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HELLS CANYON, Idaho (News Release) – Record numbers of Chinook salmon returned to spawn in the Snake River Basin below Hells Canyon Dam last fall. Idaho Power biologists counted the fishes’ nesting areas using an unmanned aerial vehicle.

BUHL, Idaho (KLIX) – About 1,400 residents in Buhl and Castleford are without electricity after a vehicle hit a power pole this morning.

BOISE, Idaho (News Release) – Idaho Power announced today that Vice President of Regulatory Affairs Greg Said will retire from the company effective May 1.

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KLIX) – Idaho Power Co. and local law enforcement want you to be aware of scammers who are posing as IPC representatives, telling residents they have defective meters and need to a pay for a new one.

Twin Falls, Idaho (KMVT-TV / KSVT-TV) - Idaho Power reports that 7,275 customers are without power this afternoon (Jun 1) as a severe thunderstorm passes through.

As of 6pm, approximately 7,752 people between Rogerson, Hollister, Wendell, Buhl, Twin Falls, and areas in between are experiencing a transmission outage.

Twin Falls, Idaho (KLIX) - Power has been restored to approximately 3,200 Idaho Power customers in Twin Falls.

Update:  730am - Idaho Power is no longer reporting this outage. 5:11 am:  Idaho Power has dispatched crews to the Kimberly/Hansen area for a power outage that is effecting approximately 1300 customers.

This, my friends, is why some people refuse to swim in rivers. This massive (and harmless) Sturgeon was found in Hell's Canyon.

Twin Falls, Idaho ( KMVT-TV / KSVT-TV ) Copper theft is rising in the Magic Valley and in the last year, Idaho Power has been targeted four times.

Jerome, Idaho ( KMVT-TV / KTWT-TV ) The Jerome Fire Department is on the scene of a power line that has fallen in a Jerome neighborhood.

Idaho Power is reporting that 72 customers in the Twin Falls area are currently without power as of 3:06 PM.

Idaho Power is currently reporting a power outage affecting the communities of Buhl, Filer, Rogerson, and Hollister.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho officials said Wednesday that property taxpayers statewide may have to repay up to $11.6 million to utilities that contend state appraisers have inflated the value of their office buildings, turbines and transmission lines...

(KLIX)-Boaters and people headed down to Twin Falls Park for a picnic will have to wait a while. Idaho Power is having work done to the popular spot in the Snake River Canyon and it will be closed for a week starting Monday 6/25. The park is located next to the twin water falls that Twin Falls gets its name from...

Magic Valley- Some customers with Idaho Power are being hit with a scam. Hispanic customers reported getting threatening phone calls from someone claiming to be with Idaho Power. They tell the customer to make a payment or their services will be disconnected...

KETCHUM, Idaho (AP) - Idaho's biggest utility is holding off for now on plans to build a new transmission line in the Wood River Valley amid uncertainty over sage grouse protections and habitat. Since 2007, Idaho Power Co. has been working with community leaders to upgrade the region's power grid...

(AP) Idaho Power's attempt to determine the success of its fish stocking program in the Snake River could lead to cash for some lucky anglers. The company releases about 42,000 rainbow trout of at least 10 inches each year as part of its license agreement to operate 17 hydroelectric power plants on the river and its tributaries.

(AP) Idaho Power Co. wants regulators to let it hike residential customers' rates by an average of $3.56 monthly, to pay for a new natural gas power plant that's nearly completed. Idaho's biggest utility filed the request with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission Tuesday. It could have been bigger.

A series of meetings is scheduled for this week regarding the siting of a large transmission line from Wyoming to Idaho.