By RODNEY D. BOAM Citizen editor The Franklin County Emergency Operation Center was activated on Wednesday, Sept 12, from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. for functional exercise simulating a terrorist attack on Pacific Corp’s existing Oneida Narrows Dam. The mock disaster also included a dam breach near Soda Springs. The exercise was generated by...
By ELLEN GREGORY For The Citizen It was a fast day for running at Ross Park in Pocatello at the Century Invitational on Friday. Hosted by district rival Century High, multiple Preston runners turned in their fastest times yet this season. Both girls’ and boys’ teams locked up second place. 5A Idaho Falls took...
By CITIZEN STAFF With the official arrival of fall on Saturday, Sept. 22, that means it’s time to sign up for the yearly Boys’ Reading Club at the Larsen-Sant Library. The club is geared to boys ages 8-12 and meets the first Wednesday of each month through May. The first session will be Oct....
By ROBERT S. MERRILL Assistant Editor The Franklin County Commission has declined a request from Twin Lakes Canal Company to retract letters sent to the Idaho Water Resource Board (IWRB) regarding an access road to a proposed Oneida Narrows Reservoir. All three county commissioners stated they will not retract the letters for the following...
By ROBERT S. MERRILL Assistant editor A Franklin County man has been cited on two counts of taking doe mule deer out of season and two counts of wanton destruction of big game (waste) related to a poaching case in Preston last month. On Monday, Aug. 20, Fish and Game Conservation Officer Korey Owens...
By ROBERT S. MERRILL Assistant editor A successful open house to welcome Dr. Chelsie Morrison to the Franklin County community concluded Thursday afternoon in front of a recently remodeled family practice office shared by Morrison and Dr. Lynn Eskelson. Dr. Morrison, a Franklin-area native and graduate of Preston High School, opened her practice on...
By NECIA P. SEAMONS Citizen staff writer The restoration of the Oneida Stake Academy has received a significant boost from the Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation, Inc. The Oneida Stake Academy Foundation (OSAF) recently was awarded a $25,000 grant from the Cunningham Foundation to restore the main beam under the academy’s elegant ballroom....
The Southeast Idaho Public Health Department will be sponsoring a flu vaccination clinic at its Preston office on Thursday, Sept 20, from 9-11:30 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. They will also be doing flu shots on Wednesday, Sept. 26, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. and again from 1 to 3:30 p.m. For more information contact...
By CONNOR WALDRON WS sports writer DAYTON – The home cross-country meet for West Side is called the Pirate Challenge and it took place on Thursday. The race consists of a very diverse course, varying from steep slopes to barb-wire fences and homemade bridges. It is notorious among other schools as being a challenging...
By ROBERT S. MERRILL Assistant editor Preston got steam-rolled Friday night by the Shelley Russets 46-14 in an away game. Shelley, one of the top-ranked 3A schools in the state, made a statement to the visiting Indians early in the first quarter, scoring three unanswered touchdowns in quick succession and led at the end...
