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IDAHO FALLS — The Idaho Falls Police Department is reminding drivers to respect road closures and avoid driving on downed power lines following an accident Tuesday morning. A teenager was driving east on Pancheri Drive around 11:45 a.m. when they changed lanes and hit another vehicle that was turning eastbound onto Pancheri from Blue Sky […]

UPDATE Power has been restored to impacted Idaho Falls Power customers. ORIGINAL STORY IDAHO FALLS – A power outage is affecting approximately 1,300 Idaho Falls Power customers after a vehicle crashed into a power pole and knocked out the electricity in the area. The power outage began around 11:47 a.m. after a car struck a […]

IDAHO FALLS — Three people have been temporarily displaced from their home after an early morning basement fire Tuesday. The structure fire happened on the 200 block of 11th Street in Idaho Falls just after 4:30 a.m. According to a news release from the Idaho Falls Fire Department, a resident called 911 and said they […]

IDAHO FALLS — A man was able to escape his home safely after it caught fire Tuesday night but a dog did not make it out in time and died. According to a news release from the Idaho Falls Fire Department, firefighters responded to a trailer home around 9:30 p.m. on the 400 block of […]

The following is a news release from the city of Idaho Falls. IDAHO FALLS — There were no injuries and no residents displaced after a waterline broke causing a section of ceiling to collapse earlier Friday evening at Lincoln Court Retirement Center, located at 850 Lincoln Drive in Idaho Falls. The call came in to […]

The following is a news release and photo from the city of Idaho Falls. IDAHO FALLS – Four Idaho Falls Power employees were recognized for heroism, along with dozens of others awarded for safety at the utility’s annual end-of-the-year awards ceremony Thursday. Rod Elliot, Colter Welker, Josh Hymas and Kristian Ross were recognized for an […]

At least seven people were temporarily displaced from their homes following an apartment fire on Hansen Avenue in Idaho Falls late last night (Tuesday). There were no injuries to civilians or first responders. The Idaho Falls/Bonneville County Dispatch Center received a call at 10:25 p.m. from an individual stating that there was a lot of […]

The following is a news release from the Idaho Falls Fire Department. IDAHO FALLS — There were no injuries following two structure fires in Idaho Falls on Sunday afternoon. The fires occurred within six minutes of each other but were unrelated. At 1:24 p.m. on Nov. 20, the Idaho Falls Fire Department was dispatched to […]

The latest cost estimate for a project to build the first NuScale small modular reactor power plant in the USA underscores the need for scalable advanced nuclear technology that can produce cleaner, safer and cost competitive energy, the CEO of NuScale Power has said.

UPDATE: Power has been restored to Rocky Mountain customers in Rexburg, as of an email to customers at 10:25 a.m. Monday. Click here to see the outage map. If your power is not back on, call Rocky Mountain Power at (877) 508-5088. ORIGINAL STORY: REXBURG — Lights are out for 2,732 Rocky Mountain Power customers […]