.S. SOCCER*Idaho Falls 5 Bonneville 0 *Marsh Valley 4 South Fremont 2 *Shelley 6 Aberdeen 2 *Sugar-Salem 6Snake River 0 GIRLS H.S.…

Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan, arrived in Idaho Falls Tuesday, greeted by protesters outside the Idaho Falls Regional Airport. Ryan was en route to…

The Preston Police Department is asking for help to identify a suspect who attempted to steal an ATM machine. The suspect recently attempted to steal…

UPDATE: 8-22 The Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office has identified the three people involved in a boating accident at Blacktail Park Monday.…

The Idaho courts have recently received multiple reports of a phone scam targeting Idahoans. Scammers are using the names of actual Idaho judges,…

Serve Idaho, the Governor’s Commission on Service and Volunteerism, has received $977,983 from the Corporation for National and Community…

Yellowstone National Park Officials said to expect delays of up to 30 minutes starting August 22 while contracting crews seal, sweep and stripe the…

Prosecutors say a Utah woman used eye drops to secretly poison her husband, making him ill for months. Court documents say 33-year-old Chandra V.…

It’s that time of year again when kids are sadly saying ‘farewell’ to the summer season and getting their backpacks ready for the…

For the next couple of days, monsoonal moisture will begin to stream into our area from the south. Expect to see cooler temperatures in the next…

A Texas man was killed in an ATV accident at around 1:05 p.m. Sunday. The Teton County, Wyoming Sheriff’s Office said 30-year-old John Benson…

House Speaker Paul Ryan has made his first official visit to Idaho as sitting speaker to host a GOP joint fundraiser. Ryan’s brief appearance…

The least populated state has seen total eclipses before but possibly never so many people. Wyoming Department of Transportation spokesman Doug McGee…

Huge eclipse crowds had a heavy impact on eastern Idaho transportation and it wasn’t all on the ground. The Civil Air Patrol notes that a large…

As predicted, traffic was the major issue on Monday afternoon and evening for people trying to get back home from the path of totality. For many…

One person was killed and another injured in a Fremont County Sand Dunes crash at around 12:32 p.m. Monday. The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office…

UPDATE: 8:45 p.m. – Interstate 15 traffic is starting to thin out as of 8:30 p.m. But traffic is slow between Blackfoot and McCammon. For some…

Southwesterly flow, and associated warmer temperatures and monsoonal moisture will begin to stream into our area starting today. Temperatures will…

People from all over the world were in Eastern Idaho Monday to view the eclipse, and many of them chose the Brigham Young University campus to view…

An eastern Idaho lawmaker says donors are offering him contributions for every scolding comment he receives for posting a link to a conspiracy theory…

More than 70,000 Utah residents paid a combined $2 million last year for special license plates displaying their support for the University of Utah,…

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has trapped and relocated an adult, male grizzly bear in northwest Wyoming. The bear was captured Aug. 11 for…

The Wyoming Department of Education has released the state’s elementary and secondary education plan that is required under a new federal law.…

A man died after failing to make a turn on an ATV and driving over a 15-foot drop-off. The Deseret News reports the Cache County Sheriff’s…

Yellowstone National Park officials are about to deliberately poison off nonnative fish species in one of the park’s major river drainages. The…

There was another special event that happened during the eclipse Monday morning on top of the South Menan Butte. The crowds cheered the eclipse when…

Two months after the bodies of two women and a teenage girl were discovered inside a shed on the property of an Idaho home, a family member of two of…

The University of Utah has more residence hall spots available this year, which is driving up the number of students living on campus. The Deseret…

For one group of people, today was about more than just the eclipse. It was a reunion 25 years in the making. All because of one man.…

UPDATE 1:30 p.m. Idaho State Police reports there is heavy traffic on southbound Interstate 15 south of Idaho Falls. Traffic on I-15 at mile marker…

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Following the eclipse on Monday morning, many were surprised by the lack of activity in Pocatello. For places like the Portneuf Hospital, the lack of…

A wave of low pressure will move through the northern Great Basin on Tuesday, causing scattered thunderstorms near the Utah border. On Wednesday the…

ABC 17 News has been covering the Eclipse for months, telling you stories about public safety, which eclipse glasses to trust, the science behind the…

Rexburg Police are investigating an incident at the Rexburg Airport Monday afternoon. Police said no one was injured when the plane went off the end…

Teton Valley Health Care has announced it will partner with Utah-based Intermountain Healthcare to provide select oncology care at the Driggs…

The city of Dubois used the solar eclipse to officially re-launch a historic airline beacon. The beacon was part of an installation which includes a…

Several thousand people lined the banks of the Snake River Saturday for the annual Rotary Club Duck Race. After the rubber ducks raced to the finish…

Idaho Falls eclipse viewing sites are filling up. Bonneville County Incident Command said the River Walk is at capacity and Broadway is very…

Bingham County Commissioners have signed a resolution enacting a ban on open fire. The ban will be in effect from August 18 through October 25, 2017…

The Bureau of Land Management used 5 engines and 2 dozers to quickly contain a wild fire north of Menan Butte Sunday. The 50-acre fire burned grass…

With an estimated 500,000 people expected in the area for the eclipse, where are they all going to stay? Hotels and Airbnbs are full, so that leaves…

