Wyoming asks US Supreme Court to deny death row appeal
Wyoming’s attorney general asked the U.S. Supreme Court to deny a death row inmate’s request for appeal, arguing he did not preserve his ability to…
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Wyoming court to rule on birth certificate gender changes
The Wyoming Supreme Court is expected to rule on a case that would determine whether transgender residents can change the genders on their birth…
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Idaho officials observe 57 mountain goats in Selkirk range
Idaho biologists counted 57 mountain goats in the Selkirk Mountain Range this year, the first survey of the animals in the range since…
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Idaho lawmaker flouts stay-at-home order with church service
A northern Idaho lawmaker led a church service on Sunday despite a statewide stay-at-home order by Gov. Brad Little to prevent the spread of the…
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3 found dead in northern Wyoming, man arrested in Montana
Three people have been found dead in northern Wyoming and authorities have arrested a man in southern…
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Local restaurant shows you how to cook your favorite meals
Missing the food from your favorite restaurant? Pocatello’s Puerto Vallarta has you covered.…
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Interfaith Council joins The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in invitation for worldwide fasting and prayer
Local Interfaith Council asks all to join them in personal fasting and prayer Sunday, March 29, 2020 for relief from the COVID-19…
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Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell cleared of COVID-19
The Utah Jazz announced Friday all players and personnel, including Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert, were medically cleared by the state’s health…
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Utah governor tells people to stay home to combat COVID-19
Utah Gov. Gary Hebert issued a stay-home directive Friday as the state works to curb the spread of the new coronavirus that’s now infected hundreds…
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EIRMC prepares to tackle coronavirus
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – East Idaho Regional Medical Center has conducted over 50 COVID-19 tests and so far they have all come back negative.…
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Bingham’s telehealth lets patients see doctors without leaving home
People are doing more from home than ever before: working, exercising and even visiting the…
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Restaurants are trying to deal with the stay at home order
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – Restaurants are used to competing for diners throughout the year, but due to COVID-19, local restaurants are just…
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Social distancing also impacting law enforcement
Gov. Brad Little’s state-wide stay-home order doesn’t include essential services like law enforcement, but agencies are still feeling the effects of…
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Mountain Home Air Force base gets tactical gear for women
The Mountain Home Air Force Base is changing some of its equipment to make sure women in the security forces have properly tailored…
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‘I’m making masks in avoidance’: Pocatello woman sewing for those in need
For Linda Davies of Pocatello, quarantine is a chance to sew masks for those in need. Davies, 71, is normally involved in estate liquidations and the…
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Boise mayor issues social distancing order to slow virus
Boise Mayor Lauren McLean has enacted a social distancing order, requiring Boise businesses and venues to keep groups of people to fewer than 10 at…
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ATV crash kills 11-year-old in southwest Wyoming
An 11-year-old has died in an all-terrain vehicle crash in southwestern…
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Utah school closure extended during coronavirus outbreak
Classes at Utah schools will remain dismissed at least through May 1, Gov. Gary Herbert said Monday as the number of diagnosed cases of the new…
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Wyoming medium-security inmate dies in suicide
A Wyoming prison inmate is dead in an apparent…
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Doctors: Testing restraints limit Wyoming COVID-19 detection
A shortage of testing capacity is making it harder for health officials in Wyoming to determine just how many people in the state have been infected…
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Ex-library director files lawsuit against city of Lewiston
A former library director has sued the city of Lewiston over her termination two years ago, alleging sexual harassment, a hostile work environment…
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California man gets life sentence in Boise rape case
A California man has been sentenced to more than 30 years in prison in connection with a Boise rape six years…
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Truckers experiencing a hard road due to COVID-19
It’s been a long road for truckers over the past few weeks.…
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Judge asked to force decision on US wolverine protections
Wildlife advocates on Wednesday asked a U.S. judge to force the government into deciding if the snow-loving wolverine should be federally protected…
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Health centers take measures to protect high-risk patients
