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IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) - A do-it-yourself pet spa is making a big Splash in downtown Idaho Falls. It's fitting that the business name is Splash Self Serve Pet Spa. "I just try to make it a fun place," said owner Tina Dixon. "Customers say when they come around the corner, their dogs just go crazy." Splash is a self-serve pet spa that utilizes waist-high bathing tubs. They provide everything [...]

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little says the state House's decision to recess rather than officially adjourn like the Senate did will create major dysfunction in state government. Little said Thursday implementation of administrative rules is going to be among the problems. The arcane but important rules involve everything from licensing critical care nurses to environmental protections to hunting and fishing tags. googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-6"); }); Alex [...]

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - A group of scientists urged the Biden administration Thursday to restore legal protections for gray wolves, saying their removal earlier this year was premature and that states are allowing too many of the animals to be killed. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service dropped wolves in most of the lower 48 states from the endangered species list in January. The decision was among more than 100 Trump [...]

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) - Idaho officials reported 149 new COVID-19 cases and zero new deaths Thursday. That brings the total confirmed and probable cases reported since March to 189,735. There are a total of 151,924 confirmed cases and 37,811 probable cases in all 44 of the 44 counties in Idaho, according to numbers released from the local health districts and the state. See the chart below. googletag.cmd.push(function () { [...]

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI)- It was an exciting morning Thursday at Idaho Falls Zoo, with the ribbon cutting for the new penguin exhibit. David Pennock, the executive director for the zoo, said he hopes visitors use the exhibit as an educational moment. "If population trends continue the way they are now, this species will be extinct in the wild in five short years," Pennock said. "And so the main point [...]

BOISE, Idaho (KIFI) - May is Wildfire Awareness Month, and with fire season already upon much of the State of Idaho, the BLM is asking for the public to help prevent human-caused wildfires. BLM Idaho State Director John F. Ruhs recently signed the 2021 Fire Prevention Order, which prohibits specific fire-related activities from May 10 to October 20.   The Fire Prevention Order makes it illegal to burn explosive material or use exploding targets, [...]

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) - Bonneville School District 93 is gearing up for the Summer Food Service Program. Meals will be provided to all children ages 1 to 18 without charge beginning June 7. You can get meals at the following sites and times: googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-6"); }); The post D93 summer food service program beings June 7 appeared first on Local News 8.

BOISE, Idaho (KIFI) – During this National Police Week, Governor Brad Little is showing our law enforcement Idaho “backs the blue” by providing $1,000 hazard pay bonuses to frontline personnel at Idaho State Police. “Idaho truly is a state that ‘backs the blue.’ While other places seek to ‘defund the police,’ here in Idaho we are defending the police! Our men and women in law enforcement put their lives on [...]

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – The Idaho Falls Regional Airport (IDA) has been awarded accreditation by the Global Biorisk Advisory Council (GBAC) as a GBAC STAR facility. The GBAC STAR is a performance-based accreditation program for facilities such as stadiums, arenas, convention centers, hotels, restaurants, medical facilities and others to help ensure proper cleaning, disinfection and infectious disease prevention systems are in place to protect the public.   GBAC is [...]

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Republican and Democratic lawmakers on Thursday offered differing views on the outcomes of Idaho's longest ever legislative session after lawmakers grappled with challenges brought on by fast growth and an influx of new residents straining roads, schools and tax fairness policy. "It's going to take some time to transition from old Idaho into this new Idaho," said Republican House Speaker Scott Bedke. "It's a different economy, but people [...]

JACKSON, Wyo. (KIFI) - The Teton County Health Department will begin administering the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to individuals ages 12 and up. This is following the decision made by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) on Wednesday, May 12, 2021 to recommend to the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) that the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine should be made available for people ages 12 and up. The ACIP met [...]

BLACKFOOT, Idaho (KIFI) – The Eastern Idaho State Fair, in partnership with Butler Amusements, Inc., announced six finalists who have been awarded a $1,000 scholarship to the college of her choice. A five-member scholarship committee selected the winners out of the numerous commendable applicants. “We were so impressed this year in the quality of applicants that we received. This year’s decision was the most difficult that we have ever had [...]