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Sunday Drive: Going radioactive in the Idaho desert

Arco, Idaho · Arco

Sunday Drive: Going radioactive in the Idaho desert

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

Carole and I stared at our ginormous atomic burger from the counter stools at Pickle’s Place in Arco, Idaho, population 879. She wondered how we were going to eat it. I was more concerned if it was radioactive. Arco sits in the Snake River Plain an hour due west of Idaho Falls. One of its claims to fame was that in 1955 It became the first community in the world to be electrified through nuclear power. Today, the nearby EBR-1 reactor stands sile…Read Article

Storms and gusty winds with hail possible

Arco, Idaho · Arco

Storms and gusty winds with hail possible

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

STORMS MOVING EAST - POSSIBLE SEVERE WITH HALF AN INCH RAIN POSSIBLE FROM NOON TO 8PM HAIL CAN BE EMBEDDED AND WINDS ARE A THREAT TODAY WITH OUTFLOW AND THE MOVEMENT OF STORMS. THESE SCATTERED STORMS COMMENCE TODAY IN THE MOUNTAINS THEN DOWN ACROSS ARCO AND THE VALLEY INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. WE ARE TRACKING GUSTY WINDS WITH HEAVY QUICK DOWNPOUR AND HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. COOLING INTO THE AFTERNOON CAN HELP DEFUSE THE STORMS LIKE YES…Read Article

Idaho National Monument Invites Visitors To "Walk On The Moon"

Craters of the Moon National Monument & Preserve in southern Idaho has one of the most unique landscapes in all of the National Parks system with its vast ocean of lava flows and its scattered islands of cinder cones peppered with sagebrush that they describe as “weird and scenic landscape.” Before it was established, locals referred to the area as the “Valley of the Moon” and it became widely known as Craters of the Moon when Robert Limbert, on…Arco, Idaho · Arco Read Article

Idaho agriculture could spoil under weight of arbitrary tariff tax increases

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A pivoting irrigation system waters a crop of barley on a farm located near Arco, Idaho, during a late summer day. Idaho is a top barley-producing state, growing both malting and feed varieties. (Johnathan Cohen/Getty Images)Like an aggressive hog in the show ring, U.S. trade policy is attacking every other participant for existing near its space. For anyone who has ever watched a hog show with an aggressive hog, there are no winners or losers i…Agriculture · Arco Read Article

Public invited to special “walks on the Moon” at Craters of the Moon

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

The following is a news release from the National Park Service. ARCO — The National Park Service invites members of the public to participate in three special “walks on the Moon” that will be held in May and June at Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve. “Spring is a great time of year to visit Craters of the Moon, with mild temperatures, fewer visitors, and beautiful scenery as remaining snow contrasts with lava and wildflowers blo…Arco, Idaho · Arco Read Article

NPS invites public to participate in special 'walks on the Moon' in May and June

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Over the next two months, the National Park Service (NPS) is organizing three special “walks on the Moon” in May and June at Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve in southern Idaho.Geology · Arco See the Story

Craters of the Moon opens 7-Mile Loop as spring hits Southern Idaho

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The snow is melting, and with warmer weather arriving, much of Idaho's backcountry is waking up with spring. Near Arco, the main loop through one of Idaho's most unique and otherworldly landscapes is now open."It was created in 1924 to protect these volcanic geological resources that we have down here on the Snake River Plain," said Michael Irving, a representative of Craters of the Moon National Monument.RELATED: Exploring the lava tubes at Cra…Arco, Idaho · Arco Read Article

Idaho’s Craters of the Moon reopens portions of road, campground to cars

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A lava field can be seen with the Pioneer Mountains in the background on April 29, 2024, at Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve near Arco. On May 2, 1924, President Calvin Coolidge designated 54,000 acres of volcanic landscape across southern Idaho a national monument, adding that the landscape has “curious and unusual phenomena of great educational value.” (Pat Sutphin for the Idaho Capital Sun)Crews have reopened a portion of th…Arco, Idaho · Arco See the Story

Charges filed against Arco woman in fatal crash near INL

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Kenadee Bowcutt | Bingham County Jail BINGHAM COUNTY — A woman who was involved in a fatal crash in May on U.S. Highway 20 near the Idaho National Laboratory has been charged. Kenadee Bowcutt, 25, of Arco, was charged on March 5 with felony vehicular manslaughter in the death of Jimmy Broncho, 58. If she is found guilty, she faces up to 10 years in prison. RELATED | UPDATE: ISP asks for witnesses after two people were hospitalized in serious cra…Arco, Idaho · Arco Read Article

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