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RIGBY, Idaho (KIFI)-The Upper Valley Child Advocacy Center in Rigby announced Friday that the center completed the accreditation process of the National Children’s Alliance (NCA).  NCA is dedicated to helping local community respond to reports of child abuse allegations.“This has been a long journey with a great deal of support from NCA and from our colleagues to ensure that our CAC and our multidisciplinary team (MDT) meet and exceed evidence-based [...]

Todd KunzAn AED donated to Temple View Elementary School in Idaho Falls by People Against Impaired Driving or P.A.I.D. Todd KunzAn AED donated to Temple View Elementary School in Idaho Falls by People Against Impaired Driving or P.A.I.D. (Kory Carling, Mountain America Credit Union, Pat Tucker, founder of P.A.I.D.) Todd KunzAn AED donated to Temple View Elementary School in Idaho Falls by People Against Impaired Driving or P.A.I.D. (Temple View [...]

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI)-The Mega Millions jackpot has passed the $1 Billion mark for tonight’s drawing. The Idaho Lottery advises some retail locations may experience higher than normal volume, so there may be lines to purchase tickets.Players have until 7:55 p.m. Friday to purchase an eligible ticket to participate in the Mega Millions draw. The post Mega Millions marks mega-milestone appeared first on Local News 8.

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) - A man who died in December was Wyoming's first inmate killed by COVID-19. The inmate at the minimum-security Wyoming Honor Farm in Riverton died Dec. 22. The cause took time to confirm by autopsy, the Wyoming Department of Corrections announced Friday. Wyoming for months was among just a handful of states with no inmate deaths from the coronavirus, the Casper Star-Tribune reported. googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-6"); }); Vermont [...]

Idaho Falls IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI)-Tik Tok phenomenon Nathan Apodaca and his partner, Stella, met with Mayor Rebecca Casper and City Council President Michelle Ziel-Dingman in Idaho Falls Friday.  He was there to accept his Mayor’s Choice Award, announced during Casper’s State of the City address last week.Friday was proclaimed as “Nathan Apodaca Day” in the city of Idaho Falls.  googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-6"); }); He is known for a [...]

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - State environmental officials on Friday asked lawmakers to approve just over $3 million to deal with toxic discharge and a collapsing tunnel at an abandoned silver and lead mine in central Idaho. The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality made the request to the Legislature's powerful budget-setting committee. Lawmakers will make budget decisions in the coming months. About $1 million of the agency's request Friday is to study a roughly $3 [...]

BOISE, Idaho (KIFI) – Governor Brad Little will make an announcement regarding the COVID-19 emergency on Friday at 12 p.m. MT. You can watch it below. The post Gov. Little to make announcement regarding COVID-19 Emergency appeared first on Local News 8.

Henry Louis “Hank” Aaron, the Baseball Hall of Famer who broke Babe Ruth’s all-time home run record and lived a life as an ambassador to the game, has died. He was 86. “It is with great sadness we share the passing of our home run king, Hank Aaron, who passed away peacefully in his sleep,” his former team, the Atlanta Braves, said in a statement. The cause of death was [...]

POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI)-The city of Pocatello has installed Jim Krueger as the city’s new Chief Financial Officer. Kreuger has 34 years of experience in similar jobs as former Director of Administrative Services in Coronado, California, City Administrator, Clerk, and Finance Director in Garden City, Idaho, and similar positions in Lodi, California, Bend and Sutherlin, Oregon.  He has also taught Business Management and Accounting courses for Southern Oregon and Ventura Community College.“Everything [...]

Wyoming Senator Cynthia Lummis WASHINGTON D.C. (KIFI)-Wyoming Republican Senator Cynthia Lummis has voted to support the nomination of General Loyd Austin as Secretary of Defense to President Biden.Lummis explained, “While I opposed a waiver to allow another retired military general to fill a civilian oversight role so soon after leaving service, I ultimately voted to support retired General Lloyd Austin to serve as President Biden’s Secretary of Defense because of [...]

THE FOREST SERVICE UTAH AVALANCHE CENTER IN SALT LAKE CITY HASISSUED A BACKCOUNTRY AVALANCHE WATCH. UNTIL 6 AM MST SATURDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS IN SOUTHEAST IDAHOINCLUDING THE BEAR RIVER RANGE. googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-6"); }); * AVALANCHE DANGER...HIGH AVALANCHE DANGER IS EXPECTED FOR THE WATCH AREA ON SATURDAY. * REASON/IMPACTS...POTENTIAL HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT AND SATURDAY WILLOVERLOAD A VERY WEAK SNOWPACK AND CREATE VERY DANGEROUS AVALANCHE CONDITIONS. BOTH HUMAN [...]

Utah Avalanche Center POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI)-The Utah Avalanche Center in Salt Lake City has issued a backcountry avalanche watch for the Wasatch Mountains of southeast Idaho, including the Bear River Range.    A similar warning covers the mountains of Utah including the Wasatch Range, Bear River Range, and Uinta Mountains.Avalanche danger is high and expected to remain high on Saturday.  Potential heavy snow tonight and Saturday will overload a very weak [...]

KIFINikki Taysom POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI) – One local shooting could have ended in a fatality if not for the heroics of his fellow neighbor. Early Wednesday morning, shots were fired in an apartment complex on the 300 block of West Clark street in downtown Pocatello. Neighbor Nikki Taysom witnessed the whole incident firsthand. “I was just coming around the corner," Taysom said. "I'd watched him try and reach over the railing [...]