Archive for September, 2006

Mike Adams’ Tall Tales

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to the newsletter or RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Thursday morning I woke up, had a cup of coffee and sat down to read the Post Register. What a treat I was in for, local fiction writer, Mike Adams had a new piece in Talk Back. [...]


“Welcome to Idaho Falls” Monument Unveiled

I have been eagerly anticipating the erection of a new welcome sign next to the Kicks66 gas station on Broadway. This is the Broadway entrance to Idaho Falls from the freeway.
The area used to be an eyesore with a chain link fence and rusty old metal sheds. The fence and buildings were razed [...]


Rex Rammell Puts His Interests Before Idaho’s

Editorial Note: This article was submitted to me by someone else, a local who is concerned about the Rex Rammell situation and who has unique perspective. If they choose to follow this up by registering and writing more, I’ll change the author’s name on this article to properly attribute their work.

Rex Rammell and his elk [...]


How You Can Help Find Idaho’s Missing Persons

I read in this morning’s Post Register that today is Missing Persons Day. I can only imagine how difficult these cases are for the families involved, not having closure. The rest of us are left with creepy feelings and speculating what might have happened.
There is actually a way you can help solve missing persons cases! [...]


September 11 Remembrance Walk Around Greenbelt

September 11 is an awkward anniversary for most Americans. I always reflect back on attacks and the subsequent tragedy, and remember how I was glued to media for a solid week thereafter. I feel I shouldn’t to anything happy or joyous on September 11, especially when two wars have ensued since then and Osama bin [...]


How to Write Articles: Intermediate Information

This online community is designed to be a reflection of our Idaho Falls community. We get lots of discussion activity via the chatbox and comment responses to articles. This series will help more people make the transition from reacting to published stories to writing stories themselves.
The more people who write about local topics, the [...]


Homework before Video is Business before Pleasure

My smart wife started this school year on the right foot with a rule that our son must finish his homework every day before he can watch any television. No ifs, ands, or buts; no video is allowed for him until he finishes his homework and either mom or dad go over it to ensure [...]


Laraine Wilkins: The lady who brought Boston to Idaho Falls

Dear Friends:
I don’t recall any article being similar to this. I only learned this information Friday night and since time is of the essence, much of what I write must be written somewhere. Please everyone, bear with me, There are messages for each of you. I’m trying to give information to numerous people in about [...]


September 1, 2006 State of the City Blog

IdahoFallz.com publishes monthly updated visitor counts and highlights some of the best-written stories in the past month.
We do this in the interest of conducting open and honest business, and to update our stakeholders. IdahoFallz.com stakeholders include Idaho Falls residents, anyone concerned with positive improvements the Idaho Falls area, and businesses seeking to target the [...]


Rules for the Chatbox

Due to recent events it seems necessary to educate or remind people of what is and is not acceptable behavior for the chatbox. Keep in mind that there are members who have the ability to block you from posting if you decide to break “the rules”.
This is taken directly from the link IN OUR CHATBOX [...]