by Jason Lugo | Jan 1, 2008 | Moments
Four Trumpeter Swans flying over the Jackson Bridge. The bridge is located near Rupert about 4 miles down the Snake River from Lake Walcott. [UPDATE 2009] The bridge has since been torn down by the county. 🙁
by Jason Lugo | Jan 1, 2008 | Publisher's Blog
I receive daily calls from my brother Cal, who lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. Our conversation usually begins by him asking, “What are you doing?” If I’m sitting in my home office or out on my deck, my reply is, “Oh, just sitting here, watching...
by Karma Metzler Fitzgerald | Jan 1, 2008 | In Business
Shawnee McKendry wields a bag of icing like a conductor waves a baton. Fluid. Smooth. And in the end, there is an orchestra of cake, icing and beauty. McKendry’s sweet symphony can be consumed at Hooked on Chocolates, Filer’s newest location for indulgence...
by Lisa Dayley | Jan 1, 2008 | Getting-Out
Originally, in 1906, a barber shop stood at the corner of 6th and F Street in Rupert. Over the next 100 years, the location housed two banks, a cigar store, candy shop, jewelry store, shoe store, pool room, craft shop and a series of restaurants. Today, Henry’s at the...
by Ryan Howe | Jan 1, 2008 | Getting-Out
Everyone knows that cowboys are the toughest sonuva guns around. And cowgirls? Well, they’re tougher than a two-dollar steak. That’s why thousands crowd into the Eldon Evans Expo Center on the College of Southern Idaho campus for the annual Cowboy and Cowgirl Boxing...