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Tin Cup Challenge raises $20.8 million in 15 years

August 28, 2022 12:00 PM News Team

This year’s total funds raised reflects a 13% increase over last…

“Let’s Feed a Hungry Child” program benefits Wilcox Elementary School

August 28, 2022 10:00 AM News Team

As local learners head back-to-school, members of the community recently pooled their resources to help ensure that no child goes hungry, with a…

ISU Rocket Club competes in Spaceport America Cup for first time

August 28, 2022 9:00 AM News Team

For the first time in school history, Idaho State University students competed in one of the world’s largest intercollegiate rocket engineering…

Fire weather warnings in place across central and eastern ID

August 27, 2022 3:04 PM Evan Thomason

There are multiple fire weather and red flag warnings in place across much of central ID, the Snake River Plain, and Magic…

Teton County/Jackson Parks and Recreation Rec Center to close this week

August 27, 2022 2:00 PM News Team

The Teton County/Jackson Parks and Recreation Rec Center will close to the public early this week for routine…

ISU’s TRIO McNair Scholars Program earns $1.3 million grant

August 27, 2022 12:00 PM News Team

Idaho State University’s TRIO McNair Scholars Program has been awarded a five-year $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to…

Salmon-Challis resumes aerial herbicide application this fall

August 27, 2022 10:00 AM News Team

The Salmon-Challis National Forest Botany, Invasives and Pollinators Program will resume aerial application of herbicides to treat for noxious weeds…

ISU physical education students gain hands-on experience at 2022 SHAPE Conference

August 27, 2022 9:00 AM News Team

In August, six students within Idaho State University’s Human Performance and Sport Studies Department (HPSS) received a special grant from the…

New robotics center to connect statewide training facilities, fill labor gap

August 27, 2022 8:00 AM News Team

The labs are expected to be fully usable in all courses by Spring…

Judge won’t block Idaho wolf trapping, snaring regulations

August 26, 2022 3:43 PM Associated Press

Trappers can continue pursuing wolves under Idaho’s current regulations after a federal judge rejected a request by conservation groups to…

ICCU Bengal Alumni Center construction on schedule

August 26, 2022 5:40 PM Linda Larsen

The Idaho State University ICCU Bengal Alumni Center is taking shape on…

Local 6-generation family farm earns state-wide recognition

August 26, 2022 5:34 PM Seth Ratliff

Life on the family farm has nearly disappeared across some parts of…

PCSD 25 reinstates driver education program with fall sessions

August 26, 2022 3:14 PM News Team

After a brief hiatus, the Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 is once again offering Driver Education, and registration is currently open for the…

COVID-19 UPDATES: 738 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 7 new deaths

August 26, 2022 5:24 PM News Team

Idaho officials reported 738 new COVID-19 cases and 7 new deaths…

Upcoming wild horse adoption events to be held in Blackfoot and Boise

August 26, 2022 2:00 PM News Team

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is hosting wild horse adoption events in Boise and Blackfoot in August and September.…

Townhall Idaho Public Meeting Portal releases new enhancements

August 26, 2022 11:42 AM News Team

Governor Brad Little and State Controller Brandon Woolf announced new enhancements to Townhall.Idaho.Gov, the new public meeting…

Gov. Gordon’s education initiative prepares recommendations for review

August 26, 2022 11:34 AM News Team

Governor Mark Gordon’s education initiative has completed its statewide listening sessions and is currently preparing a series of policy…

Moose Fire nears 97,000 acres

August 26, 2022 11:22 AM News Team

The human caused Moose Fire burning west and south of North Fork has burned 96,681 acres and is 41%…

Powell: Fed could keep lifting rates sharply ‘for some time’

August 26, 2022 9:45 AM Associated Press

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivered a stark message Friday: The Fed will likely impose more large interest rate hikes in coming months and…

East Idaho reacts to abortion trigger law

August 25, 2022 4:55 PM Seth Ratliff

Portion’s of Idaho’s abortion trigger law took effect on Thursday.
The ban will make performing an abortion in any “clinically diagnosable…

Officers seeking information about dead moose calf near Kelly Canyon

August 25, 2022 4:18 PM News Team

The moose may have been legally dispatched after a vehicle…

US seeks to invalidate Idaho water rights forfeiture laws

August 25, 2022 3:12 PM Associated Press

U.S. officials are seeking to invalidate Idaho laws passed over the last five years that create a path through the Idaho Department of Water…

Idaho Foodbank party this weekend

August 25, 2022 5:48 PM Linda Larsen

A big party is happening in Pocatello this weekend, and everyone…

Half-price dog and puppy adoptions at Pocatello Animal Shelter August 27

August 25, 2022 4:07 PM News Team

Add a new dog or puppy to your family by giving him or her a fur-ever home thanks to Friends of the Pocatello Animal Shelter…

