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Rexburg
On Monday Rexburg residents gathered at Kennedy Elementary for a candlelight vigil to celebrate the eighth birthday of J.J. Vallow. The vigil also served as reminder that J.J. and his sister Tylee have been missing since September, 2019.Janeese Summers, a concerned community member, organiz…
North Fremont High School plans to hold its graduation ceremony on Thursday at 6 p.m., at the high school. Seniors need to be at the high school at 5:30 p.m.
Rexburg
ASHTON − The Idaho Irrigation Equipment Association (IIEA) is pleased to announce that Cole Searle, son of Jon and Tracy Searle, Ashton, received a $500 scholarship to pursue his degree in Agribusiness at Brigham Young University-Idaho. Searle’s scholarship was donated by Komet Irrigation. R…
Rexburg
Beehive Federal Credit Union is pleased to announce they have awarded a total of $9,000 in Service Awards (scholarships) to the following recipients for the 2019/2020 school year:
Rexburg
Good morning! I’d first and foremost like to formally thank each and every one of you who have reached out to our department over the last 7 months and have offered your assistance and help covering the case of the missing children from Rexburg Idaho, J.J. Vallow and Tylee Ryan.
Education
On Monday Rexburg residents gathered at Kennedy Elementary for a candlelight vigil to celebrate the eighth birthday of J.J. Vallow. The vigil also served as reminder that J.J. and his sister Tylee have been missing since September, 2019.Janeese Summers, a concerned community member, organiz…
Beehive Federal Credit Union is pleased to announce they have awarded a total of $9,000 in Service Awards (scholarships) to the following recipients for the 2019/2020 school year:
The Upper Valley Music Teachers Association’s Scholarship Competition looked a bit different this year. Due to restrictions from COVID-19, only High School Seniors competed and the competition was held completely through recorded entries.
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
REXBURG – The Madison Veterans Service officer hopes to share a message of peace via his restored 1969 Vietnam War ambulance.
Madison Memorial Hospital respiratory therapist, Aaron Craythorn, is in New York treating COVID-19 patients at the Lincoln Bronx Hospital in New York. He has done so for the past six weeks and plans to be there for another month.
What better way to celebrate Unicorn Day than with a unicorn, right?
State News
BURLEY — Several dozen employees at a meatpacking facility in the Magic Valley have tested positive for COVID-19.
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A new N95 mask decontamination system in Idaho Falls can handle up to 80,000 face masks a day, and while it is cleaning masks for medical and emergency services providers throughout the state, so far it is running well under its capacity.
In a rare turn of events, Idaho gas prices are currently below the national average, even as both prices went up in the last week.
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POCATELLO — Until recently, Dr. Ronald Solbrig assumed Southeast Idaho’s single-digit list of confirmed COVID-19 cases was artificially low due to the lack of adequate testing.
BOISE – Governor Brad Little announced today that the State of Idaho has appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ordering the state to provide Idaho inmate Adree Edmo with sex-reassignment surgery.
If you’ve been feeling like you’ve been on an emotional roller coaster for the past couple of months, you’re not alone. According to mental health experts, one of the most important aspects to maintaining an even keel right now is to realize — there is no even keel.
National News
When leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints lift the temporary suspension of weekly worship services, Church members around the world will again enjoy the centrality of the meetinghouse to their Sabbath experience.
After careful consideration and at the direction of Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt, the Bureau of Land Management will temporarily suspend the collection of all entrance fees until further notice.
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BOISE — Oregon’s Cascade mountain range represents more than just a topographic barrier in the politically divided state.
What better way to celebrate Unicorn Day than with a unicorn, right?
World News
When leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints lift the temporary suspension of weekly worship services, Church members around the world will again enjoy the centrality of the meetinghouse to their Sabbath experience.
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BOISE — Nearly 14,000 Idahoans have tested negative for COVID-19, but it is unclear how many of those were faulty results.
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A video meeting hosted by Utah’s Alpine School District was hacked, revealing pornographic images to dozens of elementary school students last week.
Rexburg
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has a new symbol to identify the faith. Church Prophet and President Russell M. Nelson announced it and explained its significance during the Saturday evening session of the April 2020 general conference.
