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...
Anna Gray would like to invite the public to attend a musical fireside Sunday, June 10, at the Preston North Stake Center at 7 p.m., entitled, “Come, Know the Lord,” presented by the Sagebrush Strings and Choral. This story is sponsored by Brady’s Plant Ranch and The Preston Citizen Bookstore. For the full story...
By RODNEY D. BOAM Citizen editor Susan Hawkes, site coordinator for the Franklin Historical District, announced a program for the Franklin Historical Fireside on Sunday, June 10, at 7 p.m. at the Franklin Stake Center, 106 E. Main, Franklin. This year’s speaker will be Kenneth Godfrey, a well-known Cache Valley historian. This story is...
Thousands of miles from Preston two local men are serving their country and switching places. Lt. Jed Stewart (left) stands by Patrick Barrington in front of a Blackhawk helicopter. Lt. Barrington is presently in Afghanistan. He is a Blackhawk pilot with the Utah National Guard’s 2-211 based in West Jordan. He and his unit...
By ROBERT S. MERRILL Assistant editor Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney, Todd Garbett, just completed a one-year term as president of the Sixth District Bar Association. Garbett was first elected secretary of the association in 2009. He served one year in that position, followed by a one-year term as vice-president. He was president from April...
By RODNEY D. BOAM Citizen editor The Wyatt Foundation, a non-profit, therapy ranch for special needs children and young adults located in Thatcher, is currently running a fundraising campaign to make improvements on their existing facility. The foundation would like to put up an awning over the outdoor arena to keep the kids out...
Effective June 1, 2012, Franklin County Medical Center became a Smoke-Free and Tobacco-Free campus. This policy includes all tobacco products including cigarettes, cigars, pipes, herbal tobacco products, chewing tobacco, etc. Franklin County Medical Center is committed to providing a healing environment and a safe and healthy work place. This story is sponsored by Deer...
By RODNEY D. BOAM Citizen editor Using rhymes and verse to teach children to feel good about who they are, was the object of a new children’s book, ‘Elise the Elephant,’ written by local author Jennifer Campbell. The book was illustrated by her mother, Nancy Cox, a West Side High School art teacher. “They...
Weston Post Office to remain open By RODNEY D. BOAM Citizen editor It appears the Weston Post Office and thousands of rural post offices like it may not be closed after all. The U.S. Post Office is abandoning their plan to close the rural post offices for an option that would keep them open...