Donald Hall, 28, of Blackfoot was arrested at around 8:03 p.m. Sunday near the intersection of Holmes Avenue and Northgate Mile. Idaho Falls Police…

Mid and high level clouds from a weak weather disturbance is showing up on infrared satellite imagery over the Central Mts. this morning. However,…

Many in the area have been preparing for the large crowds coming into the region. Some have prepared by stocking up on gas, food, and resources. Some…

Mid and high level clouds from a weak weather disturbance is showing up on infrared satellite imagery. Models are showing a variety of trends as the…

Idaho State Police are investigating a deadly crash involving an Idaho Falls woman laying in the northbound lanes of I-15 near mile post 117. It…

UPDATE 12:00 a.m.: The Madison Fire Department said a firefighter was hurt battling a large barn fire outside of Sugar City Saturday. “We are…

Expect gusty winds on Saturday and Sunday. A weak trough will move through the region on Sunday night and Monday morning. This will bring high…

A line of people wrapped around Mountain View Events Center in Pocatello on Saturday as thousands showed up for the annual Back 2 School Giveaway. At…

Pocatello’s annual Riverfest returned on Saturday for another year. The Riverfest is put on by the Portneuf Greenway Foundation. The event had…

A small fire near Swan Valley destroyed a shed and burned an acre of land near the intersection of Highway 31 and Highway 26, according to Idaho…

A Malad High School graduate is among a group of Special Forces soldiers hurt in Afghanistan this week. The parents of Wren Murray told KIFI/KIDK…

In this eclipse, you cannot talk about this stellar event, without acknowledging one of the star players in this show, our closest star in the…

Visitors are coming into the area this weekend to claim their spots to get a view of the total solar eclipse. With so many people coming at the…

Fifteen physics and geology students from Westminster College in Salt Lake City will be atop the south Menan Butte to study the solar eclipse and the…

A multiple vehicle accident occurred northbound on exit 118 on Interstate 15 in Idaho Falls Friday around 5:25 p.m. Police report a truck with a…

On Saturday, August 19, there will be free shuttles running from the Shilo Inn Convention Center, located at 780 Lindsay Blvd. Idaho Falls, to Sandy…

Total solar eclipses occur every year or two or three, often in the middle of nowhere like the South Pacific or Antarctic. What makes Monday’s…

Hundreds-of-thousands of people are coming into this area to see the total solar eclipse. Many have already gotten their weekends started. To…

More than a dozen soldiers belonging to 1st Battalion of the 148th Field Artillery Regiment, headquartered in Pocatello, will return home Friday from…

Firefighters were called to an out-of-control fire about half a mile south of US Highway 26 on West Birch Creek Road near Ririe at around 2:20 p.m.…

Authorities say a gallon of dish soap and plenty of rope helped them rescue a woman stuck for nearly 12 hours in a narrow slot canyon in the Utah…

An Idaho man who caught a record-setting trout in Utah has been told his fish does not qualify for the record anymore because he caught it without a…

A south-central Idaho man police say locked a woman and her children in a bedroom and monitored them while at work by using a cellphone application…

Eclipse mania is building and so is demand for the glasses that make it safe to view the first total solar eclipse to cross the U.S. in 99 years.…

The Idaho State Civic-Symphony has named Julie Sorensen as interim conductor for the 2017-2018 season. Sorensen is currently part of Idaho State…

Classes will start back up at Idaho State University on August 22nd. While new students are moving into their new homes and checking out the area,…

Snake River School District 52 will be closed Monday, August 21 for the eclipse. Superintendent David Kerns said the day was originally a teacher…

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game is imposing Stage I fire restrictions on IDFG managed lands across the Upper Snake Region effective…

In the wake of violent protests in Charlottesville, Virginia last weekend, Idaho State University has issued a public statement condemning all acts…

Warming back up to the upper 80’s and lower 90’s for this weekend. Breezy winds in the afternoons, with winds at 15-20mph. By Sunday,…

Idaho schools plan for the eclipse — in different waysKevin Richert: Education Notecard, Aug. 18, 2017 This week’s education news:…

Idaho’s unemployment rate fell to 3 percent in July. The Idaho Department of Labor in a news release Friday says that’s the lowest level…

According to a recent study completed by Boise State University and the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation, spending on snowmobiling related…

The current Powerball annuitized jackpot estimate for Saturday night’s draw is now $535 million. This is the fifth largest advertised jackpot…

The time for people to weigh in on a proposed plan to require reservations to enter Zion National Park is coming to a close. The online public…

Police in Manchester, New Hampshire have identified Terrance Peder Rasmussen as their prime suspect in a decades-old murder mystery. The bodies of an…

Grand Teton National Park sits in the shadow of its world-renowned neighbor, Yellowstone National Park. But thanks to Monday’s solar eclipse,…

Pocatello Police arrested Robert Neal Ballard, Jr., 37, at around 3:40 p.m.. Thursday for resisting and obstructing police at 3957 S. 5th Street.…

The David Price Agency of Farmers Insurance will host their sixth annual Corn Dayz event on Friday, August 18 from 10 a.m until 6 p.m. The agency…

We’ve been steadily warming since the cold front moved through on Monday, and will gradually continue to do so as we head into the weekend.…

It’s on to the next steps for Pocatello’s Portneuf River visioning project. Thursday night, the city council approved a $21,000 agreement…