Local News

Grants up to $5 million to convert groundwater to surface water irrigation have become available. 

An accident involving a car and a bus occurred near the junction of Highway 20 and 26. As seen in the image above, the car was overturned in the accident.

We are two and a half weeks into the reconstruction project on Holmes Ave. in Idaho Falls and crews are making great progress.

n Wednesday, September 11, 2024, the Idaho Falls Fire Department will hold a solemn dedication ceremony for the city’s new 9/11 Memorial, honoring the lives lost and the courage displayed on September 11, 2001. The public is invited to join in this commemorative event.

Bonneville County Fire Department and Idaho Falls Fire Department responded to a brush fire at the 1000 block of Grassland Drive that involved a shed, some trees, and a harvested field. 

Idaho Falls Fire Department responded to a brush fire near Action Motor Sports at 1355 East Lincoln Road on Sunday, September 1.

People gathered at the Green Belt on August 31, for an important purpose, remembering loved ones who lost their lives to drug overdose.

The conditions on August 30 were not conducive to firing operations. While it is unclear when those operations can take place, the hope is that firing operations can take place as early as today, August 31.

The Wapiti Fire as of August 31 is 0% contained and nearly 95,000 acres have burned. However, fire crews have completed multiple miles and forms of fireline.

The annual Best Fair Food Contest at the Eastern Idaho State Fair saw competitors across four categories.

Settlement negotiations between the SWC and IGWA continue concerning a mitigation plan that would provide the IGWA groundwater districts safe harbor from a curtailment order. The Governor’s Executive Order stated that a mitigation plan should be submitted by October 1.

Idaho Falls Police Department is looking for a missing 4-year-old boy named Reign Nichols. 

In a press release from Yellowstone National Park, both the Madison and Gibbon rivers are open to fishing effective immediately.

Traffic across the Pancheri Bridge will be temporarily detoured during the night.

The Wapiti Fire in central Idaho has grown over 20,000 acres in the last 24 hours and is 0% contained

The Bonneville County Sherriff is investigating the death of 43-year-old inmate, Lucas Lamar Charboneau.

Idaho State Police is investigating a single-vehicle crash involving a a yellow 2016 Yamaha Razor.

Highway 26 was reduced to one lane around 105 East near Ririe on Thursday, August 22, following a car and dump truck accident. 

A  fire in Chubbuck on Saturday August 24, 2024, was successfully contained by local firefighters before it could spread to the nearby home.

The status of the zones in the Custer County Fire.

A 41-year-old Idaho Falls man working for the Idaho Transportation Department was struck by a grey Ford Fusion on State Highway 33.

Power lines have gone down in multiple locations between Madison and Fremont Counties.