Due to logistical and safety concerns raised by the Idaho Falls Police Department and the Idaho Falls Chamber of Commerce, Community Food Basket – Idaho Falls (CFBIF) food donations will not be accepted or collected on the 2022 4th of July parade route.
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Our independence day celebrations don’t have to light a fuse to disaster.
The Idaho Falls fire department tells us there’s more to firework safety than just lighting a match.
The 2022 Melaleuca Freedom Celebration is set to feature 18,237 high-flying, ground-shaking fireworks that will light up the night sky to pay tribute to America’s Founding Fathers and those who have fought for our country.
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The Idaho Falls Fire Department is encouraging the community to be safe, patient and respectful during the upcoming Independence Day celebrations.
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Travel experts at Idaho’s AAA, say despite high gas prices this could be one of the busiest Fourth of July travel weekends ever.
While Independence Day is traditionally a popular holiday for road trips, this year more than 48 million Americans and 285,000 Idahoans are willing to pay the price at the pump.
Registration for the beloved 4th of July Parade, put on by the Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce, is open now through June 27.
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According to AAA, the Fourth of July holiday will go out with a bang this year, as nearly 48 million Americans, including 285,000 Idahoans, take a trip to see family and fireworks over the long weekend.
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Saturday members of the Pocatello branch of the NAACP held an early Juneteenth celebration. uneteenth is incredibly significant for African Americans. June 19, 1865, is popularly known as emancipation day, or “the end of slavery.”
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Stacker explored the history and significance of Juneteenth by examining historical documentation, the lasting importance of this historic day, and by confuting the most egregious misinformation about it.
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By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and CHEYANNE MUMPHREY Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Recognition of Juneteenth, the effective end of slavery in the U.S., gained traction after the police killing of George Floyd in 2020. But after an initial burst of action, the movement to have it recognized as an official holiday in the states has
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In a way to say Happy Father’s Day, this weekend the Idaho Falls Zoo is letting dads in for only 50 cents.
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Story by Reuters Mariah Carey was sued on Friday over her 1994 Christmas classic “All I Want for Christmas Is You” by a songwriter who said he co-wrote a song with the same title five years earlier. In a complaint filed in New Orleans federal court, Andy Stone is seeking at least $20 million in
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Bagpipes underscored the solemn ceremony at the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery in Blackfoot Monday afternoon.
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Field of Honor Memorial Day celebration to take place on Monday. Some things to expect are posting of colors, pledge of allegiance and a tribute to our fallen soldiers.
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President Biden lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown and makes remarks at the Arlington National Cemetery amphitheater Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin also speaks at the amphitheater.
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At the direction of the President of the United States, Governor Mark Gordon has ordered the U.S. and State of Wyoming flags be lowered to half-staff on Memorial Day, May 30, 2022, at 12:01 am and returned to full-staff at 12 pm.
Continue Reading By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Many businesses, government offices and schools will be closed on Monday, May 30 because of Memorial Day — a federal holiday honoring members of the US armed forces who have died serving the country. The holiday is observed on the last Monday of May. Here’s what’s open and closed on Memorial
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The Idaho Falls Field of Honor event is celebrating its 10th anniversary this Memorial Day.
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Idaho State Police Troopers will be out at full staff patrolling across Idaho working to keep motorists safe this Memorial Day Weekend.
Continue Reading By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business People who got an early jump on their Memorial Day barbecue shopping may have noticed something alarming: Prices are up. Way up. Sticker shock is everywhere, from burgers to buns, from ketchup to mustard. The good news is there’s some price relief at stores now. In the four weeks through
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The Idaho Falls Exchange Club prepared the “Field of Honor” today by placing American flags next to the Vietnam Memorial in Freeman Park.
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The Idaho Field of Heroes Memorial returned to Pocatello for the 18th year in a row.
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The Idaho Transportation Department’s Office of Highway Safety (OHS) urges drivers to take caution as they travel for the Memorial Day weekend.
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The Bannock County Veterans Memorial Association is hosting a special Memorial Day Ceremony and free luncheon on Monday, May 30.
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Veterans and active duty military members are being recognized in Ammon.
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224,000 Idahoans to take a trip during the holiday weekend – 8% more than last year.
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Expensive fuel and pricey plane tickets won’t discourage another big increase in Memorial Day travel this year.
