Idaho’s COVID-19 numbers drop slightly, crisis standards remain
Idaho Division of Public Health Administrator Elke Shaw-Tulloch says the rate of COVID-19 hospitalizations and newly confirmed coronavirus cases has…
Continue ReadingTop Stories
Snake River Animal Shelter named 2021 Charity of the Year
Better Business Bureau Great West + Pacific (BBBGWP) has named the Snake River Animal Shelter the Charity of the Year as part of its 2021 Torch…
Continue Reading
CDC advisers to vote on giving COVID-19 vaccine to kids ages 5 to 11
Millions of child-size doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine are being shipped from the company’s facilities to distribution centers across the country…
Continue Reading
Idaho mayors earn $65,000 during walking challenge
A record number of Idaho mayors participated in the Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health’s annual Mayor’s Walking…
Continue Reading
Caribou-Targhee National Forest begins hiring for 2022 field season
Approximately 100 temporary jobs are available across the forest and grassland in southeast…
Continue Reading
Nearly all entrances and roads close in Yellowstone Monday
This weekend is your last chance to drive to many iconic locations in Yellowstone.…
Continue Reading
Halloween robber apprehended minutes after robbery
Police apprehended a robber Sunday night within minutes of the…
Continue Reading
ISDA announces approved Idaho State Hemp Plan
The Idaho State Department of Agriculture announced Monday the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s approval of the Idaho State Hemp Plan.…
Continue Reading
Rigby FFA earns national championships
Rigby FFA members joined nearly 70,000 other participants at the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, IN last week. …
Continue Reading
Criminal case against former Idaho lawmaker accused of rape moves forward
Legal troubles for former Idaho Representative Aaron von Ehlinger are getting…
Continue Reading
IFPD gets boost in fight against child pornography
The IFPD received a $145,000 grant from the Operation Underground…
Continue Reading
Go-ahead for Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for kids 5 to 11 could happen this week
The go-ahead for Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for kids 5 to 11 could happen this…
Continue Reading
COVID-19 UPDATES: 1,445 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 37 new deaths
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – Idaho officials reported 1,445 new COVID-19 cases and 37 new deaths over the weekend. That brings the total confirmed and…
Continue Reading
Idaho lawmakers want federal public land appraised for taxes
Idaho lawmakers are seeking technology companies to appraise federal land in real-time to find out how much money lawmakers say the federal…
Continue Reading
Brady Chapel open house slated for Veterans Day
A Pocatello landmark will again be open to the public Veterans…
Continue Reading
Game and Fish continues with elk feedgrounds collaborative process
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is moving forward with Phase II of the public collaborative process, Elk Feedgrounds: A challenge we can take…
Continue Reading
CWD found in new Wyoming elk hunt areas, none so far in Idaho
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has confirmed the presence of chronic wasting disease in three new elk hunt areas in Wyoming.…
Continue Reading
Idaho gas prices fall, US average jumps
While Idaho drivers saved a couple of pennies when they stopped to fill up this week, drivers in other parts of the country paid a couple more than…
Continue Reading
Bannock County prepares for 2021 Election Day
Bannock County elections officials want to help prepare voters to cast their ballot in Tuesday’s upcoming…
Continue Reading
Aggressive customers prompt changes at Idaho liquor stores
State officials say they have changed the way state-owned liquor stores sell rare bottles of alcohol after instances of hoarding, illegal reselling…
Continue Reading At least 89% of vaccinated American adults will qualify for COVID-19 booster shots
If you’re vaccinated against COVID-19 and wondering if you’re eligible for a booster shot, the answer is probably…
Continue Reading
Idaho’s open enrollment period for health coverage begins
Starting Monday, Idahoans who do not have coverage through their employer and don’t qualify for Medicaid or Medicare, can enroll in 2022 medical…
Continue Reading Pediatricians say some parents are eager to vaccinate their kids, with others asking questions as child-size doses of COVID-19 vaccine are shipped out
Many pediatricians have already placed their orders for child-sized doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine and are anxiously awaiting their…
Continue Reading
Global COVID-19 deaths surpass five million
