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Pocatello Car Club to hold drag races this weekend
POCATELLO — The Pocatello Car Club is set to host its first-ever street drag racing event this weekend near Pocatello Regional Airport. The event, called Outlaw Street Drags, will be held on Saturday and Sunday on Fortress Street northeast of the airport terminal. The event is free to attend for Pocatello Car Club members. Organizers are asking for a $5 donation from non-members. There will be a car show and food trucks at the event in addition to the drag races. ...
Blackfoot Mexican restaurant expands to Chubbuck
CHUBBUCK — A popular Mexican restaurant in Blackfoot has recently opened a second location in Chubbuck. Juan Huizar, owner of Los Gavilanes Mexican Grill, said this second location is on West Chubbuck Road in the former Mama Inez Express location. He chose that location because he liked the area. ”I thought it was a good location,” he said. “It’s growing a lot.” ...
Speed Stars of the Stifel U.S. Ski Team: Jared Goldberg and Jacqueline Wiles Share Their Thrills and Thoughts with Skiing Is Believing Podcast
Featured Image: Jacqueline Wiles (left) and Jared Goldberg (right) in the start of World Cup races. Credit: GEPA. In episode 24 of the Skiing is Believing podcast, Matt and Alan welcomed two of the Stifel US Ski Team’s finest downhill and super-G racers, Jared Goldberg and Jacqueline Wiles. Both...
Local entrepreneur opens business specializing in sweet and sour candies
POCATELLO — A young local man with a passion for food and business has found success in his new candy making endeavor. Ashton Abel is a Pocatello entrepreneur who started Sweet and Sour Dunks Caramel Apple Candies when he was a senior in high school. His candies are double sided candies with caramel on one side and green apple on the other. "I've always wanted to start my own business,"...
Local man sentenced for leading officers on high-speed chase in stolen car with juvenile inside
BLACKFOOT — A 40-year-old local man was recently sentenced to serve up to 14 years in prison for leading officers on a high-speed chase in February while in a stolen car with a juvenile still inside the vehicle. Brent T. Sequints Jr., of Fort Hall, received a unified sentence of 14 years, of which at least four are mandatory, during a sentencing hearing in front of 7th District Judge Darren B. Simpson on Monday. ...
New mocktail bar brings active night life to downtown Rexburg
REXBURG – Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name … or at least the type of environment you enjoy hanging out in. The latter is the focus of a new mocktail bar at 32 College Avenue in Rexburg called Fizz Rizz. The non-alcoholic bar opened July 4 and offers daiquiris, pina coladas, margaritas, flavored sodas and more. It also has pool tables and arcade games. A space to have dances and live performances is in the works.
Downtown Pocatello laundromat receives beautification award amid first anniversary celebration
POCATELLO — A local laundromat has reached its first anniversary in business, and the owners have ideas for how they want to make things even better going forward. Peggy Welsh, one of the owners of The Laundry Barn, located at 923 N. Arthur Ave., said they had a one year anniversary celebration earlier this month with the Chamber of Commerce and other community members. "The Chamber awarded us with the...
Wildfire Forcing Evacuation Of Juliaetta At 2,000 Acres Structures Lost-Second Large Fire South Of Troy
A new wildfire South of Juliaetta is forcing the town to be evacuated. Latah County Sheriff’s Deputies are evacuating the town along the Potlatch River due to the Gwen Fire which has burned over 2,000 acres. Initial reports indicate that structures have been lost. Firefighters are battling the blaze from the ground with support from aircraft making water drops on the flames. Evacuees can go to the Latah County Fairgrounds in Moscow. State Highway 3 is closed South of Juliaetta. The Latah County Commissioners will consider continuing their emergency declaration for wildfires. The board first approved the declaration last week when Texas Fire erupted nearby East of Kendrick torching four homes.
With ribbon cutting of new expo venue, Canyon County Fair officially marks new chapter
CALDWELL — Though the building was completed just in time for last year’s Canyon County Fair, the ribbon was officially cut Thursday on the fair’s new exposition venue, The Center, during the fair’s opening day. “Several people said to me, you are crazy for scheduling this on the opening day of the fair, and now, this morning, I can confirm they were all right,” the fair’s director, Diana Sinner, told a gathered crowd. “But I wanted to do the ribbon cutting on this day because...
Awards ceremony brings out ‘best’ that Boise has to offer
BOISE — The expression on Jeannie Jackson’s face, along with the tone and tenor of her voice, said it all. The owner of the local breakfast establishment Egg Mann and Earl had just taken home two top honors in Wednesday night’s Best of Boise awards ceremony in the Food and Dining category — one for Best Breakfast spot and the other for Best Biscuits in town. The emotion Jackson exuded...
Boise Vows to Rebuild After ‘Devastating’ Wind, 5-Minute Sprinkle
Weather alerts from all over were 'flooding' the Treasure Valley just a day ago as 'extreme' weather was allegedly on the way. National weather alerts and local new outlets continued to remind Boise residents to be safe as this 'extreme' storm was on the way. Many waited, waited, and waited...
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