Continue Reading The Idaho Field of Heroes Memorial is set to return to Pocatello for the 18th year in a row.
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The 2022 ‘Liberty on Parade’ annual Independence Day parade registration is closed.
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Idahoans in Fremont and Chubbuck provided special-needs children and adults a way to celebrate Easter.
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Below are the 2022 Easter celebration events going on in eastern Idaho and western Wyoming.
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The event will be in St. Anthony, ID, at the Boyd Yancey Memorial (Horsey) Park (located on East 2nd North near 5th West). The hunt starts promptly at 10 a.m.
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The 2022 ‘Liberty on Parade’ annual Independence Day parade will take place on Monday, July 4, 2022, and will start at 9:00 a.m.
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Many Idahoans are remembering the war effort that Americans took direct part in.
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Sketched by the tiny hands of two siblings who lost their big brother to cancer merely months ago, the logo and the sentiment behind this year’s IFFD Pipes & Drums event – March in March – holds special meaning.
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It has been 3 years since the District 91 in Idaho Falls has held their 5th Grade Patriotic program. The program is set to take place in the Skyline High School. It will include 5th Graders from all over the district are participating.
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If you think Mardi Gras is a relatively new holiday, think again. Stacker gives a closer look at the history of a holiday with deep roots around the world.
Continue Reading By Ramishah Maruf, CNN The third Monday of February marks Presidents Day, a federal holiday commemorating the nations’ 45 commanders in chief. (Grover Cleveland served two nonconsecutive terms, so is considered the 22nd and 24th US President.) The observance usually falls on or near George Washington’s February 22 birth date and the holiday is still
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Some firefighters were feeling the love from the community.
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Looking for love? This Valentine’s Day, FBI Salt Lake City is raising awareness about romance scams, or confidence fraud, so you can protect your heart and your wallet.
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The Valentine’s Day rush is something every chocolate shop prepares for. For Florence’s Chocolates in Rexburg it takes little over a month to be fully prepared for what the day will bring. Brian Manwaring the CEO and now owner of the chocolate shop says Valentine’s Day is one of their busiest days of the year.
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Most national florists have had trouble getting supplies in time for this holiday due to the pandemic.
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Local law enforcement is getting into the Valentine’s Day spirit.
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There will be six more weeks of winter.
Continue Reading By Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN Dust off your pink, tiger-print jacket — it’s time to celebrate the Lunar New Year. Saying goodbye to the Ox, we enter the Year of the Tiger on February 1, 2022. Though the pandemic continues to overshadow the occasion, with public festivities once again pared down or canceled in many
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They need volunteers to provide valentine cards that will be delivered out to houses, nursing homes, and even local hospitals.
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Also known as the Lunar New Year, Chinese New Year celebrations are a 15-day extravaganza of cultural events and customs that are celebrated worldwide. In celebration of the upcoming Year of the Rat, Stacker compiled a collection of 30 incredible images from Getty Images showcasing the diverse traditions of Chinese New Year.
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People across the nation today sought to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through a day of service. The Pearl Health Clinic located on 17th street in Idaho Falls found a way to bring that day of service to the city, they did so with a blood drive this afternoon and a health fair earlier Monday Morning. Colin Waters a licensed clinical professional counselor for the health clinic says they were hoping to find a way to serve the community.
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Idaho State University will continue its tradition of honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a virtual presentation and a week of service and reflection.
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Thousands of people across the United States and Idaho will celebrate the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. with a national day of service, through service projects and volunteering at local non-profits.
Continue Reading By Forrest Brown, CNN Martin Luther King Jr. was born and raised in the American South, but his dream of racial equality and social justice reverberated out of his region, into the whole country and around the world. And it wasn’t just his vision that spanned the globe — the man himself embarked on travels
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s we gather for the holidays there are certain dangers for our pets if we are not careful. We got some words of advice from Spring Creek Animal Hospital in Jackson.
Continue Reading Jacqui Palumbo, CNN On the last day of each year, it has become a ritual for large crowds to gather in the brightly lit chaos of New York’s Times Square to ring in new beginnings. At 11:59 p.m. a dazzling ball descends down a pole, while attendees — and millions of people tuning in from
Continue Reading As the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve, voices all over the world will resurrect the centuries-old tradition of singing “Auld Lang Syne” to say goodbye to the passing year.
