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Last Chance property owner wants to build new library

Last Chance property owner wants to build new library

Public input is needed ASAP

ISLAND PARK — A Last Chance business owner wants to work out a lease-with-purchase option with the Fremont County Library District. David Schiess of Provo, Utah, owner of the last Chance General Store, is proposing to build a new library on two vacant lots he owns south of the store. He would...

Happenings

Tuesday, February 7
    Island Park Library Friends Board Meeting
, 9:30 am, Island Park Library.

Friday, February 10
   Fugowee Snowmobile Club meeting
, 7 pm, Lakeside...

Fremont GOP Caucus to combine politics with fun, food, & entertainment

FREMONT COUNTY — Fremont County's first-ever GOP presidential caucus will be a fun-filled political evening, says Steve Pinther, the county’s GOP Chairman. The caucus will begin at 5:30 pm Tuesday,...

Snocross draws local youth and national pros

ISLAND PARK — Local youth once again dominated the field at the Hungry Bear Snocross series. The first race in the series, in its fourth year, was on Saturday, January...

Idaho Presidential Straw Poll RESULTS

Taking the Pulse of IDAHO
ISLAND PARK — The second Idaho presidential straw poll, Thursday - Saturday, Feb., 2, 3, and 4, chose Mitt Romney as the best man to run...


Stuck with no shovel

Mountain Views

When I was visiting my grandson in Clearwater, Florida one winter, I discovered a neighborhood not far from one of the beaches that was...

Middle age

Marler’s musings

Two of the worst words a man can use to describe himself are ‘middle’ and ‘age.’ Together they signify we are no longer kids...

Work continues on Yellowstone's winter use plan


Idaho Presidential Straw Poll RESULTS

Share your views in February open houses

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK —National Park Service (NPS) planners are still working on a long-term plan...

Pfeiffer's Pfacts

by Fred Pfeiffer

Science paid off for bright boy

  • The largest amount paid to one person on television's "The $64,000 Question" was $192,000 to 10-year-old...

New legislative map unites Fremont County


Idaho Presidential Straw Poll RESULTS

By ELIZABETH LADEN

ISLAND PARK – Voters here will now be represented by the same state legislators as the rest of Fremont County. A redistricting map...

Election 2012

Things you need to know before the county's May Primary Election, & the Presidential Straw Poll & Caucus

FREMONT COUNTY — On Primary Election Day —...

With a chewed up ear


Idaho Presidential Straw Poll RESULTS

With a chewed up ear, a radio collar, and ear tags, this cow moose is often seen standing in the Henry’s Fork at Mack’s Inn....

Raffle goal: $20,000 for breast cancer awareness


Idaho Presidential Straw Poll RESULTS

ISLAND PARK  — The Rally 4 A Reason committee led by Tania Phillips of Mountain Mayhem hopes to raise $20,000 by selling 1,000 chances to...

Evening Programs with a Ranger


Idaho Presidential Straw Poll RESULTS

7:30 pm - West Yellowstone Visitor Information Center
Corner of Yellowstone and Canyon Street

Saturday, February 4: Sacred Yellowstone. Yellowstone has been a spiritual and sacred...

Caldera Cat Tales

Fur and Fury

By SMOKEY the WILD CAT

I'm in trouble again! The woman came home the other day just as the plastic box on the wall...

Snowpack ideal for summer river trips


Idaho Presidential Straw Poll RESULTS

BOISE — (Feb. 1, 2012) -- A series of major snowstorms boosted snowpacks dramatically in the second half of January, quickly re-positioning Idaho's world-renowned rivers...

Snow, Roads, Weather


Idaho Presidential Straw Poll RESULTS

ISLAND PARK, ID — Below are useful links for winter.

Rainbow Realty Web cam

Yellowstone RendezvousSki Trails Web cam

Current Avalanche Advisory - Please go...

Art Lab to host art awareness event


Idaho Presidential Straw Poll RESULTS

ST. ANTHONY, ID. — The Idaho Art Lab (IAL) on 7 North Bridge Street will host the “Eastern Idaho Assembly For The Arts” Friday and...

Parks & Rec proposes new program to save parks

ISLAND PARK — The economically challenged Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation (IDPR) is hoping to launch a new program that would allow citizens to...

Targhee Trader


Idaho Presidential Straw Poll RESULTS

Heart-shaped necklace for sale.The pendant is a 14 kt white gold heart with a glass window. Inside are a sun, moon, and heart made of...

West Yellowstone to host free ice fishing lessons & ice fishing tourney this weekend

WEST YELLOWSTONE — The North American Ice Fishing Circuit (NAIFC) and West Yellowstone Tourism will host a free ice fishing seminar at 6:30 pm Friday...

Fish & Game reports deer & elk numbers

Deer and elk numbers are meeting management objectives in most parts of the state, but some hunter numbers are down slightly, Fish and Game officials...







Art Lab needs support

Letter

My son, Fabian, a fifth grader, and I were the first students at the Idaho Art Lab in Saint Anthony. We started taking lessons in...

The St. Paul Methodist Youth group


Idaho Presidential Straw Poll RESULTS

ISLAND PARK — The St. Paul Methodist Youth group from Idaho Falls spent Saturday, January 28 hanging sheetrock in the basement of the new addition...

I'm Sorry, I Love You

By Dr. Joe Vitale

A therapist in Hawaii has cured a complete ward of criminally insane patients without ever seeing them. The psychologist would study an...

Marlin C. Galbraith


Idaho Presidential Straw Poll RESULTS

Marlin Comran Galbraith, a Mack's Inn summer resident, died peacefully Thursday, January 19, 2012, in Salt Lake City. He was born July 5, 1915, in...

Florence B. Armstrong


Idaho Presidential Straw Poll RESULTS

Florence Audrey (Billingsley) Armstrong, 93, a former Rancho McCrea summer resident, died of natural causes on Tuesday, January 24, 2012, in her home surrounded by...

Wildlife crashes decline in GTNP

GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK — Each year, Grand Teton National Park collects comprehensive data on the number of wildlife-vehicle collisions (WVCs) that occur on park...

Bill would abolish scenic byways program


Idaho Presidential Straw Poll RESULTS

ISLAND PARK, ID — Scenic byways are an important tourist attraction to communities like Island Park, but a bill that Congress will soon consider would...

Fremont County awarded Smaller Places Summit grant

FREMONT COUNTY —  Grant money will send five representatives to the Smaller Places Summit in Knoxville, TN March 5-7. The representatives are all part of...

Harold Bratt


Idaho Presidential Straw Poll RESULTS

Harold Francis Bratt, 88, of Ashton, died Monday, February 6, 2012 at the Ashton Living Center of natural causes. He was born April 13, 1923,...

Obituaries