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Under The Radar

The hum grows louder and suddenly a yellow aircraft appears overhead. It makes a sharp turn then swoops down and glides five feet above the ground, trailed by a...

Things To Do

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Pomerelle Pounder: Take on a Mountain!

Imagine yourself careening down a forested mountainside at 30 mph, descending more than 1,000 vertical feet while negotiating hair-pin turns, 12-foot A-frames and treacherous rock-beds. Welcome to the Pomerelle...
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The People of Southern Idaho

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Lori Henson

Lori Henson

Magic Valley residents enjoy many offerings of local arts, music, and theatrical productions. Anyone who has attended – or participated in – one of Magic Valley’s local musical theater productions, has likely seen a show directed by Lori Henson. Lori has always...

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Biff Hutchison

Biff Hutchison

Sure, he catches big air and can perform full 360-degree back flips. When you find out Biff Hutchison is on a pogo stick things get interesting. Hutchison, an otherwise typical 16-year-old Burley High School junior, started riding years ago. Like many children...

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Kristi Fowler

Kristi Fowler

It’s about living a better story. That’s the motto that author Kristi Fowler lives by.  After years spent as a counselor listening to people share their stories – good, bad and downright unimaginable – she knows that what a person chooses to believe about their...

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Dave Weber, A Teacher Who Does

Dave Weber, A Teacher Who Does

An old adage speculates that those who can’t do, teach. However, this saying is in no way applicable to David Weber. A rock climbing enthusiast and teacher of math and sciences at Shoshone High School for 20 years, he never lets his teaching get in the way of his...

White Tiger Martial Arts

White Tiger Martial Arts

White Tiger Martial Arts is the only Idaho martial arts school teaching Doce Pares, a Filipino martial art that emphasizes stick and sword fighting. Brian Jensen established White Tiger in Rupert in 2003. Jensen has been a martial arts enthusiast since he took his...

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Keith Adams – Drug Free Pro

Keith Adams – Drug Free Pro

If our past can tie us down it can also free us. Keith Adams (59 years old) is living proof.  Professional Trial Bike competitor, educator and avid outdoors man, Adams uses his past to inspire the future of those around him. Using the power of sports and the great...

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Chelsi Phillips

Chelsi Phillips

When Chelsi Phillips was crowned Minico High School’s Homecoming Queen last fall, she never dreamed it would lead her to win Idaho’s Homecoming Queen Competition allowing her the privilege to compete for “America’s Homecoming Queen” in Anaheim California this...

Christopher Kubs

Christopher Kubs

From immigrant to Vietnam War veteran to cowboy to acclaimed metal worker, Hill City resident Christopher Kubs’ story would make a great book. With a college degree in English, he could author it, too. The first time Christopher Kubs saw the West, it was from the...

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2008 Mom of the Year

2008 Mom of the Year

Your nominations came rolling in for our first-ever Mother of the Year contest. There are so many incredible women raising children here that it was difficult to single one out. But after much deliberation by the Southern Idaho Living editorial board, we chose a...

Jake Weimer

Jake Weimer

Photos and Story by Trent HowieThe son of a second-generation farmer, Jake Weimer grew up on a sugar beet farm. The Weimer family has a long history of working the soil in Rupert, but Jake’s idea of cultivating the dirt is a little different than his grandfather’s....

Southern Idaho Photos

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Jan 01, 2012

Winter City of Rocks

This shot was taken while shooting a snowshoeing story at the City of Rocks in January 2008. It was a perfect day with...
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Oct 01, 2011

Morning River Fog

It's that first chill of fall... where the cold morning air pulls a dense fog out of the river. As the morning sun...
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Nov 01, 2007

Pomerelle Ski Resort

This is the very top of Pomerelle Ski Resort (taken November 29, 2006). It's not unusual for Pomerelle to get more...
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May 01, 2008

Minadoka Damn

Every spring the waters swell behind every damn along the snake river. About 10 miles up-river from my house is the...