IDAHO FALLS — EastIdahoNews.com had a landmark year for good journalism in 2022. Our staff covered a wide variety of issues and people in eastern Idaho, and hopefully kept the community informed along the way. There were a number of big stories that warranted multiple articles, such as the ongoing, and seemingly never ending Chad […]
RIGBY (IdahoEdNews.org) – Lorena Reyes remembers feeling different when she was a kindergartner. The daughter of Mexican immigrants, she only spoke Spanish, and there weren’t many other kids like her. “I felt like the odd duck out, like I didn’t belong,” she said. That feeling stayed with her until she met her fourth grade teacher […]
BOISE (Idaho Ed News) — Chad Martin never thought he’d find himself cleaning up a student’s blood in the aftermath of a school shooting. But, not wanting to put that burden on others, the superintendent of the Jefferson County School District 251 and members of his staff did just that after a May 2021 shooting […]