Rexburg Archives

Video streaming will continue in Daybell-Vallow court hearings

July 27, 2020 2:34 PM News Team

Fremont County Judge Feren Eddins has denied a motion to bar live broadcast or livestream coverage of preliminary court hearings for Lori Vallow and…

Rexburg’s game plan against COVID-19

July 27, 2020 6:32 PM Jilliana Colina

‘United We Stand Against COVID,’ as Mayor Merrill explains, is an initiative to help educate the public to remember to do things to keep people safe…

Media objects to not allowing video access at Vallow, Daybell hearings

July 24, 2020 4:17 PM News Team

Local media, including Local News 8, along with other regional and national media organizations have joined together to object to a motion that would…

Rexburg "Pioneer Song" musical play flyer

Pioneer Day Presentation will take place in Rexburg

July 23, 2020 4:22 PM Jilliana Colina

On Friday a Pioneer Day musical play will take place at the Beehive Pavilion in Rexburg’s Porter…

Rexburg City Council votes not to mandate masks

July 16, 2020 7:32 PM Adrian Luevano

REXBURG, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – The Rexburg City Council voted 4-2 against a mask ordinance. The Council did approve, “United We Stand against COVID…

Beauty industry adapts to COVID-19 challenges

July 8, 2020 5:31 PM Chelsea Briar

When businesses and schools shut down due to the coronavirus, Paul Mitchell school in Rexburg fell into a gray…

Rexburg’s first LGBTQ and Minority Resource Center is in the works

July 8, 2020 2:26 PM Jilliana Colina

“It’s for everyone honestly so people can come here, ask questions. Parents of people that just came out like they can come, but overall a safe place…

Elder L. Whitney Clayton to speak at online spring semester commencement ceremony

July 8, 2020 11:09 AM News Team

Brigham Young University-Idaho will broadcast an online commencement service to celebrate and recognize Spring Semester 2020 graduates.…

East Idaho Credit Union opens new central location in Rexburg

July 7, 2020 5:08 PM Jilliana Colina

For customers of East Idaho Credit Union in Rexburg, a trip to the bank may have got more…

Rewatch local firework shows here

July 3, 2020 1:51 PM News Team

You can watch the local Fourth of July firework shows virtually here on our…

2020 Independence Day celebration events

June 26, 2020 2:21 PM News Team

Below are the 2020 Independence Day events going on in eastern Idaho and western Wyoming and a list of canceled…

Chad Daybell charged with conspiring to hide kids’ bodies in his yard

June 30, 2020 10:14 PM News Team, Associated Press

Prosecutors accused Chad Daybell of conspiring with Lori Vallow-Daybell to keep the bodies of her children hidden on his rural Idaho property, adding…

Police say Lori Vallow-Daybell helped keep missing kids’ bodies hidden

June 30, 2020 10:42 AM News Team

Lori Vallow-Daybell made a first-appearance Tuesday afternoon in Fremont County Court at St.…

Glitch sends out false alert, Lori Vallow-Daybell is still in jail

June 23, 2020 5:27 PM News Team

Lori Vallow-Daybell has not been released from…

Documents: Lori Vallow-Daybell called kids ‘zombies’ before their deaths

June 23, 2020 10:14 AM Associated Press, CNN

Newly released court documents in the case of two kids who were found dead in rural Idaho reveal allegations that their mother believed they were…

Rexburg will host their first Independence Day fireworks show

June 22, 2020 5:32 PM Jilliana Colina

While many towns are canceling their Fourth of July celebrations, the city of Rexburg has something big in the…

Court document detail how Tylee and JJ bodies were found

June 19, 2020 5:27 PM News Team

Chad Daybell’s preliminary hearing has been rescheduled for August 3, 2020, and August 4,…

What Friday’s Juneteenth Celebration in Rexburg is about

June 19, 2020 3:00 PM Jilliana Colina

On June 19, 1865 in Galveston, Texas, slaves were finally told about President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. The announcement came…

BYU-Idaho students petition for a Center for Diversity and Inclusion after a controversial Facebook post was shared

June 18, 2020 5:25 PM Jilliana Colina

A controversial post that was shared on the BYU-Idaho College of Performing and Visual Arts Facebook page has caused an outrage among…

