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.
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.
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.
Kristen Sanger was six years old when she rescued her first kitten. Now, she is the Executive Director for the Snake River Animal Shelter located in Idaho Falls. Sanger says that her desire to help animals was always natural.
Eric R. Anderson is a BYU-Idaho Alumnus who is an author and illustrator for a children’s book called “The Adventures of Pook and Boogee: The Boys Meet Mr. Jones.”
Extreme Huntress Competition is a competition for female hunters. Its goal is to give positive role models for women and children. Last year, the competition celebrated its 10th year with a special competition named Ultimate Extreme Huntress Competition. It was only for previous winners of the Extreme Huntress Competition. Competitors had the chance to travel to Zimbabwe and hunt with professional hunters. The winner was announced Jan. 10, and it was a local hunter from Weston, Idaho, Lindsay Christensen who won.
The Art Museum of Eastern Idaho hosted a presentation today about Teater’s Knoll, the only Frank Lloyd Wright designed building in Idaho. The event Teater’s Knoll: A Studio Retreat was a presentation about Archie Boyd Teater and his wife, Patricia Teater’s retreat.
John C. Frémont is a name many have heard or seen in the West. We have Fremont County in Idaho, which also has North and South Fremont High Schools. Mountain peaks, streams, streets also bear his name. Students of history may know he was an explorer, but how much do we really know about him?
There is a new member of the family in the Idaho Falls Zoo who came all the way from the Phoenix Arizona Zoo. Tunda is a cotton-top tamarin which is the smallest species of monkey.