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Grand opening for new Ross Park Aquatics Complex water slides set for July 12
The Pocatello Parks & Recreation Department is pleased to announce the grand opening of the NEW water slides at Ross Park Aquatics Complex (RPAC) Friday, July 12 at 2:30 p.m. The ceremony will include the Milder Family, who made a monetary donation for the water slides to be built in honor of Doug Milder, long-time Parks & Recreation Advisory Committee Chairman. The water slides, designed by Splashtacular, feature two slides. Both slides tower approximately 35 feet high. The green slide is an open-air design with...
Opening doors for all: Meet incoming CEI President Lori Barber
IDAHO FALLS — The recently-selected second president of College of Eastern Idaho Lori Barber knows firsthand what it means to be a nontraditional college student. “I went to college right after high school — went for four years, but never finished because I changed my major and then got married,” she said. “(We) started a family, and education just kind of got lost in time’s wake.”
SSHS Football Brings Back Familiar Faces
They say before you look to the future you must first learn from the past. The Soda Springs 2024 football team will be able to accomplish both simultaneously as they have brought back a pair of familiar faces to be co-head coaches. Rod Worthington and Scott Gambles each started coaching football in 1990. Scott started right off with the Cardinals while Rod was coaching for a different school. In 1995 Rod had the opportunity to join the Cardinal staff and the two men just meshed well as they served as assistant coaches for a few years before Rod took over as head coach. “I became the head coach but really at the same time we were working it together. So when they approached us about doing this we said if we come back into that role again we come back together.” In other words they are a package deal.
Not ready to give up on public schools
In my column last week describing my trip home from Coeur d’ Alene, I mentioned that a few items of consideration were approved by the general delegate assembly despite my dissenting vote. I would like to editorialize about one of them. As you may have read, one of the...
Over 23,000 square feet of inflatable fun is bouncing back to eastern Idaho
IDAHO FALLS — It’s like the bounce house of everyone’s childhood dreams. Over 23,000 square feet of inflatable fun is coming to eastern Idaho next week. “Monster Bounce” is returning to Idaho Falls for the second year at the Grand Teton Mall. It will be there from July 11 to Aug. 10.
Inside The Highlander: Boise's only year-round rooftop bar
BOISE, Idaho (CBS2) — Located inside Hotel Renegade, The Highlander says they're the only rooftop bar in Boise to offer year-round service. "There are several rooftop bars that deliver great cocktails and great food, but eight floors up with the amount of views and capacity that we're able to hold kind of separates us from everybody else," said beverage operations manager for Hotel Renegade, Forrest Ostrander. "The Highlander is a craft cocktail bar and lounge with a 180-degree wraparound rooftop terrace patio that oversees the Owyhee Mountain Range, the Boise Foothills and the downtown's landscape of Boise itself."
Prime Video Doubles Down On Idaho College Murders With Scripted Series And Documentary About Infamous 2022 Crime
True crime fans are about to get a double-whammy of new content when it comes to their favorite genre. Amazon Prime Video just announced a new docuseries about the 2022 University of Idaho murders and investigation ahead of Bryan Kohberger’s impending 2025 trial. Per Variety, the series is being produced by Skydance Television and Story Syndicate, and will be based upon James Patterson and Vicky Ward’s also recently announced upcoming non-fiction book on the subject. The doc will cover “the November 2022 murders of four University of Idaho students and the subsequent investigation, arrest, and trial of suspect Bryan Kohberger,” Variety reports....
New UPS Store in Pocatello to hold grand opening on July 11
POCATELLO — The new UPS location inside the Shaver Pharmacy building on South Fourth Avenue will hold its grand opening and ribbon cutting on Thursday, July 11. Meagan Miller, operator of the store, said the store has been open for about two months now. It is located on the first floor of the building along with the Hallmark. “The compounding pharmacy is still in full swing,” Miller said. “The first...
Rotary Club Schedule of Independence Day Events
“Made in the USA” Traditional county-wide Independence Day Celebration. 2-4 p.m. City Park FOAM PARTY! The Soda Springs Fire Department will spray foam that is fun (and safe) for everyone. You may want to bring a swim suit, towels, lawn chairs, etc. Clean water will be available to. wash...
Cities, agencies warn of fireworks hazards entering Fourth of July
Local public safety agencies have been gearing up for the Fourth of July, with a number of them sending out safety tips and advisories over the past week regarding fireworks entering Thursday’s holiday. All are preparing for the Fourth, an annual rite of passage celebrating America’s Declaration of Independence in 1776 and typically featuring outdoor celebrations, barbecues and plenty of fireworks being set off to commemorate the occasion. The city...
Vallivue alum honors friend, highlights mental health through basketball camp
CALDWELL, Idaho — A hot summer morning in the Treasure Valley – the perfect time to get inside and get to work on the hardwood. A new camp at Vallivue High School looks to teach all the fundamentals of basketball – dribbling, passing, shooting form – but what makes it unique is the other skill it brings into focus.
Police: Local woman charged with burglary for entering shed and stealing bike
POCATELLO — A 25-year-old local woman was recently charged with a felony after police say she entered the shed of a local man and stole a bike from inside. Jasmin Isabel Douglas, of Pocatello, has been charged with felony burglary following a Pocatello police investigation that unfolded around 7:20 a.m. on Friday, according to police and court records the Idaho State Journal recently obtained. Pocatello police were dispatched to Portneuf...
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