Hope Lutheran School Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving may be a week away, but parents, teachers and students at Hope Lutheran School are already…
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Parents beware: Dangerous, recalled toys are still on sale
By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business Parents shopping for their kids this holiday season need to be alert and carefully examine toys before they buy them…
Continue Reading These fireball-dropping drones are on the frontlines of wildfire prevention
By Natalia V. Osipova and Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business As US wildfires have grown larger and deadlier in recent years, one company is using…
Continue Reading Pilot hangs out of cockpit window to retrieve passenger’s phone
Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Accidentally leaving your smartphone behind at home is one thing, but leaving it at an airport shortly before…
Continue Reading They fell in love in the 1980s but married other people. 23 years later they reconnected
Francesca Street, CNN Grace Migliaccio decided at the last minute not to get on the plane. It was summer 1984. Grace, a recent college graduate in…
Continue Reading Would you live in a cave? These architects believe we should
Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Hypermodern glass and steel may be shaping our cities of the future — and the supertall skyscrapers that continue to punch…
Continue Reading Wordle frustration inspires Cambridge Dictionary’s word of the year
By Issy Ronald, CNN The endless permutations of five-letter words took over the internet in 2022 as the online puzzle game Wordle dominated social…
Continue Reading Gigantic floating city design could become the world’s largest boat
Julia Buckley, CNN In a time of economic crisis, what could be more outré than a superyacht? Why, a terayacht of course — a name given to…
Continue Reading 5 tips for taming travel tension over the holidays
By Dana Santas, CNN For many people, travel is a necessary part of celebrating the holidays with loved ones. This means enduring all the stressful…
Continue Reading Andy Warhol car crash artwork sells for ‘monumental’ $85.4 million
Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Andy Warhol may be best known for his pop art iconography of Marilyn Monroe, Chairman Mao and Campbell’s soup cans, but it…
Continue Reading Singapore’s Hell’s Museum demystifies death — with a smile
By Lilit Marcus, CNN Singapore’s Haw Par Villa is a sprawling complex of sculptures, tree-lined walkways and exhibits focused on Buddhist…
Continue Reading Singapore’s Hell’s Museum demystifies death — with a smile
By Lilit Marcus, CNN Singapore’s Haw Par Villa is a sprawling complex of sculptures, tree-lined walkways and exhibits focused on Buddhist…
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Mackay High School opens new fish lab
After five years of work, Mackay High School has completed its new fish…
Continue Reading Scrabble adds 500 new playable words, like ‘vax,’ ‘deepfake’ and ‘Jedi’
By Scottie Andrew, CNN As our language evolves, so does Scrabble: Now, you can use hundreds of new words, from “ambigram” to…
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Christmas tree permits available at southeast Idaho BLM offices
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is issuing Christmas tree permits now through Dec. 24, 2022.…
Continue Reading Thanksgiving dinner will cost 20% more this year because of inflation
By Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Business Thanksgiving dinner will cost a whopping 20% more than it did last year, according to a new survey released…
Continue Reading Huge Eiffel Tower is Lego’s tallest ever set
Hafsa Khalil, CNN Ambitious Lego fans who want to replicate the Parisian experience in their own homes can now do so with their very own Eiffel Tower…
Continue Reading Reduce your risk of getting sick this Thanksgiving season
By Katia Hetter, CNN With this year’s Thanksgiving the third since the onset of the pandemic, there are now many tools to help manage Covid-19…
Continue Reading Target warns of a weak holiday season. Shares are tumbling
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Target’s profit plunged 52% in the third quarter and the retailer warned of a sluggish holiday. Target blamed…
Continue Reading The new Toyota Prius has a huge power boost and even better fuel efficiency
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Toyota unveiled an all-new version of its famous Prius hybrid car Wednesday just ahead of the Los Angeles Auto…
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Trapper, wolf trapper, and hunter education classes coming up in southeast Idaho
Here’s everything you need to know about the different classes, requirements and getting…
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Judge revives limits on wolf killing near Yellowstone park
A Montana judge has temporarily restricted wolf hunting and trapping near Yellowstone and Glacier national parks and imposed tighter statewide limits…
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Annual Downtown Idaho Falls Christmas tree lighting set Nov. 19
The Annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony in downtown Idaho Falls is set for Nov. 19 beginning at 5:45…
Continue Reading Pirelli Calendar 2023 unveiled
Marianna Cerini, CNN Pirelli unveiled its 2023 calendar Wednesday, an opulent, dream-like edition featuring a star-studded cast. Titled…
Continue Reading Pirelli Calendar 2023 unveiled
Marianna Cerini, CNN Pirelli unveiled its 2023 calendar Wednesday, an opulent, dream-like edition featuring a star-studded cast. Titled…
