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Idaho State University honors MLK Day with its annual march – Local News 8
POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI)– Idaho State University held their annual march and program in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday.
People gathered in the Reed Gym parking lot on campus before marching up Bartz Drive to the Stephen’s Performing Arts Center, where students and local leaders help an address discussing Dr. King’s legacy and local civil rights issues.
“Events like these, especially celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. and what he stood for, is really important to just remember what his dream was about,” said Mary Za, an ISU student who sang the national anthem and James Weldon Johnson’s “Lift Every Voice and Sing” to open the address. “And just civil rights in general, just learning to bring everyone together and the common goal is this unity and fairness for all.”
The event included remarks from ISU president Robert Wagner and keynote speaker Michael Strickland, a professor at Boise State University and author.
Event organizers said holding the march on campus sheds light on local race issues and rallies students and the people of Pocatello together for change.
“It is really important that we come together as an institution with our community, with our students, and show that know we really can make a difference in the ways that that matter,” said Ann Thomson, special programs coordinator for ISU’s ‘On Common Ground’ program.
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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