By RODNEY D. BOAM Citizen editor With the myriad of issues of today’s teenagers are dealing deal with, the Kiwanis and Key clubs and Dr. Jacob Curtis are combining their efforts to give area students hope and help. The Kiwanis have scheduled a teen awareness concert on Saturday, Jan. 28, at 7 p.m. at...
Photos and story by ROBERT S. MERRILL Good ice, good weather, and good fishing is drawing area residents to Franklin County reservoirs this winter to try their luck at ice fishing. Both Doug Allen, Smithfield, and his fishing buddy Matt Allen, Hyde Park, said they frequent the ice-covered reservoirs in southern Idaho during winter...
By ROBERT S. MERRILL Assistant editor DAYTON – Dr. Stephen and Aubrey Oliverson, a father/ daughter duo, will perform on Friday, Jan. 27, at the Dahle Performing Arts Center in Dayton. (See the full story in The Preston Citizen.)
By ROBERT S. MERRILL Assistant editor The weather pattern across Franklin County and most of the Intermountain West has changed. But large amounts of snow that were forecast on Wednesday did not materialize. King Smith, who keeps official records for the National Weather Service, said warmer-than-expected temperatures persisted throughout the night and kept...
By RODNEY D. BOAM Citizen editor Chris and Anna Kunz, both recent graduates of BYU-Idaho, are the new owners of Riverdale Resort. Chris is from Montpelier and has a degree in Biology. Anna was reared in Houston and graduated in Advertising. The two took ownership on Jan. 1, 2012, after purchasing the resort from...
By RODNEY D. BOAM Citizen editor The commemoration of the Bear River Massacre will be held on Sunday, Jan. 29, at 11 a.m., at the memorial site off Highway 91, approximately four miles northwest of Preston, just past the Bear River bridge. The memorial usually is an opportunity for the tribal members to...
By ROBERT S. MERRILL Assistant editor There is a big change in the weather pattern and the National Weather Service is predicting several inches of snow accumulation in Franklin County by Friday. The agency issued a winter storm warning from Wednesday at noon through Thursday afternoon. The NWS said up to four-feet of...
ROBERT S. MERRILL Assistant editor This week’s expected wintery weather has prompted Preston Police Chief Val Sparrow to remind residents a winter parking ordinance is now in effect with the city limits. “I AGAIN want to remind residents that parking any type of vehicle on city streets during winter months is prohibited because...
By RODNEY D. BOAM Citizen editor If you would have asked Deputy Karen Hatch, when she was in elementary school, what she wanted to be when she grew up she would have said a policeman. Now, years later, the married mother of two is living her dream. Deputy Hatch is the first woman patrol...