Heritage Home Health & Hospice, like many care centers around the nation, is proceeding with caution when it comes to high-risk patients.…
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Habitat for Humanity Restore worries it may not survive outbreak without community help
The Habitat for Humanity Restore closed its doors on Tuesday in an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus.…
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Jack-knifed truck led to fatal pileup on Wyoming highway
A collision between two semi-trucks led one to jack-knife across westbound lanes of a Wyoming highway and cause a pileup that killed three people, a…
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College of Southern Idaho names new president
A provost from a New York community college will be the College of Southern Idaho’s next…
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Prominent pair of long-serving Wyoming lawmakers to retire
Two prominent and long-serving Wyoming state lawmakers are planning to…
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Sheriff: Boy killed at random in Idaho mobile home shooting
Authorities say a young boy died after a man began shooting at a mobile home in Horseshoe Bend late Sunday…
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Grand Targhee/JHMR to end their seasons Sunday
Grand Targhee Resort will close for the season at the end of business Sunday, March…
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North Bannock firefighters offer to shop for the elderly
The North Bannock Fire Department announced Friday that firefighters are offering to shop for those who don’t want to leave their homes. …
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Utah closing public schools to prevent spread of coronavirus
Utah will close most public school functions starting starting Monday to reduce the risk of spreading the new coronavirus.…
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District: People are in favor of 4-day week
Blackfoot School District Superintendent Brian Kress said a recent survey showed that more than 80% of district parents, teachers and students were…
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Utah limits gatherings to 100 people as coronavirus spreads
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert says gatherings should be limited to 100 people for at least the next two weeks in an effort to prevent the spread of the…
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Mass gatherings banned in Oregon under governor’s order
All gatherings of more than 250 people are banned statewide in Oregon for four weeks to try to stop the spread of the new coronavirus under an order…
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Utah State University moves academic courses online
In an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19 to our campus communities, Utah State University will move academic courses online on Wednesday, March…
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Wyoming: Ample coronavirus-testing capacity after 1st case
Wyoming health officials expect to have ample capacity to keep testing for the new coronavirus after a woman from northwestern Sheridan County became…
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Childcare in Idaho is problem for us all
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – 479 million dollars. That’s the amount of money Idaho loses each year due to childcare issues. The reason was…
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‘Well-oiled machine’ pumps out election results in record time
The Bannock County Elections Office was able to release results Tuesday shortly after 10 p.m. – over an hour earlier than originally expected.…
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Rocky Mountain Power seeks residential electric increase
Wyoming regulators will begin planning in the weeks ahead to consider rate changes proposed by the state’s largest electric…
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Idaho sisters plead guilty in murder-for-hire case
Two sisters from north-central Idaho pleaded guilty to amended chargings in a murder-for-hire scheme after trying to hire an undercover deputy to…
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Bingham Healthcare opens new urgent care center
A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held in Pocatello Tuesday for 1st Choice Urgent…
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‘Diesel Brothers’ to pay over $851K for Utah air pollution
A federal judge has ordered custom truck makers from the television show “Diesel Brothers” to pay more than $851,000 to the U.S. government and a…
Continue Reading Lawsuit aims to keep N. Idaho road near border closed
Environmental groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging a Trump administration decision to reopen a long-closed road built through grizzly bear…
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Video recording prohibited at public meetings in south Idaho
County commissioners in southern Idaho have temporarily banned video recordings of weekly public meetings despite advice against the motion from…
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Bills address missing, murdered Indigenous people in Wyoming
Information on missing or murdered Indigenous people in Wyoming could improve under legislation that would better manage missing persons reports and…
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Coronavirus patient went to BYU game, risk considered low
Utah public health officials are contacting and testing Brigham Young University basketball fans who sat near a coronavirus patient at a game prior…
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Wyoming tribe to vote; medical marijuana backers press case
Advocates for legalizing medical marijuana have been pressing their case in the days before a possible vote this weekend on Wyoming’s Wind River…
