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Update 09/06/2016 12:30 pm: The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality has extended the air quality alert for Custer and Lemhi Counties. Air…

A Ketchum woman is recovering at Wood River Medical Center near Hailey after a climbing accident north of the Devil’s Bedstead Peak. Custer…

Jim Francis has announced he will run as a write-in candidate for State Senator in District 33 this November. The seat is currently held by…

Idaho Falls Police arrested 19-year-old Ricardo R. Herrera Delira for burglary Saturday morning after he was seen trying to break into a car. Herrera…

A Shelley man was arrested by Idaho Falls Police on September 1st for multiple charges including felony possession of a controlled substance and…

Idaho Falls Police arrested a 19-year-old man after police say he tried to steal a woman’s purse. Isaiah S. DeLoera of Idaho Falls was booked…

A Pocatello man was arrested Saturday with a large amount of methamphetamine after a routine traffic stop near Pocatello. Brandon Jeffrey Allan,37,…

The Tie Canyon fire was listed at 100 percent containment Tuesday morning. The fire area encompassed 1,031 acres. Great Basin Team 5 transferred…

When it’s summer, it means getting out and having fun for Marshall Clinger. “I like summer because you can get outside and experience…

Chipotle, Popeyes and Red Robin are just a few of the recent businesses that have opened in Chubbuck. On Monday, the city welcomed another new…

Joshua Holt is a former Pocatello man now living in Utah. Josh has been stuck in a Venezuelan jail for 67 days, since June 30. On Monday, his mom…

A two-car collision near Stanley blocked the highway for nearly four hours Monday morning. Idaho State Police said the accident happened on State…

Update Sept. 5, 2016 3:30p: A GoFundMe account was set up for the family of a 16-year-old teen girl who died Saturday morning. The account said Karla…

Lightning started at least three new fires in the northern portion of Grand Teton National Park Sunday. All were being actively suppressed on Monday.…

Day two of the Eastern Idaho State Fair brought some rain with it. But that didn’t seem to dampen people’s spirits as large crowds…

UPDATE Sept. 5, 2016 10:30p: Rangers have located the body of Rene Dreiling. They said his body was found on the north side of Mount Owen, on a rocky…

A state health official says new data shows Idaho adults reversing a decades-long increase in obesity. The Spokesman-Review reports the 28.6 percent…

The campaign finance reports from the Democrat challenging longtime Idaho GOP Sen. Mike Crapo suggest he’s making a serious bid for the office.…

A bus driver in southern Idaho has been fired after a video of her pouring water on a student and telling him to speak English surfaced on social…

Cool wet weather is helping to calm the region’s largest remaining wildfires. Tie Canyon fireSunday night rains were not enough to extinguish…

Popular country singers will be taking the stage at this year’s Eastern Idaho State Fair. Chris Janson will be headlining on September 8 and…

The Eastern Idaho State Fair is happening now! The fair kicked off its opening day with its annual parade through the streets of Blackfoot. Hundreds…

Scores for all the games for Eastern Idaho and Western Wyoming team. For highlights, see www.localnews8.com/sports or the Sports section of our app.…

With the recent price hike for the Epi-Pen, many people are looking for cheaper alternatives. The Better Business Bureau is warning people about…

The man accused of killing a Driggs woman this summer had the Teton County Court enter a not guilty plea for him Friday morning. Erik Ohlson is…

Steps are being taken to remove illegally introduced Largemouth Bass from Hawkins Reservoir in Bannock County. The decision will allow licensed…

A crash in the northbound lane of Interstate 15 has slowed traffic on the highway. The incident happened just north of Fort…

State engineers are planning a project to replace the existing Rose Road bridge over Interstate 15. The Idaho Transportation Department will hold a…

The Henry’s Creek Fire was declared 100 percent contained at 10 p.m. Thursday. Fire crews will continue to periodically monitor the fire area.…

The Idaho Potato Commission’s Big Idaho Potato Truck sailed through New York Harbor from Brooklyn last week. The commission donated 12,000…

Dealing with a bicycle problem while out on River Walk in Idaho Falls just got a bit easier. A new bike repair station has been installed for public…

Teton County, Idaho Sheriff Tony Liford has lifted a Level 1 Evacuation Notice for people living near the Tie Canyon fire. Teton Basin District…

