Updated exhibit gets visitors up close with penguins at the zoo
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IDAHO FALLS An updated home for penguins at the Idaho Falls Zoo became official with a ribbon-cutting Thursday morning.
The penguin cove received its much-needed updates adding windows for patrons to get up close with the animals. In the past, visitors had a distant view of where the penguins hang out.
The African penguins at the Idaho Falls Zoo are on track for extinction in the wild in five years, and zoo staff hopes the exhibit will help educate the importance of conservation efforts for the species.
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Travis Richards, EastIdahoNews.com
IDAHO FALLS An experiment testing Idaho Falls’ preparedness during an emergency blackout showed promising results Thursday.
Idaho Falls Power and Idaho National Laboratory teamed up to test the utility’s hydroelectric power plants in a mock emergency situation. During the experiment, the Idaho Falls hydro plants were disconnected from the larger regional power grid to see if they could create an independent, self-sustaining “microgrid” to power Idaho Falls if the regional grid ever went down due to an emergency.
Idaho Falls Power currently owns and operates five different power stations along the Snake River. Those stations generate approximately 20% to 40% of the total power needs for IFP customers, based on water flows in the river, time of year, peak demand and other factors. The rest of the energy comes from the outside power grid.
Brian Lashoff Named Griffins Captain
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The Grand Rapids Griffins on Thursday named defenseman
Brian Lashoff as the 17th captain in franchise history.
Lashoff, 30, begins his 12th season in a Griffins uniform, having made his debut as 18-year-old on March 29, 2009 at Philadelphia. One of three players to be a part of Grand Rapids’ 2017 and 2013 Calder Cup championship teams, he played his 500th regular season game with the Griffins on March 11, 2020 against Iowa, joining Travis Richards (655) as the only players to hit that milestone out of the 526 who suited up for Grand Rapids over its first 24 seasons.