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ASHTON - The Idaho Department of Transportation plans to reduce the speed limit on Highway 20 south of Ashton from 45 to 35 miles per hour by the end of the month.
REXBURG − The Wyland Foundation awarded the Madison and Rexburg DARE Program a new 2019 Toyota Highlander Hybrid XLE on Thursday at Madison Middle School. The vehicle is valued at more than $42,000. The program was one of 20,000 nonprofits that were nominated for the grand prize through the …
Rexburg
ASHTON — Two Colorado men face charges after they shot each other with Roman Candles from their cars as they drove on Highway 20 up Ashton Hill around 11 a.m. Tuesday.
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REXBURG — Demolition on Brigham Young University-Idaho’s former Kirkham building continues this week.
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During a 30-minute span on Tuesday night two East Idaho men died in separate wrecks on local highways.
Education
REXBURG — Josh Allen, a professor at Brigham Young University-Idaho, has written created a new book titled called “Out To Get You: 13 Tales of Weirdness and Woe.” His book will be available Sept. 3.
REXBURG − Brigham Young University-Idaho’s annual Education Week starts on Wednesday, July 31, and continues through Saturday, August 3, this week.
REXBURG – The Madison School District celebrates its 15th year of sponsoring Celebrate Youth next month.
Agriculture and Business
ISLAND PARK — The Sawtelle Mountain Resort is undergoing a facelift.
ST. ANTHONY — Thanks to the purchase of two St. Anthony Industrial Park parcels the city will pay off a $250,000 Development Company loan used to develop the park. The organization is also known as the East Idaho Planning and Development Association.
REXBURG — Restoration work on a local Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant proved to be more than a headache for the company in charge of the repair work.
Features
Everyone has their favorite holiday and our featured cooks today would choose July 4. Heather and Jon Weber love July 4, and this year it has another special meaning as they have been chosen to be the Grand Marshalls at the Whoopee Day Parade in Rexburg, Idaho.
It is always special to honor our dads on Father’s Day which is nationally designated as the third Sunday in June. This year, it is June 16. One of the best ways to make dad happy is to cook dinner for him or, if he likes to cook, let him do the cooking and the family members clean-up.
ST. ANTHONY — Two-year-old Gabriella “Gabby” Smith attended an Easter Egg Hunt Saturday at the St. Anthony baseball field on Saturday. She did so like many children her age, but Gabby had the advantage of a motorized wheelchair to help her quickly find all those colorful eggs.
State News
Rexburg
ASHTON - The Idaho Department of Transportation plans to reduce the speed limit on Highway 20 south of Ashton from 45 to 35 miles per hour by the end of the month.
REXBURG − The Wyland Foundation awarded the Madison and Rexburg DARE Program a new 2019 Toyota Highlander Hybrid XLE on Thursday at Madison Middle School. The vehicle is valued at more than $42,000. The program was one of 20,000 nonprofits that were nominated for the grand prize through the …
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BLACKFOOT — The Blackfoot audience was told when they face a problem, there is one person to look to firstly and forever.
Signal Mountain Road in Grand Teton National Park has been reopened after a temporary closure caused by reports of visitors feeding bears and bears bluff-charging visitors and staff.
A California man was arrested Friday after Idaho State Police stopped him with a stolen car and more than a pound of methamphetamine.
National News
REXBURG — It’s Christmas in July for Gem State drivers thanks to fuel prices continuing to plummet throughout the region.
Mormon crickets, which have a place in the heritage of the pioneers that will be celebrated next week in Cache Valley, have made an unexpected appearance between the towns of Dayton and Oxford in Southeast Idaho’s Franklin County.
Rexburg
SALT LAKE CITY — A new program called “Children and Youth” will replace the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Boy Scouts and Young Women’s Personal Progress programs.
World News
REXBURG - International Summerfest dancers celebrated at Porter Park Saturday morning.
Press release via The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
SALT LAKE CITY – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints television station KSL reports that two Church missionaries, or “volunteers” as they’re known in Russia, will be released from jail.
ROME – The new Rome Italy Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is now dedicated.
