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Eastern Idaho is colder than Antarctica this week. How long will it last? – East Idaho News
IDAHO FALLS — Warm up your car extra early this week because eastern Idaho is in for quite the chill.
Cold temperatures on Monday morning prevented cars from starting, froze the roads, and encouraged Idahoans to wear all of their extra layers.
The coldest temperature in Idaho Falls was around 6:55 a.m. at -18 degrees, according to the National Weather Service, and felt like -32 degrees with the wind chill.
Rexburg was even colder, with its lowest temperature around 8 a.m. at -18 degrees, but with a windchill of -37 degrees.
Pocatello was a bit warmer, but not exactly sun-tanning weather. At 7:50 a.m., the Gate City saw temperatures of -11 degrees. With wind chill, it was -23 degrees.
Driggs recorded the coldest weather in the area with a whopping -33 degrees without windchill at 8 a.m. With windchill, radars recorded their temperatures at -46 degrees around 7:40 a.m.
These temperatures are much colder than Antarctica, whose lowest temperature was a crisp 14 degrees on Monday morning. It should be noted, it is currently summer there.
When will it get warmer?
According to Audra Moore, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Pocatello, the light at the end of this chilly tunnel is pretty far.
“(Monday morning) is definitely the coldest morning that we’re expecting,” says Moore. “(Tuesday) will be a couple degrees ‘warmer’ but not by much.”
The National Weather Service expects to see temperatures around and above 10 degrees by Friday but another cold front is expected over the weekend.
“Our morning lows are going to just kind of very gradually warm up through the rest of this week. Now that said, a lot of us are probably going to be a couple degrees on either side of zero basically through Thursday morning,” says Moore. “Friday morning looks like about the soonest we get close to the Idaho Falls area finally getting back up to about 10 degrees in the morning.”
The National Weather Service has also extended the Extreme Cold Weather Warning through Tuesday morning.
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How to keep you and your pets safe
Moore says it’s important to limit outdoor exposure only to when absolutely necessary, and if it is, make sure to dress for the weather.
“If you don’t have to be outside for any length of time, don’t. For those who can’t get inside, try to check out some public areas like libraries, or malls, or someplace where you can be inside for a little while,” says Moore. “If you do have to go out and about, you have to make sure to wear multiple layers…and of course remembering to bring in your pets. Limit their time spent outside, that’s a big thing.”
If you have to drive, Moore recommends wearing snow pants in case you have to get out of your car for an extended period of time and making sure to bring extra layers and plenty of food and water.
“If you’re going to be driving, cars don’t like the cold either. So always make sure you’ve got an extra blanket in your car, some extra water, and some snacks,” says Moore. “Just incase your car would stall somewhere and you have to wait for someone to come pick you up, or get towed somewhere.”
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PAYETTE — A Payette mom’s bond was revoked Tuesday after she was charged with suffocating her twin children earlier this month and is believed to pose a danger to the life of her newborn child.
The case, which has drawn national headlines, concerns Andrea Renee Shaw, a 23-year-old Payette mother who in May 2025 said her 18-month-old fraternal twins died the same day, after receiving routine childhood vaccinations. In January, Shaw joined as a plaintiff in a federal lawsuit filed by Children’s Health Defense, an anti-vaccine organization founded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., with several other plaintiffs claiming vaccine injury or death.
Kennedy, who now serves as secretary of Health and Human Services, is no longer part of the group after taking on the cabinet position, as was reported by the Associated Press.
In Idaho, the twins’ deaths prompted a 14-month investigation by the Payette County Sheriff’s Department. On June 29, the investigation yielded a grand jury indictment of Shaw on two counts of first-degree murder by suffocation. If convicted, Shaw can be punished by up to life in prison or the death penalty, and the court would have the ability to order the penalties be served consecutively, or back to back.
Tuesday’s arraignment at the Payette County Courthouse was primarily attended by Shaw’s relatives and members of the media. Payette County Judge Kiley Stuchlik, who serves Idaho’s Third Judicial District, presided.
A key consideration for Stuchlik on Tuesday was a request from Joseph Filicetti, the legal counsel for Shaw, to have her bond reduced from $2 million to $100,000. Filicetti said this would allow for Shaw to care for a newborn girl, who, according to court documents, was born by caesarean section on June 25, four days prior to Shaw’s grand jury indictment.
State prosecutors objected to the motion for bond reduction, noting at hand was a potential death penalty case and asserting, unlike her husband, Shaw’s story repeatedly changed during questioning. Prosecuting Attorney Mike Duke said releasing Shaw would ultimately put the newborn’s safety at risk.
“That child is the most at risk. We do not think she should be allowed to be anywhere near any children, let alone her own children,” Duke said.
Stuchlik decided to revoke bond entirely, stating Shaw posed a “risk of safety” to the newborn child that was not known to Stuchlik or prosecutors when the $2 million bond was initially set.
Also for consideration Tuesday was a request to have grand jury transcripts of witness testimony provided to prosecutors and defense counsel to prepare their respective cases.
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IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – A controversy is brewing as the City of Idaho Falls reviews its alcohol ordinance.
The goal is to consolidate four existing ordinances for beer, wine and liquor into a single law and ensure compliance with state code.
However, at its meeting last Thursday, the Idaho Falls City Council unanimously voted to remove the proposed ordinance from its agenda, in order to receive and consider additional public comment.
The proposed ordinance would:
1. Require commercial establishments selling, dispensing or permitting consumption of alcohol – including beer, wine or liquor – to have an alcohol license, alcohol catering permit or a charitable event permit.
2. Business events with 20 or less employees consuming alcohol at the business would be allowed.
3. Require alcohol servers to complete training every three years.
4. Individuals who violate the law could be charged with a misdemeanor.
Idaho Falls City Council President Jim Francis said the changes were the culmination of months of collaboration between law enforcement, business owners and city attorneys.
“We wanted to provide a safe environment – the primary point here – for public gatherings,” Francis said. “We recognize that certain antiquated elements of the current code are overly restrictive and needed to be addressed. We wanted to make the code more accessible to the public. We needed to address over-pouring issues. We wanted to reduce penalties where possible for violations, particularly the first offenses, and yet make the code clear enough to be enforceable consistently by law enforcement.”
But City Council Member John Radford said the changes represent an overreach by city government.
“I believe it’s a bad policy. What problem are we solving in the name of trying to solve a non-problem?” Radford said. “We’re becoming big brother around alcohol in your private property. I’m concerned that landlords will be at risk of being charged with a misdemeanor if they knowingly, which I made sure that was in there, because that is what we’ve been talking about, allowed people to drink in our business. We will be outside the norm of Idaho cities. This is a big step, and I don’t think the public has weighed in on this.”
At a City Council Work Session on June 1, Idaho Falls Chief of Police Bryce Johnson cited an increase in alcohol-related crime – particularly downtown – as a reason for the changes.
“DUI is there, but this would include sexual assaults, assaults, batteries, disturbances, urination, public vandalism, shooting – all sorts of crimes,” Johnson said.
But business owners are concerned about the potential impact on commercial enterprises.
“The ordinance doesn’t address the real problem – which is people drinking … at one event and then showing up in a bar or restaurant already hammered and causing problems anyway,” ” said Terri Ireland, representing the Idaho Falls Downtown Merchants Association. “The industry is really well-regulated by state and local laws already.”
The City of Idaho Falls began the process of updating its alcohol ordinance in January 2026, seeking input from community stakeholders.
Multiple community members spoke out about the ordinance.
For more in-depth information, you can read the full 39-page proposed alcohol ordinance here.
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