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  • Zach Johnson and Jake Johnson, of team Hopefuls, compete in the tug-of-war contest during the 2018 Spud Day in Shelley, Idaho on Saturday, September 15, 2018. (John Roark/The Post-Register via AP)
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  • Members of the Bonneville County SWAT team carry a critically injured student as they're directed by a member  of the Idaho Falls Fire Department to triage during an active shooter, mass casualty drill with the Bonneville County Sheriff Office’s SWAT team, Idaho Falls Fire Department along with other members of public safety and local law enforcement and Bonneville High School students in Idaho Falls, Idaho on Wednesday, March 14, 2018. Sgt. Bryan Lovell of the Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office said this drill has been planned for the last six months. “We’re always trying to improve safety, said Sgt. Bryan Lovell of the Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office “it’s a good collaborative effort.” There were roughly 100 students, 54 members of the Idaho Fire Department and members from EMS, and 24 members of the Sheriff’s Office. John Roark/ jroark@postregister.com
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  • Voters cast their ballots at the Jack R. Hamilton community building in Idaho Falls, Idaho on election day Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. John Roark/ jroark@postregister.com
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  • A firefighter moves tumbleweeds during a controlled burn east of Idaho Falls, Idaho on Thursday, June 11, 2020. (John Roark/The Idaho Post-Register via AP)
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  • Raye Gromm, 3, picks out a pumpkin at the U Pick Red Barn pumpkin patch on Wednesday, October 17, 2018. John Roark/ jroark@postregister.com
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  • LaRene Smith sits for a photo with her cat, Newbe, at her home on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018. "LaDene and I both agreed to this: if you were born on Christmas, there was a reason," Smith said. "We were keeping an eye out on the fantastic things we could do with our lives." John Roark/ jroark@postregister.com
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  • Nate Koplin stands with his wheelchair at his home on Saturday, April 27, 2019. Koplin says he's grateful that this happened to him if it can inspire anyone. After having five surgeries Koplin is walking again.
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  • Orinda Newman races in the hornet class at Atomic Motor Raceway in Atomic City on Saturday, June 8, 2019.
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  • Cowboys wait for the start of the War Bonnet Round Up Kick-Off Party downtown on Wednesday, July 31, 2019.
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  • Cattle are brought into the viewing area for buyers to bid at the Idaho Livestock Auction on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019. Wednesday was the last day for the auction house after 83 years according to Sharee Palmer, the office manager. The city of Idaho Falls purchased the property for the new police station.
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  • Lindsey Dellasilva chants during a protest for the death of George Floyd in Idaho Falls, Idaho on Tuesday, May 2, 2020. (John Roark/The Idaho Post-Register via AP)
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  • Aerial of Hutchinson Memorial Quad on Friday, October 13, 2023.
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  • Cowboys [repare to compete during the War Bonnet Round Up at Shady Downs on Thursday, August 5, 2021.
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  • Governor C.L. Otter speaks to audience members at the City Club of Idaho Falls on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018. Governor Otter is the longest-serving governor of Idaho with three consecutive terms. John Roark/ jroark@postregister.com
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  • College of Tech Energy Systems Technology and Education Center, flow loop on Tuesday, February 01, 2022.
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  • Inaugural convocation Friday, August 20, 2021.
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  • Idaho State University Idaho Falls CAES Wednesday, October 26, 2022
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  • Supaman performs during Indigenous Peoples Day at Idaho State University on Monday, October 11, 2021.
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  • Red Hill is seen in September 2023.
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  • Pocatello from Chinese Peak on Oct. 14, 2021.
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  • Rendezvous Bengal Eyes
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  • Canada Geese take flight off the Snake River in Idaho Falls, Idaho on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019. The geese typically hunker down throughout Idaho's winter but can migrate as far south as Mexico. The v-pattern allows the birds to fly more efficiently according to the Library of Congress' website. (John Roark/The Idaho Post-Register via AP)
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  • Students use the glovebox at the William M. and Karin A. Eames Advanced Technical Education and Innovation Complex in Pocatello on Tuesday, January 25, 2022.
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  • College of Technology Pharmacy Technology
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  • College of Technology nuclear program on Thursday, September 22, 2022.
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  • March Through the Arch Wednesday, October 12, 2022
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  • Donna Delparte, Shannon Kobs Nawotniak, professors of geosciences, and Delgado Maisonet, a graduate student in Idaho State University’s Geosciences program, pose for a photo near Blackfoot, Idaho on Thursday, August 17, 2023.
