Austen Hunzeker

4 days ago | idahostatejournal.com | Austen Hunzeker

POCATELLO — After recently donating blood in Pocatello a retired teacher from North Carolina completed her quest to make a donation in all 50 states. Amanda "Mandy" Parfitt, who's originally from Pennsylvania and currently lives in North Carolina, has two children and three grandchildren with her husband. She says the goal gained traction in an attempt to keep her marriage to her husband Mark flourishing. "I have been an avid blood donor since I was 17," Parfitt said.

1 week ago | idahostatejournal.com | Austen Hunzeker

POCATELLO − The School District 25 Board of Trustees has tabled its decision to restrict usage and potentially ban cellphones in its schools. Deliberations surrounding the student use of personal electronic devices in school, particularly to avoid the disruption of educational hours in the coming academic year, was a primary point of discussion during the board’s regular board meeting at the district's main office on Pole Line Road on May 20.

1 week ago | idahostatejournal.com | Austen Hunzeker

POCATELLO — No roads, no crowds, no cellphones. Just the sound of a boat’s contact with the water, the current carving the earth and wildlife noises creating Idaho’s nature scene. Willis McAleese’s dream was river guiding, and he was living it. But it was 2007, and 10 years of guiding were wearing on him. He’d always choose the river over college, but second thoughts were creeping in. McAleese’s father, also Willis McAleese, a health professor at Idaho State University, swayed him otherwise.

1 week ago | idahostatejournal.com | Austen Hunzeker

IDAHO FALLS — The Museum of Idaho (MOI) has introduced its next exhibit as “Mummies of the World: The Exhibition,” slated to open May 31 with a ribbon cutting. The exhibit will be a part of the special traveling exhibit program at the MOI that’s been alive since 2003 and will be active through Jan. 4, 2026. It’s produced by World Heritage Exhibitions under Neon Global and is the most expensive traveling exhibit the MOI has brought in over a decade.

1 week ago | idahostatejournal.com | Austen Hunzeker

POCATELLO − Amid the sound of cars traveling on Interstate 15 and the wind rippling through trees, a hush settles over a scene of waving flags and white markers as mourners, veterans, families and observers take the Idaho Field of Heroes Memorial at Century High School's soccer fields. One of the only memorials in America that pays tribute to the fallen individually with more than just flags, the Field of Heroes returned this Memorial Day weekend for the 21st year.