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11 ORIGINAL RECORDS

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News, observations, announcements, and remembrances from the original Arbon Valley community blog.

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Community blog · 2010–2020 · original publication order

Happy Halloween

Darkness fell that Halloween eve as the Richardardson family arrived to clean the school.

Power Down

It happens. It's gone and there is no retrieval until the "powers that be" give it back. Friday night, April 27, it happened again. We didn't fall into complete darkness…

Students do Service

The morning of April 22, 2011 found a hoard of scrambling children descending into the barrow pits along Arbon Valley Highway.

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…

'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…

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…

Fire in the Valley!

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

The Forgotten Cemetery

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

Branding

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

Standing on the Eastep

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

Cell Tower News

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