The number of people who have died from COVID-19 around the world has surpassed five million, according to data held by the Johns Hopkins University…
Continue Reading Infertility is not a risk with COVID-19 vaccines for kids
It’s among parents’ top worries around kids getting vaccinated against COVID-19: Could the vaccine somehow impair their child’s future…
Continue Reading
Officials: Man shot by Boise police died from his injuries
The Boise Police Department says a man who was shot by police officers has died from his injuries.…
Continue Reading
Pocatello Mayor Brian Blad seeks reelection
Pocatello Mayor Brian Blad was first selected by the people to represent the Gate City in 2009.…
Continue Reading
Pilot fine after making an emergency landing in Rexburg
The plane landed at the intersection of Pioneer Road and Lodgepole Street, less than a mile from the airport.…
Continue Reading Romney defends filibuster amid Democrats’ calls to change it
Republican Sen. Mitt Romney on Sunday defended the filibuster and blasted Democrats calling for its elimination, dismissing their latest discussion…
Continue Reading
Local scouts collect food for those in need
On Saturday, the Grand Teton Council hosted their annual Scouting for Food…
Continue Reading
Rollover crash sends 1 to hospital
Idaho State Police say the crash occurred just after 4:00 P.M. near mile marker 146 on I15 south of Hamer in Jefferson…
Continue Reading
Deadly crash on Highway 26 near Swan Valley
A man is dead after a crash on US26 near Swan…
Continue Reading
Boil water advisory in Blackfoot
A boil order has been issued Thursday for Blackfoot’s drinking…
Continue Reading
Bullet struck officer’s hat in Idaho mall shooting
Authorities say a bullet struck the brim of a baseball-style cap worn by a Boise, Idaho, police officer who exchanged gunfire with the gunman in…
Continue Reading
Wyoming Senate kills COVID-19 vaccine discrimination bill
By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming senators have voted down the last special legislative session bill they had written…
Continue Reading
Idaho and Wyoming AG’s join 19 others to stand against federal vaccine mandate
Idaho and Wyoming Attorneys General and 19 others sent a letter to President Biden challenging his administration’s vaccination…
Continue Reading COVID-19 UPDATES: 1,076 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 25 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 1,076 new COVID-19 cases and 25 new deaths…
Continue Reading
Wyoming joins 10-state coalition in filing suit to halt vaccine mandate for federal contractors
Wyoming Attorney General Bridget Hill has joined a ten-state coalition led by Missouri in filing a lawsuit against the Biden Administration for…
Continue Reading Vaccination protects against COVID-19 more strongly than previous infection does, CDC study finds
Vaccination protects people against coronavirus infection much better than previous infection does, a team of researchers led by the US Centers for…
Continue Reading
Local company works on new take-home COVID-19 test
Leavitt’s Women’s Health Care is working on a new way to take a COVID-19 test, from the comfort of your home. They are working on a new study to get…
Continue Reading
Second state veterans cemetery dedicated
The ceremony to dedicate the new state veterans cemetery took place…
Continue Reading
Former Idaho gubernatorial candidate denies involvement in ’84 disappearance of Colorado girl
A former longshot Idaho gubernatorial candidate on trial in the 1984 killing of a 12-year-old Colorado girl says he didn’t know her or her family…
Continue Reading
Halloween Film Fest at Motor Vu Drive-In for closing weekend
The Motor Vu Drive-In is hosting a four night Halloween film festival on Thursday, October 28 through Sunday, October 31 before it closes for the…
Continue Reading
INL innovator wins Idaho Innovation Award
An Idaho National Laboratory innovator has been honored with a 2021 Idaho Innovation…
Continue Reading
D93 to stay in yellow phase next week
Bonneville School District 93 will stay in the Moderate Risk phase next…
Continue Reading
Idaho Falls Zoo extends regular season
For the first time, the Idaho Falls Zoo has extended its regular season into…
Continue Reading
Air ambulance transports 1 to hospital after crash
Idaho State Police is investigating a crash that occurred at 3:11 p.m. Thursday at N 1200 W and US26, west of Blackfoot, in Bingham…
Continue Reading
Lori Vallow-Daybell’s attorney claims she is being manipulated
Lori Vallow-Daybell’s attorney said in court documents released Wednesday she is being manipulated by her Idaho Department of Health and Welfare…
Continue Reading
No public parking Friday at Blackfoot Veterans Cemetery dedication
The Blackfoot Veterans Memorial Cemetery dedication on Friday is expected to have a large…
Continue Reading
AAA’s Halloween safety tips for drivers and parents
