BYU-Idaho Radio

The Senior Community Center in Idaho Falls is saving and changing the lives of many. One of those lives is Executive Director Valisa Say. She began her work at the Senior Center as one of their Meals on Wheels drivers. This program brings meals to seniors all around the area. Once a day, drivers will deliver meals to hundreds of senior citizens and check up on them. Say says, “...before I started here, I knew nothing about what a nonprofit is, never heard of it...you don’t know what nonprofits do for the community and at what cost.”

The Madison County Commission Chairman will run for the Idaho House of Representatives for the District 34 A seat. Jon Weber has been in the County Commission Chair for Madison County for over 12 years and has been thinking about the future of the state.

The Rexburg Tabernacle Orchestra will perform a free concert next week featuring the music of Tchaikovsky.

Melanie Gygli has worked for the city of Pocatello for 30 years and has had the chance to be in several positions during her time. She has been the community development assistant, assistant planner, grants administrator, divisions manager in neighborhood and community services division and director of planning development for the city of Pocatello. After her three decades of service to the community and the city of Pocatello she will be retiring.

Family history is a great way to connect with your ancestors and find out more about yourself. That was the case with Lisa Coffey who lives in Meridian, Idaho. She was intrigued by her ancestors since she was very young.

A Madison School District teacher has returned from a trip of a lifetime to Antarctica. Sharee Barton is a coordinator for the district and taught in the middle school in the Alternative Instructional Model or AIM program.

RootsTech is the largest family history conference in the world, and it returns for its 10th year this month. Its goal is to celebrate and discover family connections from the past, present and future. This is a four-day event with well-known speakers and more than 300 breakout sessions.

A BYU-Idaho student has started a free ESL class to help anyone who wants to learn English and have the necessary tools to make that a reality. A couple of years ago BYU-Idaho German professor, Brian McDermott had an ESL class for the community of Rexburg, but when he left Idaho the class ended.

Local hospitals say they’re ready if the Corona virus comes to Idaho.