David Pace

ELECTION 2026 Coverage: Local News 8 is highlighting some of the most competitive, talked-about Legislative races in the region during the final run-up to the May 19 primary election.

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – In one of the closest, contested races in Idaho Falls, firefighter Connor Cook is challenging coach Barbara Ehardt in a race for Legislative District 33 Seat A.

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – For the second election in a row, Kelly Golden is facing incumbent Stephanie Mickelsen in the contest for Legislative District 32 Seat A.

FORT HALL, Idaho (KIFI) – The first Native American to travel in space, John B. Herrington, brought students and guests into his orbit Wednesday at the Shoshone-Bannock Hotel and Event Center.

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – Cars are streaming into the Motor Vu Drive-In for the theater's opening weekend in Idaho Falls.

"If that trouble to keep this freedom of ours must go on and on and on, may God help you and me and all Americans to have the fortitude of Calvin Hairl Johnson and his World War II buddies," Cheryl said.

“It's like 40 mile-an-hour winds and that fire is moving fast," said Cody Rhatigan, a senior at ISU who was born and rasied in Mountain Home.

REXBURG, Idaho (KIFI) – Fifty years after a wall of water pulverized communities in the flood path of the Teton Dam, a new exhibit at Rexburg's City

The finalists hail from sixth- through eighth-grade classrooms across Idaho and have prepared vigorously for the competition.