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Center Stage at BYU-I announces Fall 2024 Season Lineup

Courtesy of  byui.edu BYU-Idaho Center Stage is pleased to announce its Fall 2024 season performance lineup. The upcoming season features a seasoned comedian and impressionist, a star-studded musical, and A BYU-Idaho Christmas featuring one of Broadway’s best. Performing on Saturday, October 12,…

Woman sustains thermal burns in Yellowstone National Park

• Visitors are asked to stay on trails and boardwalks in thermal areas On Monday afternoon, Sept. 16, 2024, a 60-year-old woman visiting Yellowstone National Park from Windsor, New Hampshire, reportedly suffered second and third-degree burns to her lower leg…

Deadline for RMP designation is Monday Sept. 23

  • Current plan could possibly make 1.8 million acres in SW Wyoming ‘single use.’ U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis is encouraging residents throughout southwest Wyoming to make their feelings known about the current Resource Management Plan (RMP) recommendation which could…

Since pandemic, Montana, Idaho have surpassed California as most unaffordable states for homebuyers

This story courtesy of EastIdahoNews.com. It is used here with permission –  BOISE (Idaho Capital Sun) – At 43, Sharon Reese is a housing market refugee — forced to return to her Ohio hometown after 18 years in Las Vegas,…

TerraPower Secures Major Support Services at the NatriumTM Site

  The following is a news release from TerraPower –    • TerraPower has finalized an agreement for support services for the Natrium Reactor1 Demonstration Project in Wyoming Bellevue, WA – September 17, 2024 – TerraPower, a nuclear innovation company,…

Rain, snow slow Fish Creek Fire growth

  JACKSON (WNE) — Rain, snow and high humidity levels have slowed the Fish Creek Fire burning southwest of Togwotee Pass. The lightning-caused fire was last reported at 24,904 acres. Four-hundred and thirty-seven total personnel were working on the fire,…

Man accused of killing wife in Franklin County to be sentenced next month

  This story courtesy of EastIdahoNews.com. It is used here with permission –    PRESTON — A man accused of killing a woman in Franklin County is expected to be sentenced next month rather than going to trial. Douglas James…

Flipped semi blocks roundabout; driver fined

  JACKSON (WNE) — Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers were still directing traffic around the Hoback Junction roundabout at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, five hours after a semi truck hauling heavy steel beams flipped. No one was injured, but the 55-year-old…

Yellowstone visitation statistics for August 2024

MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – Yellowstone National Park hosted 871,163 recreation visits in August 2024, up 3% from August 2023 (846,389 recreation visits). This August’s visitation showed an 5% decrease from August 2021 (921,844 recreation visits). So far in 2024,…

Fires burn at Togwotee and Palisades

The Fish Creek Fire by Togwotee Pass has reached 24,904 acres as of Tuesday, September. 10. The fire is considered 69-percent contained. The Northern Rockies Team 2, under the direction of Scott Schuster, has 504 personnel on the site with…