Yellowstone Highway cuts through Ucon. | Brittni Johnson, EastIdahoNews.com What Holst Truck Parts used to look like. | Courtesy Holst Truck Parts Holst Truck Parts. | Brittni John…
UCON —- Over the years, the small town of Ucon has seen its share of ups and downs, but one aspect that always seems to remain the same is the family-owned business community at …
Ririe welcome sign | Mike Price, EastIdahoNews.com Sweet Surrender | Mike Price, EastIdahoNews.com Ririe Mainstreet | Courtesy Upper Snake River Valley Historical Society School Di…
RIRIE — Ririe is a quiet town of about 680 people today, but at one time it was a much busier place. Once, it was the largest wheat shipping center in Idaho, and that heritag…
Aerial shot of Ammon | Nate Eaton, EastIdahoNews.com WE ARE EAST IDAHO: AMMON Old Ammon | Courtesy photo LDS Church Building in Old Ammon | Courtesy photo Ammon Fire Department Amm…
AMMON — Ammon is a sprawling, growing city that has thrived on a sense of community. Although it has strip malls, big box stores, grocery stores, a dozen or more restaurants,…
Quality Store Fire on Main Street in Rigby, March 26, 1926 | Jefferson County Historical Society Main Street in Rigby looking east, circa 1916. | Jefferson County Historical Societ…
RIGBY — It was a cold and windy Sunday morning nearly 100 years ago when one of Rigby’s most popular businesses was destroyed in a massive fire. It was 1926, the height…
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IONA — Cool fall air rustling the leaves on the tree-lined streets in this community is a stark contrast to when settlers arrived in 1883. Dense sagebrush rumored to be as ta…
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REXBURG — At the heart of Rexburg is Brigham Young University-Idaho, a seemingly ever-growing university that has defined and pushed the boundaries of growth in the Upper Val…
