Idaho
Salute to Idaho Agriculture : Burley Straw Maze
Burley, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — “I really do enjoy seeing the smiles on peoples face, it’s fun,” said Spencer Stoker, owner of the Burley Straw Maze
The Burley Straw Maze has been going on for years, where people come to do their annual fall activities. One of those is their straw maze, constructed with straw from their farm and others using approximately 1,500 bales to form the Burley Straw Maze.
Stoker mentions the maze is not the only fun option on their farm. “In the fall, we have the straw maze, and the pumpkin patch we do a haunted straw maze, on Saturday nights…we have jump houses, some obstacle courses, swinging, axe throwing, and corn canon”
As fall dwindles, one might think that the fun will end, but Stoker says they offer even more after the season. “In then in the Christmas, we do a Christmas maze. Which is full of Christmas lights, and as you find your way through the Christmas lights. It is the maze itself decked out in Christmas lights. And then we have a couple Christmas activities in that as well.”
He also adds that in the spring they offer “Animal Days,” which he describes as a “big farm petting zoo.”
While it is a big task setting the maze year after year, he highlights what he looks forward to the most. “Now we get people that have come back and say that they’ve been there their whole life or creating traditions. you get little kids say that they’ve grown up there”
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MERIDIAN — Former Idaho state Rep. Dorothy Moon was elected to her third term as chair of the Idaho Republican Party during last week’s Idaho GOP Convention in Meridian.
Moon announced her candidacy for a third term as chair earlier this month after first being elected in 2022 and again in 2024. In this year’s election, Moon received 306 votes, former Idaho state Sen. Steven Thayn received 155 votes and Mark Fuller, the previous Idaho GOP first vice chair, came in third with 134 votes. In receiving just over 51% of the vote, Moon was able to narrowly avoid a runoff.
In his challenge to Moon, Thayn called for fostering a greater sense of unity among members of the party.
“Unity does not mean uniformity of opinion,” Thayn said in a prior news release on his candidacy. “Nor does it mean forced agreement. Forced unity always leads to tyranny. Real unity is voluntary. It is built through listening, respect, and a sincere effort to solve problems together.”
In the initial announcement of Moon’s campaign, she highlighted improvements to voter turnout and the defeat of the 2024 ranked-choice voting ballot initiative as among key party successes during her most recent term.
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.
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