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More Than 200 Feet Of Cliff Wall Surround This Idaho Waterfall You Reach On An Easy Path
A roadside pullout with room for maybe five cars does not look like much in southern Idaho. Walk a few minutes down a rocky path, though, and a ribbon of water spills off a basalt cliff roughly 200 feet tall, and you can step right behind it. It flows all...
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Filters to Be Installed at Airport After PFAS Detected in Water Well
The Magic Valley Regional Airport has issued a consumer notice after testing detected polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS, in an airport drinking water well. A sample collected August 26 found PFOA at 9.83 parts per trillion and PFOS at 5.35 parts per trillion. The federal drinking water limit for each substance is 4.0 parts per trillion. These results are from the airport well; they are not test results for the City of Twin Falls water system.
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Wagon Ruts From The Oregon Trail Still Cut Across This Idaho Hillside
Grooves in a dry Idaho hillside do not look like much from a car window, just a pair of shallow ditches running through the desert toward a river. Walk up close, though, and those lines turn out to be tracks pressed into the ground by pioneer wagons more than a century and a half ago.
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14 Idaho Trout Restaurants Worth Visiting
Idaho may be known for potatoes, but its fresh trout deserves just as much attention. With major rainbow trout production centered in the Hagerman Valley, restaurants across the state serve the fish in everything from simple lemon-pepper preparations to creative smoked and cedar-plank dishes. These 14 Idaho restaurants make trout...
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Valley House raising money for new playground
TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — For more than 20 years, a playground at the Valley House gave children a place to play. After years of wear and tear, the playground reached the end of its life, and the shelter is now looking to build a new one. Jealsy Knutz,...
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This Idaho Opera House Was Built In 1907 And Still Raises Its Curtain For Live Musicals
Rhyolite rock and triple-thick brick don’t usually convince people to drive across state lines, but one small-town building in southern Idaho keeps pulling them in. From the sidewalk it looks like a sturdy old brick hall from another century. Step inside, though, and you’ll find a balcony, a busy...
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Twin Falls grocery store now offers Idaho DMV registration kiosk
TWIN FALLS, Idaho — The Idaho Department of Motor Vehicles is rolling out self-service kiosks at grocery stores across the state, allowing customers to renew standard vehicle registrations without visiting a DMV office. A kiosk is now available in Twin Falls at Smiths grocery store on Addison Avenue East....
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Twin Falls Zoological Center seeks funds during toughest month
TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — The Twin Falls Zoological Center has taken in 133 animals this year. Joshua Dowding, the center’s executive director and founder, said a majority of the animals have been surrendered by community members. “We take animals that shelters are not equipped to handle,” Dowding...
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Art festival returns to Ritter Island this weekend
WENDELL, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — The 1000 Springs Festival of the Arts is returning to Ritter Island this weekend, bringing artists, musicians and family activities to the Southern Idaho location. Melissa Crane, executive director of the Magic Valley Arts Council, said the festival features more than 100 artists and live...
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Magic Valley Regional Airport hosts TSA PreCheck enrollment event
TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — Travelers have the opportunity to sign up for TSA PreCheck without having to travel out of the Magic Valley. A pop-up enrollment event is underway at the Magic Valley Regional Airport and runs through Friday. The event is open from 9 a.m. to noon...
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This Idaho Creamery Turns Farm-Fresh Milk Into Cheese You Can Watch Them Cut By Hand
Somewhere out in Idaho’s flat farm country, milk from a herd of gentle Jersey cows becomes cheese you can actually watch being made. Curds float in big tubs, blocks get sliced by hand, and the whole thing happens on the same land where the cows graze. It is the...
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This Idaho Drive-In Has Been Frying Up Finger Steaks Since The 1950s
Some Idaho food memories start with a paper wrapper and the smell of hot fries in a parking lot. Along a busy stretch of road in the Magic Valley sits a burger-and-shake spot that has fed families here for generations, and finger steaks are part of the reason folks keep pulling in.
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In The Small Town Of Gooding, This Cozy Idaho Cafe Serves A Homestyle Breakfast Locals And Passers-Through Gladly Drive Miles For
Some of the best morning meals in Idaho hide in towns you might blow right past on the highway. Out here, a little counter-service spot has folks setting their alarms early and mapping out drives of thirty-plus miles just to grab a seat before the lunch crowd rolls in. Word...
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Idaho monarch butterflies get a high-tech upgrade in migration research
At Butterfly Haven in Pingree, they have a new high-tech upgrade to their continued monarch butterfly research. For several years, Randy and Karen Reed, owners of The Butterfly Haven, have taken part in tagging monarchs for migration research aimed at determining whether Idaho’s monarch population flies south to Mexico or west to California. While it’s long been speculated that Idaho monarchs head to California, the research remains ongoing in an effort to pin down their true migration path.