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  • Kids catch pepper moths on an interactive screen during STEM at the Museum at the Museum of Idaho on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. Pepper moths are a modern example of how quickly species can evolve when their environment changes. During the industrial revolution the white pepper moths, that normally would hide on white trees, began being eaten more often by birds. The moths that were naturally black were able to hide on the trees that had been coated black from pollution and the species switched from primarily white to black to adapt.
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  • Rowe Salvesen, 5, and River Salvesen, 12, pick pumpkins at New Sweden Farms Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. The farm, which hosts two mazes, is open 5-9 pm and will close for the season Oct. 30.
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  • Bob Backwith poses for a picture during the 24th annual Mountain Brewers Beer Fest held at Sandy Downs Arena on Saturday, June 2, 2018. John Roark/ jroark@postregister.com
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  • Members of Stasia Acrobats perform during the Roaring Youth Jam in August, 2017.
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  • The corona and prominences are seen during the total solar eclipse over Idaho Falls, Id., Monday, August 21, 2017.
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  • Jeff Fullmer, Drew Brazier, Jenn Walker, and Johanna Oxstrand run at Community Park in November of 2017. John Roark/ jroark@postregister.com
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  • The curve of windmill blades are seen at Invenergy's Wolverine Creek wind farm location, east of Idaho Falls, on Thursday, May 2, 2019. Invenergy has owns and runs 43 windmills on the location.
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  • Bret Gillespie, junior, counter-protests calling for teachers to be armed during a nation-wide student demonstration for gun control reform at Hillcrest High School in Idaho Falls, Idaho on Wednesday, March 14, 2018. "We'd feel more protected," said Gillespie. John Roark/ jroark@postregister.com
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  • Kylee Denny, junior, speaks to students during a nation-wide student demonstration calling for gun control reform at Hillcrest High School on Wednesday, March 14, 2018. “To clarify to all of you we are not here asking to ban guns,” Denny said. “What we are here for is change.” John Roark/ jroark@postregister.com
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  • Dallin Boardman holds up Andrew Pettingill, 2, to see the nearly 18,000 rubber ducks during the 2018 Great Snake River Greenbelt Duck Race on Saturday, August 11, 2018. John Roark/ jroark@postregister.com
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  • Hillcrest takes the field as Bonneville takes on Hillcrest during the annual Civil War at Thunder Stadium on Friday, September 14, 2018. John Roark/ jroark@postregister.com
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  • The parade heads through Shelley, Idaho during the 2018 Spud Day on Saturday, September 15, 2018. (John Roark/The Post-Register via AP)
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  • Paxton Rockwood, 6, competes in the potato chip eating contest during the 2018 Spud Day in Shelley, Idaho on Saturday, September 15, 2018. (John Roark/The Post-Register via AP)
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  • Potato pickers sort large chunks of dirt from the coneyor belt during a potato harvest at Brett Jensen Farms outside of Idaho Falls, Idaho on Wednesday, September 19, 2018. In roughly a six-week period approximately 320,000 acres will be harvested yielding about 13 billion pounds of potatoes; roughly a third of all the potatoes produced are grown in Idaho according to the Idaho Potato Commission's website. A 20 percent tariff has been placed on frozen potato fries heading to Mexico under the recent Trump tariff actions. The US currently can’t export raw potatoes to China but there has been a 5% tariff on frozen fries as well as a 10% tariff on dehydrated potatoes from the United States in addition to the 15% already in place for all exporters according to John Toaspern<br />
Chief Marketing Officer at Potatoes USA. (John Roark/The Post-Register via AP)
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  • Skyline players and fans celebrate after defeating Idaho Falls 45-18 during the 2018 Emotion Bowl at Ravsten Stadium on Saturday, September 22, 2018. John Roark/ jroark@postregister.com
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  • Jessica Clements embraces Sgt. Brad Clements after arriving back in Idaho Falls from a 10 month deployment to Iraq on Wednesday, September 26, 2018. Clements was serving with the 660th ordnance company based out of Pocatello. John Roark/ jroark@postregister.com
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  • Mayor Rebecca Casper tours the Bonneville Hotel on Wednesday, September 26, 2018. The Bonneville, opened in 1927, was recently purchased from Kent Lott by the Boise-based development group The Housing Company. U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1984. John Roark/ jroark@postregister.com
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  • An aspen is surrounded by pine trees in the Caribou-Targhee National Forest near Heise on Monday, October 1, 2018. As temperatures drop and days get shorter leaves quit producing chlorophyl leading to their vibrant colors. John Roark/ jroark@postregister.com
