Johnson Reservoir event to promote angling By ROBERT S. MERRILL Assistant editor You don’t need a fishing license or even a fishing pole at this special event near Preston on Monday, June 18. Fish and Game officers from Franklin County and throughout the southeast region will be bringing the Take Me Fishing Trailer to...
By CITIZEN STAFF Thirteen year-old David Tillitson should be receiving his Eagle Scout award in a court of honor any day now. But beyond that recognition comes the satisfaction he and his troop, parents and family are already receiving, knowing residents of Weston and beyond are enjoying a new disc golf course that was...
By Emilie H. Wheeler The Herald Journal A Preston woman died after being involved in a head-on collision in Smithfield on Wednesday afternoon. Police Chief Johnny McCoy said Audry Long, 77, was driving north on U.S. Highway 91 in a sedan when she crossed two lanes into a southbound lane and collided with a...
By RODNEY D. BOAM Citizen editor Let your patriotic spirit come alive and prepare a speech for the Franklin County Theater Arts Committee’s first ever “What is Right With America” patriotic speech contest. The contest will be held at the Worm Creek Opera House on July 7, at noon. “The reason we are letting...
By RODNEY D. BOAM Citizen editor Diversification is the name of the game if you want to stay in business, especially when markets change. No one understands diversification better than LuJean Jensen of Adventure Video. With on-line movies and cable television, Jensen said she still has a viable video rental business. But she is...
Callie Jo Checketts (middle), 19, from Paradise, was named Queen of that Famous Preston Night Rodeo. First attendant is Abbi Shaffer (r), 17, from Preston, and Elizabeth Lockyer, 21, was named second attendant. This story is sponsored by LaMont Automotive. For the full story subscribe to The Preston Citizen: in print or online.
By ROBERT S. MERRILL Assistant editor At least six, and maybe more, flowering pear trees that line Preston’s downtown district have been infected with Fire Blight, a bacterial infection that sometimes proves fatal. Fire Blight is caused by the bacterium “Erwinia amylovora.” This bacterium can cause disease in pears, apples, quince and also several...
By ROBERT S. MERRILL Assistant editor Officials with Valley Wide Co-op have announced plans to rebuild a grain mill at the same location where a fire destroyed a decades-old facility in March. Steve Hinckley, on his last day as area manager for the Preston operation, said the new mill will be built at 264...
By ROBERT S. MERRILL Assistant editor Property owners in Franklin County and across Idaho have until Wednesday, June 20, to pay their second-half 2011 property tax payments this year. The property tax bill has two deadlines for payments in Idaho. The first half is due on Dec. 20 every year. The second half is...
By ROBERT S. MERRILL Assistant editor A grant has been awarded to the Montpelier Ranger District of the Caribou National Forest Service for upgrades at Franklin County camping facilities. Heavy road work has started at the Bear River RC&D campground in Emigration Canyon, according to Maury Young with the Montpelier District. He said his...