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Idaho wildlife officials investigate sturgeon poaching
State wildlife authorities are investigating a poaching incident after a sturgeon carcass was found in the Boise…
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US to hire two grizzly specialists in Montana amid conflicts
The U.S. Department of the Interior is providing money for two specialists to help it manage grizzly bears in Montana following conflicts with…
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‘This is the time to get this taken care of’: Pocatello group cleans up trail garbage
A Pocatello group is working to clean the garbage off trails around…
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Missing diary from 1956 returned to its original owner
Goodwill stores have been known to hold hidden gems, even in the Gem State.…
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40,000 meals for the food bank: Grace Lutheran hosts Meals of Hope event
Grace Lutheran High School is working to send 40,000 meals to the Idaho…
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Utah House passes new requirements for abortion providers
Abortion clinics would be required to cremate fetal remains and women would have to get an ultrasound before the procedure under proposals that…
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Idaho Police: Officer in good condition after shooting
A police officer shot during a standoff in northern Idaho is in good condition at an area hospital, and investigators are waiting for a report from a…
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East Idaho prepares for potential coronavirus spread
Coronavirus cases are on the rise and people around east Idaho are taking steps to prepare.…
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Boise State students in isolation due to coronavirus worries
Boise State University said Thursday that four students from South Korea participating in a school program are in self-isolation for 14 days in…
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Community college hoops tourney suspended by virus concerns
The Northwest Athletic Conference community college women’s basketball tournament was suspended Thursday after the host school was shut down because…
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Prosecutor: Boise officers justified in fatal 2019 shooting
Two Boise Police Department officers who fatally shot a woman in October 2019 were justified in their actions after officers say she pointed a BB gun…
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Wyoming issues first hemp processing and producing license
The Wyoming Department of Agriculture says the state has issued its first hemp processing and producing license.…
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Rolling for a good cause: Wheelchair basketball exhibition fundraises for the disabled
A wheelchair basketball exhibition game was held at Elwell Gym on Wednesday as a fundraiser for the Franklin County Medical Center’s (FCMC)…
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Wyoming celebrity game to feature Harrison Ford, Kanye West
Actor Harrison Ford and rapper Kanye West will take part in a celebrity softball game for charity in…
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Mail-in ballots to be sent following delays in Wyoming
Voters should start receiving mail-in ballots for the upcoming Democratic presidential caucus in Wyoming as ballots will be mailed out starting…
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Boise adopts hand-held phone ban for drivers
It’s now illegal to use a hand-held device while driving in…
Continue Reading Officer shot, suspect dead after northern Idaho standoff
Authorities say a northern Idaho police officer was shot and wounded and the suspect is dead after a standoff in Kootenai County Tuesday…
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Wyoming court orders return of $470K seized in traffic stop
The Wyoming Supreme Court has ordered state authorities to return $470,000 police seized during a traffic stop.…
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Utah holds Super Tuesday primary voting for the first time
Utah voters’ first chance to go to the polls on Super Tuesday amid a hotly contested Democratic nominating contest is bringing strong turnout and…
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Bingham County deputy receives special note after rollover crash
On February 17, Bingham County Deputy Josh Eaton was called to the scene of a rollover crash.…
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Boise man charged with seeking murder of child, her parents
A Boise man is being held on a $5 million bond after prosecutors said he molested a 7-year-old girl and then asked someone to have the child and her…
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Major GOP donor Friess decides against Wyoming US Senate run
Republican mega-donor Foster Friess has decided not to run for an open U.S. Senate seat in…
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Idaho Statesman journalists announce plans to unionize
Journalists at a major daily newspaper in Idaho announced plans to unionize on…
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Small earthquake shakes area near Yellowstone National Park
A small earthquake has shaken an area near Yellowstone National Park.…
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Snowmobiler hospitalized after crash near West Yellowstone
A 22-year-old woman from Uraguay was hospitalized Friday after a snowmobile accident 14 miles north of West Yellowstone. …
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Thunder Ridge students kindness goes viral
AMMON, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK)- This video of a heartfelt gesture already has more that 4 million views and growing. These high school students just wanted…
