This is the third in a series of stories highlighting the 50th anniversary of the Teton Dam Disaster. Click here to read the first installment. Read the second installment here. IDAHO FALLS – Gerald ...

REXBURG — Don Ellis overlooked the Teton River as he watched a wall of water break through the newly-completed Teton Dam. It was 11:55 a.m. on June 5, 1976, and the local radio personality was ...

The smell of flood mud, memories of Army helicopter rescues, and the “death” of a rubber snake. All make up stories about the Teton Dam Disaster thanks to a recently created “Teton Dam Stories” on ...

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 ...

REXBURG, Idaho (KIFI)– June 5th, 2025, marks the 49th anniversary of the Teton Dam flood. The collapse of the dam greatly impacted Madison and other nearby counties. Locals who were around during the ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second in a series of stories highlighting the 50th anniversary of the Teton Dam Disaster. Read our first installment here. IDAHO FALLS – Richard Robison was 13 when he saw ...

REXBURG, Idaho (KIFI) — Hundreds of people gathered at Smith Park in Rexburg for the annual Teton Dam Marathon on Saturday morning. The marathon and races commemorate the Teton Dam Disaster, which ...

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, ...