Continue Reading Disney World increases ticket prices for second time in a year
By Natasha Chen, CNN If you’re planning on going to Walt Disney World in 2023, you can still buy next year’s tickets at current rates…
Continue Reading ‘Japandi’: Why Japanese-meets-Scandi design is taking over the internet
Hanna Pham, CNN The cozy cleanliness of Scandinavian interiors and the minimalist beauty of traditional Japanese decor have made them both staples of…
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2022 Chubbuck Christmas lighting contest dates announced
The City of Chubbuck invites and encourages all residents and businesses to enter the annual Holiday Decorating Contest.…
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Brace for a very busy Thanksgiving travel season
Nearly 312,000 Idahoans will take a trip for turkey and all the…
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10 metros where potential homebuyers would be the most susceptible to being priced out
American Home Shield examined National Association of Homebuilders data to find where new home price increases would impact home buyers…
Continue Reading Restaurant sales are going up. But dining out is on the decline
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Chain restaurants have been reporting growing sales in the third quarter. But more sales don’t mean…
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From Wordle to sweets, holiday gift ideas for the grown-ups
By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Adults. They, too, need fun stuff for the holidays. From sweet treats to things with wheels, some…
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The sound of musicals: Museum of Broadway opens in New York
Right on Times Square in the heart of New York’s theater district, a new Museum of Broadway is designed to take fans behind the curtain of some of…
Continue Reading Candace Cameron Bure is working on putting Christ back in Christmas movies
By Lisa Respers France, CNN Candace Cameron Bure has moved on from being Hallmark Channel’s queen of holiday movies. In a recently published…
Continue Reading Drink this type of milk to keep you and the planet healthy
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN When it comes to which milk is better for the planet — dairy or plant-based — environmentalists will say there’s no…
Continue Reading Where to eat in Dubai: Hottest new tables for 2022
By Chris Dwyer, CNN Dubai is known around the world as a center for fabulous indulgence and ambitious innovation and its restaurant scene is no…
Continue Reading Kraft Heinz turns to gimmicks and nostalgia to revive its ‘dusty’ brands
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Oscar Mayer. Velveeta. Capri Sun. Kraft Heinz CEO Miguel Patricio admits: Some of the company’s iconic…
Continue Reading Wealthier shoppers turn to Walmart for groceries
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Wealthier customers pinched by inflation are switching to Walmart for groceries, boosting sales at…
Continue Reading What happens when an army of bikers invades an Italian resort
Jonathan Hawkins, CNN In the Emilia Romagna region, on Italy’s Adriatic coast, summers are languid, sultry, and full of opportunities to dine,…
Continue Reading We tried Apple’s new SOS tool for when you don’t have cell service
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business When Apple announced at its closely-watched September product launch event that it would soon introduce an…
Continue Reading Scientists have used mushrooms to make biodegradable computer chips
By Hafsa Khalil, CNN Foraging for fungi may not only mean mushrooms are on the menu. New research has shown that mushroom skins could provide a…
Continue Reading Climate activists in Austria throw black substance at Klimt painting ‘Death and Life’
Hafsa Khalil, CNN Climate protesters in Austria have thrown a black substance over Gustav Klimt‘s painting “Death and Life,” in the…
Continue Reading Amateur historian discovers 600-year-old English coin in Newfoundland
Hadani Ditmars The discovery of a rare gold coin on the south coast of Newfoundland, Canada, may challenge traditional historical narratives about…
Continue Reading ‘Miracle’ elephant twins born at Rosamond Gifford Zoo
By Zoe Sottile, CNN The Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse, New York, has welcomed not one, but two new bundles of joy. The Asian elephant twins were…
Continue Reading Clues at ancient lake site reveal earliest known cooked meal
By Katie Hunt, CNN Scientists have found the earliest known evidence of cooking at an archaeological site in Israel. The shift from eating raw to…
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2022 Festival of Trees returns to the Elk’s Lodge Nov. 14-18
This year’s theme is Winter Wonderland.…
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A decade of semitruck accident data
The Fang Law Firm, P.C. analyzed 2011-2020 data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to illustrate where, when, and how many…
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5 product failures that turned out to be successes
ClickUp compiled a list of products that found success in something other than their original intent from a collection of news and expert…
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Energy bill up? Here’s how electricity costs have changed over the past year
Utility bill costs are going up nationwide. OhmConnect analyzed data from the Energy Information Administration to examine the rising cost of…
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How seat belt use has changed since the 1990s
Taxman, Pollock, Murray & Bekkerman, LLC explored the history of seat belt use using data from the National Highway Traffic Safety…
