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Idaho Lt. Gov. McGeachin’s contempt hearing set for Oct. 13

October 4, 2021 2:28 PM Associated Press

Idaho Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin will face a hearing next week on whether she should be held in contempt of court for failing to comply with a…

More trout headed to southeast Idaho fisheries in October

October 4, 2021 5:43 PM News Team

With summer winding down, sometimes we don’t think of this as being a great time of year to go fishing, but it…

Wyoming man pleads guilty to sexual exploitation of Idaho child

October 4, 2021 5:19 PM News Team

A Wyoming man pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of a minor…

1 arrested on felony drug charges

October 4, 2021 4:43 PM News Team

An ongoing drug investigation in Bonneville County has landed a suspected drug trafficker in…

COVID-19 UPDATES: 2,359 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 51 new deaths

October 4, 2021 5:16 PM News Team

Idaho officials reported 2,359 new COVID-19 cases and 51 new deaths over the…

Man hospitalized after crash

October 4, 2021 12:54 PM News Team

A crash in Bonneville County Sunday afternoon sent a 27-year-old Thayne man to the…

D251 backpack ban modified

October 4, 2021 12:53 PM News Team

Now students at Jefferson School District 251 in Rigby will be going to class under new safety…

Salmon-Challis National Forest detects 1 new fire

October 4, 2021 4:30 PM News Team

The Salmon-Challis National Forest has detected one new fire since September…

Campers and hunters urged to be careful

October 4, 2021 11:25 AM News Team

Fire managers would remind forest visitors fire danger is high on the Salmon-Challis National Forest, and wildfires can still occur. …

After a bad day, Facebook suffers major outage

October 5, 2021 12:28 PM CNN Newsource

By Clare Duffy and Sean Lyngaas, CNN Business Around six hours after Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram went down, service started coming back online,…

Idaho Falls leaf collection begins Oct. 18

October 4, 2021 10:55 AM News Team

Idaho Falls residents will once again receive help with leaf collection beginning Monday, Oct. 18.…

Idaho gas prices hold steady

October 4, 2021 11:01 AM News Team

Idaho gas prices are unchanged in the past week, averaging $3.68/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 802 stations in Idaho.…

Time and environmental factors are complicating the search for Brian Laundrie, experts say

October 4, 2021 9:42 AM CNN

The search for Brian Laundrie, the fiancé of Gabby Petito, is heading into another week and authorities seem no closer to finding…

BPA credit adjustment to lower Idaho customer power bills

October 4, 2021 2:42 PM News Team

BOISE, Idaho (KIFI) — Rocky Mountain Power was authorized by the Idaho Public Utilities Commission to pass on a federal billing credit to certain…

Rexburg getting second LDS temple

October 3, 2021 4:03 PM Rachel Fabbi

The Rexburg North Idaho Temple will be the eighth temple in…

Bikers rally in Rigby against bullying

October 3, 2021 11:37 AM Bill Cummings

Organizers say they felt that the Bikers Against Bullies rally would create a great opportunity to hold a community event, where parents and students…

Rigby honors Rigby staff members who stopped shooting

October 1, 2021 9:25 PM Rachel Fabbi

The town of Rigby honored the two staff members being hailed as heroes after the shooting at Rigby Middle School in…

New bodycam footage reveals what Gabby Petito told police about a domestic dispute with fiancé Brian Laundrie

October 1, 2021 9:43 AM CNN

New details have emerged of a reported domestic dispute between Gabby Petito and her fiance while traveling through Utah in August, as shown on…

Flags to be flown at half staff Oct. 3 in honor of the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service

October 2, 2021 10:00 AM News Team

Governor Mark Gordon, pursuant to a Presidential Proclamation, has ordered both the U.S. and State of Wyoming flags be flown at half-staff statewide…

Pocatello faces potential $21 million lawsuit

October 1, 2021 5:44 PM Linda Larsen

Serious claims are being made against the city of pocatello in a potential $21 million…

Temporary closure of Phil Baux Park and Snow King ball field Saturday

October 1, 2021 2:33 PM News Team

Teton County/Jackson Parks & Recreation has been informed by the Town of Jackson and Snow King Mountain Resort (SKMR) of the following impacts to…

