College of Eastern Idaho gives region a higher ed ‘pipeline’

Expanding a technical college to a two-year community college in eastern Idaho was a long process. Top Featured Tags: – Idaho News Press Release Distribution Service

Eastern Idaho’s COVID-19 cases are down ahead of Christmas. But doctors worry a hospital crisis looms (copy)

While coronavirus cases have slowed significantly this month in eastern Idaho — with daily case averages declining from the 200s to fewer than 150 over the past week — medical leaders warn that local intensive care units remain stretched near… Top Featured Tags: – Idaho News Press Release Distribution Service

South Driggs property receives new zone

Nearly a year after the application was first submitted, the 11.2-acre Mathews property on the south end of Driggs has been annexed into the city and rezoned (again). Top Featured Tags: – Idaho News Press Release Distribution Service

Library Makerspace relocates, fundraises for digital media room

Valley of the Tetons Library has temporarily shelved its search for a new, larger home for the Driggs library and instead nearly doubled its existing footprint by moving the popular Makerspace into the studio next door. Now Friends of the… Top Featured Tags: – Idaho News Press Release Distribution Service

Sweet dreams in the Tetons

You’ve got that special date circled on your calendar. Maybe it’s your wedding anniversary, a best friend’s birthday, or a celebration-worthy graduation. And maybe — if it weren’t for the pandemic — you’d be planning a boisterous gathering, but that’s… Top Featured Tags: – Idaho News Press Release Distribution Service

Letters to Santa – 2020

Paging through the many letters Santa received from local elementary students always reveals some trends. A lot of kids here are well-versed in the art of correspondence—they’re careful to ask after Santa and the reindeer’s health and to check on… Top Featured Tags: – Idaho News Press Release Distribution Service

Sheriff’s Log – December 23

There were 188 calls for service reported to the Teton County, Idaho Sheriff’s Office between December 11 and December 17. Officers performed 18 traffic stops and 39 security checks of local businesses. There were six accidents, six slide-offs, zero DUIs,… Top Featured Tags: – Idaho News Press Release Distribution Service

District will follow governor’s COVID guidelines on sporting events

Teton County schools braced for a post-Thanksgiving spike of COVID cases. Somewhat surprisingly, that spike never came. Top Featured Tags: – Idaho News Press Release Distribution Service

Despite teacher concerns, Winter Sports are on

“We love doing Winter Sports, but we do not see how to safely execute programs and keep ourselves and students safe,” wrote the elementary school teachers of Victor in a letter to the school board read on Monday, Dec. 14. Top Featured Tags: – Idaho News Press Release Distribution Service

School board considers offer on Driggs property

As of Monday, Dec. 14, the Teton School District 401 Board of Trustees was entertaining an offer made on the old district office currently for sale in Driggs. Top Featured Tags: – Idaho News Press Release Distribution Service

More open space protected along Teton Creek Corridor

Last week, the Teton Regional Land Trust and Teton County, Idaho completed the most recent conservation easement along the Teton Creek Corridor. Top Featured Tags: – Idaho News Press Release Distribution Service

After month of turmoil, Teton schools look for stable end of 2020

The Cooke family of Victor has a kindergartener and a senior currently enrolled in Teton School District 401. That wide age span has meant a set of diverse challenges for the household as the school district attempts to tackle the… Top Featured Tags: – Idaho News Press Release Distribution Service

Fall River Electric to conduct food drives in Driggs

Fall River Electric Cooperative will be hosting its third annual holiday food drive called “Stuff the Truck” in Driggs on Wednesday, Dec. 23 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Broulim’s Fresh Foods. All the food and monetary donations will… Top Featured Tags: – Idaho News Press Release Distribution Service

A timeline of eastern Idaho’s COVID deaths

The Post Register has compiled every demographic detail that Eastern Idaho Public Health releases for COVID-19 deaths in the eight-county health district. Here is who has died: Top Featured Tags: – Idaho News Press Release Distribution Service

First COVID vaccines administered in Teton County

On Monday evening, hours after the first Idahoan received Pfizer’s newly approved COVID-19 vaccination in Rexburg, 60 doses were driven down the snowy highway from Idaho Falls to the Teton Valley Hospital in Driggs. Top Featured Tags: – Idaho News Press Release Distribution Service

County named cooperating agency on Grand Targhee expansion

Teton County, Idaho, has a seat at the table in discussions over the sweeping expansion proposed on public land at Grand Targhee Resort. Top Featured Tags: – Idaho News Press Release Distribution Service

TMS clubs bring the enthusiasm

This year the Teton Middle School Student Council and Latinos in Action are devoted to keeping all the kids at TMS engaged, involved, and having fun, COVID be darned. Top Featured Tags: – Idaho News Press Release Distribution Service

An outpouring of memories

Hatch and Kearsley descendants reflect on 100-year history of Victor house Top Featured Tags: – Idaho News Press Release Distribution Service

Are you experiencing seasonal affective disorder?

Seasonal affective disorder is a type of depression that’s related to changes in seasons. If you’re like most people with SAD, your symptoms start in the fall (right around now with the sunlight changing) and continue into the winter months,… Top Featured Tags: – Idaho News Press Release Distribution Service

Mental Health Resource Directory

Accessing Mental Health Support in Teton Valley Top Featured Tags: – Idaho News Press Release Distribution Service

Mental Health Strategies for Parents

A supervisor once told me that, “Adolescence is a time of normal psychosis.” Which is just clinical speak for, “Teenagers have lost their minds.” While it can certainly feel like this is true, I believe that tweens and teens are… Top Featured Tags: – Idaho News Press Release Distribution Service

Eastern Idaho leans heavily on public reports to catch poachers

Looking at a recent public request for help from Idaho Fish and Game on poaching cases across the state might lead someone to conclude that eastern Idaho has a big problem. Top Featured Tags: – Idaho News Press Release Distribution Service

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