Climate change alters life at Fed’s Jackson Hole conference

August 25, 2022 1:01 PM Associated Press

When officials of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City sought a location for an annual economic symposium in 1981, they chose Jackson Hole,…

Idaho Falls High School holds groundbreaking for new athletic complex

August 25, 2022 11:42 AM Evan Thomason

Idaho Falls High School is making their first step into expanding their athletic…

Idaho State alumna establishes new scholarship endowment

August 26, 2022 9:00 AM News Team

Idaho State University alumna Trisa Shelton Clemons has established a new scholarship endowment in the College of…

Stoddard Bridge construction closure

August 25, 2022 11:35 AM News Team

The Salmon-Challis National Forest is temporarily closing a portion of the Ebenezer Bar Recreation site, the entire Stoddard Trailhead and an area…

Thousands attend 2022 free zoo day at Zoo Idaho

August 25, 2022 11:27 AM News Team

Zoo Idaho and Connections Credit Union teamed up again this year to provide free admission for the community to Zoo…

Moose Fire mapped at 96,445 acres

August 25, 2022 11:25 AM News Team

The human caused Moose Fire burning west and south of North Fork has burned 96,445 acres and is 38%…

Inflation’s harsh realities on display as Fed officials meet

August 25, 2022 10:19 AM Associated Press

A half-hour drive or so from the resort where the high priests of international finance — leading economists and central bank officials — have…

Idaho can’t enforce abortion ban in medical emergencies

August 24, 2022 6:31 PM Associated Press

A federal judge has barred Idaho from enforcing a strict abortion ban in medical emergencies, clearing the way for hospitals to continue treating…

JHMR names new vice president of marketing

August 25, 2022 9:00 AM News Team

Jackson Hole Mountain Resort (JHMR) announced Andrew Way has been hired as the vice president of…

Madison School District taking steps to prevent bullying in schools

August 24, 2022 5:41 PM Braydon Wilson

It may only be the second day of school for students in the Madison School District, but that isn’t stopping members of law enforcement, school…

Emergency Idaho Falls Fiber maintenance outage scheduled Thursday

August 24, 2022 5:17 PM News Team

Idaho Falls Fiber will be conducting emergency maintenance on the network during the early morning hours of…

Motor Vu Drive-In to celebrate 75th anniversary with free community movie Saturday

August 24, 2022 10:39 AM News Team

The Motor Vu Drive-In is celebrating its 75th Anniversary by offering a free screening of Grease on Saturday, August 27.…

State Board of Education approves legislative proposals including enrollment-based funding

August 24, 2022 3:16 PM News Team

The Idaho State Board of Education approved draft legislation for more than a dozen proposals including permanently shifting to enrollment, rather…

Reservoir levels continue to remain low

August 24, 2022 5:27 PM Evan Thomason

Most reservoir levels are still way low below average and are expected to drop more heading into…

Pocatello police install new evidence storage

August 24, 2022 11:27 AM Linda Larsen

The Pocatello Police Department has found a solution to its growing…

Novavax COVID-19 vaccine authorized for ages 12 – 17

August 24, 2022 4:02 PM News Team

The FDA is now authorizing the two dose Novavax Vaccine for ages 12 – 17.…

More D91 schools earn HRS Level 1 certifications

August 24, 2022 10:45 AM News Team

Idaho Falls School District 91 announced a total of seven schools have now earned Level 1 certification in Marzano’s High Reliability Schools…

Moose Fire evacuation status lowered

August 24, 2022 10:31 AM News Team

The human caused Moose Fire burning west and south of North Fork has burned 96,445 acres and is 38%…

New undergraduate certificate in forensic sciences begins this fall at ISU

August 24, 2022 9:00 AM News Team

Since eighth grade, Kailey Pease has known that she wanted to help figure out the puzzle of people’s lives through forensic…

IBE releases report on Idaho health care worker shortage

August 24, 2022 10:34 AM News Team

Idaho Business for Education (IBE) released a report on the worker shortage that is negatively impacting health care systems across the state.…

COVID-19 UPDATES: 742 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 8 new deaths

August 24, 2022 4:46 PM News Team

Idaho officials reported 742 new COVID-19 cases and 8 new deaths…

State Board of Education members support Governor’s education proposals

August 24, 2022 10:41 AM News Team

The Idaho State Board of Education opened its regular Board meeting Wednesday by expressing full support for Governor Brad Little’s education…

Idaho special session aims for tax cut, education spending

August 23, 2022 11:13 AM Associated Press

Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Tuesday called a special session of the Legislature beginning Sept. 1 to use the state’s projected $2 billion budget…