Rexburg has several projects in the works including a new River Adventure Park

June 17, 2020 4:33 PM Jilliana Colina

The city of Rexburg has its plate full with projects for parks, street improvements and high speed…

Chad Daybell pleads not guilty

June 15, 2020 5:45 PM News Team

Chad Daybell has pleaded not guilty to two felony counts of destruction, alteration or concealment of…

Officials confirm recovered bodies are those of missing children

June 13, 2020 3:33 PM News Team

Rexburg Police say results of an autopsy have confirmed that the two sets of human remains discovered on Chad Daybell’s Salem property Tuesday were…

Neighbors of Chad Daybell describe how the community has changed

June 12, 2020 6:45 PM Jilliana Colina

“You’re a little more cautious of what you’re doing, or you say, you know, you don’t want to offend anybody,” Price…

BYU-Idaho Spring Semester online commencement announced

June 11, 2020 5:50 PM News Team

Brigham Young University Idaho has announced an online commencement service recognizing and celebrating Spring Semester 2020…

Grandparents of J.J. visit where the remains of their grandson were found

June 11, 2020 4:59 PM Jilliana Colina

“It’s torn up so many people, it’s destroyed. It’s torn up hope, homes, and there’s no need for this. I’m not coming in hostility in any way. I come…

Flood Warning and Flood Watch for the Teton River and Henry’s Fork

June 5, 2020 4:36 PM Michael Coats

(KIFI/KIDK) With rising water levels in the Upper Snake River Plain and Teton Valley, the National Weather Service in Pocatello has issued a warning…

Deseret Industries stores and donation centers start reopening

June 2, 2020 4:36 PM News Team

Deseret Industries stores and donation centers have started to reopen based on local regulations and store…

Movies are back: theaters plan to reopen after Governor gives OK

May 28, 2020 4:22 PM Emma Iannacone

Royal Theaters plan to open the Blackfoot Movie Mill and the Paramount Theater in Idaho Falls on Saturday.…

BYU-Idaho enrollment on upswing

May 22, 2020 2:31 PM News Team

Brigham Young University-Idaho reports spring semester enrollment in remote courses of 20,559 students. …

Rexburg Independence Day Parade to take place

May 18, 2020 12:41 PM News Team

The Rexburg Area Chamber of Commerce is continuing with plans to hold the annual Independence Day Parade on July 4,…

General Authority to speak in online BYU-Idaho commencement

May 15, 2020 5:25 PM News Team

Brigham Young University-Idaho will broadcast an online commencement service to celebrate and recognize Winter Semester 2020 graduates.…

How BYU-Idaho was able to begin classes during a pandemic

May 12, 2020 3:47 PM Jilliana Colina

While many schools finished its spring semester online and are on break until fall, Brigham Young University- Idaho, who runs on a track system,…

“Going to break all kinds of records,” mail-in election has huge turnout

May 12, 2020 12:18 PM Emma Iannacone

Bannock, Madison, Bingham and Bonneville counties are all seeing significant increases in people participating in the…

Showing and selling cars in a new way

May 8, 2020 8:44 PM Adrian Luevano

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – The COVID-19 pandemic has also hit car dealerships. One in East Idaho is getting creative with how they sell. “You…

Missing Idaho kids’ uncle died of blood clot in Arizona

May 8, 2020 4:25 PM Associated Press

An autopsy report has revealed that a pulmonary blood clot killed the brother of a woman being detained over the disappearance of her…

Prosecutors object to Vallow-Daybell motion

May 7, 2020 4:58 PM News Team

The Idaho Attorney General’s Office has asked 7th District Judge Michelle Radford Mallard to quash Lori Vallow-Daybell’s motion seeking…

Freeze Warning and Frost Advisory for Friday AM

May 7, 2020 2:57 PM Michael Coats

EASTERN IDAHO (KIFI/KIDK) A Freeze Warning and Frost Advisory has been issued for portions of the Snake River Plain and Magic Valley for Friday…

Frost Advisory issued for Saturday morning

May 1, 2020 3:06 PM Michael Coats

EASTERN IDAHO (KIFI/KIDK) Temperatures forecast for Saturday morning, have led the National Weather Service in Pocatello to issue a Frost Advisory.…