Two well-known Utah climbers are missing in Pakistan, where they were attempting to make a treacherous ascent up an icy mountain. Jonathan Thesenga…

Wildlife officials have stopped trapping for a group of wolves suspected of killing livestock on private land near Grand Teton National Park. The…

Grand Teton National Park saw a record number of visitors in July, with 815,721 people travelling the interior roads. The Jackson Hole News &…

Idaho’s top schools chief says she wants a 6.6 percent increase in education spending for 2017, requesting more money for teacher salaries and…

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As fires continue to burn in eastern Idaho, there’s a lot of rules that firefighters must abide by. One of the rules landowners have the most…

Labor Day weekend is near which means tomorrow will be one of the busiest traffic days of the year, and current low gas prices won’t help thin…

Kids in Soda Springs could have a new place to play soon. Some community members are working on building a new playground and splash pad. The new…

Only two more days till the Eastern Idaho State Fair gets into full swing. But before they open their ticket booths they gave local media a taste of…

Idaho Power Company reports a power has been restored following an outage affecting about 3,520 customers in the Pocatello and Chubbuck area.…

Bingham Memorial Hospital kicked off their 2nd Annual Back-to-School Coloring Contest Thursday at Stalker Elementary School. A gymnasium packed with…

A Utah-based chain of private colleges is suing the federal Department of Education after being denied nonprofit status. The Salt Lake Tribune…

A wildfire has forced the evacuation and closure of a campground in northeast Yellowstone National Park. The Slough Creek Campground is the smallest…

Attorney General Lawrence Wasden says two internet companies must return the millions of dollars paid to them under a voided state broadband…

The U.S. Department of Energy says it’s concerned about a radiation leak two years ago at an eastern Idaho nuclear facility that contaminated…

A 17-year-old high school student who prosecutors say sexually assaulted a black teammate in an Idaho locker room will no longer be charged as an…

Ike Bowers, 41, of Idaho Falls was arrested at around midnight Wednesday after he was reported as an intoxicated driver. Bonneville County…

KIFI Local News 8 and KIDK Eyewitness News 3 is seeking a full-time Multimedia Journalist in Pocatello, Idaho to help grow the station’s news…

KIFI/KIDK/KXPI-TV is looking for a HR Coordinator/Finance Support to serve as corporate HR liaison for station employees as well as support for the…

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A Pocatello man and Fort Hall woman were arrested Tuesday night after Chubbuck police said they had to chase down the man. Police stopped Laine…

Bonneville County Commissioners and BLM officials met to determine how to split the cost from the Henry’s Creek Fire. The total cost as of…

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During the annual State of the University Address, Idaho State University President Arthur Vailas highlighted the university’s recent successes…

KIDK 3 Eyewitness News Day Sep. 7th Help us get kids the supplies they need to succeed in school and get a cheap ticket into the Eastern Idaho State…

Beginning Thursday snowmobilers will be able to enter a drawing for permits to ride through Yellowstone National Park without a guide. The Bozeman…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports about 79 million Americans are currently infected with the human papillomavirus, with around…

It is three-for-three for Albertsons in the Idaho Falls area. Wednesday morning was the third and final grand re-opening for the grocery stores in…

The “I Love ISU”campaign kicks off Thursday morning with a Before-Hours Breakfast. “I Love ISU” is a scholarship fundraising…

Power County Sheriff’s department investigators say a fire that destroyed a new potato cellar at Con Agra Foods on Lamb-Weston Road in American…

More than 30 workers at Idaho State University are being laid off. Those workers are part of the RISE complex at ISU. RISE is a research and…

Seven-in-10 people are using their smartphones while driving, and there is a new virtual reality simulator that shows the dangers of doing just that.…

UPDATE 4:50 p.m. Transmitter has been fixed. ORIGINAL: KIFI Local News 8 is experiencing technical difficulties with its main transmitter for…

The start of the workday was a bit more interesting for staff at Teton Toyota in Idaho Falls. Jermey B. Blake, 37, of Shelley, crashed his car into a…

U.S. Congresswoman Mia Love says she will urge the State Department to do more to free a Utah man who’s been jailed in Venezuela for two months…