Court: Idaho governor can deny clemency for condemned man

August 23, 2022 4:47 PM Associated Press

The Idaho Supreme Court says the governor has the authority to reject a parole board’s commutation recommendation for death row inmate Gerald Ross…

3 things you need to know for Wednesday

August 24, 2022 7:45 AM LocalNews8-Newsroom

Here’s 3 things you need to know for Wednesday, August 24,…

JRM Foundation Idaho’s Hometown Hero Medal 2022 recipients

August 23, 2022 2:00 PM News Team

Idaho’s Hometown Hero Medal Ceremony and Gala presents its 2022 recipients to be honored on Saturday, September 10, at the 10th Annual Idaho…

aha! Airlines files for bankruptcy

August 23, 2022 2:47 PM CNN Newsource

ExpressJet Airlines (aha! Airlines), which calls itself a “reboot” of the company formerly flying as Delta Connection and United Express, filed for…

Free disaster and emergency preparedness courses offered again

August 23, 2022 11:14 AM Kailey Galaviz

The Community Emergency Response Team is looking for volunteers who are eager to learn how to help in a…

New Rigby police chief sworn in

August 23, 2022 12:47 PM News Team

The Rigby Police Department has a new…

Madison Jr. High welcomes students back to school, hopes to help ease transition into new year

August 23, 2022 11:45 AM Braydon Wilson

The first bell of the school year has rung reminding students at Madison Jr. High in Rexburg summer break has ended and the school year has begun.…

Woodtick and Norton Fires see minimal growth

August 23, 2022 10:27 AM News Team

The lightning-caused Woodtick Fire is at 5,737 acres, growing less than 100 acres during the last…

Moose Fire mapped at 95,520 acres

August 23, 2022 10:51 AM News Team

The human caused Moose Fire burning west and south of North Fork has burned 95,520 acres and is 37%…

Bright Future in Energy Scholarship Competition winners announced

August 23, 2022 10:56 AM News Team

daho National Laboratory, on behalf of corporate funding provided by Battelle Energy Alliance, announced the winners of its Bright Future in Energy…

Biggest sources of immigrants to Idaho

August 22, 2022 6:33 PM Stacker

Stacker compiled a list of where people are moving from most to Idaho from the 2020…

PCSD 25 welcomes learners back to school

August 23, 2022 7:00 AM News Team

Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 will welcome back students for their first day of school on…

Fatality crash near American Falls

August 22, 2022 4:49 PM News Team

Idaho State Police is investigating a vehicle collision that occurred at approximately 10:19 a.m. on Monday on eastbound I86 at milepost 46, east of…

Judge: Idaho abortion ban seems to conflict with federal law

August 22, 2022 2:29 PM Associated Press

Idaho’s near-total abortion ban appears to have a serious conflict with a federal law governing emergency health care treatment, a federal judge said…

Wyoming’s first monkeypox case identified

August 22, 2022 11:03 AM News Team

The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) is announcing the first monkeypox case in a Wyoming resident has been identified in Laramie…

IFPD Captain Bill Squires retires

August 23, 2022 9:40 AM News Team

On Thursday, the Idaho Falls Police Department hosted a retirement ceremony honoring the career of Captain Bill Squires and wishing him well as he…

Fire at the Hilton Garden Inn

August 22, 2022 5:32 PM News Team

The Idaho Falls Fire Department is on scene of a fire at the Hilton Garden Inn at 700 Lindsay Boulevard in Idaho Falls.…

Local law enforcement reminds us the benefits of bright clothing during the school year

August 22, 2022 4:44 PM Braydon Wilson

The school year is coming fast as many of our local school districts start the school year Tuesday, and the focus of area first responders is turning…

Edgemont Elementary to have early dismissal Tuesday

August 22, 2022 3:35 PM News Team

Edgemont Elementary School students will be dismissed early Tuesday because of an HVAC issue affecting the air conditioning…

Former Bingham County Sheriff Craig Rowland enters plea deal

August 22, 2022 5:24 PM News Team

Former Bingham County Sheriff Craig Rowland will not be going to…

Cleanup continues at site of Yellowstone park gasoline spill

August 22, 2022 3:13 PM Associated Press

Cleanup continued Monday after a fuel pup trailer rolled onto its side in Yellowstone National Park last week and spilled gasoline, park officials…

COVID-19 UPDATES: 487 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 2 new deaths

August 22, 2022 5:01 PM News Team

Idaho officials reported 487 new COVID-19 cases and 2 new deaths over the weekend.…

Pocatello Police Department holds awards ceremony

August 22, 2022 11:54 AM Cole Sams

The Pocatello Police Department held their awards ceremony on Monday in the City Council…

Salmon-Challis National Forest reports 7 new fires

August 22, 2022 11:37 AM News Team

The Salmon-Challis National Forest has had seven new lightning fires in the last…

