Firth News

Workers put in new windows at Amy Firth Middle School in this 2005 photo. Jackson Public Schools will close its alternative middle school within three weeks and eliminate 29 staff positions to close half of a $2.4 million budget shortfall.

By LESLIE MIELKE This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it FIRTH - Representatives of Education First Foundation and some of the foreign exchange students attending schools in eastern Idaho spoke to the Firth trustees Thursday.

By MELANIE MOORE This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it BLACKFOOT - Father-daughter duo Mike and Kayla Krehbiel opened the Red Rhino Cafe in June, and have worked the past few months to expand and improve their business.

FIRTH More than 100 current and former soldiers were honored at Firth High School Wednesday, as students, faculty and parents came out for a morning assembly commemorating Veteran's Day.

By LESLIE MIELKE This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it FIRTH The Civil War and some of its battles has come to life for some Firth High School students and southeastern Idaho residents.

Police are hoping some unique surveillance pictures of an ATM theft will help them find who did it.

By LESLIE MIELKE This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it FIRTH - It's just a-maze-ing that a person can earning a living by designing, cutting and teaching farmers how to run a corn maze.

The idea that a snail, half the size of a dime, would delay construction on a new boat ramp might sound silly but it's happening in Idaho Falls.

By Leslie Mielke FIRTH - Tom Luna, Idaho's Superintendent of Public Instruction, visited classrooms and spoke with teachers at Firth High School Thursday, Sept.

Monday, 14 September 2009 By Leslie Mielke BLACKFOOT Two members of the Prime Cut 4-H Club are Levi Adams and Cody Killian from Firth.

Recycling in Bingham County is only a phone call away. Levi and Kendra Stacey have been operating Bingham Curbside Recyclers since April 2009.

The Shelley-Firth Fire District has a new Class A fire truck in its arsenal. About every five years, a new truck is purchased for either Firth or Shelley since the two towns form one fire district, Firth Fire Chief Bruce Anthony said.

Since 1982, state tax payers have been supporting a Health and Welfare program named after a young girl named Katie Beckett.

FIRTH Hundreds of people attended and participated in the Little Buckaroo Rodeo held in Firth Friday, July 31, and Saturday, Aug.

A full slate of activities is scheduled for Saturday morning, Aug. 1. A cowboy breakfast from 7 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. will served in the Firth City Park.

IDAHO FALLS A Blackfoot bus driver for the Idaho National Laboratory is the region's safest driver of the year, according to the National Safety Council.

The Bingham County Sheriff's department pulled the body of Mario Barraza out of the Snake River near Firth Friday afternoon.

The Bingham County Search and Rescue Team is looking for a 30-year-old Firth man in Firth River Bottoms on the Snake River.

To celebrate the Fourth of July, members of the Basalt and Firth communities held their first patriotic road show Wednesday evening.

Even though we've had a wet spring there is a growing concern for summer wildfires.