Control efforts effective in reducing numbers By ROBERT S. MERRILL Assistant editor Mosquito abatement efforts so far this spring in Franklin County have resulted in significant reductions of the biting pests and there’s been lots of success in Banida and other areas, typically known for high infestations of the bothersome insect. Dennie...
By ROBERT S. MERRILL Assistant editor A Preston bowler will be representing the area and Idaho next month in the Junior Gold National Bowling Championships in Detroit. Misty Inglet competed in Boise recently at the 2013 Idaho State Pepsi Bowling Championships and finished in the top two in the entire state. That placing advanced...
Franklin County High School looking for new home By RODNEY D. BOAM Citizen editor Franklin County High School no longer has a home. The Preston School District has anxiously waited for the Idaho National Guard Armory reconstruction to be completed to move back into the facility. Franklin County High has been housed at the Armory...
By ROBERT S. MERRILL Assistant editor While May wasn’t a wet month, the community received more water than it has since December 2012. But things have been hot and dry so far in June. “We received 1.72 inches of rain in May. Yet it was still below the normal of 2.20 of an inch,”...
By RODNEY D. BOAM Citizen editor Ken Gifford was named principal of Franklin County High School last week. He will also serve as the assistant principal at the Preston Junior High School. The Preston School District did an internal search and he (Gifford) was one of the original teachers when the school was organized....
