The Pink Ladies, which are the Power County Hospital auxiliary volunteers, are accepting applications for their annual health education scholarship. Requirements include being a resident of Power or South West Bingham Counties (Aberdeen area) and having completed one year of…
No mask mandate for American Falls
by Daniel Moore Press Staff Writer American Falls Mayor Rebekah Sorensen gets a request about every other day, either in person or through the mail, for American Falls to follow Pocatello’s lead and mandate masks throughout the city to stop…
Aberdeen music students will perform video concert
The annual Christmas Concert for the Aberdeen High School and Aberdeen Middle School Music Department will be held Monday, Dec. 14, at 7 p.m. Groups performing will include the sixth grade band, seventh and eighth grade combined… Read the full…
Survey: alcohol is drug of choice at American Falls schools
Most don’t use drugs, but significant percentage do Drug use among students has been a hot topic as of late. A committee of concerned parents formed an organization, A.F. Cares, to help students avoid drugs, especially vaping, and the school…
Aberdeen District Library is now offering 24/7 Wi-Fi
Through a federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act grant, administered by the Idaho Department of Commerce and managed by the Idaho Commission for Libraries (ICfL), the Aberdeen District Library received a significant upgrade to the library’s internet…
Christmas Festival becomes “reverse parade”
The Greater American Falls Area Chamber of Commerce was set to cancel its annual Christmas festival, which was slated for Saturday, Dec. 5. They had hoped to do a scaled down version of the big event. However, with the state…
At-home school on the fifth day starts this week for American Falls students
by Daniel Moore Press Staff Writer The American Fall School District Board of Trustees in a meeting on Monday, Nov. 9, confirmed that administrators had the board’s approval to move the current half school day from Wednesday to Friday, and…
Aberdeen airport will be expanded in the future
After much discussion and a vote, Aberdeen City Council members decided to go forward with the expansion of the Aberdeen airport. All council members, Diane Hernandez, Karalee Krehbiel, Mary Leisy, Brian Schneider, Alan Summers and Karl Vollmer, were present. The…
Campbell wins sheriff’s race with nearly 70 percent
by Daniel Moore Press Staff Writer Josh Campbell will be the new Power County Sheriff after taking a commanding lead in the sheriff’s race on Tuesday, Nov. 3. Campbell, a Republican, had 2,129 votes, while Democrat Max Sprague, the deputy…