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  • Skyline's Sariah Harrison competes during the City/ County Meet at Russ Freeman Park on Wednesday, October 10, 2018. Harrison finished with a time of 19:17. John Roark/ jroark@postregister.com
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  • Patrick Foy, left, and Jim Huber both from Milwaukee wait for their bags at the Idaho Falls Regional Airport on Thursday, October 11, 2018. Foy and Huber came flew out to round cattle up outside of Jackson Hole. John Roark/ jroark@postregister.com
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  • Diana Sonnenberg reacts after sinking a putt at Pinecrest Golf Course on Wednesday, October 17, 2018. John Roark/ jroark@postregister.com
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  • Todd Devries and Reverend Pamela Mayes go door-to-door to share information about Medicaid expansion in Idaho during a canvassing event with Idahoans for Healthcare and Reclaim Idaho on Thursday, October 18, 2018. "When you have insurance it’s part of the air you breathe, you don’t think about it," said Devries "when you don’t have it, it’s like a worry-ball in your gut." Devries, a therapist that counsels many Medicaid patients, said he became aware of the importance of insurance after a hiking injury. John Roark/ jroark@postregister.com
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  • Attorney General Lawrence Wasden, left, helps to wash the windows of the Republicans’ bus at a stop in Victor on Wednesday, October 24, 2018. John Roark/ jroark@postregister.com
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  • Austin Matthews gets in early season turns at Grand Targhee in Alta, Wy., on Friday, November 9, 2018. John Roark/ jroark@postregister.com
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  • Arantza Zabala speaks to students from Taylorview Middle School about the AIDS quilts during a Breaking Boundaries event at the Elks Lodge on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018. Breaking Boundaries hopes to raise awareness about HIV/ AIDS and provides financial assistance to those living with the virus in the Idaho Falls area. John Roark/ jroark@postregister.com
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  • Fleet Manager Les McDaniels sorts boxes at the Community Food Basket warehouse on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018. John Roark/ jroark@postregister.com
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  • Idaho Fish and Game biologist and volunteers bring down a fawn caught in a net during a mugging near Heise on Wed., Jan. 2, 2019. The agency attaches gps collars to track movement and dispatches a ranger when a fawn has died to check on the cause of death. J(John Roark/The Post-Register via AP)
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  • Kenneth Copley of Sugar Salem High School defeats Skylar Hughes of Columbia in the 285-pound weight class during finals of the Tiger Grizz Wrestling Invitational on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019.
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  • Taylor Higginson, 11, pricks her finger to check her blood sugar level on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019. Higginson has type 1 diabetes and has to monitor her blood sugar regularly.
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  • Lynn Hoggan and Colter Milner have lunch at Sage Country Kitchen in Dubois in Clark County on Tuesday, Jan. 29. 2019. Hoggan's grandfather started a ranch on Medicine Lodge Road in 1947. Hoggan now owns the ranch where Milner is a cowboy.
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  • The Clark County border sign is seen in Clark County on Tuesday, Jan. 29. 2019.
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  • Ivy Shiffett, 15, and Ellee Shiffett,14, prepare their shire horses, May and Ray, to deliver hay to the family's 50 longhorn cattle.  The sisters are their family's fifth generation of ranchers to live in Clark county. The pair both plan on becoming teachers and want to come back to the area after college.
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  • Wendel Curtis clears snow from the sidewalk on S. Emerson on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. Idaho Falls' high on Wednesday is forecasted to be 23 degrees according to weather.com.
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  • The burial site of Kim Taylor is seen at Fielding Memorial Park Cemetery in Idaho Falls, Idaho on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019. Taylor died at the Eagle Pass Correctional Facility in Texas in early January. John Roark/ jroark@postregister.com
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  • Sneekers owner Dan Ruddell poses for a photo on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019.
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  • Jess Marboe, a fifth-grade teacher at Fox Hollow, waits tables during her second job at Jaker's Bar and Grill on Tuesday, March 12, 2019.
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  • Jeremy Shivers
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  • Jeremy Shivers climbs Spinal Tap, a V6, at Massacre State Park on Friday, March 15, 2019.
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  • Amelia McDaniel drapes a quilt over Jessica Benitez during a Happy Stitchers meeting at First Lutheran Church on Tuesday, March 26, 2019. Benitez has been writing about the group for an English project at the College of Eastern Idaho.
