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79 ARTICLES · 2010–2020 · NEWEST FIRST

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The original ArbonValley.com community blog, 2010–2020: news, notices, columns, and remembrances.

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Routine notices (meeting notices, reminders and classifieds) are left out of this list; find them under Notices.

Scratch for Schools

On October 19, 2010, teachers Robin Claunch and Debbie Curry, along with school board clerk Cheri Evans, attended the annual Scratch for Schools held at Idaho State…

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'Tis the Season to be Thankful

opefully, as we all prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving, with are minds on Christmas, may we all pause and peruse the last year and think about the small things we take…

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Halloween

Ready for a little Trick or Treating? Beware! Goblins and beasties will be roaming the valley Saturday or Sunday, prowling on your doorsteps, begging for a sweet treat…

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Fire in the Valley!

The original community report and 89 preserved photographs document the Arbon fire of 2010.

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Winter of 1948-49 Hits Hard In Arbon

A retrospective account of the winter of 1948–49, originally published in the Power County Press in 1999 and shared on the community blog in 2010.

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A Tribute to a Great Teacher

After a total of 22 years, Cindy Pierce has retired from teaching at Arbon Elementary School.

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Arbon Valley Mines

hile riding my dirt bike on the Onion a few years ago, I stumbled across a trail that made switch backs up the mountain, and led to quite a few old, abandoned mines.

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The Forgotten Cemetery

A cemetery, a surviving iris, and a community effort to care for the valley's remembered neighbors.

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Residents Approve Levy

record number of residents voted on Tuesday to overwhelmingly approve the school levy as proposed by the school board.

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Observation from the South End

The deep green of the fall wheat in contrast with the bitter-sweet chocolate brown of the fresh plowed fields makes me want to mimic it in a quilt for my bed.

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Branding

Nostrils are flaring as acrid smoke rises from the valley and stunned calves hobble off to find their mothers.

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Welfare Cows

y closest neighbors are a large herd of Black Angus cows. Because they are about all I have to look at through my kitchen window I have become fascinated at some of…

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Standing on the Eastep

Arbon seems to be hiding in numerous places in Southeastern Idaho.

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Observations From the South End

Iwas driving into work the other morning about 7:30 am and I noticed a bird in the road up ahead.

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Cell Tower News

Anew cell phone tower is being constructed at the base of Green Canyon.

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