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A journey atop the Great Divide

A journey atop the Great Divide

By PEGGY HAMLEN

ISLAND PARK — Recently my husband Mack, four friends, and I hiked to Blair and Lillian lakes. While on the...

River cleanup nets piles of junk

River cleanup nets piles of junk

 By ANNE MARIE EMERY-MILLER

 
ISLAND PARK — More than 17 miles of the Henry’s Fork of the Snake River...

Judge dismisses SGC’s lawsuit against Fremont County

Judge dismisses SGC’s lawsuit against Fremont County

ST. ANTHONY — On August 11, Seventh District Judge, Greg Moeller, dismissed a lawsuit...

Folks fill park to honor missing resident, A. K. Nelson

Folks fill park to honor missing resident, A. K. Nelson

ST. ANTHONY — Around 150 people held a candlelight vigil in honor...

Events

Events

Saturday, August 22
    • Mesa Falls Marathon, half marathon, 5k, and 1-mile Family Run, Ashton. All info and registration are at www.mesafallsmarathon.org.
   • The Flat Ranch Visitor Center...

Thermal Activity Prompts Trail Closure in Yellowstone

 Other trails now reopened

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK — Yellowstone’s Clear Lake Trail has been temporarily closed to protect the public from hazards associated with new thermal activity along the trail.

The "hot spots" along the trail indicate a heat source under the crust of the trail. These hot spots will be evaluated by park geology staff using thermal imaging and a ground...

News and Features

Flea Market raising funds for Dog Derby

ASHTON — American Dog Derby organizers are staffing the Ashton Flea Market on Main Street from Monday, August 10 through Saturday, August 22.

Help them raise...

Pfeiffer's Pfacts

by Fred Pfeiffer

Don’t ride in a cab in Paris or Taipei

  • It’s said the world’s most reckless taxi cab drivers are in Paris, France,...

St. Anthony looks at cutting its flower program

ST. ANTHONY — The St. Anthony City Council is proposing to cut the citywide flower garden program that has created brilliant splashes of color throughout...

Fall River cuts staff, looks at rate hike

ASHTON — Fall River Rural Electric Cooperative announced they have decreased staff positions by 6% in an effort to ensure electric rates are kept as...

Activities abound in West this weekend

WEST YELLOWSTONE — The Hebgen Lake Earthquake's 50th anniversary will be commemorated here with four days of activities, starting Friday, August 14 and ending with...

Cooking through the centuries

By NANCY STRATFORD

Cooking remains one of the few essential household activities that has survived through the ages that adult and children, and even teens can...

A mellow week on Kickapoo Circle

By Smokey the Wild Cat

Many of our bird friends are fixing to migrate south already. The wren family all managed to avoid Patches’ attacks and...

Expand your knowledge of the Henry's Fork on Friday, August 28

ISLAND PARK — Most people who live here have fished, floated, or hiked along the Henry’s Fork, but how much do we really know about...

Almost 400 registered for Mesa Falls Marathon

ASHTON - The 13th annual Mesa Falls Marathon is set for Saturday, August 22, and close to 400 participants are already registered. That’s a gigantic...



Web ad leads to guide bust

A Boise man has been convicted of illegally guiding anglers on one of Idaho's premier trout fishing rivers, the South Fork of the Boise River.

Christopher...

Honeymooners lucked out during the 1959 quake

ISLAND PARK — On Monday, August 17, 2009, the 50th anniversary of the Hebgen Lake Earthquake will be commemorated with activities at the Earthquake Lake...

Saint Maximilian Kolbe, A Saint For Our Times

By Ed Morrissey

Friday, August 14, is the feast day of Maximilian Kolbe, the Island Park News’ patron saint, and patron saint of publishers, journalists, families,...

Obamas escape the Beltway 'bull'

Obamas overnight in Big Sky, spend Saturday in Yellowstone

By ELIZABETH LADEN

WEST YELLOWSTONE, MT. — At 2:35 p.m. today — Saturday, August 15, the...

Climate change & other stresses may affect entire populations of fish

Entire populations of North American fish already  are being affected by several emerging diseases, a problem that threatens to increase in the future with climate...

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