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Remembering the Teton Dam's contentious backstory 50 years after its collapse

Summary by East Idaho News
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 broadcasting live on KRXK as the 3,100-foot-long flood mitigation dam, about 15 miles northeast of Rexburg, collapsed. “The whole north […]

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Remembering the Teton Dam's contentious backstory 50 years after its collapse

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 broadcasting live on KRXK as the 3,100-foot-long flood mitigation dam, about 15 miles northeast of Rexburg, collapsed. “The whole north […]

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East Idaho News broke the news in Idaho, United States on Thursday, January 15, 2026.
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