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An Indiana woman strongly believes she saw missing Rexburg teen Tylee Ryan at a concert in Nashville, Tennessee, in late December.
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FIRTH — When Becky Hone interviewed to be the school counselor at Firth High School last year, she was told that mental health was a top priority for the district.
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ASHTON - The American Dog Derby kicked off Friday morning and will continue through Saturday.
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REXBURG – J.J. Vallow’s former school, Lauren’s Institute For Education is reporting that J.J.s mother, Lori Vallow, has persisted in signing into the school’s monitoring system despite the fact that she unenrolled J.J. from school in September, states PEOPLE Magazine.
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MADISON COUNTY − Madison County Sheriff Rick Henry will be running for re-election this fall. On Thursday, Feb. 13, Henry made his formal announcement for candidacy and talked about his hopes for the next four years.
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Citizens for Decency seeks to inform the community about the negative effects of pornography, as well to empower others to take a stand against pornography. In our efforts to do so, we have put together a multi-community conference & concert, sponsored by Bingham Healthcare, entitled “Un…
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REXBURG − Brigham Young University-Idaho’s 2019 fall commencement, the university’s 131st fall semester, was held Wednesday. Henry J. Eyring, the university’s president, said 2,753 students were graduating.
More college students are turning to their schools for help with anxiety, depression and other mental health problems, and many must wait weeks for treatment or find help elsewhere as campus clinics struggle to meet demand, an Associated Press review of more than three dozen public universit…
REXBURG — Beginning November 21 and running through December 6, more than 70 BYU-Idaho students—including designers, four rotating actors, and a variety of technicians—will combine their efforts and expertise to produce Talley’s Folly. The romantic theatrical work is known for its captivatin…
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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.
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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.
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ASHTON - The American Dog Derby continued on Saturday.
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FIRTH — When Becky Hone interviewed to be the school counselor at Firth High School last year, she was told that mental health was a top priority for the district.
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah authorities are investigating an attack on a black missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as a possible hate crime.
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Between public exposure, pressure from friends and family, and stress already inflicted by the underlying abuse, some sexual abuse victims stop cooperating with prosecutors.
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BOISE – Attorney General Lawrence Wasden has announced investigators with his Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit arrested two men on Wednesday, February 5, on child pornography charges.
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BOISE — Frank Muir, president of the Idaho Potato Commission, said the new North American trade agreement signed by President Trump Wednesday “levels the playing field for Idaho potato farmers.”
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Better late than never, YouTube is making clear there will be no “birtherism” on its platform during this year’s U.S. presidential election. Nevermind that the conspiracy theory around former President Barack Obama’s citizenship emerged in 2008 and has not been a widespread issue since he la…
Q: I understand that there have just been some major changes to the income taxability of IRA distributions. Could you highlight some of the major changes that we should be aware of?
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The U.S. State Department is advising against all travel to China as the number of cases of a worrying new virus spiked more than tenfold in a week, including the highest death toll in a 24-hour period reported Friday.
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The A&E network series “Live P.D.” featured the grandparents of two missing Rexburg youth.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump insisted “All is well!” on Tuesday after Iran fired surface-to-surface missiles at two Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops. He promised to make a statement to the nation Wednesday morning about the increasingly precarious situation with Iran.
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REXBURG – The grandparents of missing Joshua Vallow and Tylee Ryan have posted a $20,000 reward for information on the whereabouts of the two children.
Bozeman police are investigating the burning of an American flag hanging at a home on Seventh Avenue near Cooper Park.
