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Here’s what you should know to start your Thursday.

The Hayden fire was first reported on July 19 and since then has burned over 9 thousand acres. Currently, the Hayden wildfire is located 18 miles west of the city of Leadore in the Salmon-Challis National Forest. As of Tuesday, July 25, the fire is still at a 0% containment level.

By 9:05 Monday morning Rigby’s Central Fire District had arrived on the scene of a shed on fire. By 9:30 the fire had been put out.

The Skin Cancer Foundation and their ‘Destination Healthy Skin’ RV are making a visit to Idaho Falls where they are providing people with free skin cancer screenings. The foundation tries to help not only educate people on the dangers and effects of skin cancer but also help people understand how to prevent it.

Many Outdoors men and women know and understand that Bear Spray is a vital tool in their toolbox whenever they enter the woods. Idaho has a large bear population so often when in the backwoods recreationists are in bear country.

Here’s what you should know to start your Monday.

Patricia Terry Holland, the wife of Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and a former counselor in the Young Women General Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, passed away peacefully on July, 20, 2023, after a brief hospitalization. She was 81.

Here’s what you should know to start your Wednesday.