By ROBERT S. MERRILL Assistant editor FRANKLIN – A planned horse and commercial development in Franklin has received the green light to proceed after the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously to approve a recent rezone application and preliminary plat for the project. The Horse Station at Cache Valley is a proposed horse-sports...
By RODNEY D. BOAM Citizen editor The West Side Fine Arts Competition will be held tonight, (Wednesday) at the Dahle Performing Arts Auditorium. There have been a large number of entries this year, so the beginning time has been moved to 6:30 p.m. The students will be competing in piano, vocal, instrumental, solo dance,...
By RODNEY D. BOAM Citizen editor With the recent wild deer incident with David Priestley and his boys, Idaho Fish and Game Officer Korey Owens wants to warn folks that finding a fawn in the wild and bringing it home is highly discouraged. During the next few months people may find a young fawn...
By ROBERT S. MERRILL Assistant editor A 41-year-old Preston woman has been sentenced to 30 days in jail and ordered to pay $95,000 in restitution after pleading guilty to two charges of grand theft. Franklin County Prosecutor Todd Garbett said Lori Jones pled guilty to the charges in relation to embezzlement of funds from...
By SYDNEY BLAIR WS sports writer The weeks are starting to dwindle down as everyone is anticipating this year’s district meet to come up in a mere three weeks. West Side traveled to Bear Lake last Thursday. It was another cold, windy meet that everyone had to endure through. There were a total of...
By CITIZEN STAFF Details are still incomplete, but a new family physician is coming to Franklin County. Daniel Y. Patten, M.S., is expected to start practicing in Preston in October, Franklin County Medical Center administrator Mike Andrus told the board of trustees last week. He is originally from Louisiana and is married to former...
The Idaho Dept. of Fish and Game just darted a yearling moose in downtown Preston. Interestingly, the moose settle about 50 yards away from the site where a mountain lion was darted about a month ago. ;
By ROBERT S. MERRILL Assistant editor A review of a proposed wood-stove burning ordinance in Preston was made on Friday by city attorney Clyde Nelson prior to the council approving the measure. Nelson met with Dayton attorney Steve Fuller and Franklin County prosecutor Todd Garbett to review the document that will be passed in...
By CITIZEN STAFF From service clubs to senior citizen groups and city councils, the county’s library board is getting the word out for a May 15 permanent override election. “Voting yes will not mean any new property tax, only a continuation of the current levy which is about $39 a year on a home...
