Local History

Teton Dam Flood Brought Best Out of Idaho Falls Residents

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to the newsletter or RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!There is plenty of great media coverage lately on the thirtieth-anniversary of the Teton Dam collapse and flood.

I want to just focus on the Idaho Falls aspect of the Teton Dam flood. I always heard Idaho [...]


Watch 4th of July Fireworks from Keefer Island, Idaho Falls

Poor Keefer Island sits unused and seemingly unwanted in Idaho Falls‘ Snake River stretch. The city used to shoot our fireworks off from the north end of the island. When Frank took over with with the awesome Melaleuca Freedom Celebration, he deployed so many fireworks as to outgrow the island space and they have been [...]


Embers of local angst against Post Register still burn hot

Noticed today the Post Register vs. Boy Scouts vs. Kim Hansen vs. Frank Vandersloot is flaming up again. The full community page dominated on page A5, and Kathy Stanger tore into the Post Register on the next page Opinions. The Post Register was ripping on Kim Hansen still leading the local Scouts after questions were [...]