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Utah advances plan to remove felony status for polygamy
Polygamy wouldn’t be a felony crime in Utah for the first time in 85 years under a bill that passed the Legislature and appears to be supported by…
Continue Reading Judge to view report on offensive school flyers in Wyoming
A judge will privately review a school district’s report on racist and homophobic flyers posted at a Wyoming junior high school as he considers a…
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COVID-19’s impact on Latter-day Saints around the world
Recent concern regarding the COVID-19 (coronavirus) has generated much public attention and has caused significant change in travel, personal…
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Wyoming tribe declares state of emergency over meth use
Tribal leaders in Wyoming have declared a state of emergency over the use of methamphetamine amid fears increasing drug use could threaten the tribe…
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Columbia River operations plan released for comment
A four state coalition of agencies has released a long-anticipated draft environmental impact statement for Columbia River System…
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Idaho couple charged over illegally selling $3K in whisky
Police have arrested a couple suspected of selling more than $3,000 worth of Scotch whisky from a Coeur d’Alene storage unit to undercover Idaho…
Continue Reading Wyoming House passes bill mandating freight train crew sizes
The Wyoming House of Representatives advanced legislation to the Senate that would mandate crews of two persons or more on all class-one freight…
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Utah abortion ban proposal gets early nod from lawmakers
Utah would ban most abortions if the U.S. legal landscape changes under a proposal that has gotten an early nod of approval at the Legislature.…
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Jerome woman sentenced to up to 14 years for dairy theft
A Jerome woman has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for stealing more than $660,000 from a southern Idaho…
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Woman charged with killing husband on northern Idaho lake
Two years after a man died in northern Idaho’s Lake Coeur d’Alene, his wife has been charged with his…
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Pocatello FD taking part in Community Risk Assessment pilot program
The Pocatello Fire Department is one of 25 departments around the country selected to take part in an NFPA pilot program.…
Continue Reading Wyoming school board approves $230K asbestos settlement
A pending lawsuit was settled with a Wyoming school board after they agreed to pay $230,000 over asbestos exposure at Kelly Walsh High School in…
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Utah proposal to add warning label to porn moves forward
A proposal to require labels on some pornography in Utah is one step closer to becoming law.…
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Local program aims to punch-out Parkinson’s
Four times a week, Poky4Parkys meets at the Senior Activity Center looking to throw haymakers at Parkinson’s disease.…
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Jackknifed truck injures Wyoming Highway Patrol trooper
A crash in northeastern Wyoming has injured a Wyoming Highway Patrol…
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$2,000 reward offered in Wyoming golden eagle poisoning case
Federal investigators want help from the public as they try to find out who poisoned a golden eagle and ravens in southwest Wyoming four years…
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Idaho man pleads guilty to murder charges in woman’s killing
An Idaho man has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder after backing out of an earlier plea deal in a case involving the death of a 32-year-old woman…
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Almost $4M in work planned at Devils Tower National Monument
The National Park Service is about to begin facility and trail work totaling almost $4 million in Devils Tower National Monument in northeastern…
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LDS Business College changes its name, offers new degrees
LDS Business College Board of Trustees announced Tuesday LDS Business College will become Ensign College.…
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Energy interests lobby for open discussion of river management issues
Idaho Falls is among multiple agencies seeking collaborative Columbia River…
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Officials: Faulty light caused fire that killed twin boys
Officials say an electrical fault in a light fixture caused a house fire that killed twin 3-year-old boys in the north-central Idaho town of…
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Boy, 5, hit and killed by vehicle south of Salt Lake City
Authorities say a 5-year-old boy was hit and killed by a vehicle south of Salt Lake City.…
Continue Reading Strict Utah abortion ban proposed with ‘trigger clause’
Most abortions would be banned in Utah under a proposal at the state Legislature.…
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Panel meets to discuss nuclear waste removal agreement
On Friday, a panel including Senator Jim Risch, Congressman Mike Simpson and Governor Brad Little came together at the Bennion Student Union to…
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Utah lawmakers advance bill targeting insulin costs
Utah lawmakers have advanced a bill that would cap copays at $100 a month for insulin, decreasing the cost of the medicine for diabetes patients and…
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