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Eagle holds off Highland 26-21 in Sportsline’s Game of the Week
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Blackfoot schools to begin daily 60-second moment of silence under new Idaho law
Students in the Blackfoot School District will begin observing a daily 60-second moment of silence under a new Idaho law taking effect in public schools across the state. Blackfoot School District Superintendent Brian Kress notified parents and guardians of the change in an update posted by the district.
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District 93 celebrates opening of Willow Creek Elementary
Bonneville Joint School District 93 is celebrating the opening of Willow Creek Elementary, a new school built in one of the district’s fastest-growing areas. District leaders are holding a grand-opening ceremony Thursday evening, with several speakers scheduled before the ribbon cutting later in the event.
eastidahonews.com
4A District 6: After a loss in state semifinals, Sugar-Salem feeling ‘a ton of motivation’
EASTERN IDAHO – Back in 2020, the Mountain Rivers Conference regular season ended with Sugar-Salem, South Fremont, and Teton all tied 1-1. The dreaded Kansas City Tiebreaker was invoked, and somehow the Diggers survived and then rolled to another state title. That might have been the last time there...
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6A District 5-6: Two-time defending state champ Rigby looks for another title. Highland and Madison will have something to say about that
EASTERN IDAHO – Another year, another 6A state title for east Idaho. Of course it’s crazy to make that prediction in mid-August, but recent history has proven the 6A District 5-6 conference will be ready when the playoffs roll around. Rigby has won five of the last seven...
Idaho State Journal
Wagner touts new nuclear reactor, fundraising campaign in address to State Board of Education
POCATELLO — Idaho State University plans to build a second nuclear microreactor on the Pocatello campus, President Robert Wagner told the Idaho State Board of Education during its annual meeting at ISU last week, one of several new initiatives he unveiled that went beyond the ground he covered in his State of the University Address in April . Wagner presented a strategic report to the board Aug. 12 , touching on many of the same themes from his April address — ISU’s “Contract for Idaho,” record enrollment and retention, and the university’s response to state budget cuts . But the presentation also included new announcements on nuclear energy, fundraising, medical education and campus growth. Wagner said the four-megawatt microreactor, which will be housed on the Pocatello campus, builds on ISU’s status as “Idaho’s nuclear university” and its decades-long partnerships with the Idaho National Laboratory and the U.S. Departments of Energy and Defense. He said ISU is the only university in the nation selected for the Nuclear Energy Launchpad USA program, which will support the project. “The four-megawatt microreactor technology will enable even greater research and hands-on workforce development under a public-private partnership model,” Wagner said, adding that the technology leverages
East Idaho News
Local high school educator named Idaho History Teacher of the Year
RIGBY — For Stefanie Fuchs, history is much more than names and dates in a textbook. It’s a story students can explore, question and experience for themselves. That approach to the classroom has earned the longtime Rigby High School educator statewide recognition. Fuchs has been named the 2026 Idaho History Teacher of the Year by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, an honor recognizing exceptional K-12 educators who find creative and meaningful ways to teach American history. Fuchs serves as the U.S. History Lead and America250 Co-Chair at Rigby High School and has spent 20 years...
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School boards set November ballot questions as deadline nears
Trustees across Idaho are discussing and finalizing levies and bond proposals this month ahead of the Aug. 28 deadline to place them on the November ballot. In Coeur d’Alene and Post Falls, trustees approved slight increases to their existing supplemental levies, while Moscow is considering a plant-facilities levy or bond to address aging buildings.
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UI Proposing New Building Projects Including Top Secret Research Facility
The University of Idaho is proposing three new building projects including a top secret research facility. The Idaho State Board of Education is set to consider the requests during their meeting in Pocatello this week. The UI wants the board to approve funding requests to the state legislature for the upcoming session.
Idaho State Journal
Firth's next golden age has a name: Madison Torgerson
Firth High School’s golden age of track and field started in 1997 and closed in 2008. Not a middle age or a bronze age. This was a golden age. Firth teams combined for 10 state track and field titles during that particular age, buoyed by performers such as Heidi Hopkins, Shawn Ellsworth and Marianne Scheiss. Today, the Cougars appear on the cusp of another golden age. Squarely in the middle of this Bingham County gold rush is incoming senior Madison Torgerson. Known as “Madi” by just about everyone but the tax man, Torgerson has fully committed to her role as the leading thrower on the Cougars’ roster. Torgerson has helped Firth finish first and second at state the past two seasons, respectively. “Sometimes I run over to the track for myself and I’ve seen Madi working at the throwing pits by herself,” Firth track and field coach Bob Lambert said. “Madi has taken her commitment to another level this year.” Madi defended her 2025 state shot put title with a school-record push at the 2026 championships in Middleton, reaching 40 feet, 3½ inches — the only girls thrower to break the 40-foot barrier in Firth history. As an encore, she