by Nicole Swafford | May 1, 2012 | Features
A radiating sun, hovering just off center over Rupert, Idaho casting its rays toward an oversized hay bale settled idly in a field… Most taking in this sight would dismiss the rather ordinary scene without registering a thought. But this is precisely the sort of...
by Nicole Swafford | May 1, 2012 | In Business
Like many Southern Idahoans, I often complain that there’s nothing to do. Perhaps this is because I approach the subject with too narrow of a focus. There might not be big concerts rolling through town or fancy festivals in parks, but most of us have chosen small town...
by Nicole Swafford | Apr 1, 2012 | Getting-Out
From skiing to skimming, boarding to bottoming out, Pomerelle Resort’s 2nd annual Slush Cup Pond Skim is becoming a rite of passage for many skiers and snowboarders to celebrate a great season of winter sports and usher in the coming of spring. True to its name, The...
by Nicole Swafford | Apr 1, 2012 | Getting-Out
There are two sure signs of spring’s arrival in southern Idaho: sporadic rain showers and the revving of engines at Gooding, Idaho’s SoHo Raceway Park (formerly High Desert Speedway). Both are conducive to some first-rate mud bogging, however, the latter also provides...
by Nicole Swafford | Mar 1, 2012 | In Business
As the frosty tendrils of Old Man Winter curl around the Magic Valley bestowing intricately crystallized designs upon windshields and requiring an extra layer be donned before stepping into the awaiting crisp breeze, Zulu Bagels and Java Jungle in Twin Falls provides...