The Idaho Department of Correction has asked the Ada County Sheriff’s Office to investigate the death of Roger Vincent Arellano. Arellano,62,…

Pocatello Police arrested a man and a woman at around 6:33 p.m. Tuesday for possession of a stolen vehicle. Police said a 1996 Chevrolet truck was…

The Berry Fire was estimated at 13,177 acres Wednesday. The lightning caused fire began in the norther portion of Grand Teton National Park on the…

The Tie Canyon fire, burning west of Victor, Idaho was estimated at 1,031 acres Wednesday morning. It is now 60 percent contained. A total of 449…

A taxidermy and tanning business in Ucon was severely damaged by a fire early Tuesday morning. The fire was reported at 1:21 a.m. at the Eagle Rock…

According to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, about six million Jews were murdered by Nazi Germans during WW II. Dr. Jacob Eisenbach was…

UPDATE 8/31/2016 10:30 a.m.: Bonneville County Sheriff Officer has released the name of the victim from Tuesday’s rafting accident as Alexander…

Iona Mayor Brad Andersen has survived a recall attempt. In a special election Tuesday, 208 people voted to recall Andersen. 344 voted to retain him…

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You could say Power County’s building administrator, Bob Steinlicht, has been waiting awhile to get going on the county’s solar farm…

Tuesday morning the intersection Hiline and El Rancho was filled with Pocatello police officers. And they were handing out Subway gift cards to kids…

Idaho State University is renaming its health sciences program. The university held a naming ceremony Tuesday afternoon. All health related fields…

The Eastern Idaho Interagency Fire Center has sent a firefighting team to a new fire in the Antelope Flat area near the Snake River. The Granite…

Years of legal battles that all started over mowing grass. A local landowner is taking on a canal company he claims is harassing him after he sued…

Fair time is getting closer and closer. The Eastern Idaho State Fair is just days away and workers are busy getting everything ready for us. Planning…

A piece of history is coming back to life at Pocatello High School. The neon Pocatello Indian Head was reinstalled Tuesday morning on the building.…

The Grand Teton National Park Foundation and the National Park Foundation report they have now raised $11.5 million towards their campaign to protect…

The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality has lifted an air quality caution for Custer County. According to IDEQ, air quality is currently in the…

A campaign school was hosted Saturday by the Bingham County Republican Central Committee and the Idaho Republican Party. “The basics: a…

A 4.8 magnitude earthquake epicentered east of Hoback, Wyoming at around 3 p.m. Saturday also shook the Jackson area. Town spokesman Carl Pelletier…

Roger L. Gibson, 59, was arrested Monday morning after the owners of a home came home to find him inside. Idaho Falls Police said they were called to…

Fire are still burning in the region, including the Tie Canyon and Berry Fire. The following list is the latest updates. Fire managers on the Berry…

The Tie Canyon fire was estimated at 1,014 acres Tuesday morning. It is now 44 percent contained. Additional hand crews and engines arrived Monday.…

The Henrys Creek Fire didn’t increase in size Monday. They said the fire is 90% contained as of Tuesday morning. It has burned nearly 53,000…

The Bonnevillle County Sheriff’s Office is lifting most of the road closures initiated when the Henry’s Creek fire began. A burn ban…

Sheriff Lorin Nielsen has seen firsthand how some inmates with addiction struggle to readjust to society after leaving jail. “We’ve tried…

Westside Community Garden coordinator Ed Phillips can’t help but feel proud of first-time gardener Lori Patterson as he looks over her plot. He…

The hot and dry summer has not been good for firefighters in southeastern Idaho. But it’s a different story for local farmers. Sprinklers has…

A business that is a house-hold name in eastern Idaho is making it’s way to the other side of the state. Reed’s Dairy is expanding its…

Aerial images indicate the Henry’s Creek fire has had severe impacts on wildlife habitat, but Idaho Fish and Game says it has been difficult…

The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality has lifted an air quality caution for Teton County. Due to a significant reduction in wildfire smoke…

UPDATE 8/29/16 12:15 p.m.: Rocky Mountain Power said power has been restored to all customers affected by this morning’s outage. UPDATE 8/29/16…

Update 8/29/2016 7:00 a.m.: Fire managers said the Henrys Creek Fire didn’t increase in acreage on Sunday. They now report it is at 81%…