COVID-19 UPDATES: 1,778 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 24 new deaths

October 1, 2021 5:36 PM News Team

Idaho officials reported 1,778 new COVID-19 cases and 24 new deaths…

Teton County vaccine clinics separated, expanded to meet demand for COVID-19 and flu vaccines

October 1, 2021 2:06 PM News Team

Beginning Saturday, Oct. 9, the Teton County Health Department’s COVID-19 vaccine clinic will relocate to the Presbyterian Church of Jackson Hole,…

Lt. Gov. McGeachin releases records after judge’s 2nd order

October 1, 2021 11:21 AM Associated Press

Idaho Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin released a collection of public documents to journalists Thursday shortly after a judge again ordered her to reveal…

Longtime Chief Deputy will take over as new ITD Director next spring

October 1, 2021 12:13 PM News Team

The Idaho Transportation Board announced Friday Chief Deputy Scott Stokes will serve as the new Director of the Idaho Transportation Department…

81 Idaho mayors to participate in annual Mayor’s Walking Challenge

October 1, 2021 11:12 AM News Team

Idaho mayors are ready to get moving this month and earn money for their community in the Mayor’s Walking Challenge, a program of the Blue Cross of…

Idaho Falls Power to conduct customer satisfaction survey

October 1, 2021 12:34 PM News Team

If your phone rings this week, it just might be your chance to give some valuable customer input to help Idaho Falls Power (IFP) and Fiber better…

Jackson Hole Fire/EMS celebrates paramedic graduates

October 1, 2021 11:06 AM News Team

Jackson Hole Fire/EMS increased the number of full-time paramedics to 18 following the recent graduation of three full-time firefighters from the…

Boundary Fire grows to 84,756 acres

October 1, 2021 11:16 AM News Team

The lightning caused Boundary Fire that started on August 10 has burned 84,756 acres and is 68%…

Police issue endangered missing person alert

October 1, 2021 10:10 AM News Team

The Coeur d’Alene Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance in locating a 62-year-old Coeur d’Alene woman.…

Masks now required in Bonneville School District 93

September 30, 2021 5:58 PM Rachel Fabbi

This means students and employees are required to wear face coverings over their mouth and nose “when physical distancing cannot be…

New report confirms Charles Vallow’s death caused by gunshot wounds

September 30, 2021 5:41 PM News Team

A new report has been released revealing new details on the death of Charles…

LOCAL LINKS: Collectors’ Corner Museum

September 30, 2021 10:30 PM Bre Clark

An Idaho Falls couple has put their love for each other and passion for collecting on full display with a unique…

Best counties to retire to in Idaho

September 30, 2021 6:33 PM Stacker

Stacker compiled a list of the best counties to retire in Idaho using data from…

FBI again visits home of Gabby Petito’s fiancé Brian Laundrie amid ongoing search

September 30, 2021 6:29 PM CNN

The FBI visited Brian Laundrie’s family home in North Port, Florida, again on Thursday afternoon amid the ongoing search for…

Call to Idaho poaching hotline leads to heavy sentences for Missourians

September 30, 2021 2:21 PM News Team

A simple call to Idaho’s Citizens Against Poaching (CAP) hotline of reported illegal wildlife crimes in Custer and Blaine counties, resulted in…

Students in Rigby going viral after backpack ban solutions

September 30, 2021 11:03 AM Rachel Fabbi

Baby strollers, laundry baskets, and garbage cans are among the…

New cybersecurity building for College of Eastern Idaho is open

September 30, 2021 6:00 PM Evan Thomason

Yellowstone Training Center has just opened up on Yellowstone Avenue as a part of the College of Eastern Idaho. The college will house it’s…

COVID-19 UPDATES: 1,905 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 53 new deaths

September 30, 2021 5:24 PM News Team

Idaho officials reported 1,905 new COVID-19 cases and 53 new deaths…

Boundary Fire reaches 64% containment

September 30, 2021 3:42 PM News Team

The lightning caused Boundary Fire that started on August 10 has burned 84,535 acres and is 64%…

