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How Twin Falls Population Grew by Seven Fold in One Month
1+ hour, 6+ min ago (305+ words) Nearly Half a Million People Crowded Into Twin Falls News Radio 1310 KLIX Flock Cameras Count 400,000 Cars in Twin Falls Civil libertarians aren’t happy about the rise of Flock cameras, which are being used by law enforcement nationwide to track stolen…...
Independence Day and Idaho Wildfire Fears
2+ week, 1+ day ago (74+ words) Liberty has one limit, and that’s violating the space of others. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes summed it up this way: Your right to swing your fist ends where the other man’s nose begins. That’s why drunk driving is illegal, along…...
Idaho Woman Recommends You Ignore Wildfire Warnings
3+ week, 6+ day ago (216+ words) News Radio 1310 KLIX Idaho Woman Calls Wildfire Warning Clickbait Drought, wind, and fire are no joke. Tuesday, I posted the latest red flag weather warning from the National Weather Service. There’s another one issued for Wednesday afternoon and evening, covering…...
Wildfire Threat Issued for Idaho’s Magic Valley
4+ week, 1+ hour ago (298+ words) News Radio 1310 KLIX Red Flag Fire Warning for Twin Falls and Mini-Cassia A chunk of the Magic Valley is under a Red Flag weather warning. From Twin Falls south to the state line, and east through the Mini-Cassia region and…...
Calls to Ban Lawn Watering in Idaho
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (206+ words) Twin Falls Doesn’t Need a Sprinkler Ban (Yet) News Radio 1310 KLIX Watering Grass in Idaho During an Exceptional Drought Spurs Anger Efficiency is the Key What’s the point? The system is probably one, and if you shut down a portion,…...
Fears of a Permanent Idaho Drought
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (223+ words) News Radio 1310 KLIX Dry Days and Drought Worsen in Idaho Water Needs to Be Used Carefully As I said in a post yesterday, the drought may be a major concern for politicians, but when it comes to nature, there are…...
The One Issue Idaho Political Factions Can’t Solve is Drought
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (346+ words) News Radio 1310 KLIX As Votes Get Counted Idaho Politicians Still have No Answer for Drought Your mailbox is collapsing under the weight of political mailings. They tell you that a vote for a particular politician will bring about a wave…...
Cattle Outnumber People In The State, Shaping Local Farming And Ranching Dynamics
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (308+ words) News Radio 1310 KLIX Maybe Cattle in Idaho Should Get the Vote If only their cattle could vote. A quick check of AI puts the number at 2.49 million; in other words, more cattle than people in the state. The number in…...
South Idaho Lake Boat Launching A Risk Due To Low Water Levels
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (250+ words) Boaters in southern Idaho and other western states have been experiencing difficulties over the past several weeks in getting their vessels wet. It appears that the virtually non-existent winter snowpack has caused many area waterways to significantly drop below average…...
A Pesticide Could Be Causing Cancer in Idaho’s Young People
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (292+ words) News Radio 1310 KLIX A Common Pesticide Could Be Killing Idaho’s Young Don't jump to conclusions. Idaho uses a lot of weed killer. A recent medical study points a finger at one particular common treatment as being a possible cause of…...