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By: Rett Nelson
IDAHO FALLS – Farmers are dealing with the most challenging water year in nearly 50 years, and it’s forcing irrigators — whose allocations are already stretched thin — to make additional cutbacks. In a news release Thursday afternoon, the Idaho Surface Water Coalition said that water users served by the Twin Falls Canal company have […]
On June 6, 1933, Richard Hollingshead opened the first drive-in movie theater in New Jersey. Fourteen years later, on May 14, 1947, Hugo Jorgensen and Ed Moran opened Motor Vu Drive-in at 2095 North Yellowstone Highway in Idaho Falls, the first venue of its kind in Idaho. Weeks after Motor Vu began its 79th year, […]
IDAHO FALLS — Temperatures in the 80s and dry conditions are in store for east Idaho this week. That’s the outlook from the National Weather Service in Pocatello. Meteorologist Dan Valle tells EastIdahoNews daytime temperatures will be in the 80s most of the week. “There is a couple days where it’s warmer — we’ll probably […]
IDAHO FALLS – The body of 20-year-old Tayson Paul Thomas was discovered floating in a canal near 1st Street and Southwest Bonneville on Monday afternoon. Emergency responders found his body near 9th Street around 1:30 p.m., according to a news release from Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office. They initially found his cell phone in a different […]
By: Rett Nelson
IDAHO FALLS – Ezra Taft Benson wasn’t the first eastern Idahoan to lead the U.S. Department of Agriculture — but he became one of the most influential and controversial secretaries in the agency’s history. It was January 21, 1953 and the 53-year-old man from Whitney — a small community near Preston — had been tapped […]
By: Rett Nelson
EDITOR’S NOTE: “From the Field” is a weekly newsletter bringing you the latest agriculture news in eastern Idaho. IDAHO FALLS – As the federal farm bill advances to the U.S. Senate, farmers in eastern Idaho are dealing with one of the worst water shortages in decades and rising commodity prices. The Farm, Food and National […]
By: Rett Nelson
IDAHO FALLS — The world-renowned Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square will headline upcoming concert watch parties in Rexburg and Idaho Falls, and the community is invited to attend for free. The Rexburg watch party is happening on Friday, June 26, at the BYU-Idaho Stadium. The Idaho Falls event will be held at the Mountain America […]
By: Rett Nelson
IDAHO FALLS – As the United States commemorates its 250th anniversary, Anheuser-Busch is kicking off a nationwide summer tour next month to celebrate the occasion in a unique way. The St. Louis-based company, which has a plant on the south side of Idaho Falls, recently launched the ComBar. It’s a 10-ton, 400-square-foot mobile bar built […]
By: Rett Nelson
As the federal farm bill advances to the U.S. Senate, farmers in eastern Idaho are dealing with one of the worst water shortages in decades and rising commodity prices.
Jeral Williams is one of the proud farmers in eastern Idaho, but he’s one of the few who raise camels. The 74-year-old Idaho Falls man owns Williams and Sons Farm, an 80-acre spread off Yellowstone Highway. In addition to growing wheat and alfalfa, he owns cattle, bison, and camels, which he takes to community events […]