Lori Vallow-Daybell bond upheld at $1 million

May 1, 2020 9:20 AM Curtis Jackson

Lori Vallow/Daybell is scheduled to appear before Madison County Magistrate Judge Michelle Radford Mallard at 2 p.m.…

Fake GoFundMe account set up for Lori Vallow-Daybell

April 24, 2020 10:09 AM Curtis Jackson

Rexburg Attorney Sean Bartholick said a GoFundMe account to help raise $100,000,000 for Lori Vallow is fake.…

Two popular radio hosts no longer on the air

April 20, 2020 4:11 PM Todd Kunz

Long-time morning news radio hosts, Neal Larson and Julie Mason, are no longer on the airwaves as of…

Small business emergency money runs out, new grant opens today

April 20, 2020 10:18 AM Emma Iannacone

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce created the Save Small Business Initiative, which starts accepting applications at 1:00 p.m. on…

Yellowstone Bear World opens for drive-thru only weekends

April 16, 2020 5:45 PM News Team

Yellowstone Bear World will be open for drive-thru only for the next two weekends.…

Madison’s Bill Hawkins named to IHSAA Hall of Fame

April 16, 2020 4:52 PM Dylan Carder

BOISE, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – Madison legend Bill Hawkins has a long list of accomplishments to his name. He can add hall of famer to that list. The…

Idaho Attorney General to investigate Fremont County death

April 13, 2020 10:28 AM News Team

The Idaho Attorney General’s Office and Fremont County Prosecutor Marcia Murdoch have jointly signed an agreement that will allow the state to assist…

A lawyers take on BYU-I student’s Spring housing contracts

April 10, 2020 4:55 PM Jilliana Colina

“They have a legal right to cancel the contract that the landlord, quite frankly, doesn’t really have a say in it, they don’t get to say ‘no you have…

Teton Vu Drive-In is open this weekend

April 9, 2020 5:56 PM News Team

Teton Vu Drive-In in Rexburg will be open this…

Man in custody after police chase outside Rexburg

March 31, 2020 2:31 AM Joel Killam

A man from New York is sitting in the Madison County Jail after leading police on a chase Monday…

Interfaith Council joins The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in invitation for worldwide fasting and prayer

March 27, 2020 10:59 PM Todd Kunz

Local Interfaith Council asks all to join them in personal fasting and prayer Sunday, March 29, 2020 for relief from the COVID-19…

Rexburg Mobile Food Pantry creates a drive-thru food distribution event

March 25, 2020 5:37 PM Jilliana Colina

In a drive through fashion cars are drove in a line to pick up a box of food that was pre-prepared by small groups at the Idaho Food Bank.…

BYU-Idaho cancels on-campus classes and students want their housing contract terminated. Here’s what the housing association is considering

March 23, 2020 4:54 PM Jilliana Colina

“We have lots of things to consider as complex owners, financial and other obligations, that we have the students are foremost on our minds”…

Rexburg Council adopts emergency declaration

March 23, 2020 2:39 PM News Team

The Rexburg City Council adopted an emergency declaration Monday to help the city deal with COVID-19…

Rexburg LDS temple among almost 90 others temporarily closed due to COVID-19

March 23, 2020 10:56 AM News Team

The following temples are temporarily closed due to COVID-19…

Governor Little and state health director address COVID-19 concerns

March 20, 2020 10:56 PM Todd Kunz

News anchor Todd Kunz talks with Idaho Governor Brad Little and Dave Jeppesen, Idaho Director of Health and Welfare about the current COVID-19…

Rexburg businesses are being impacted by the lack of students

March 19, 2020 5:50 PM Jilliana Colina

Classes at the private university have switched to online during the coronavirus crisis and on Wednesday the university announced they will be held…

Senator Risch talks about stimulus package helping Idaho

March 17, 2020 7:14 PM Todd Kunz

U.S. Senator Jim Risch of Idaho responds to the Trump Administration’s request for a stimulus package to battle the economic impact from the…

Man in custody after standoff

March 18, 2020 11:36 AM News Team

Madison County Sheriff’s deputies initiated a traffic stop Wednesday morning.…

Judge disqualified from Lori Vallow Daybell case, preliminary hearing moved to May

