Logan Ramsey Editor-in-Chief Local: The Pocatello airport could become a major transportation hub Companies are researching separate but complementary projects that officials say would make the Pocatello Regional Airport a major transportation hub and improve the state’s ability to export goods overseas. Officials say the intermodal facility would help producers […]
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Hailey Nelson News Editor Hoping for a crowded turnout, members of the Student Activities Board (SAB) and Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) teamed up in the Pond Student Union ballroom to provide an evening full of ice cream, loud music, free tacos, and fun for all ages. Not even a […]
Kyra Finner Staff Writer All kinds of ISU students and community members ran in the eighth annual Ambush Mud Run last Saturday. In Bartz Field on Sept. 7, runners met up with their teammates to stretch, warm-up and hydrate before the 5-kilometer race took off. The mud race is put […]
Logan Ramsey Editor-in-Chief Local: Century football players will honor teammate who died in a horrific crash before sophomore season This would’ve been his senior year in high school, but Eric Neibaur’s life ended tragically in summer 2017, which the Diamondbacks haven’t forgotten. Century’s captains will carry a No. 53 Diamondback […]
Rianne Quigley Staff Writer Rising tuition increases are nothing new, and with the student debt crisis recently reaching 1.5 trillion dollars, most every student can feel the pressure of paying tuition now and paying it off later. The increases at Idaho State University are part of a national trend. According […]
Rianne Quigley Staff Writer Idaho State University students experienced a tuition hike of 6.1 percent for the 2019-2020 school year. This raised the average undergraduate tuition to $3,936 a semester and to $7,872 for a full year. President Satterlee called the tuition raises “less than ideal” in an interview with […]
Hailey Nelson News Editor Below the main entrance to Idaho State University’s Fine Arts building lies splashes of ink and paint, crafted words, depictions of nature and stories to fill the minds of those who stop to ponder. All this and more was created by artists. On Aug. 27th, those […]
Logan Ramsey Editor-in-Chief Local: A local hairstylist has developed a revolutionary product J.D. Hansen, a local hairstylist, business owner and entrepreneur, with several others, developed a product that he believes will revolutionize the lives of beauticians and their clients everywhere. The product, called Ureshii, perms and dyes hair at the […]
Maquella Chacon Staff Writer 30,000 honey bees were found in, and removed from, Swanson Arch in early July 2019 by local beekeepers and University maintenance workers. The bees took over the arch by entering through the wood on the lower section inside and then working upwards, building a hive on […]
Logan Ramsey Editor-in-Chief Local: A recall group is gathering signatures to oust the assessor and the county commissioners Claudia Ortega, the leader of the Pocatello/Bannock County Homeowners’ Alliance, started a recall petition to oust the assessor and the county commissioners. They’ve been gathering signatures from bannock county residents at Revive […]
Rianne Quigley Staff Writer Currently, Idaho State University is engaged in a search to fill several open administration positions. These spots include Vice President for University Advancement, Vice President for Research and Economic Development, Dean of the College of Business, and Dean of the Graduate School, with the first two […]
Maquella Chacon Staff Writer Idaho State University Counseling and Testing Services is piloting new support groups and group therapy sessions to provide help for students who might be facing academic, identity or personal challenges. Starting for the first time during the fall 2109 semester, ISU counselors will meet with groups […]
Disclaimer: This article contains explicit language. Reader discretion is advised. Logan Ramsey Editor-in-Chief Almost three decades later, Roger Schei still remembers the house covered in bugs. He was a nineteen-year-old police explorer with San Diego County, and he and his sheriff’s deputy trainer were called to a house that was […]
Edna Grant Staff Writer On one of the first real days of spring, Idaho State University’s campus is warm, green, bright and inviting. Students and faculty walk slowly, taking in the sunshine and warm breeze instead of walking, huddled and brisk, toward their destinations. Taking an opportunity that many have […]