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Group marches across Broadway Bridge for legalized medicinal cannabis – East Idaho News
IDAHO FALLS – A group of six people joined together to march across a busy bridge in Idaho Falls to advocate for the right of every Idahoan to seek access to medicinal cannabis.
The protest on Saturday started close to 4:20 p.m. on the eastern side of the Snake River as the group marched across Broadway Street, then down the bridge. Upon reaching Memorial Drive, they went back across the street and back down the bridge, and then three people made that loop again. Even though not many people showed up, the event organizer wasn’t bothered.
“The three people that we did have is more than we would have had five years ago, and it just takes time to get the word across,” said Courtney Anderson, the Idaho Falls team leader for Legalize Idaho.
Sean Crystal, the owner of 710 Spectrum, a hemp-derived cannabis shop in Idaho Falls, was one of the three that went across the bridge a second time, and he added to that statement.
“At the end of the day, honestly, the small movement that you see out at stuff like this is nothing, respective of what the broader movement is,” Crystal said. “There’s hundreds, thousands more that have fear of doing that here in Idaho.”
The protestors cheered back at cars that honked while driving by, holding up signs raising awareness to the broader movement for legalization in the Gem State. Specifically, Anderson said that this protest’s main goal was to raise awareness to Idaho’s House Joint Resolution 4, which will be on the ballot in November 2026.
According to Ballotpedia, HJR 4 would grant the legislature exclusive authority to legalize marijuana, narcotics or other psychoactive substances,” if passed. This would remove the option for citizen-initiated measures to make it onto the ballot and potentially legalize those substances.
“We need to get in there and vote next year and stop this from passing,” Anderson said. “(This is) about everybody. It’s about the government trying to take control over matters that should be in our hands.”
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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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