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Bookmobile brings the library to rural Idaho areas – Local News 8
INKOM, Idaho (KIFI)—The South Bannock Library District, headquartered in McCammon, uses its Bookmobile to bring books to rural readers without access to a brick-and-mortar library.
The Bookmobile is a converted passenger bus filled with books, audiobooks, and DVDs for all age groups. Throughout the school year, it stops at elementary schools in Downey, Inkom, and Lava Hot Springs.
“We started coming to the elementary schools hoping that we could fulfill a need for homework assignments and whatnot that the school libraries weren’t able to give their students,” said Megan Short, Library Director of the South Bannock Library District.
The newest Bookmobile is the largest the Library District has had to date. Short said the traveling library is instrumental in providing books to readers who may live far away.
“Marsh Valley is a small population, we have a great amount of land to cover,” said Short. “And so, especially for those families that it’s a hardship for them to be traveling that much–it’s nice to have a mobile library that you can take to them and meet them where they’re at.”
To learn more about the Bookmobile and its scheduled stops, visit the South Bannock Library District website at www.southbannocklibrary.org.
BLACKFOOT — A large contingent of Blackfoot Police officers has cordoned off an area near the Taco Bell on Parkway Drive in Blackfoot.
Police responded around 5 p.m., according to multiple witnesses who contacted EastIdahoNews.com.
EastIdahoNews.com has reached out to Blackfoot Police for details.
We will update this story as we learn more.
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MISSOULA, Mont. — An Idaho Falls angler is back in the Idaho record books after landing a record-setting lake trout at Payette Lake.
Idaho Fish and Game said Dylan Smith caught and released a 43.25-inch lake trout on May 2, setting a new state catch-and-release record for the species. The fish surpassed the previous record of 42 inches.
The catch marks Smith’s second appearance in Idaho’s record books. He previously held the state catch-and-release lake trout record after landing a trophy fish in 2018 before that mark was later broken.
According to Fish and Game, Payette Lake has become one of Idaho’s premier lake trout fisheries thanks to years of management efforts aimed at improving both lake trout and kokanee populations.
Pride Month looks different this June along Boise’s Harrison Boulevard, where a long-standing tradition of hanging Pride flags on lamp posts has been put on hold after a new state law restricted which flags can be flown on government property.
For several years, Pride flags lined lamp posts along Harrison Boulevard in Boise’s North End neighborhood. But Idaho House Bill 561, signed by Gov. Brad Little in March, restricts which flags can be flown on government property, including the City of Boise’s Harrison lamp posts.
In response, a group of neighbors formed Pride North End and launched a distribution effort to help residents show support from their own front yards. The group has been making Pride flags and yard signs available to people who want to display them at home.
“I thought that I would…be a personal example of ‘yes, this is what I do.’ This is what I believe in,” said Edna Schochat, a North End resident.
Pride North End has already distributed more than 900-yard signs and 250 flags. The group’s original donation goal was around $2,000 to order 100 flags and 200 yard signs, but it has exceeded that GoFundMe goal, reaching $10,000 worth of donations.
The group plans to continue holding public flag and sign distributions through the end of the month.
“We cannot just say something without doing something that proves that we mean what we say,” Schochat said.
Pride North End said any leftover funds after materials are distributed will go to local LGBTQ+ nonprofits. A link to the group’s GoFundMe can be found here.
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