By ROBERT S. MERRILL Assistant editor Twin Lakes Canal Company filed an appeal with the Idaho Water Resources Department on Aug. 9 seeking to reverse a preliminary order denying a water-right application for “winter water” flows in the Bear River. The water would fill a proposed irrigation/ hydroelectric reservoir in the Oneida Narrows of...
By RODNEY D. BOAM Citizen editor Life has not been easy for four-year-old Pyper Monson. She was born with a birth defect, tibial hemimelia. At 10 months, the daughter of Maurie and Daniel Monson had her right leg amputated from the knee down. She also suffers with P.D.D (Pervasive Development Disorder) a form of...
By Robert S. Merrill Assistant editor Good crowds enjoyed a variety of events at this year’s Franklin County Fair from the opening kick-off Arena Cross event to the ending Bull Bonanza. Pleasant weather and a week packed full of a variety of events really made this year’s fair enjoyable, according to Fair Committee Chair...
By ROBERT S. MERRILL Assistant editor It’s back-to-school time for students at Preston and West Side school districts and motorists, students, parents and school employees need to be aware of new schedules and routines for safety sake. School starts in both the Preston School District and the West Side District on Wednesday, Aug. 22....
By ROBERT S. MERRILL Assistant editor A variance and special-use permit procedure has been changed by Preston City officials. In the past the city’s planning and zoning commission had the authority to grant variances and issue special-use permits. Council action on Monday suspended that authority until a new procedure could be drafted by...
By TERESA CHIPMAN PHS sports writer The Indian girls enjoyed a 2-0 lead at the half in their season home opener against 5A Madison Saturday and went on to win 3-0. Senior Lacee Rallison earned the shutout as Preston’s keeper, a new position for her this year. Though the Bobcats were missing a few...
By RODNEY D. BOAM Citizen editor Deseret Book recently released a new David Archuleta CD. This Archuleta album was produced by Emmy award winning composer Kurt Bester, a legend in the music world. Bester, a composer with 30 years of music industry experience, teamed up with a rising star with a great voice. The...
The Harris G. Allen Family Fund donated money to Franklin County Medical Center Emergency Department to help provide medication to prevent damage associated with strokes. This medication, TPA, if given within three hours of the onset of symptoms, may improve nerve damage recovery and reduce disability severity following some strokes, according to a hospital...
By ROBERT S. MERRILL Assistant editor Two Preston High School FFA ag instructors have received prestigious awards at the National Association of Agricultural Educators in Lexington, Ky. Larin Crossley, ag educator at Preston High, has been selected as the 2012 Idaho winner of the Outstanding Agricultural Education Teacher award given by the NAAE. Josh...
Every now and then a city in Franklin County makes history. Oxford, most recently, was touted as the fastest growing city in Idaho. Two people moved into the town in 2010 and the population made a blip on the census radar. “The population of Idaho’s 200 cities stabilized in 2011 as depressed housing prices...
