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Roberts—Spotlight

Posted on December 1, 2021 by Amy McClellan / Comments Off on Roberts—Spotlight

A Town Tailored to Its History By Amy McClellan My family has a long-standing personal connection to Roberts—a town of about six hundred and fifty residents fifteen miles north of our home in Idaho Falls—through our frequent visits
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Moscow—Spotlight

Posted on November 1, 2021 by Miranda R. Carter / Comments Off on Moscow—Spotlight

The Pull of Home By Miranda R. Carter The magazine first visited Moscow as a Spotlight City in our April 2002 issue. We figured it was time to have another look. It was one of those nights that
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Samuels and Sam—Spotlight City

Posted on October 1, 2021 by Eloise Kraemer / Comments Off on Samuels and Sam—Spotlight City

A Town and Its Ghostly Sibling By Eloise Kraemer I have a long association with Samuels and Sam, two sibling communities that are namesakes of the same man. My mother was born and raised in Sandpoint, and for
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Leslie—Spotlight City

Posted on September 1, 2021 by Kathy Corgatelli NeVille / Comments Off on Leslie—Spotlight City

Big Views, Big Mountains By Kathy Corgatelli NeVille When I was growing up on our family ranch east of Darlington in the Big Lost River Valley, I never gave much thought to Leslie, a little settlement a few
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Peck—Spotlight City

Posted on August 1, 2021 by Robyn Bonner / Comments Off on Peck—Spotlight City

A Piece of Heaven By Robyn Bonner and the Students of Peck Elementary School At Peck Elementary School, where I teach, I recently shared with my students in grades three to six the idea of collaborating on a
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Blackfoot—Spotlight City

Posted on July 1, 2021 by Geraldine Mathias / Comments Off on Blackfoot—Spotlight City

Decades of Change Story and Photos by Geraldine Matthias Blackfoot was IDAHO magazine’s Spotlight City in June 2004. Copies of that issue are available from the magazine’s office or our website. And now it’s time to revisit. February
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Pocatello—Spotlight

Posted on May 1, 2021 by Elise Barker / Comments Off on Pocatello—Spotlight

Ever-Changing amid the Unchanged Mountains Pocatello was IDAHO magazine’s Spotlight City in our December 2001 issue. Almost two decades later, it’s time to revisit. By Elise Barker I immediately loved the sound of the word “Pocatello” the first
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Boise—Spotlight City

Posted on April 1, 2021 by Dean Worbois / Comments Off on Boise—Spotlight City

The Big and Small of It By Dean Worbois Was it a big town or a small city? I was raised in both, choosing my environment by what I was looking for at the time. It was the
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Garden Valley—Spotlight

Posted on March 1, 2021 by Eloise Kraemer / Comments Off on Garden Valley—Spotlight

The Best of Present and Past Story and Photos by Eloise Kraemer It stormed yesterday. The winter snow came down in huge flakes like chunks of white paper confetti covering the pines in an elegant dress. Today I
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Heyburn—Spotlight

Posted on February 1, 2021 by Janelle Dallolio / Comments Off on Heyburn—Spotlight

A Town That Wouldn’t Die By Janelle Dallolio When I first moved to Heyburn in 1985, I was twenty-five, about to deliver my second child, and the mother of a spirited eight-year-old boy. We were excited to move
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