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The whole time, his buddy on the ground recorded and gave a play-by-play of the rescue. "Alright, we have made contact with the cat. Nate's developing a relationship. The jumper sometimes needs to develop a relationship with the person saving them." It's hard to see what exactly is happening from the angle the video is shot, but the friend continues narrating like a National Geographic documentary. "The cat sees him as a friend now. They're talking probably about their kids and who they've got at home." You can see as the lineman, Nate, is able to grab the cat and put it in the satchel attach...

INL and Idaho Falls Power have successfully tested a hydropowered microgrid to improve the resilience and reliability of municipal power. 

Updated at Share This Travis Richards, EastIdahoNews.com IDAHO FALLS — An experiment testing Idaho Falls’ preparedness during an emergency blackout showed promising results Thursday. Idaho Falls Power and Idaho National Laboratory teamed up to test the utility’s hydroelectric power plants in a mock emergency situation. During the experiment, the Idaho Falls hydro plants were disconnected from the larger regional power grid to see if they could create an independent, self-sustaining “microgrid” to power Idaho Falls if the regional grid ever went down due to an emergency. Idaho Fa...

Wind gusts cause havoc across region Published Idaho Falls Fire Department David Barrington Veronica Thorngren IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) - Idaho Falls and Rigby areas seems to have had the strongest winds in the area, even though winds are strong all across the region. A wind gust of 64 miles per hour was reported at the Idaho Falls airport Thursday afternoon around 2:50 p.m. A stronger gust of 66 mph was reported later at 3:22 p.m. Interstate 15 between Idaho Falls and Roberts was closed around 1 p.m. because of the low visibility from the blowing dust. ...

Updated at Share This Photo courtesy Idaho Falls Power IDAHO FALLS – A combination of environmental factors led to sparks flying, flames burning and power outages in Idaho Falls Monday night, according to officials. Idaho Falls saw the first outage around 11 p.m. with a power pole catching fire and lines falling across Interstate 15. Idaho Falls Power spokesman Bud Cranor told EastIdahoNews.com crews believe this and subsequent outages resulted from environmental conditions rather than a mechanical failure. The outages also impacted Rocky Mountain Power customers in Bonneville and Jeffers...