March 13, 2020 2:51 PM Jilliana Colina

During Friday’s hearing, Magistrate Judge Farren Eddins granted the stipulation filed to reschedule Lori Vallow Daybell’s preliminary hearing for…

Yellowstone Bear World welcomes new cubs

Yellowstone Bear World welcomes 11 new cubs

March 13, 2020 9:27 AM Kaitlin Miklos

Twin, nine-week old bear cubs made their way onto the Local News 8 set Friday morning to help announce the exciting news they’ll be on a brief “tour”…

Lori Vallow Daybell seeks dismissal of judge

March 12, 2020 9:36 AM News Team

Attorneys for Lori Vallow Daybell have filed a motion to disqualify Magistrate Judge Ferin Eddins without…

TEDxRexburg2020-Wonderland postponed due to COVID-19 concerns

March 11, 2020 4:55 PM News Team

After careful consideration, the TEDxRexburg Team has decided to postpone TEDxRexburg2020-Wonderland until early fall.…

FBI meets with law enforcement agencies about Lori Vallow investigation

March 11, 2020 10:12 AM News Team

The FBI, Rexburg Police Department and numerous law enforcement agencies investigating cases related to Lori Vallow and her missing children, JJ…

What it takes to secure a $1 million bond

March 9, 2020 6:16 PM Jilliana Colina

“If coming up with a million dollar bond isn’t hard enough, the real challenge is that you need to collateralize it and you have to do that for the…

WATCH: Lori Vallow Daybell’s bail reduced to $1 million

March 6, 2020 1:38 PM News Team, Associated Press

Lori Vallow Daybell’s bail was reduced during her initial court appearance Friday afternoon at the Madison County Court House in Rexburg.…

Can Lori Vallow Daybell afford bail?

March 7, 2020 1:37 AM Jilliana Colina

The Idaho Falls Bail Bond company Lori’s attorneys are working with told us there are some obstacles in Vallow’s way.…

Lori Vallow steps off the plane at Boise Airport.

WATCH: Lori Vallow is back in Rexburg

March 5, 2020 3:22 PM News Team

Lori Vallow is back in Idaho after making her final court appearance in…

FBI, Rexburg Police seek images in missing Rexburg children’s case

March 5, 2020 11:42 AM News Team

The FBI and the Rexburg Police Department are asking that visitors who were at Yellowstone National Park on Sept. 8, 2019, submit any photos and…

Grandmother of missing JJ Vallow will see Lori Vallow for the first time in more than a year on Friday

March 4, 2020 5:36 PM Jilliana Colina

“We’ll see how I feel when I see her, I don’t know, I have no idea. I don’t know if I’ll feel anger or anything,” Woodcock…

Lori Vallow set to be extradited to Idaho

March 4, 2020 11:55 AM News Team

Lori Vallow’s status hearing in Hawaii is scheduled for 12 p.m. Mountain Time. You can watch…

Lori Vallow court appearance set for Friday

March 3, 2020 12:39 PM News Team

Lori Vallow’s initial court appearance has been set for Friday, March 6 at 2 p.m. at the Madison County Court House in…

Free clinic in Rexburg is helping more patients than ever

March 3, 2020 5:26 PM Jilliana Colina

The clinic continues to grow by the week with new improvements and availability. Supporters say it’s become a community made gem that helps those in…

'We are not speaking with the media" sign

Sign on Chad Daybell’s door turns away media

March 2, 2020 5:23 PM Jilliana Colina

Vallow had spent the last few months in Hawaii with her recent husband Chad Daybell. Witnesses say with Vallow’s pending extradition, Daybell has…

Woman disputes claim she knows whereabouts of missing Rexburg kids

March 2, 2020 4:01 PM Associated Press

The adult niece of an Idaho woman whose two children have been missing for five months is cooperating in the FBI’s investigation into the…

FBI Command Center arrives in Rexburg

March 2, 2020 1:48 PM Curtis Jackson

The FBI is assisting the Rexburg Police in the Lori Vallow/Daybell case by sending a Command Center van to the city.…

New ‘quad complex’ coming to Rexburg

February 27, 2020 5:23 PM Jilliana Colina

The quad complex will consist of softball and baseball fields that will be used for tournaments and…

