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Fire Update
(KLIX)-The Cave Canyon Fire was 100% contained at 4:00 pm on August 16th at 88,909 acres. The Eightmile Fire is contained at 211 acres. The Hot Well Fire is contained at 3,056 acres, and the Deer Hollow Fire is 97% contained at 5,440 acres
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Rock Creek Canyon Closed Through Weekend
(KLIX)- Campers headed up to the South Hills will have to wait for a little while longer. Sawtooth National Forest officials have closed off access at the forest boundaries. The Cave Canyon Fire continues to be active. Crews are holding the fire at its current position
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Twin Falls URA Budget $12.2 Million
(KLIX)-The Twin Falls Urban Renewal agency gave the thumbs up to its 2013 fiscal year budget. The budget is set at $12.2 million with $2 million earmarked for downtown investment in infrastructure. That’s a million dollars more than what was invested last years 2012 budget
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Idaho Unemployment Payments Down
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Idaho’s weekly unemployment payments have fallen below 10,000 for the first time since late November 2007. The Idaho Department of Labor says it made 9,645 unemployment payments last week, down over 400 from the previous week and down 4,000 from the same week a year ago. Idah
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Mountain Towns Evacuated
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Fire crews are battling a total of nine big wildfires in Idaho, including one that is chasing residents from two small towns. Hundreds of people in Featherville and Pine packed their belongings Wednesday and cleared out of the way of the blaze expected to hit town later this week
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Flags Fly at Half Staff
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho plans to fly flags at state government buildings at half-staff through Sunday, to honor a firefighter and a soldier who were recently killed in the line of duty.
Cattle Fell Victim to Cave Canyon Fire
(KLIX)- A number of head of cattle located in the South Hills were killed as a result of the Cave Canyon Fire. Minidoka Fire Complex Management officials have confirmed that 20 head of cattle died from the fire. However, NewsRadio 1310 has received unconfirmed reports that the death toll could be much higher than that
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Magic Valley Airport Gets Federal Grant
(KLIX)- Joslin Field, Magic Valley Airport has gotten a federal grant to increase capacity to and from Salt Lake City. The US Department of Transportation handed out 19 grants to small regional airports across the nation. The goal of the grant is to encourage more passenger air service to and from the Magic Valley
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Temp Dog Park Possible for Twin Falls
(KLIX)- The Twin Falls Dog park may not be ready until next summer at the earliest. However, dog owners may still have a park that they can take their pooches to. The Twin Falls Parks and Recreation Commission approved a recommendation to city council for another temporary dog park for the winter season
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Cave Canyon Fire Update
(KLIX)-The Cave Canyon Fire is currently 70% contained and has burned 88,909 acres. Fire crews have been able to hold the existing perimeter to the north, east and south areas of the fire. Crews have been mopping up 200 feet in and around the entire boundary of the fire
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Recycling Rewards Program Dumped
(KLIX)- The Twin Falls Recycling reward plan is no more. Last night the Twin Falls City Council voted to strip the Recycle Bank out of the recycling program. City residence will still be able to recycle, there just won’t be an awards program tied to it
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City Decides Not to Use Million
(KLIX)- If you had a million dollars how would you spend it? Monday night, Twin Falls City council decided not to use a million dollars. Last week the council added an additional one million to the city budget that was presented to them using the foregone money
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