Halloween is one of the deadliest days of the year, with children twice as likely to be killed by a car on Halloween night as on any other…
Continue Reading COVID-19 cases are down 60% from Delta peak. Still, be vigilant heading into winter, CDC director says
Rates of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths have sunk significantly in the US since a wave driven by the highly contagious Delta variant…
Continue Reading Luke Bryan helps Tennessee woman with flat tire
By Melissa Sulek Click here for updates on this story COLUMBIA, Tennessee (WSMV) — When you get a flat tire on a…
Continue Reading
Mountain America Event Center’s walls go up
Construction Crews hope to have half the walls of the center up by…
Continue Reading
BYU-Idaho is getting more improvements
Brigham Young University-Idaho is getting more…
Continue Reading
Last year saw most traffic deaths in 13 years, AAA says
According to new AAA research, many Americans have expressed a greater willingness to drive…
Continue Reading WHP trooper injured in crash Thursday
On Thursday at 8:53 a.m., a Wyoming Highway Patrol (WHP) vehicle was involved in a motor vehicle collision. …
Continue Reading COVID-19 UPDATES: 873 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 8 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 873 new COVID-19 cases and 8 new deaths…
Continue Reading
Upper Snake and Salmon regions experiencing pheasant shortage for stocking
Due to supply and distribution issues with a contractor hired to provide pheasants to Fish and Game Wildlife Management Areas and other stocking…
Continue Reading
Local firefighters help raise money for local teen battling bone cancer
After learning the devastating news that a local firefighter’s son was diagnosed with a rare bone cancer, the Idaho Falls Firefighters Local Union…
Continue Reading
Halloween trunk or treats are right around the corner
Halloween is coming up very soon on this Sunday.…
Continue Reading
3 arrested on internet crimes against children charges
Attorney General Lawrence Wasden has announced investigators with his Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit made three arrests this week…
Continue Reading
Halloween light show brings holiday spirit
Halloween is this weekend, and Owens Family Lights 2021 Halloween Spook Festival “Skeleton Dance Party” is full of holiday…
Continue Reading
Wildlife is active near Grand Teton roads, be vigilant while driving
Park officials ask visitors and local residents to practice vigilance while driving in Grand Teton National…
Continue Reading Facebook changes its company name to Meta
Facebook is changing its company name to reflect its future ambitions and confronts wide-ranging scrutiny of the real-world harms from its various…
Continue Reading
Victor extends mask order
Victor Mayor Will Frohlich has extended the mask order previously issued in…
Continue Reading
Plane crashes near Rexburg
Two passengers on a crashed plane in Rexburg walked away with minor injuries Wednesday around 8…
Continue Reading
Idaho Falls Mayor Rebecca Casper talks about reelection campaign
Casper says a focus of hers since her first term has been economic…
Continue Reading Side effects of COVID-19 shot in children ages 5 to 11 ‘mild,’ investigator says
When a US Food and Drug Administration advisory committee recommended Tuesday that the agency grant emergency use authorization for Pfizer-BioNTech’s…
Continue Reading
Update to officer involved shooting, shooting incident outside Hurricanes Bar
Early Wednesday morning, Idaho Falls Police officers arrested Juan Gonzalez in connection to a shooting incident that occurred on Sept. 11, 2021,…
Continue Reading
Senators urge emergency protections for wolves in US West
A group of Democratic lawmakers are urging the Biden administration to enact emergency protections for gray wolves in the U.S. West.…
Continue Reading Wyoming, coalition of 20 attorneys general challenging federal contractor vaccine mandate
Wyoming Attorney General Bridget Hill and 20 Attorneys General from across the country wrote to President Biden Wednesday challenging his…
Continue Reading
TCSD #1 serves school meals at no charge to all children
Since the beginning of the 2021-2022 school year, Teton County School District has been serving meals at no charge to children 18 and under.…
Continue Reading
Wyoming ban on vaccine rules for customers clears hurdle
The Wyoming Senate has advanced a bill that would prohibit businesses including insurance companies from singling out customers based on whether…
Continue Reading Mall shooting victim’s family hopes to bring body home
Relatives say a man who was killed in an Idaho shooting at a Boise mall on Monday was shopping for gifts for his family when he was mortally wounded.…
Continue Reading
Idaho Falls mayoral race between 2 candidates
The race for Idaho Falls mayor is between incumbent Mayor Rebecca Casper and Ashley…
Continue Reading
