To the Health West Community: As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread and severely impact our region, we want to share our perspective. The past 18 months have been difficult for everyone in many ways, and the surge in COVID-19…
Category: Power County Press
Falls View Cemetery’s surveyed plots runs low, asks for additional levy to survey more
The Falls View Cemetery in American Falls is asking voters to help fund an expansion. The election on Tuesday, Nov. 2, will decide if the cemetery taxing district can increase its levy by $77,500 a year. The cemetery is running…
Jessie Florine Bales Howell
November 1926 to October 2021 Jessie Florine Bales Howell of American Falls, ID, passed away Monday, Oct. 11, 2021, peacefully at her home encircled by family after a brief illness at the age of 94. Jessie is preceded in death…
Troy P. Moss
Troy Pierce Moss, age 71, who was a walking “service opportunity waiting to happen,” took a direct hit and succumbed from the deadly double coronavirus (Covid-19) and pneumonia Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, at the Nashville (TN) VA Medical Center where…
COVID cases jump dramatically in P.C.
According to a press release from the Southeast Idaho Public Health Department, COVID-19 cases took a dramatic turn for the worse in the week of Tuesday, Sept. 28 through Monday, Oct. 4. The health department said during that week, it…
RHS runners break top 10 at Pocatello meet
Ezra Hubbard with the Rockland High School boys’ cross country team took seventh place in Pocatello at the Bob Conley Invitational on Thursday, Oct. 7, and on the girls’ side, Kamber Smith took sixth place. Hubbard ran the race in…
Ethel Alston
Graveside Service A graveside service for Ethel Alston will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021 at the Falls View Cemetery. Edwin and Ethel will be buried together on this day, which would be their 80th wedding anniversary.…
Viola Keas
Viola (Judd) Keas, was born April 15, 1930 and passed away on Friday, Oct. 1, 2021. Her husband Roy M. Keas passed away in American Falls on May 19, 1999. They had two children: Patricia (Keas) Johnson, married to Dan…
John Medema
John Michael Medema, age 35, was called home on Friday, Oct. 1, 2021, at his residence in Pocatello, ID. John was born in Norfolk, VA, on July 13, 1986, to Michelle Prudhomme and Michael Medema. At the time of his…
Farel Vic Simons
Our beloved Farel Vic Simons was welcomed back into the arms of his Savior and was met in a much anticipated and joyful reunion with his family and loved ones on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021. Farel was born Nov. 15,…