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Local drive-in wrapping up season with free movie night
IDAHO FALLS – Idaho’s oldest drive-in theater is holding a free movie night this weekend to celebrate the end of the season. Motor Vu Drive-in at 2095 North Yellowstone Highway in Idaho Falls will be showing “Jumanji” on Saturday, Aug. 24. The 1995 film stars Robin Williams and Bonnie Hunt and will start around 8:45 p.m.
Bingham County coroner seeks to establish a professional department, commissioners seek to balance the budget
Over the last two weeks, Bingham County Coroner Jimmy Roberts has been meeting with county commissioners to articulate the need for a professional-level department and full-time job status. Roberts has demonstrated this need by presenting actual past death investigations. As a result, the need for more funding appears to no longer be in dispute and the deliberations have turned to how much of a more than 70 percent budget increase that Roberts has requested can actually be fairly allocated. ...
Blackfoot Mayor Marc Carroll honors three city employees with mayoral coins
During the city of Blackfoot’s annual employee picnic last week, Mayor Marc Carroll presented three employees — Planning and Zoning Administrator Julie Conan, Blackfoot police officer Steve Scott and James Winkler of the water department — with mayoral coins. These coins are given to recognize exemplary achievements of employees or of a community member who has provided significant service to the community. The following are the mayor’s words as he...
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