Editor’s note: This story was originally published on June 5, 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. The year was 1976, and the United States was ...

REXBURG, Idaho (KIFI)– June 5th, 2025, marks the 49th anniversary of the Teton Dam flood. The collapse of the dam greatly impacted Madison and other nearby counties. Locals who were around during the ...

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) — The Teton Dam broke on June 5th, 1976, sending 80 billion gallons of water downstream. In a matter of hours, it wiped out thousands of homes even killing 11 people. The ...

REXBURG — Don Ellis overlooked the Teton River as he watched a wall of water break through the newly-completed Teton Dam. It was 11:55 a.m. on June 5, 1976, and the local radio personality was ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second in a series of stories highlighting the 50th anniversary of the Teton Dam Disaster. Read our first installment here. IDAHO FALLS – Richard Robison was 13 when he saw ...

The smell of flood mud, memories of Army helicopter rescues, and the “death” of a rubber snake. All make up stories about the Teton Dam Disaster thanks to a recently created “Teton Dam Stories” on ...

Exploring opportunities to increase Upper Snake River water storage capacity — including possible reconstruction of Teton Dam, which failed nearly 50 years ago — is the focus of a recent petition and ...

Ground was broken Saturday morning for the second temple to be built in Rexburg, the Teton River Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints. Hundreds of people were in attendance by ...

The Idaho Department of Water Resources is initiating a process to create a water district, or modify existing districts, to administer groundwater rights not currently in a district within ...