Pocatello

The My World Discovery Museum and Museum of Clean will host their second annual Touch-A-Truck event on Tuesday, June 3.

The annual Idaho Field of Heroes Memorial has returned to the Portneuf Valley for its 21st year; the memorial was officially dedicated with a community ceremony on Friday.

The Idaho Field of Heroes Memorial is a tradition started by Bannock County to honor the military members who have died in the war on terrorism since September 11, 2001. Volunteers spend over 3,000 hours building and installing 7,064 markers in the Century High School soccer fields bearing the names of men and women who lost their lives in military service.

“When families come here, hopefully it’s just a little surprise for them that someone took the time to take care of the headstone,” said Matt Stucki, regional customer relations manager for Idaho Power. “I know other organizations come and do it as well, but this is a pretty important one for us.”

Bingham Ag Services presented Willow Bay Food Bank with $7,300 in donations on Thursday. Willow Bay Baptist Church operates the Willow Bay Food Bank outreach service. Pastor Chris Thompson said the food bank serves around 200 families every month on average.

“It’s really fantastic to see what kids can do,” said Margie Gabiola, principal of Holy Spirit Catholic School. “…When you go into a space where you’re looking at art, it creates this sense of calm in you or gets you excited; if you want to come for the full experience, this is the type of event you want to come to–especially when it’s local.”

Owners of local classic car restoration business ‘Badass Glass’ are trying to get back on their feet after a fire destroyed the company’s body shop.

Jordan Miller, owner of Badass Glass, said his son woke him up in the early hours of May 13 after noticing a fire in the large body shop near their home. Miller called the Pocatello Fire Department, and firefighters extinguished the blaze, but not before the loss of the shop and the tools and vehicles stored inside.

The Bannock County Assessor’s Office announced property values may rise around the area after a study by the Idaho State Tax Commission found Bannock County prices fell below market real estate prices.

“Reading is magic, and at the Pocatello Rotary we like to bring some more of that magic to our community,” said Michael Strickland, member of the Pocatello Rotary Club. “Little Free Libraries are great because, in today’s society, so many things cost money––it’s nice to have something that people and children and families can do that doesn’t cost anything.”

“My run is really a thank you note to Pocatello in some ways,” said Swanson. “It’s always been a driver of mine to be of service and to look for opportunities to give back to the community.”

The Friends of Edson Fichter Nature Area are hosting a citizen-science Bioblitz on Saturday, May 17.

During the Bioblitz, participants will catalogue the 40-acre Edson Fichter Nature Area’s plants, birds, and mammals using the iNaturalist smartphone app, which identifies species and records sightings in a worldwide database.

Pocatello Animal Services will host their annual Low-Cost Rabies Vaccination Clinic on Saturday, May 17.

The clinic will offer rabies vaccines for pets at the low price of $10 per animal. First-time vaccinations last one year, but booster shots lasting three years are available with proof of previous vaccination.

The Pocatello Salvation Army’s box truck has broken down. Now, they are asking for people’s help to buy a new one so they can continue their mission to serve local people.

The EPA has pulled funding from Pocatello’s Portneuf River Vision project to update park and river infrastructure.

The Zonta Club of Pocatello is working to support local women and girls by raising awareness for sexual and domestic violence, providing scholarships, and collecting donations to provide basic necessities to those in need.

Volunteers needed for Community-Wide Spring Cleanup. The event starts Saturday, May 3 at 8:30am at Caldwell Park in Pocatello.

Pocatello city departments are seeking job candidates for roles ranging from zookeepers to lifeguards, and they are accepting applications at their hiring fair on Friday, April 25.

The annual hiring fair is the city’s largest effort to draw workers to municipal jobs in sanitation, parks and recreation, groundskeeping, and many more, with the event giving people an opportunity to meet city workers and get tours of facilities and equipment.

The Westside Players are racing against time this season to raise enough money for much-needed repairs to their 90-year-old theater, the Warehouse.

Employees of the Simplot Don Plant took to their two-mile stretch of adopted Highway 30 on Wednesday to pick up trash in recognition of Earth Day.

Simplot adopted the stretch of road near the plant in 2005, and, since then, employee volunteers have tidied litter from the sides of the highway twice a year on dates scheduled near Earth Day in the spring and National Pollution Prevention Week in the fall.

The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) awarded JR Simplot Company the ‘Adopt-A-Highway Group of the Year Award for Southeast Idaho’ on Friday, in recognition of the company’s hard work keeping their stretch of adopted road clean.

In 2005, Simplot adopted a two-mile stretch of US Highway 30, and, since then, employee volunteers have picked up trash twice a year and average about 1,600 pounds of litter cleaned up annually.

The Pocatello Animal Services Department and Friends of the Pocatello Animal Shelter will host the 28th annual ‘Run with the Big Dogs’ marathon event on Saturday, April 19.

The event will have a 2k walk/run and 5k run available for people (and their pets) along with vendors, raffle prizes, a silent auction, splash pools for dogs, and refreshments for participants and dogs.