WATCH: Lori Vallow bail remains at $5 million, waives extradition

February 26, 2020 4:53 PM News Team, Associated Press

Lori Vallow asked a judge to reconsider her $5 million bail, but the judge said it will remain at $5 million during a court hearing in…

Madison County prosecutor requests documents concerning the Vallow case

February 26, 2020 5:48 PM Jilliana Colina

For months, investigators have interviewed many sources that have had interactions with Lori Vallow and her missing children before their…

Lori Vallow wants $5 million bail reduced

February 25, 2020 5:21 PM News Team

A mother arrested in Hawaii over the disappearance of her two Idaho children wants a judge to reconsider her $5 million…

Pothole warnings issued for some roads

February 23, 2020 12:01 AM News Team

SUGAR CITY, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – The Idaho Transportation Department has issued pothole warnings for Highway 20 and Highway 33. Highway 33 has a 45…

Lori Vallow’s charges explained

February 21, 2020 6:26 PM Jilliana Colina

Lori is charged with two felony counts of desertion and nonsupport of a child, resisting and/or obstructing an officer, solicitation to commit a…

WATCH: Lori Vallow appears in court

February 21, 2020 3:57 PM News Team

Lori Vallow’s hearing is set for 4 p.m. Mountain Time at Kaua‘i Fifth Circuit Court in…

WATCH: Press conference regarding Lori Vallow arrest

February 21, 2020 5:42 PM News Team

Watch a press conference that was held Friday afternoon at the Kauai Police Department Headquarters in Līhu‘e regarding the arrest of Lori…

Charging documents unveil last known photo of Tylee Ryan

February 21, 2020 9:45 AM Kaitlin Miklos

Charging documents obtained by Local News 8 on Friday unveil new details leading up to Lori Vallow’s arrest in Princeville, HI on Thursday…

Lori Vallow arrested on $5 million warrant

February 20, 2020 6:04 PM News Team

The Kaua‘i Police Department (KPD) arrested 47-year-old Lori Vallow of Idaho on Thursday in relation to an investigation being conducted by the…

FAA clears Airport improvement funds

February 19, 2020 8:39 AM News Team

Thirteen Idaho airports will receive $5.2 million in airport safety and infrastructure grants through the U.S. Department of Transportation.…

Possible Tylee Ryan sighting at a Nashville concert

February 16, 2020 11:21 PM News Team, Linda Larsen

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK)- A woman says she believes she saw a girl who closely resembles Tylee Ryan at a concert in Nashville December 22,…

JJ Vallow’s grandparents speak out on his adopted mother

February 16, 2020 5:28 PM Matthew Rosenberg

The grandparents of JJ Vallow are telling the world what they think about his adopted…

Madison County Sheriff is running for reelection

February 13, 2020 5:35 PM Jilliana Colina

The Pocatello native has been serving the Madison County area as Sheriff since 2017.…

Grandparents of missing boy seek temporary guardianship

February 4, 2020 1:29 PM Kaitlin Miklos

The grandparents of a 7-year-old boy who has been missing for months have asked a judge to grant them temporary guardianship of the…

BYU-Idaho winter enrollment up slightly

February 12, 2020 9:33 AM News Team

Brigham Young University Idaho is reporting total winter semester campus enrollment of 19,211 students.…

Lori and Chad Daybell attend church in Hawaii

February 11, 2020 1:25 PM Curtis Jackson

Lori and Chad Daybell were seen attending church this past Sunday in Hawaii.…

Source: Cell phone of missing teen found with mother

February 10, 2020 9:43 AM Kaitlin Miklos

Sources tell CBS News police have found 17-year-old Tylee Ryan’s cell phone with Lori Vallow in Hawaii.…

Weber to seek House seat 34A

February 10, 2020 3:16 PM News Team

Madison County Commission Chairman Jon Weber has announced he will run for the Idaho House of Representatives Seat 34A in the republican…

Winter Weather Advisory and Winter Storm Warning in effect until Monday night

February 2, 2020 10:16 AM Michael Coats

A winter storm arrives Sunday afternoon and continues into Monday. The National Weather Service in Pocatello has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for…