Continue Reading King Charles III celebrates first birthday as monarch with new photo
Hafsa Khalil, CNN King Charles III is celebrating his first birthday on the British throne with a new photograph and a new role as Ranger of Windsor…
Continue Reading TSA to conduct additional training after passenger is allowed on a flight with two boxcutters, agency says
By Hannah Sarisohn, Emma Tucker and Pete Muntean, CNN The Transportation Security Administration is admitting multiple failures and is instituting…
Continue Reading This is the best dish you could serve at Thanksgiving
By Casey Barber, CNN As iconic Thanksgiving dishes go, stuffing is likely runner-up only to turkey as the dish most often on the dining table.…
Continue Reading It feels like dogs know just when we need them most. Well, they might, experts say
By Madeline Holcombe, CNN When a family arrived at Koch Funeral Home in State College, Pennsylvania, to identify a loved one before cremation, Monroe…
Continue Reading The oldest living person in the US just turned 115
Bring out the candles — 115 of…
Continue Reading New levels of luxury on planes, from double beds to high-walled suites
By Maureen O’Hare, CNN This week in travel: Europe’s most underrated destinations, the world’s spiciest foods and the airlines…
Continue Reading Disneyland adds dolls in wheelchairs to ‘It’s a Small World’ ride
By Natasha Chen, CNN For the first time in Disneyland’s 67-year history, there are now characters in wheelchairs represented on an attraction.…
Continue Reading All eyes on the consumer ahead of Black Friday and the holidays
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business It has been a tough year for American consumers. Inflation everywhere. Rapidly rising interest rates. A housing…
Continue Reading The health benefits of a random act of kindness
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Spreading kindness not only helps others feel better about themselves — it can also boost the giver’s health and…
Continue Reading Over 50 species previously thought to be mute make sounds, according to a new study
By Zoe Sottile, CNN If you listen closely, your pet turtle might just have something to say to you. A new study published in Nature Communications…
Continue Reading FBI and FAA investigating unruly passenger removed from United flight in Chicago
By Pete Muntean, CNN The FBI and the FAA are investigating an incident involving an “unruly passenger” on board a commercial flight that…
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Idaho gas prices continue to dip
Average gasoline prices in Idaho have fallen 2.9 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.22/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 802…
Continue Reading The spectacular canal that was 2,500 years in the making
Dimitris Sideridis, CNN Under the blue skies of Greece, a giant vessel slowly makes its way through the rocky walls of a narrow, artificial waterway,…
Continue Reading Taylor Swift’s jewel-adorned MTV awards look was inspired by Queen Elizabeth II
Leah Dolan, CNN Taylor Swift arrived at MTV’s Europe Music Awards last night in Düsseldorf, Germany in an evening gown that flipped the…
Continue Reading Taylor Swift’s jewel-adorned MTV awards look was inspired by Queen Elizabeth II
Leah Dolan, CNN Taylor Swift arrived at MTV’s Europe Music Awards last night in Düsseldorf, Germany in an evening gown that flipped the…
Continue Reading Someone just paid more than $200,000 for Steve Jobs’ old Birkenstocks
Toyin Owoseje, CNN How much would you pay for a pair of secondhand shoes? Well, someone just spent more than $200,000 on a pair of old Birkenstock…
Continue Reading Flight carbon calculators and offsets: How do they work and can we trust them?
By Paul Sillers, CNN As we gratefully return to air travel post-Covid, it’s a good time to reflect on the choices we can personally make to…
Continue Reading TSA to conduct additional training after passenger is allowed on a flight with two boxcutters, agency says
By Hannah Sarisohn, Emma Tucker and Pete Muntean, CNN The Transportation Security Administration is admitting multiple failures and is instituting…
Continue Reading New York returns nearly 200 looted antiquities to Pakistan
Zoe Sottile, CNN The Manhattan district attorney’s office has returned 192 looted antiquities with a value of nearly $3.4 million to Pakistan.…
Continue Reading Joan Didion’s personal belongings are being sold in one of the most coveted estate sales of the year
Jeanne Bonner, CNN On a visit once to her family’s home in the corner of California where she grew up, Joan Didion opened a drawer crammed full…
Continue Reading Cruise ship with 800 Covid-positive passengers docks in Sydney
By Heather Law, Aliza Kassim Khalidi and Mayumi Maruyama, CNN A cruise ship with hundreds of Covid-positive passengers docked in Sydney, Australia,…
Continue Reading Flying for Thanksgiving? Here’s what you should know
AAA shares tips and trade-offs for booking Thanksgiving…
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Top 3 small game species to hunt this fall and winter
It’s known as the Forestland Trifecta. Here’s how to find…
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Meet the 90-year-old, horse-packing deer hunter who just celebrated her 80th hunting anniversary by harvesting a mule deer
“There’s nothing wrong with the outdoor life,” Bryant said. “I truly believe…
Continue Reading Banksy unveils mural in Ukrainian town liberated from Russians
Sophie Tanno, CNN Renowned street artist Banksy has unveiled his latest artwork in an Instagram post — a mural in the liberated Ukrainian town…
Continue Reading Banksy unveils mural in Ukrainian town liberated from Russians