Idaho’s partial vote recount validates 2020 election tallies

September 30, 2021 3:31 PM Associated Press

Idaho officials say a partial recount of ballots cast during the last presidential election validates the accuracy of the results despite…

Extended deadline nears for filing income tax returns

September 30, 2021 3:26 PM News Team

Time is running out to file your 2020 Idaho income tax return.…

Job fair matches many workers to new jobs

September 30, 2021 3:29 PM Evan Thomason

Many jobs and jobseekers gathered together at the Shilo Inn in Idaho Falls for a job fair.…

Interagency team conducting grizzly bear research trapping

September 30, 2021 3:27 PM News Team

As part of ongoing efforts required under the Endangered Species Act to monitor the population of grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem,…

US 26 in Idaho officially named POW-MIA Memorial Highway

September 30, 2021 12:03 PM News Team

Idaho legislators, representatives from the National League of POW-MIA Families, community members and the Idaho Transportation Department will…

Chad Daybell status conference held Thursday

September 30, 2021 9:47 AM News Team

Chad Daybell is scheduled to be in court for a status conference Thursday at 10…

Doctors: Pandemic has dire effects on Idaho kids, babies

September 30, 2021 9:42 AM Associated Press

Idaho health care professionals say the state’s unchecked spread of the highly contagious delta variant is sending more kids and babies to hospitals…

ISU hosts disaster training

September 29, 2021 7:00 PM Cole Sams

POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI) – Idaho State University partnered with the Idaho National Laboratory to host a joint training exercise…

Press club asks judge to hold Lt. Gov. McGeachin in contempt

September 29, 2021 4:18 PM Associated Press

A coalition of journalists is asking an Idaho judge to hold the state’s lieutenant governor in contempt of court for refusing to turn over public…

Victor Mayor issues modified mask order

September 29, 2021 2:25 PM News Team

Victor Mayor Will Frohlich has issued a modified mask…

Cause of death determined for Shoshone Lake canoer in Yellowstone, search and recovery continues for brother

September 29, 2021 11:54 AM News Team

An autopsy has been completed on a 67-year-old whose body was found on the east shore of Shoshone Lake in Yellowstone National Park Monday, Sept. 20.…

State Superintendent Ybarra visits Idaho Falls

September 29, 2021 5:18 PM Rachel Fabbi

Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra was in east Idaho Wednesday, visiting both Bonneville and Hillcrest High…

Misinformation leads to animosity toward health care workers

September 29, 2021 9:37 AM Associated Press

A constant barrage of misinformation has Idaho health care workers facing increased animosity from some patients and community members.…

COVID-19 UPDATES: 1,684 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 24 new deaths

September 29, 2021 5:17 PM News Team

Idaho officials reported 1,684 new COVID-19 cases and 24 new deaths…

USPS to slow down some mail delivery starting Friday

September 29, 2021 12:31 PM CNN Newsource

Americans across the country could start seeing slowdowns in mail delivery across the country as early as Friday, when the US Postal Service…

Boundary Fire grows to 84,138 acres, 58% contained

September 29, 2021 11:44 AM News Team

The lightning cause Boundary Fire that started on August 10 has burned 84,138 acres and is 58%…

Idaho Falls releases draft “Imagine IF” plan for public comment

September 29, 2021 11:28 AM News Team

The City of Idaho Falls Community Development Services Department (CDS) has released the draft version of the city’s new roadmap for future growth,…

Just 4 Kids Urgent Care opens new facility

September 29, 2021 10:37 AM Cole Sams

A new Just 4 Kids Urgent Care facility is being greeted with open arms in Bannock…

WGFD releases 20 black-footed ferrets on historic recovery site

September 29, 2021 10:28 AM News Team

Wyoming Game and Fish is continuing to aid the recovery of a species once thought…

Report: Groundwater quality remains poor in southern Idaho

September 29, 2021 11:23 AM Evan Thomason

The Idaho Conservation League(ICL) has expressed a great concern for the water quality for the Magic Valley. This area includes over 300,000…

More parents open to trick-or-treating this year

September 29, 2021 9:55 AM News Team

With Halloween just more than a month away, it looks like more parents are open to trick-or -treating this…