Utah health care provider to require COVID vaccines
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s largest health care provider has announced that it will require all its caregivers to be fully vaccinated against…
Continue Reading COVID-19 UPDATES: 1,244 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 28 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 1,244 new COVID-19 cases and 28 new deaths…
Continue Reading
2 hospitalized after crash on US 26
Idaho State Police are investigating a two-vehicle collision that occurred Tuesday on the Ririe Highway at N 55th E, northeast of Idaho Falls in…
Continue Reading
Health officials concerned with local COVID-19 vaccination rates
Our progress with COVID-19 vaccination rates has a bit of bad news and some good…
Continue Reading
New tool to promote driver safety is hitting the streets of Idaho Falls
A new tool to promote driver safety is hitting the streets of Idaho…
Continue Reading
Bear 399 problems
Federal wildlife officials are asking people living in Teton County, Wyo. to do all they can to not provide food to…
Continue Reading
Fuel reduction burns planned in Grand Teton
Teton Interagency Fire personnel will burn slash piles created from fuel reduction projects near Beaver Creek, Elk Ranch and other areas in Grand…
Continue Reading
Wyoming lawmakers to mull penalties for requiring vaccines
Requiring workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 would result in up to $10 million in fines and at least $500,000 in civil damages under bills…
Continue Reading
JHMR announces winter 2021-22 operations, summer improvements
Cool, crisp mountain air and fresh snow atop Rendezvous Mountain means it’s almost ski season at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort (JHMR).…
Continue Reading
EIPH offers flu shots at no cost for uninsured individuals
The influenza or flu season is officially upon us, and Eastern Idaho Public Health (EIPH) is prepared to vaccinate.…
Continue Reading
New York Times best selling author in Idaho Falls
Some families who traveled to Idaho Falls Tuesday might be at home right now with a neat addition to their newest…
Continue Reading
“Food for Fines” starts Nov. 1 at the Marshall Public Library
Starting next month, the Marshall Public Library will be accepting a different type of currency for overdue…
Continue Reading
Idaho National Laboratory launches its Net-Zero Microgrid program
Idaho National Laboratory is launching a new Net-Zero Microgrid (NZM) program thanks to funding from the Department of Energy’s Office of…
Continue Reading
Report: At least 59,000 meat workers caught COVID, 269 died
By JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A U.S. House report says at least 59,000 meatpacking workers became ill with COVID-19 and 269…
Continue Reading
Shoshone-Bannock Hotel announces Hinder concert
Shoshone-Bannock Casino Hotel announced Hinder will be performing live on the stage in the Chiefs Event Center on Saturday, January 29,…
Continue Reading Coroner IDs suspect in Boise mall shooting that killed 2
Family members have identified one of the victims who was shot and killed at Boise mall on Monday as Jo Acker, a security guard who they said died…
Continue Reading
Police investigate death of resident at Idaho State Correctional Institution
At the request of the Idaho Department of Correction, Ada County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a resident at the Idaho State…
Continue Reading
Fort Hall man sentenced to more than 27 years for murder
A Fort Hall man was sentenced to 327 months in federal prison for the second degree murder of Austin…
Continue Reading
Structure fire damage estimated at $35,000
The Madison Fire Department responded to a report of a structure fire of a mobile home, located at 247 N. 2nd W. in Rexburg around 3:47 p.m.…
Continue Reading
Investigators confused Brian Laundrie’s mother for him while watching their home, police reportedly acknowledge
Investigators in Florida confused Brian Laundrie’s mother with her son while they were monitoring the family’s home in the days after Laundrie’s…
Continue Reading Immunocompromised may need a fourth COVID-19 shot, CDC says
People with certain health conditions that make them moderately or severely immunocompromised may get a fourth mRNA COVID-19 shot, according to…
Continue Reading
Bannock County hosts public certification of ballot tabulation machines
Public officials and 2021 election candidates visited the Bannock County Elections Office on…
Continue Reading
Boo at the Zoo starts Thursday
The little ghost and goblins are getting ready to visit the Idaho Falls Zoo at Tautphaus…
Continue Reading
Check your storm drains
Rain came down in buckets Monday…
Continue Reading
Jackson parking restrictions start Saturday
With winter approaching, the Town of Jackson will ban on-street parking starting Saturday between 3 a.m. and 7…
Continue Reading