Idaho
More than $20K in North Idaho College scholarships will be awarded
Registration opens Monday for the North Idaho Women and Their Money Conference, a free event designed to promote financial confidence and competence for women of all ages and walks of life.
“It’s so fascinating; the demographics are all over the board for who this is for,” co-organizer Teresa Irish said in an April 18 phone interview.
The inaugural conference will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 9 at North Idaho College. The day will feature sessions exploring such topics as entrepreneurship, building wealth, insurance and creating plans for financial stability as well. Educational exhibits and resources will be on site as well.
A keynote presentation will be delivered by New York Times best-selling author and nationally recognized money expert Ellen Rogin, who will also participate in a breakout session.
“We’re really excited,” Irish said. “She’s very down to earth. She has such a commonsense approach to communication about money that makes you feel like it’s a commonplace topic we should all be able to talk about.”
Irish said Rogin is very disarming for people, a quality that makes a sometimes frustrating and formidable topic not so intimidating.
“Her laid-back style will make you think, ‘This isn’t that hard,’” Irish said.
The conference will have seats for 500 guests, allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. The conference committee set a goal of welcoming 400 participants, but overwhelming community interest and support led organizers to expand the event.
“Understanding the basics of financial terms and strategies will help bring a person to a feeling of security and provide a launching pad to achieve other life goals,” co-organizer Jan Tymesen said. “It is our privilege to offer this to the women of North Idaho.”
Irish said the conference is for women who want to learn, connect and grow.
“Whether starting out, starting over, balancing life as a single mom, planning for retirement, this isn’t just about money,” she said. “It’s about confidence that comes with knowledge, informed decision making and realizing your goals and dreams are within reach.”
Those who attend the North Idaho Women and Their Money Conference will also be given opportunities to earn $1,000 NIC scholarships that will support vocational training, workforce development and credit-based educational programs. Attendees can include their interest in being considered for a scholarship directly on the registration form. At the close of the conference, winners will be randomly selected and announced live, adding a meaningful and memorable moment to an already empowering day. As contributions to the scholarship fund increase, so does the number of scholarships to be awarded to the 500 women attending the conference.
“We are blessed to be a blessing and to help others create lasting value in their own lives,” Tymesen said. “We understand that financial literacy is a key driver of economic stability and empowerment. We are honored to support this conference with our time, talents and treasures.”
Visit northidahowomenandtheirmoney.com for registration details and info.
With Idaho’s primary election coming up, which ballots are Idaho voters eligible to cast? Well, it depends.
The state leaves it up to political parties to decide whether their primary is open or closed.
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Voting in Idaho: What are closed primaries?
The Republican Party has a closed primary, meaning only registered Republican voters can participate. Meanwhile, the Democratic primary is open to all registered voters, regardless of party affiliation.
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Voters can change affiliation to take part in a different party’s primary, but state law requires voters to switch their affiliation no later than the 12th Friday before the primary, which in the May 2026 election has already passed.
A previously unaffiliated voter can affiliate with a party of their choice on the day of the primary and participate in its primary.
Each voter is only allowed to cast one ballot.
IDAHO FALLS — As a waterfall quietly trickled nearby, the Rotary Club of Idaho Falls and Idaho Falls Parks and Recreation celebrated two new shelters at Heritage Park on Wednesday.
Before a ribbon-cutting ceremony, city leaders and Rotary Club members said the shelters wouldn’t be there if it weren’t for the club’s annual duck race held along the Snake River.
“As you look around at this park and look at the greenbelt, it is a great success for which Rotary has been one of the main drivers,” said Stephen Boorman, president of the Rotary Club. “As we look at these shelters that are here today, they are a success funded by last year’s duck race.”
Wednesday’s event was also the kick-off for the 35th annual duck race in Idaho Falls. A small parade featuring some of this year’s prizes, including a sedan donated by Stone’s KIA and an ATV donated by Idaho Central Credit Union. Ducks will soon be available for sale online or at sales booths around the community this summer, according to a news release.
This year’s race festivities will run from Friday, Aug. 7, to Saturday, Aug. 8. More information can be found on the duck race’s website.
PJ Holm, Idaho Falls Parks and Recreation director, said the two new shelters are part of more than $1 million that the club has donated to the city since 2019 for the purpose of building Heritage Park.
“These shelters aren’t just wooden structures, they’re gathering places where families will celebrate birthdays, or friends will reconnect with each other, where community events will happen and memories will be made,” Holm said.
City leaders also announced that a lodgepole pine has been planted in Heritage Park in recognition of Kevin Call, owner of Farr’s Candy Company and a member of the Rotary Club that helps put on the duck race. Holm said the city will be doing fundraising to place a plaque beside the tree.
“We’re going to dedicate this lodgepole pine to Kevin Call for all of his dedication, all his work, all his commitment to our community,” Holm said.
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Researchers hope the project will provide a case study demonstrating that much of the permanent interior fencing could be removed from federal grazing allotments and be effectively replaced with virtual fencing.
The first season of the planned two-year study started in mid-April and will conclude in October. The Foundation for America’s Public Lands funded the project with a $235,000 grant.
Furthermore, the ability to track livestock movements via the collars will provide the team with insights into other research questions. The researchers want to use data from their collared cattle to better understand important animal traits and to assess different management approaches.
“We’ve seen that where cattle spend the most time is not where they’re doing most of their grazing,” Ellison said. “We’re starting to learn little things like that by evaluating the data we’ve collected so far.”
The research team also includes K. Scott Jensen, an area Extension educator specializing in rangeland management and livestock grazing; Hadley Dotts, a research associate; and three graduate students — Henning Krúger and Maxine Walas, master’s students in animal science, and Abigail McClaflin, who is pursuing a master’s in water resources.
Ellison began research using virtual fencing in 2023, when she started a project on federal grazing allotments through which a wildfire had burned the previous grazing season, and in subsequent years, combined targeted grazing with collared cattle and aerial herbicide spraying to control cheatgrass. The team also used the collars to keep cattle away from critical fish habitat during the spawning season.
Ellison is also the lead on a separate, $181,000 grant from the Foundation for America’s Public Lands also involving virtual fencing. The project, scheduled to begin in March 2027, will entail grazing collared cattle in strips along roadways to establish wildfire fuel breaks.
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