Timeline of events since Gabby Petito’s fiancé returned to Florida becomes clearer

September 29, 2021 9:42 AM CNN

Reports that Brian Laundrie camped with his family this month before Gabby Petito was reported missing appear to clarify a timeline of his movements…

Protestors outside Pocatello-Chubbuck School District 25 office

School District 25 decides against mask mandate

September 28, 2021 10:48 AM Cole Sams

The Pocatello-Chubbuck District 25 Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 28 at 5:30 p.m. to reconsider the adoption of the…

View the number of registered voters by county in Idaho and Wyoming

September 28, 2021 6:31 PM News Team

September 28 is National Voter Registration Day, a day organizers describe as a “nonpartisan civic holiday” that has been held on the fourth…

Gabby Petito’s family holds press conference

September 28, 2021 9:41 AM CNN

The parents of Gabby Petito’s fiancé Brian Laundrie affirmed they do not know his whereabouts two weeks after he was last seen, their attorney said…

Search and rescue teams find body near Teton Pass

September 28, 2021 4:33 PM News Team

Teton County Search & Rescue conducted a search for a 46-year-old man at the base of Teton Pass, Wyo. on Tuesday.…

Low vaccine rate highlights Wyoming conservative streak

September 28, 2021 4:03 PM Associated Press

Reserving doubts whenever others claim to know what’s best is part of life in Wyoming.…

COVID-19 UPDATES: 1,355 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 40 new deaths

September 28, 2021 5:23 PM News Team

Idaho officials reported 1,355 new COVID-19 cases and 40 new deaths…

Portneuf Health Trust Center opens

September 28, 2021 5:48 PM Linda Larsen

The needs of Pocatello‘s most vulnerable community will soon be met in an entirely new…

Giant pumpkin record squashed

September 28, 2021 12:59 PM News Team

This 2,000 pound pumpkin was grown by Ross Bowman, and he was kind enough to share his secret to growing the massive…

Intermittent closures of Teton Park Road across Jackson Lake Dam

September 28, 2021 4:00 PM News Team

The Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Snake Field Office, is temporarily closing the Teton Park Road across the Jackson Lake Dam in Grand Teton National…

Boundary Fire grows to 84,138 acres

September 28, 2021 11:40 AM News Team

The lightning caused Boundary Fire that started on August 10 has burned 84,138 acres and is 58%…

2 arrested on multiple drug charges after report of brandishing handgun on I-15

September 28, 2021 11:08 AM News Team

Idaho State Police troopers arrested two people after a report of a man brandishing a handgun at a passing…

COVID-19 cases in children on the rise

September 28, 2021 10:34 AM News Team

The Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) will hold a media briefing about COVID-19 in Idaho at 2:30 p.m. (MDT)…

Town hall with Gov. Little Tuesday at 12 p.m.

September 28, 2021 10:34 AM News Team

The Idaho office of AARP will host a statewide telephone town hall with Idaho Governor Brad Little and Idaho Department of Health and Welfare…

Recommendations for Idaho Schools in Post-Shooting Report

September 27, 2021 9:29 PM News Team

The actions of Rigby Middle School on May 6, 2021 demonstrate the effectiveness of a practiced emergency operations plan, but the Idaho School Safety…

Trailer unhooks from semi-truck

September 27, 2021 8:42 PM Todd Kunz

A trailer unhooks from the semi-truck at Ammon and Lincoln Roads Monday…

3 Yellowstone wolves killed in Montana during first week of Montana’s hunting season

September 27, 2021 2:34 PM News Team

Yellowstone National Park wolf biologists report the park’s Junction Butte Pack (27 wolves) lost three wolves to Montana hunters during the first…

Ex Idaho lawmaker charged with rape is arrested in Georgia

September 27, 2021 2:15 PM Associated Press

A former Idaho state lawmaker charged with rape earlier this month has been arrested in Georgia.…

Chubbuck Police Station under construction

Progress being made on new police station in Chubbuck

September 27, 2021 7:59 PM Cole Sams

Construction crews have began the process of a total remodel of the Chubbuck Police…

Police ask for personal items of Gabby Petito’s fiancé for DNA matching, attorney says

