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Hansen, Idaho ( KMVT-TV / KSVT-TV )The City of Hansen was under a water boil advisory Tuesday afternoon after a water main break.

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It seems like every year water is a big concern for the Twin Falls canal company, and with good reason. February water levels were so low that residences were asked to conserve at home, and it was suggested that Magic Valley residents stop washing their cars.

KMVT is reporting that the city of Hagerman is asking it's residents to converse their water due to two of the three cities pumps that are currently under repair. Mayor Noel Weir said, this is not a contamination issue, if the third pump goes down the city will have no water...

(KLIX)- Twin Falls Sheriff's office and Search and Rescue found the body of a Hansen  man whose car was found in a canal. According to Twin Falls Sheriff's office the car of  22 year old Ty Vincent Seamons was found at an irrigation lateral at 3800 East and 3543 North around 11:55am Saturday...

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Search and rescue teams have recovered the body of a 42-year-old Washington state man who fell into the Snake River near Twin Falls last weekend. The Twin Falls County sheriff's office says the body of Justice Kramer of Graham, Wash...

HAILEY, Idaho (AP) - The Idaho Department of Water Resources has declared a drought emergency in Blaine County in central Idaho.      Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter signed the order on July 16.     Agency Director Gary Spackman says the order will allow temporary changes in points of diversion, place of use and purpose of use for existing water rights...

(KLIX)- Currently the Idaho Water Resource Board is presenting it proposed changes to the Idaho Comprehensive State Water Plan. It is intended to serve as a guiding document for water management throughout the state. Last night the board held a public hearing on the proposed plan...

(KLIX)-The Twin Falls Canal Company started cutting back on the amount of water it delivers to users. Poor spring runoff and a low snow pack has made for a dry spring, coupled with hardly any rain. The canal company began the year with good storage but the company made the decision to hold back some water for the benefit of next years storage says Manager Brian Olmstead...

(KLIX)-June 4 2012 may be a day many in Twin Falls will not forget, especially city officials. That’s the day the power went out to the Blue Lakes Pumps that supply 80 percent of water to the city. A wind storm disabled lines to the 4 pumps for more than ten hours...

(KLIX)- If you’ve been down to the Snake River in the last week or so you may have noticed flows are up. Mike Bues with the Bureau of Reclamation says flows peaked a little early this year. In April they had a significant reversal from near average to the low side...

TWIN FALLS -- The Twin Falls County Sheriff's department tells KTVB that five people were involved in a boat accident just before 9:00 p.m. on the Snake River, just east of Dierkes Lake. Everyone was able to get out of the river. They were in an area where emergency crews were having a hard time getting to them...

(KLIX)- Twin Falls water levels are back to normal. City officials lifted all restrictions on water use. Residents can now irrigate their yards and use water normally.

(KLIX)- St. Luke’s Magic Valley took action after Tuesday’s emergency order from the city. Officials said if the city had asked them to they could have switched to a backup water source for the medical center. They told employees to conserve water by using hand sanitizer, and drink bottled water...

(KLIX) -Power has been restored to Twin Falls water pumps. At around noon city officials lifted the emergency order. Slowly major industrial water users are being allowed to restart production. Other businesses and restaurants are allowed to use water, however they are asked to still use it conservatively...

Water pressure in the town of Hansen dropped yesterday to a level that is considered below acceptable standards.  The pressure dropped following a power outage.  As a result city officials are asking all residents on the city water system in Hansen to boil their drinking water...

City leaders in  Burley say they'll go to a judge instead of voters for permission to take on $6 million in long-term debt to improve the city's wastewater system. Idaho law bars government entities from taking on long-term debt without voter approval, unless a judge agrees that the expense is ordinary and necessary to keep the government operating.

(AP)  Parts of the LDS Conference Center in Salt Lake City have been damaged after a small fire triggered a deluge from a sprinkler system. Salt Lake City Fire Department officials say the sprinklers had already doused the flames when crews responded about 8:15 p.m. Monday. But the system had dumped thousands of gallons of water in the first few rows of the 21,000-seat auditorium.

(AP) - Idaho climate experts say some record-setting weather in March has put the state's rivers and aquifers in great shape heading into summer. National Weather Service meteorologist Jay Breidenbach said Thursday March storms saturated central and northern Idaho. But they largely avoided much of the state's southern half.

(AP)  Idaho expects a normal fire season - for now -- as much of the west braces for an active and dangerous season. The state's mountain ranges have normal snowpack, reservoirs are dumping water for snowmelt and early spring has brought more rain and snow, even in the desert-like south.