Roughly $25,000 worth of damage occurred to city property when a wind storm ripped through the Willow Bay Marina Campground, tipping over dozens of trees. The city is making insurance claims on the bulk of that amount. That amount includes…
Arts Council presents “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever”
The Aberdeen Arts Council will present the Christmas show “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” on Friday, Saturday and Monday, Dec. 6, 7 and 9. Curtains open at 7:30 p.m. American author Barbara Robinson’s novel The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (1971)…
Election results
The Power County Hospital bond did not pass. Although a majority voted for the bond at 54%, it did not reach the 67% super majority needed to pass. COUNCIL MEMBER 2 YR AMERICAN FALLS (VOTE FOR 1) Rebekah K. Sorensen, …
City of A.F. receives block grant for Lee Street Park playground
The Idaho Department of Commerce has awarded the City of American Falls a Community Development Block Grant in the amount of $150,000 to be used for the purchase of new playground equipment. The new equipment will be located at Lee…
Aberdeen School District sees good things
by Superintendent Jane Ward Aberdeen School District Good things are happening in the Aberdeen School District. This month the district was notified that three of our teachers, Mary George, Traci Wahlen and Diana Sargent, received a bonus of $4,000 a…
Homeless activist interview homeless families in American Falls for website
An activist for homeless people, Diane D. Nilan, came to American Falls on Friday, Oct. 11, to interview homeless families here, invited here by the American Falls School District. Nilan takes videos of her interviews and then uploads them onto…
City learns meaning of being grandfathered
Aberdeen Mayor Larry Barrett asked city attorney Garrett Sandow to explain what it means to be grandfathered. Aberdeen has some issues and the people keep telling the city they can’t do anything about it because they are grandfathered. Sandow informed…
Hospital district schedules tours, offers info about bond election
The Power County Hospital is nearing the completion of the second major phase of facility construction this month. New laboratory and office spaces, nursing home rooms, mechanical systems, front parking lot, and hospital rooms are all nearing completion in this…
AFHS 2000 girls’ basketball team receives honors
The 2000 American Falls High School girls’ basketball team has been selected as the 2020 girls’ basketball Legends of the Game, according to a release from the Idaho High School Activities Association. The Legends recognition program was established in 2001…