Stories from Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Boise, ID – Escaped debris burning is the number one cause of wildfires in Idaho. Preventing unwanted human caused fires is important to everyone because firefighting resources are limited. Nearly 80% of the fires already suppressed by Idaho Department of Lands (IDL) so far this season were human caused and preventable...

The Elmore County Commissioners held their first regularly scheduled May meeting on Friday the 5th. Each of the commissioners was present, and they began the meeting with a brief executive session for indigent matters. Following this, they heard from Livingston Timsuren of Duke Energy to discuss scholarships to be provided to local graduates...

Do we remember how to be neighborly? There was once a time when people would wave to strangers and smile. If someone were walking by, they would wave to the person they would see. People used to wave to each other while passing in their cars. We have forgotten the power and importance of being kind and neighborly. ...

Thursday night I attended the retirement party for Rimrock’s Ag. Teacher & FFA advisor, Mr. Alan Schoen. We celebrated his 34 years at Rimrock High School from 1989-2023. He came a “little while” after I graduated. I never had the honor of having him for a teacher, but it got me to thinking; about how we grew up, especially in Bruneau and Grand View and ESPECIALLY as a teenager in the 80’s. ...