Sophie Tanno, CNN Renowned street artist Banksy has unveiled his latest artwork in an Instagram post — a mural in the liberated Ukrainian town…
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Christmas tree permits go on sale
The cost of this year’s permit is $10.…
Continue Reading A passenger with box cutters prompted a Frontier Airlines flight to make an emergency landing in Atlanta, airline says
By Tina Burnside, Hannah Sarisohn and Emma Tucker, CNN A Frontier Airlines passenger necessitated an emergency landing and was later taken into…
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Heartfelt reunion at Watersprings Veterans celebration
Students at Watersprings Elementary sang their hearts out to honor local service members and members of the armed forces at Friday’s Veterans Day…
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Blackfoot American Legion has a new retired flag donation box
As part of National Apprenticeship Week at Premier Technology, welding apprentices and students from Blackfoot High School created a retired flag…
Continue Reading British Airways will let male staff wear makeup and piercings
By Toyin Owoseje, CNN British Airways is the latest airline to relax its rigid uniform rules in a bid to champion the individuality of its employees.…
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Careful…that may not be the trophy bull you think it is
F&G conservation officers deploy “artificial simulated animals” during hunting season to catch law-breaking…
Continue Reading Look of the Week: Why this photo of Julia Fox and Martha Stewart went viral this week
Leah Dolan, CNN Whether it be carefully-planned coordination or a case of sartorial serendipity, this week’s red carpets offered up a trio of…
Continue Reading Kentucky unveils statue of Nettie Depp, the first woman to have a permanent large-scale monument inside the state Capitol
By Aya Elamroussi and Amy Simonson, CNN Kentucky state officials on Thursday unveiled a sculpture of public education trailblazer Nettie Depp, the…
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Feds resume study of restoring grizzlies to North Cascades
Environmental groups on Thursday hailed a decision by the Biden administration to resume studying whether grizzly bears should be restored to the…
Continue Reading World’s tallest woman takes her first flight after the airline modifies several seats
By AJ Willingham, CNN Rumeysa Gelgi, the world’s tallest living woman, recently boarded an airplane from her home country of Turkey to San…
Continue Reading The small town of Bliss, Idaho, is ‘disappearing’ — a photographer has created a capsule of life there
Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Bliss, Idaho, is nestled in the curve of Interstate 84, which snakes around the small, rural town on its way north to the state…
Continue Reading T. rex skull could sell for $20 million at auction
Amarachi Orie, CNN A Tyrannosaurus rex skull is expected to fetch up to $20 million at auction next month, according to Sotheby’s. The skull,…
Continue Reading Why this southern European country is a hot place to move
By Terry Ward, CNN With “work to live” rather than “live to work” as the unofficial lifestyle mantra, more than 1,100 miles…
Continue Reading Photographer chronicles remote adventures across the world
Francesca Street, CNN For Belgian photographer David De Vleeschauwer, the best travel destinations are often the hardest to get to. De Vleeschauwer…
Continue Reading King Charles III unveils first posthumous statue of Queen Elizabeth II
Amarachi Orie, CNN King Charles III has unveiled the first statue of his late mother Queen Elizabeth II since her death in September. The new…
Continue Reading Tunnel discovered beneath Egyptian temple may lead to Cleopatra’s tomb, archaeologist says
Christian Edwards, CNN Kathleen Martinez, an archaeologist at the University of Santo Domingo, has been searching for the lost tomb of Cleopatra for…
Continue Reading Here’s what’s getting more expensive at the grocery store
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Food is still getting more expensive, but at a slower pace than earlier this year. In the month of October,…
Continue Reading Exclusive: Wendy’s is selling its first-ever holiday Frosty
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Wendy’s is adding a holiday-themed Frosty to its menu for the first time ever. Beginning next Tuesday,…
Continue Reading Record-breaking sale of Microsoft co-founder’s art collection surpasses $1.6 billion
Jacqui Palumbo, CNN and Oscar Holland, CNN Art from the private collection of late Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen fetched over $1.6 billion this…
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Christmas tree tags will be available Salmon-Challis National Forest
Each tag costs $5.00 per…
Continue Reading T. rex skull could sell for $20 million at auction
Amarachi Orie, CNN A Tyrannosaurus rex skull is expected to fetch up to $20 million at auction next month, according to Sotheby’s. The skull,…
Continue Reading Chocolate is having a moment
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Between warnings of a recession, high inflation and layoff fears, the news is bleak. Why not have some…
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A fast friendship has led to many years hosting craft fairs
Julie Mitchell Rounds and Konda Fuller met nearly 30 years…
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Veterans Day program set to honor community Vets
A continuing tradition will honor vets in our local area. The Rexburg Chamber of Commerce has partnered with Madison High School to honor local vets…
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