Continue Reading By Megan Marples, CNN What’s supposed to be the happiest time of year can quickly turn into a stressful flurry of holiday activities and endless shopping lists, even in the best of times. Many people spread themselves too thin trying to make this time of year perfect, which can lead to burnout. And in a
Continue Reading Whether it be from the pressure of social demands or more physical causes like lack of sleep, it’s normal to feel stress and become overwhelmed with added chores during this holiday season.
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Not everybody was able to spend the Christmas holiday this year. JB’s restaurant was open Saturday to give warm fresh meals to the few customers who came in today. While it was hard on the staff to be a way from their families on the holiday.
Continue Reading By Rachael Scott, CNN It’s George Bailey’s crucial moment. Disheveled and desperate, he offers up a Hail-Mary prayer to a God he’s not sure is listening: “I’m not a praying man, but if you’re up there and you can hear me, show me the way. I’m at the end of my rope.” Actor Jimmy Stewarts’
Continue Reading By Tyler Mauldin, Judson Jones and Hannah Gard, CNN This holiday weekend is a tale of two Christmases: Heavy snow, rain and wind are forecast for the entire US West Coast, while potentially record-breaking warmth will toast the South. Out West, a warmer system will bring snowfall Thursday to the highest elevations before a much
Continue Reading By Laura Ly and Jason Hanna, CNN Next week’s New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square will be “scaled back,” with fewer revelers and everyone required to wear a mask, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office said Thursday. The celebration in Times Square typically holds around 58,000 people in viewing areas, but this year
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The Wyoming Highway Patrol (WHP) urges motorists to get to their destinations safely by never driving drunk.
Continue Reading By Madeline Holcombe, CNN For many people, Covid-19 changed how they see the holiday season. Some ditched traditions to celebrate outside; some didn’t feel safe enough to travel to be with loved ones; and others may have even felt relief to have an excuse not to engage in stressful annual gatherings. This year, holiday travel
Continue Reading By Forrest Brown, CNN For awhile there, it appeared we might be able to ring in New Year’s Eve in major cities across the planet with something resembling the huge celebrations of yore. Another Covid-19 surge and the rapid spread of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus have dashed those hopes — at least
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By Dana Santas, CNN The holiday season can bring much joy, but it can be a challenging time for maintaining your health and fitness. Between the added pressure of social events and opportunities to overindulge, it’s all too easy to throw in the towel, resolving to get back on track in the new year. But
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The popular event of 2019 is set to make its return. AND X entertainment is putting on the event just across the street from the Westbank Event Center of river parkway. With more than 10,000 people who attended the event two years ago AND X is preparing for a larger crowd to attend and be present for this year’s spectacle.
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If you have an extra hour the next three days, your help is desperately needed.
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The second annual Ammon Icy Inferno Christmas Tree Bonfire and Fireworks event presented by Lookout Credit Union will be held Saturday, January 22, 2022, at 6:00 p.m.
Continue Reading By Ashley Vaughan, CNN It’s the season of giving! Even if you are low on funds, you can still make an impact. Here are four ways you can spread goodwill during the holidays without spending a dime. The gift of life The American Red Cross is experiencing its worst blood shortage in more than a
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In the hopes of helping others have a more sustainable holiday season, Almond Cow compiled a list of ideas to celebrate the winter holidays with the planet in mind.
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Despite rising gasoline demand as more than 109 million Americans, including 593,000 Idahoans, prepare for a holiday getaway, market uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 omicron variant is tamping down the price of crude oil and causing gas prices to fall in the run-up to Christmas.
Continue Reading It might be time to rethink your festive plans, the World Health Organization has warned amid a rising number of cases of the coronavirus caused by the Omicron variant.
Continue Reading As Omicron spreads rapidly throughout the United States, the new coronavirus variant has taken over from Delta as the dominant strain.
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In Idaho Falls alone, during that same time period, approximately 15,000 passengers traveled through the Idaho Falls Regional Airport (IDA). With the increased number of flights offered at IDA, additional airlines serving the region and reduced fares, passenger levels at the region’s busiest airport are going to see continued high volumes for the holidays.
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The City of Idaho Falls Sanitation Division will once again make holiday cleanup efforts easier for residents by offering Christmas tree disposal services.
Continue Reading You’re racing around town, trying to purchase a present for everyone on your list.
