Lawmaker who named rape accuser says she did nothing wrong
An Idaho lawmaker accused of violating ethics rules by publicizing the name of an alleged rape victim in disparaging social media posts — and then…
Continue ReadingLocal News
Rain delays grading operations and closure of Spring Gulch Road
Due to overnight rain, contractors are delaying grading operations on Spring Gulch Road by one…
Continue Reading
Pricey housing causes Jackson Hole workers to live in forest
The pricey real estate and rental market in Jackson Hole has many workers in the area living out of the cars in Bridger-Teton National Forest.…
Continue Reading
Idaho gas prices continue to rise
Idaho gas prices have risen 3.6 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.71/g, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 802 stations in Idaho.…
Continue Reading
Idaho Falls Zoo changes Senior Day due to weather
Due to expected inclement weather, the Senior Day scheduled for August 2 has been changed to Monday, Aug.…
Continue Reading
Governor Gordon announces wild bison raffle winner
Governor Mark Gordon announced Michael Lenz of Alpine as the 2021 winner of the Wyoming Governor’s Wild Bison raffle.…
Continue Reading
Salmon-Challis National Forest detects 6 new fires
The Salmon-Challis National Forest has detected six (6) new fires since July 26,…
Continue Reading
Bannock County Fair & Rodeo is back in action
One of our local traditions has returned after a brief hiatus in 2020.…
Continue Reading
Yellowstone opens lottery for non-commercially guided snowmobile access program
You may now apply to the 2021-2022 winter lottery for permits to snowmobile in Yellowstone without a commercial guide.…
Continue Reading
Champ’s Heart looking for new home
Champ’s Heart’s mission is to help special needs kids.…
Continue Reading
Flash Flooding Concerns Continue into Monday
Lots of rain showers and thunderstorms around are capable of producing 1 to 2 inches of rainfall in a short amount of…
Continue Reading
Mud Lick, Iron and Haynes Fire updates
In total, 427 personnel, 5 crews, 6 engines, 11 water tenders, 5 helicopters, 3 heavy equipment task forces, 4 dozers and 3
masticators are…
Latest on Mud Lick, Iron and Haynes Fires
On Saturday, crews announced that both the Haynes and Iron Fires are 95% contained, and have burned 472 and 133 acres…
Continue Reading
Pocatello Motocross Park hosts night racing event
The Pocatello Motocross Park is hosting its Pro Challenge event on Saturday.…
Continue Reading
Left turns removed from intersection
The left turns from East Quinn Road onto Flandro Drive and Flandro Drive to East Quinn Road have been removed.…
Continue Reading
Elwen Cottage hosts You Rock Pocatello
Saturday, The Elwen Cottage on 334 N. Main St. in Pocatello is hosting a “You Rock Pocatello” event from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30…
Continue Reading
Deputies and firefighters play ball for charity
Bonneville County deputies and Idaho Falls firefighters go head to head during the annual Guns vs. Hoses softball game…
Continue Reading
Masks required in Yellowstone
Visitors to Yellowstone National Park are once again required to mask up inside all public places and on commercial transportation regardless of…
Continue Reading
Police search for wanted man
Power County deputies are currently searching for a 45-year-old…
Continue Reading
COVID-19 UPDATES: 529 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, total statewide cases reach 200K
Idaho officials reported 529 new COVID-19 cases and 2 new deaths…
Continue Reading
Idahoans to start receiving tax relief next week
Many of us could soon see some extra money in our…
Continue Reading
EXPLAINER: High prices, court access challenge Idaho renters
A federal freeze on most evictions enacted last year is scheduled to expire Saturday, after the Biden administration extended the original date by a…
Continue Reading
Bull jumps into crowd
Check out this video taken Thursday night at the famous Preston Night…
Continue Reading
DEQ lifts pollution forecast and caution for Lemhi County
The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has lifted an Air Pollution Forecast and Caution to notify residents of Lemhi County of improved…
Continue Reading
Boise police remove ‘Proud Boys’ flags from Idaho interstate
The Boise Police Department says officers removed flags emblazoned with the emblem of the neo-fascist Proud Boys organization after someone hung them…
Continue Reading
5-year-old boy missing in Idaho; police seek witnesses
