By Sean Ellis, sellis@journalnet.com

    POCATELLO — The possibility of landing a major employer won out over a church’s desire to relocate to a 200,000-square-foot building in town.

    After being informed that an unnamed employer has made an offer on the former Ballard Medical building, the City Council unanimously decided Thursday not to allow Grace Lutheran Church... (more)

BLACKFOOT, ID (August 26, 2010) – For two nights in September, the 2010 Eastern Idaho State Fair’s Rock Around the Stock theme comes to life when Foreigner, Kenny Rogers and The Oak Ridge Boys take the Grandstand for award-winning performances.

The music begins with Foreigner on Thursday, September 9 at 8 pm. Featuring hit songs “Cold As Ice,” “Hot Blooded,” “Urgent,” “Jukebox Hero” and “I Want To Know What Love is”, Foreigner’s thrilling mix of blustery blues and impeccably crafted pop continues to captivate generation... (more)

Old Town Pocatello First Friday Art Walk September 3, 2010

Wrap up your summer fun at Art Walk this Friday night in Old Town between 5:00pm and 8:00pm.  Participating businesses invite you to share the excitement and creativity of area artists and musicians.   

    •    Mind Your Body Wellness Studio S. Main – Chocolates! Lenna will offer Ukrainian... (more)

Do you think it's a great idea? Or should people be allowed to smoke if they chose to?

What do you think?

SAGEBRUSH ARTS FEST will be held September 11th and 12th, 2010

Saturday – 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

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Do you think these are much needed improvements? Or should the money be spent on projects elsewhere? Will the construction affect you?

Public input sought... (more)

BLACKFOOT, ID (August 31, 2010) – The 18th annual Idaho State Arm Wrestling Championships will be held on Saturday, September 4th at the Eastern Idaho State Fair in Blackfoot.

    The event – held at 2 pm at the Key Bank Community Free Stage located behind the grandstands – is open to the public to compete. There will be weight divisions for all ages starting with a class of age 6 & under for the kids, as well as divisions for those over age 40.  ... (more)

Without a doubt, the news that the Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo is pulling up stakes in Pocatello and heading elsewhere is a big loss for the community.

    The event put the Gate City on the national rodeo map, not to mention generating up to $6 million annually.

    Considering the toll of the national recession on Pocatello, such a loss probably could not have... (more)

Glen Beck recently held his "Restoring Honor" near the Lincoln Memorial on the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have  A Dream Speech." Was this appropriate? Why or why not?

THUMBS DOWN: To the legal mess which has ensnared the plan to allow oversized loads of oil refinery equipment to be hauled on U.S. Highway 12, a federally protected river corridor linking Lewiston to Billings, Mont. Gov. Butch Otter and all four members of the state’s congressional delegation gave enthusiastic support to the plan last year, but now Second District Judge John Bradbury has ordered the Idaho Transportation Department to take another look in order to ensure public safety and convenience.

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By Glenn Rawson

    It seems that we focus so much on the Godhood of God that we fail to recognize the Fatherhood of God. For all the names He bears in Scripture, He asks us to call Him “Heavenly Father.”

    Now indeed, He is all-knowing, all-powerful, and all-just. He governs the universe and holds the destinies of men and nations in His hands. But so too, in every worthy... (more)

By Ed Jordan

    The town has been abuzz this last week with the arrival of the Extreme Makeover team to totally rebuild the house of a family in Pocatello. Many have volunteered to help in the project in some capacity, and many others have gone to the site to watch the transformation.

    This whole theme is interesting to me. Out of thousands of potential candidates,... (more)

By Jodeane Albright

    It’s one of the worst possible nightmare scenarios when a mine collapses. It’s also one of the greatest miracles when all 33 of the miners survive. Yet they are trapped and will remain so until at least December after the Aug. 5 mine cave-in under northern Chile’s dry, rocky and barren Atacama Desert.

    In the meantime, how are these miners to... (more)

Schwabacher Sunrise

By Vanessa Grieve

vgrieve@journalnet.com

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Press release

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POCATELLO — Idaho State University will host a range of entertainment productions in the 2010-11 “A Season of Note” series held in the Joseph C. and Cheryl H. Jensen Grand Concert Hall of the L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center.... (more)

By the Marsh Valley Performing Arts Committee

    MARSH VALLEY — The Marsh Valley Performing Arts Committe has announced the 2010-2011 “Diamond&... (more)

Great for the local economy?

Overly-hyped?

What do you think?

By Debu Majumdar

    How is one to be judged as educated? In the 19th century, knowledge of the classics and philosophy was the criteria. I propose that in this century the criterion should be the ability to decipher and judge what is true in the midst of misinformation and disinformation. Information was power sometime back, but now there is so much false and obfuscated information, that power is deciding what or how much is true.

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It’s taken 18 years for the community to pave 8 miles of its fragmented Greenway trail system, and it’s become clear that the city won’t see significant progress on completing this asset without a dramatic change of approach.

    That’s why Mayor Brian Blad and the City Council should be commended for starting a discussion on the only approach with the potential to produce results for what could become a vital cog in the city’s infrastructure.... (more)

The start of a new school year at Idaho State University is a special time.

    The infusion of new faces on campus brings a heightened sense of excitement and energy to this community, and the new year also brings with it an ongoing buffet of events and activities for us all to enjoy and appreciate.

    While all communities enjoy certain advantages, there seems to be... (more)