REXBURG, Idaho (KIFI) — Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson visited the site of the Teton Dam Wednesday afternoon, August 6th, 2025. Simpson is looking into ways to improve Idaho's water storage. The Teton ...

REXBURG, Idaho (KIFI)—The first Saturday of June is a day of remembrance in Rexburg for the Teton Dam Flood, which rocked the entire valley and claimed 11 lives on June 5, 1976. People gathered at the ...

This image provided by the U.S Bureau of Reclamation shows the Teton Dam bursting on June 5, 1976, about 20 miles northeast of Rexburg, Idaho. When this brand-new dam gave way in 1976, 80 billion ...

Would you keep all your savings in one account? Most of us spread it out, knowing a balanced portfolio is safer. Idaho’s water should be managed the same way. Our ...

As the world soon learned, the 305-foot-high Teton Dam had broken in half. Its collapse sent a wall of water through the Teton River canyon, north of the town of Newdale in Fremont County. Downstream, ...

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (eastidahonews.com) — With the eldest turning 100 years old, the Weatherston siblings sat down with EastIdahoNews.com to discuss their lives, families and the Teton Dam breaking.

BOISE, Idaho - When the leaking face of the brand-new Teton Dam gave way on June 5, 1976, and 80 billion gallons of water surged down a valley of eastern Idaho farming towns, it left behind the ...

I credit Idaho potatoes for saving my life on at least one occasion. The backstory As a Ricks College student back in the early 1980s, a couple of fellow Rigby Hall residents and I borrowed a roommate ...

Ed Marston’s visit to the Teton Dam disaster, described in his “Truth telling” essay (HCN, 9/25/00: Truth-telling needs a home in the West), reminded me of my involvement with that dam. In 1971, Gov.