HEATHER KENNISON

December 15, 2018 at 12:02 am

Grad student’s research ruins potatoes to find fungus fix

KIMBERLY, Idaho (AP) — Andrew Hollingshead estimates he's ruined 10 to 12 tons of potatoes. Now in the third year of his research project, the...

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November 16, 2018 at 11:02 pm

Retail businesses prep for holiday season with extra workers

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Despite unemployment around 2.3 percent, local retailers didn't have too hard of a time finding people looking to line their...

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October 26, 2018 at 11:02 pm

Finding the proper send-off for your four-legged friend

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — For many people, pets are family. And for Charles Schabacker, that connection doesn't stop upon their death. Schabacker has had...

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February 25, 2018 at 3:31 pm

Small-town cemetery caretaker says he can’t do it alone

FILER, Idaho (AP) — About a mile west of U.S. 93, wooden crosses and gray headstones bring an atmosphere of peace and solemnity in the...

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February 18, 2018 at 9:13 am

Idaho funeral homes are becoming more like event centers

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Funeral homes are trying to shed their reputations as dark and somber places of the dead — by building party...

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December 29, 2017 at 11:01 pm

Homeless man gets new lease on life after fighting cancer

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Alan Brooks had every reason to give up. Who could have blamed him? He'd been diagnosed with stage four cancer,...

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