As crews look for a 5-year-old Idaho boy missing since Tuesday, the Fruitland Police Department is asking for any potential witnesses to come forward…
Continue Reading
Million Dollar Cowboy Steakhouse returning
A Jackson business is…
Continue Reading
D93 school board chairman resigns
A local school district will need to find a new school board…
Continue Reading
COVID-19 vaccine clinic to be held at Bannock County Fair
Southeastern Idaho Public Health will be offering COVID-19 vaccinations between 5:00 and 7:00 p.m. at the Bannock County Fair on August 5, 2021 and…
Continue Reading
Animal shelter is lacking volunteers, adoptions
The Idaho Falls Animal Shelter is dealing with a decrease in the number of volunteers and has seen an increase in the number of people turning in…
Continue Reading
Help wanted despite gains in employment
Employment is still needed despite positive growth in the job market.…
Continue Reading
Haynes, Iron Fires reach 95% containment
The Haynes and Iron Fires have both reached 95% containment, and the Mud Lick Fire has reached 70%…
Continue Reading
Operation Underground Railroad holding march Friday night
Operation Underground Railroad is holding its annual Rise Up march Friday night at the greenbelt in Idaho…
Continue Reading
Ammon Days is back
The City of Ammon announced Ammon Days is back this year with food, fun and…
Continue Reading
President Biden to meet with 7 governors Friday to discuss devastating wildfires
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will meet with seven governors on Friday to talk about how states are responding to a…
Continue Reading
Wasden issues consumer alert over online pet scams
Attorney General Lawrence Wasden is warning Idahoans to avoid buying pets over the internet.…
Continue Reading
Coalition seeks relisting of gray wolves in US West
Wildlife advocates have sent a formal petition to relist gray wolves as an endangered species throughout the U.S. West.…
Continue Reading
Governor’s office looking for intern
The Office of the Governor is now accepting applications for an intern for the fall…
Continue Reading
Liz Cheney and Elise Stefanik represent ‘battle for the soul of the party’
By Melanie Zanona, CNN It was a tale of two House Republican Conference chairs. Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York, who currently holds the No. 3…
Continue Reading
LOCAL LINKS: Yellowstone Helicopters
A new company is offering a more affordable option for helicopter tours at the Yellowstone…
Continue Reading
Idaho man sues Boy Scouts over alleged childhood sex abuse
An Idaho man is suing the Boy Scouts of America for failing to warn children that took part in the youth program that they could be exposed to sex…
Continue Reading
Pocatello investigate counterfeit pills in Pocatello area
The Pocatello Police Department will hold a press conference Thursday at 4…
Continue Reading
Funeral for ex-US Sen. Mike Enzi of Wyoming set for Aug. 6
A public ceremony to commemorate the life of former U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi will be held Aug. 6 at the Gillette College Pronghorn Center, the Gillette…
Continue Reading
Mud Lick emergency area, road and trail closure
The Salmon‐Challis National Forest implemented the Mud Lick Fire Emergency Area, Road, and Trail Closure, Order Number:…
Continue Reading
Officials concerned about rise in new COVID-19 cases among unvaccinated
Idaho health officials and the heads of multiple healthcare providers in the state are becoming very concerned about the rise in new COVID-19 cases…
Continue Reading
Illinois woman faces charges in Yellowstone bear encounter
An Illinois woman faces criminal charges after she was captured on video being bluff charged by a grizzly bear while she was taking photos in…
Continue Reading Jackson returns to masks required in city facilities
Thursday they reinstated a requirement for masks to be worn by Town employees while at work inside and by customers entering Town facilities.…
Continue Reading COVID-19 UPDATES: 439 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 5 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 439 new COVID-19 cases and 5 new deaths…
Continue Reading
ART therapy training held for therapists and social workers
Therapists and social workers have a new way to help clients, after completing a training…
Continue Reading
Caribou County Fair has carnival no show
The Caribou County Fair is dealing with a carnival no…
Continue Reading
Conservatives want to boot Cheney, Kinzinger from House GOP
Conservative lawmakers want to boot Republican Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger out of the House GOP.…