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, Lauren Kent and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II will not travel to Sandringham for Christmas and will instead celebrate at Windsor Castle, a Buckingham Palace source told CNN on Monday, as the new Omicron coronavirus variant surges in the United Kingdom. In a typical year, the Queen travels to her
Continue Reading A lot of people start decorating early. But one local family started four months ago.
Continue Reading In their letters to Santa Claus, most kids ask for toys, dolls or maybe a new Xbox.
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By DAVID SHARP Associated Press CUMBERLAND, Maine (AP) — The holiday season is shining brightly despite COVID-19. From Maine to California, more lights shows have launched during the pandemic, and they’re more elaborate than ever. David Fred, owner of Indiana-based Winterland Inc., said his events at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway and Las Vegas Motor
Continue Reading By Julia Avery Click here for updates on this story KIRKWOOD, Missouri (KMOV) — While some of us picked up TikTok dances and Netflix addictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, 10-year-old Sam Wissmann picked up baking. “We made cookies, helped with dinner a lot,” Sam said. When asked what his favorite thing to bake is, he
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Sunday afternoon marked the 59th dinner hosted by the Chubbuck/Pocatello Lions Club and the Parrish Family for those with Special Needs in those cities. The setting for this year’s dinner was the convention center of the Red Lion Hotel in Pocatello.
Continue Reading By Lee Peck Click here for updates on this story BAY MINETTE, Alabama (WALA) — Christmas came early for a Baldwin County mother. Surprised by her military son – just in time for the holidays. Carjetta Crook-Taylor was convinced this would be her first Christmas without all three of her children together. She’s happy Christmas
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By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer A white Christmas is going from reality to more of a dream for chunks of the United States. Analysis of 40 years worth of United States snow measurements shows less of the country now has snow on the ground on Christmas than it did in the 1980s. It’s especially
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“We’re about to be joined by a very important customer,” said Christian Braun, CEO of collectible e-commerce company HobbyDB, during a recent Zoom meeting with his marketing team. “Over to you, Nick.”
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The holiday season is one for time-honored traditions: Baking cookies, decorating, gathering with family and friends — and blasting holiday music. Whether on the radio, over a store’s loudspeaker or via a curated streaming playlist, you’ll likely hear many of the same songs in rotation, from Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas” to what else? Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You.”
Continue Reading By Max Foster and Jack Guy, CNN Queen Elizabeth II has canceled a pre-Christmas family lunch as a precaution because of a surge in Covid-19 cases in the United Kingdom, a source at Buckingham Palace told CNN on Thursday. According to the source, the decision is a precautionary one as it is felt the lunch
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The deadline for delivery of presents may have passed. Experts warn that because of delays, we could see our packages deliver not until after Christmas.
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This year’s holiday cards from the Idaho State Department of Education will feature a West Ada fifth-grader’s rendering of a mask-wearing Santa crossing the sky in a sleigh shaped like Idaho.
Continue Reading Kraft is using its cream cheese shortage as a marketing opportunity.
Continue Reading Americans dialed back their spending in November, new data from the Census Bureau showed Wednesday.
Continue Reading The winter months are here, welcoming us with temperatures that can bring on the chills.
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and according to AAA, it will also be one of the busiest.
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The Idaho Falls Parks & Recreation Department has announced a special holiday sale on all tickets for the upcoming 2022 War Bonnet Round Up-Idaho’s Oldest Rodeo.
Continue Reading All those holiday greetings and happy meetings are part of the fun of December, but it might not be so fun for your dog.
Continue Reading By Lianne Kolirin, CNN There’s usually a sense of excitement about what lies beneath the Christmas tree, but for one festive family the biggest surprise was lurking in the branches up above. Rob and Marcela Wild wasted no time in calling in a professional after they discovered one of Africa’s most venomous snakes hiding between
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In honor of Hanukkah beginning Dec. 18, Stacker compiled a list of 15 global Jewish holiday recipes and their histories from Allrecipes.com, news reports, Jewish historical sites, and Jewish recipe developers.
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Stacker searched various entertainment sites to compile a list of 15 of the most memorable holiday skits on “Saturday Night Live.”
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Stacker surveyed the history of television Christmas specials and compiled a list of the top 10, according to IMDb user rating.
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To memorialize that which producer-director George Lucas has made every effort to erase, Stacker has done the difficult, at-times-unpleasant work of compiling a brief history of the ever-campy, 1978 “Star Wars Holiday Special.”
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