Air Quality and Burn Ban lifted for Custer and Lemhi counties

August 19, 2022 12:06 PM News Team

The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality has lifted an Air Quality Advisory and Burn Ban for Custer and Lemhi…

How to stay safe when floating the river

August 22, 2022 3:51 PM Kailey Galaviz

After the incident the happened Sunday, first responders are reminding the public of the dangers when spending time in the Snake…

Wanted man located in Tooele

August 19, 2022 4:00 PM News Team

The Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in locating 28-year-old Justin Wayne Gould.…

Moose Fire grows to 94,740 acres, 36% contained

August 22, 2022 11:26 AM News Team

The human caused Moose Fire burning west and south of North Fork has burned 94,740 acres and is 36%…

Members of the public asked to report wing-tagged Pelicans

August 22, 2022 11:28 AM News Team

Henrys Fork Wildlife Alliance (HFWA) and Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) are asking recreationists, bird watchers and the general public to…

Idaho gas prices continue to fall

August 22, 2022 11:19 AM News Team

Average gasoline prices in Idaho have fallen 5.5 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.62/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 802…

Counties with the most super commuters in Idaho

August 19, 2022 6:33 PM Stacker

Stacker compiled a list of counties with the most super commuters in Idaho using data from the U.S. Census…

Prepare to Roar Campaign kicks off Monday

August 22, 2022 9:00 AM News Team

Following a commitment of nearly $200,000 in matching gifts and unlockable challenge dollars, Idaho State Athletics will kick off its third annual…

3 things to know for August 22, 2022

August 22, 2022 7:26 AM LocalNews8-Newsroom

Here’s your local news 8, three things to know this…

Kayaker rescued after going over diversion dam

August 21, 2022 4:51 PM Bill Cummings

First responders rescue a woman kayaking on the Snake River Sunday…

PCSD 25 announces changes to transportation staff

August 21, 2022 2:00 PM News Team

Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 announced the selection of Kelly Dial as the Coordinator of Student Transportation, Jeff Corrington as a…

Akersten Family creates Endowment for Idaho Museum of Natural History

August 21, 2022 12:00 PM News Team

The family of Dr. William (Bill) Akersten has created the William Akersten Vertebrate Paleontology Endowment at the Idaho Museum of Natural History…

Idaho’s demographics changing at unprecedented rates, U of I analysis finds

August 21, 2022 9:00 AM News Team

More than a quarter of Idaho’s growing 1.8 million population is new to the state, according to a University of Idaho analysis that uses novel…

National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day

August 21, 2022 8:00 AM News Team

This Sunday, August 21, 2022, is National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness…

Strong thunderstorms fan Moose fire and debris block some roads

August 20, 2022 5:18 PM Bill Cummings

SALMON, Idaho – (KIFI) – The Salmon River Road will remain closed due to unsafe travelconditions caused by debris – including large boulders and…

Camp Hayden celebrates 4 years of camp

August 20, 2022 6:31 PM Seth Ratliff

A camp in Ririe is celebrating four summers of serving the special needs community. Camp Hayden opened in 2018, in honor of founders Jason and Kami…

Eastern Idaho counties seek additional CERT volunteers

August 20, 2022 2:00 PM News Team

Volunteer citizens are wanted to join Community Emergency Response Team to help in a…

ISU to offer Bachelor of Science in Respiratory Therapy Degree

August 20, 2022 12:00 PM News Team

eginning this fall, Idaho State University will offer a Bachelor of Science in Respiratory Therapy degree for respiratory therapists currently…

Do you know how to protect your pet in emergencies?

August 20, 2022 10:00 AM News Team

In the event of a wildfire, earthquake, house fire or other emergency, would you know what to do to protect your pet?…

ISU Dept. of Chemistry wraps successful summer research season

August 20, 2022 9:00 AM News Team

Another summer of student research is in the books for the Idaho State University Department of…

Preventing impaired driving crashes

August 20, 2022 8:00 AM News Team

Drunk driving is dangerous and can lead to serious consequences, including…

Claudia Ortega, Christine Stevens and Roger Bray announce their resignation at Caldwell Park

3 Pocatello City Council members will resign

August 19, 2022 5:38 PM Cole Sams

Three Pocatello City Council members, Claudia Ortega, Christine Stevens and Roger Bray, have announced that they intend to resign from the…

Fuel truck rolls over on Highway 191 in Yellowstone

August 19, 2022 4:41 PM News Team

In the early morning hours Friday, a fuel tanker truck lost control and rolled over near mile marker 16 on US Highway 191, a section of highway that…

Yellowstone says foot in hot spring linked to July 31 death

August 19, 2022 10:28 AM Associated Press

A part of a human foot found in a shoe floating in a hot spring in the southern part of Yellowstone National Park earlier this week is believed to be…