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Girls Basketball Roundup: Rigby downs Bonneville in girls basketball

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At Rigby, the Rigby girls basketball team downed Bonneville 66-32 Tuesday night and cruised to their second win of the season.

Annual winter restrictions to go into effect on the Targhee Forest

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Gee gives updates on bus facility and levy renewal

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Central Fire District accepts bid for living quarters

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Commissioners table noise ordinance

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Re-vegetation, irritated residents and winter accidents: County administrators give updates

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The Jefferson County department heads and commissioners held their monthly staff meeting Nov. 23 to discuss updates within the county.

Jefferson County moves to High Risk level

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All information is current through Nov. 25 via EIPH.

Lewisville becomes a 2nd Amendment City

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The City of Lewisville recently declared themselves as a Second Amendment Sanctuary City.

Ririe updates athletics policy with new COVID restrictions

20 hrs ago

With Jefferson County now in the High Risk level for the spread of COVID-19, the Ririe School District #252 school board is implementing new restrictions on sports – for the time being.

Planning and Zoning office exceeds building permits from 2019

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Erik Stout with Planning and Zoning told commissioners Nov. 23 that the office had exceeded their total building permits for last year and that permits in Nov. had almost doubled.

Menan council talks city business

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The Menan City Council Nov. 12 to discuss several items of city business, which including giving updates on the sewer line inspections, the 30 ft. strip of land owned by the city as well as the sewer dump at Lagoons and more.

Crime Log

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Rigby City Council

RIGBY — The Rigby City Council will hold their regularly scheduled meeting at 7:00 p.m. Dec. 3 at the city building.

Jefferson Co. Commissioners

RIGBY — The Jefferson County Commissioners will hold their regular meeting starting at 9:00 a.m. Dec. 7. The meeting can be viewed via Zoom with meeting code 512-530-026.

EIPH Board Meeting

IDAHO FALLS — The Eastern Idaho Public Health Board will hold a meeting at 7:00 a.m. Dec. 3. The meeting can be viewed on YouTube through their page, Eastern Idaho Public Health — EIPH.

Ririe City Council

RIRIE — The Ririe City Council’s regular meeting is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. Dec. 8.

Sports

Girls Basketball Roundup: Rigby downs Bonneville in girls basketball

20 hrs ago

At Rigby, the Rigby girls basketball team downed Bonneville 66-32 Tuesday night and cruised to their second win of the season.

Turnovers plague Rigby in 5A title loss to Rocky Mountain

Nov 25, 2020

Rigby High School varsity soccer round-up

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Sep 2, 2020

Rigby's Murdoch signs with Wenatchee Valley

Updated Sep 15, 2020

Students from West Jefferson, Clark County and Rigby snag state wrestling rankings

Mar 11, 2020

Rigby offense goes cold as Trojans fall to Eagle in boys basketball state opener

Mar 11, 2020

NAMPA – It’s the cruelest of sounds that only the most spiteful of basketball gods would appreciate.

Rigby outlasts Madison to win 5A District 5-6 basketball title

Mar 4, 2020

The area’s best rivalry has been conspicuously one-sided this season.

Rigby girls defeat Thunder Ridge for first back-to-back district titles since 2012

Feb 19, 2020

Cheers and applause were already beginning to rise from the Rigby bench and the maroon-clad faithful in the stands with 35 seconds left in regulation of last week's 5A District 5-6 girls basketball championship game.

Ririe girls basketball headed to state

Feb 19, 2020

The Ririe lady Bulldogs defeated Firth High School 43-41 Feb. 11, sending them to the state championships starting Feb. 20. They will play Declo at 8 p.m. at Kuna High School.

Rigby's Togiai to Utah, Fredericksen signs with Idaho State

Feb 12, 2020

Tanoa Togiai, Rigby’s much heralded defensive lineman, had 15 offers from colleges both large and small, each wanting the 6-foot-7, 295-pounder to be a foundation on their defense.

Murdoch embraces deja vu, makes free throws to send Rigby girls past Thunder Ridge 49-48

Feb 12, 2020

The Thunder Ridge student section chanted ‘Feel the Pressure’ and clapped as Rigby senior Ruby Murdoch stepped to the free throw line with three seconds left in last week’s 5A District 5-6 tournament semifinal game and Thunder Ridge leading 48-46.

Rigby boys rally to defeat Madison 57-53 for rivalry win

Feb 12, 2020

It was a memorable Wednesday at Rigby High Feb. 5 as the afternoon started with football players Tanoa Togiai and Christian Fredericksen signing national letters of intent. The nightcap of the day was another thrilling basketball game between Rigby and Madison in eastern Idaho’s most fierce …

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Milestones

Shirley Larae Johnson

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Shirley Larae Palmer Johnson passed away on November 25, 2020 at Teton Post Acute Care in Idaho Falls.

Boyd Kent Park

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Cheryl Elizabeth Buck

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Myrle Theo Hanson

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Donnel Ray Weber

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Fred Leon Olson

Nov 25, 2020

Fred Leon Olson, 84 of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away Saturday, November 15, 2020 at EIRMC in Idaho Falls.

LaVell Ray Purser

Nov 25, 2020

LaVell Ray Purser, 87 of Rigby, Idaho, passed away Sunday, November 15, 2020 in Rigby, Idaho. LaVell was born on November 9, 1933 in Hyde Park, Utah to Emma Balls Purser and Bartley Ray Purser. He attended school in Hyde Park until 1940 when the family moved to Rigby Idaho. The family farmed…

Norma Sellers Rounds

Nov 24, 2020

As promised in her blessing, Norma passed sweetly and quickly away on November 23, 2020. She, daughter of Joseph Fisher Sellers and Myrtle Lucas Sellers, was born in Plano, ID on March 6, 1923.

Norma Kay Farman Jorgensen

Nov 18, 2020

Norma Kay Farman Jorgensen, 75, of Dubois, Idaho died at 12:15 a.m. on November 7, 2020 in Rexburg, ID.

Darin Clyde Geisler

Nov 18, 2020

Darin Clyde Geisler was born of goodly parents, Max and Roberta Cox Geisler, on January 30, 1970, in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Darin was welcomed home by his older sisters Julie, Kaye and Gretta and his brother, Kevin.

Colleen H. Atwood Olson

Nov 18, 2020

Colleen H. Atwood Olson, age 79, of Idaho Falls, passed away at her home, Thursday, November 12, 2020. Colleen was born August 1, 1941 in Idaho Falls a daughter to Thomas Edward Herndon and Thelda Pearl Scott Herndon. She grew up in the Clark area attending schools in Ririe and Rigby, gradua…

James “Jim” Ellis Frew

Nov 18, 2020

James “Jim” Ellis Frew, 63 of Roberts, Idaho, passed away Saturday, November 7, 2020 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho.

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