Continue Reading
Idaho governor signs onto major abortion-rights challenge
Idaho Gov. Brad Little has signed onto an amicus brief in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court that could overturn the court’s landmark 1973 ruling…
Continue Reading
Air Pollution Forecast and Caution extended for Lemhi County
The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has issued an Air Pollution Forecast and Caution to notify residents of Lemhi County of degraded…
Continue Reading
RV supply is low
RV shopping might be very difficult during this…
Continue Reading
Senators introduce legislation to mitigate dangers posed by tree spiking
Idaho and Wyoming senators are introducing legislation to mitigate the dangers of tree…
Continue Reading
Health officials issue toxic algae advisory for Hebgen Lake
Health officials have issued a safety advisory for a lake just outside Yellowstone National Park after harmful algal blooms toxic to humans and…
Continue Reading
Teton County recommends masks indoors for all
The Teton County Health Department encourages all residents, workers and visitors to wear masks in public indoor settings, regardless of vaccination…
Continue Reading
2 hospitalized after crash on US 20
Police are on the scene of a crash between a car and a…
Continue Reading
Drought worsens around Idaho
There has been a noticeable change to Idaho’s Drought Map. …
Continue Reading
Idaho Falls man in critical condition after struck by lightning
An Idaho Falls man is in critical condition after he was struck by lightning Wednesday…
Continue Reading
Stolen car found in Snake River
The Idaho Falls Fire Department, Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office and Idaho Falls Police Department are near the Wastewater Treatment Plant at Glen…
Continue Reading
Mud Lick, Haynes and Iron Fire updates
Crews continue to fight the Mud Lick, Haynes and Iron…
Continue Reading
Iron Fire closure terminated
The Salmon‐Challis National Forest has terminated the Iron Fire Emergency Area, Road, and Trail Closure, Order Number:…
Continue Reading
Plans in works for new manufacturing facility in Pocatello
Illinois-based company Morton Buildings Inc. has finalized plans to build a new manufacturing facility in Pocatello.…
Continue Reading
Australian jet airtanker arrives to fight US wildfires
Australia has sent a jet airtanker to the United States to help fight wildfires.…
Continue Reading
Pocatello reinstates face-covering policy at city facilities
Following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s updated mask and face covering guidance and in consultation with Southeastern Idaho…
Continue Reading
Hospitals prepared for possible increase in COVID-19 patients
Obviously, those who aren’t vaccinated are going to be at risk,” Jackman said “Even those who aren’t vaccinated can become sick, but what we’re…
Continue Reading
Man killed in UTV crash
The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office reports a 26-year-old Ohio man was killed in a UTV crash at the St. Anthony Sand Dunes…
Continue Reading
Black Hawk helicopters to be painted pink
Two Idaho National Guard Black Hawk helicopters are going pink to help in the fire fight in…
Continue Reading
Risch on inflation
US Senator Jim Risch of Idaho is joining some other republican colleagues in introducing a rule change in the…
Continue Reading
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes approve emergency drought declaration for Fort Hall Reservation
The Fort Hall Business Council approved a resolution presented by the Land Use Range department to declare a drought emergency for the Fort Hall…
Continue Reading
Idaho redistricting commission has 5 of 6 members
Five of the six appointments are in for a commission that will redraw Idaho’s 35 legislative districts from which voters select the state’s 105…
Continue Reading
Car repairs are way behind
Auto repair shops are trying to hurry up and keep up with their…
Continue Reading
Idaho Falls drug trafficker pleads guilty in federal court
A 54-year-old Idaho Falls man entered a guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael M.…
Continue Reading COVID-19 UPDATES: 358 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 1 new death
Idaho officials reported 358 new COVID-19 cases and 1 new death…
Continue Reading Search continues for missing 5-year-old Fruitland boy
Police in a rural western Idaho town continued to search Wednesday for a 5-year-old boy who has been missing since Tuesday evening.…
Continue Reading