September 27, 2021 9:31 AM CNN

As authorities keep scouring swampland for Gabby Petito’s fiancé, Brian Laundrie, the FBI has asked for items that might have his DNA, the…

Pfizer COVID-19 booster available for specific groups

September 27, 2021 5:31 PM Linda Larsen

The third dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is now available in our…

COVID-19 UPDATES: 2,638 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 37 new deaths

September 27, 2021 5:22 PM News Team

Idaho officials reported 2,638 new COVID-19 cases and 37 new deaths over the…

Labor expands its service delivery to Challis, Wieppe

September 28, 2021 11:41 AM News Team

Challis and Wieppe are the two newest communities to be added to the Idaho Department of Labor’s roster of remote service delivery locations,…

Preview of Planet Doom in Idaho Falls

September 27, 2021 2:55 PM Jeff Roper

Are you ready to get scared for a good…

Boundary Fire grows to 80,818 acres

September 27, 2021 1:06 PM News Team

The lightning caused Boundary Fire that started on August 10 has burned 80,818 acres and is 58%…

Idaho gas prices hold steady

September 27, 2021 2:37 PM News Team

Idaho gas prices are unchanged in the past week, averaging $3.70/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 802 stations in Idaho.…

Monument Ridge project underway

September 27, 2021 2:38 PM News Team

Phase two of The Monument Ridge Vegetation and Recreation Management project is currently underway.…

Emergency blood shortage: Red Cross supplies drop to lowest post-summer levels since 2015

September 27, 2021 11:43 AM News Team

The American Red Cross is experiencing an emergency blood shortage and must collect 10,000 additional blood products each week over the next month…

Salmon-Challis National Forest detects 2 new fires

September 27, 2021 11:23 AM News Team

The Salmon-Challis National Forest has detected two (2) new fires since the last fire summary dated September 20,…

Liz Cheney: `I was wrong’ in opposing gay marriage in past

September 27, 2021 9:50 AM Associated Press

Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney tells CBS News’ “60 Minutes” she was wrong to have opposed gay marriage.…

Fatality bicycle vs. vehicle crash near Victor

September 27, 2021 9:40 AM News Team

Idaho State Police investigated a fatality crash on 8000 S between 1000 W and 2000 W, just outside of Victor Sunday around 2:33…

What we know about Gabby Petito’s final days

September 27, 2021 9:31 AM CNN

Over the summer, Gabby Petito set out with her fiancé, Brian Laundrie, to travel across the country in her white Ford van, planning to hit national…

Pianist Jeffrey Biegel performs with Idaho-State Civic Symphony

Idaho State-Civic Symphony opens its season

September 27, 2021 7:25 AM Cole Sams

The stringing of violins echoed through the Stephens Performing Arts Center on Saturday night.…

2 wanted men arrested after pursuit in Bonneville County

September 26, 2021 10:14 AM News Team

24 year old Augustus W. Gokey and 33 year old Kasey C. Wornek were in a pickup truck driven by Gokey when a Deputy located them on Wright Rd. just…

Pocatello community comes out for ISU Homecoming

September 26, 2021 11:56 AM Cole Sams

A sense of Bengal pride was in the air in Pocatello for Idaho State University’s Homecoming weekend.…

Pocatello hosts Taco Festival

September 26, 2021 9:52 AM Cole Sams

This weekend, Pocatello hosted its first-ever Taco Festival at the Portneuf Health Trust Amphitheatre.…

Gabby Petito’s loved ones gathered in New York for a memorial as the search for her fiancé continues

September 26, 2021 3:24 AM CNN Newsource

Gabby Petito was remembered as a kind, loving and adventurous young woman on Sunday, when her family, friends and complete strangers gathered in…

Idaho Falls man arrested for drug trafficking after police chase

September 25, 2021 11:09 AM News Team

During the investigation, the Trooper also found the motorcyclist was driving without privileges, his eyes were bloodshot and watery, and other…

New details emerge about Brian Laundrie’s behavior in the days after Petito went missing

September 24, 2021 9:41 AM CNN

The search for Brian Laundrie, who according to a source left behind his wallet and cell phone when last seen departing his parents’ home 10 days…