Family voiced suspicions about Lori Vallow-Daybell accused in 4 killings
Relatives of a woman whose estranged husband was fatally shot two years ago in Arizona voiced their suspicions to investigators about whether she was…
Continue Reading
Idaho lawmakers introduce bill to manage forests, reduce wildfire risk
Idaho’s U.S. officials introduced new legislation to reduce tribal and county reliance on federal land managers to reduce wildfire…
Continue Reading
Chinook Salmon fishing closes on South Fork of Snake River
The South Fork Salmon River Chinook Salmon fishery is officially closed for the 2021…
Continue Reading
Gov. Little takes flight over Snake River Complex
The Snake River Complex fires have burned almost 109,000 acres of…
Continue Reading See Cheney’s reaction after GOP leader blames Pelosi for insurrection
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) sharply criticized Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) for blaming Speaker Nancy Pelosi for the January 6th…
Continue Reading
Teton County man dies after chase
A man is dead after a situation and a car chase in Teton…
Continue Reading
CDC recommends masks for schools as East Idaho districts in fall planning process
School districts are in the process of updating their Covid-19 policies for the upcoming 2021-2022 school year, just as the CDC is now encouraging…
Continue Reading
Gov. Little joins other governors in urging Biden, Canadian prime minister to open US-Canada border
Idaho Governor Brad Little is joining the governors of Montana, North Dakota and others to urge President Joe Biden to restore normal movement…
Continue Reading COVID-19 UPDATES: 318 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 1 new death
Idaho officials reported 318 new COVID-19 cases and 1 new death…
Continue Reading
Man identified after drowning in Henry’s Fork
Officials have identified a Hailey man who drowned in the Henry’s Fork…
Continue Reading CDC changes mask guidance in response to threat of Delta variant of Covid-19
By Kaitlan Collins, John Harwood, Kevin Liptak, Jeremy Diamond and Kate Sullivan, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday…
Continue Reading
ISP asks for your vote in “Best Looking Cruiser” contest
Idaho State Police have entered a photo of its iconic patrol cruiser as part of the annual American Association of State Troopers “Best Looking…
Continue Reading CDC updates mask guidance for fully vaccinated individuals
With the emergence of the highly contagious Delta variant, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has changed its mask guidance.…
Continue Reading
Tickets for Pocatello Temple open house now available
You are invited to the open house of the newly constructed Pocatello Idaho Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.…
Continue Reading LDS Church General Conference Saturday evening session to continue
The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sent the following letter Tuesday to leaders of the faith around the…
Continue Reading
August fish stocking schedule for the Salmon Region
With the summer weather, it’s time to grab your fishing gear and go…
Continue Reading
Flags lowered to half-staff for former US Senator Mike Enzi
Former United States Senator Mike Enzi passed away Monday night from injuries suffered in a bicycle accident in…
Continue Reading Read: Rep. Liz Cheney’s opening statement before the January 6 select committee
Rep. Liz Cheney, one of two Republicans on the new select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, said Tuesday that the panel needs to…
Continue Reading Former US Sen. Mike Enzi dies at 77 after bicycle accident
By Paul LeBlanc Former US Sen. Mike Enzi has died following a serious bicycle accident last week, according to a statement posted on his official…
Continue Reading
Mud Lick emergency road closures expanded
The Salmon‐Challis National Forest has expanded the Mud Lick Fire Emergency Road Closures, Order Number:…
Continue Reading Drought contributing to harsher allergies, poor air quality
The drought much of the Northwest is experiencing is affecting East Idahoans breathing in more ways than one.…
Continue Reading
Tips for all road users
Idaho is a beautiful place to explore, and one of the best ways to see and enjoy Idaho’s byways and communities is by…
Continue Reading
Caribou County Sheriff issues online scam warning
The Caribou County Sheriff’s Office is warning of an online…
Continue Reading
2 injured in trailer fire
Two people are recovering after a camp trail caught fire over the…
Continue Reading