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  • Kevin Homer stands between windmill blades during an Idaho State continuing education class tour at Invenergy's Wolverine Creek wind farm location, east of Idaho Falls, on Thursday, May 2, 2019. Invenergy has owns and runs 43 windmills on the location.
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  • An aerial view of Idaho Falls is seen during a flight in a Ford Tri-Motor 5-AT with the Experimental Aircraft Association on Thursday, May 23, 2019. The three engine, aircraft is made of corrugated aluminum with large windows. Henry Ford wanted the aircraft to be comforting and comfortable according to pilot Rand Siegfried. The three engine, aircraft is made of corrugated aluminum - the cloth skinned planes of the time made people too nervous Ford thought - with large windows.
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  • Greg Stultz and Mike Crowley, both veterans, set up flags around the Vietnam Memorial at Russ Freeman Park in Idaho Falls, Idaho in preparation of the Field of Honor Memorial on Friday, May 24, 2019. The 1,000 flags will be on display throughout Memorial Day weekend. "I want to honor the veterans that fought and the people protecting our freedom," said Stultz. "It just feels good."  (John Roark/The Idaho Post-Register via AP)
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  • A rainbow streaks across the sky near Idaho Falls, Idaho on Friday, May 24, 2019. (John Roark/The Idaho Post-Register via AP)
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  • Harry Peterlin, a World War II veteran, carries the American flag at Rose Hill Cemetery in Idaho Falls, Idaho on Memorial Day, May 27, 2019. Peterlin served with the Fleet Marine Force during the invasion of Japan and served from 1947-1951. (John Roark/The Idaho Post-Register via AP)
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  • Dani Beebe puts on her boots with her son Derik Beebe, 4, before racing at Atomic Motor Raceway in Atomic City on Saturday, June 8, 2019. Beebe and her husband began racing after a car accident made them want to "experience life."
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  • Racers check their cars after a delay due to weather at Atomic Motor Raceway in Atomic City on Saturday, June 8, 2019.
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  • Coltin Jackman helps Brandi Jackman with her seat harness before a race at Atomic Motor Raceway in Atomic City on Saturday, June 8, 2019. "It makes me nervous to see her go out," said Coltin Jackman. This was Brandi Jackman's second race.
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  • The Sheep Fire burns near Idaho National Laboratory on Tuesday, July 23, 2019. A lightning strike on July 22 started the blaze.
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  • A young cowboy takes a break during the War Bonnet Round Up Kick-Off Party downtown on Wednesday, July 31, 2019.
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  • Talon Teton waits to enter the arena during the opening night of the War Bonnet Roundup on Thursday, August 1, 2019.
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  • Talon Teton and Trevor Beasley wait to enter the arena during the opening night of the War Bonnet Roundup on Thursday, August 1, 2019.
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  • A rider is thrown from a sheep during the mutton bustin contest during the War Bonnet Roundup on Friday, August 2, 2019.
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  • Ashley Crumley, 15, of Blackfoot washes Faith, part of the 4H BLM mustang project at the Eastern Idaho State Fair on Friday, Aug., 30, 2019.
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  • A bee collects pollen from a sunflower in Idaho Falls, Idaho on Monday, Sept. 9, 2019. (John Roark/The Idaho Post-Register via AP)
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  • A member of the grounds crew covers the field during a rain delay as the Chukars take on the Pioneers at Melaleuca Field on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019.
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  • A sign indicating Ozone Road is seen along Bone Road on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019. The former trail led wagon trains from Soda Springs to Butte, Montana.
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  • Fred Hughes, Fluor Idaho President, left, and Governor Brad Little, center, shake hands with employees of Fluor at the Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project facility near Arco, Idaho on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. With 1,000 cubic meters of debris left, AMWTP will be done processing debris waste and will start the closure process in November, according to Bryan Breffle, director of the Waste Management and Radioactive Waste Management Complex. (John Roark/The Idaho Post-Register via AP)
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  • Dr. Mark Peters, director, speaks to visitors at Idaho National Laboratory's Collaborative Computating Center on Monday, Oct. 14, 2019.
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  • Ty Salvesen, 8, plays in a corn field at New Sweden Farms Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. The farm, which hosts two mazes, is open 5-9 pm and will close for the season Oct. 30.
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  • Jay Hildebrandt checks the time before heading to his 5 pm broadcast at the Local News 8 station on Monday, Nov. 12, 2019. Hildebrandt is retiring from the station after 35 years reporting the news.
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  • Cattle and cattle inspectors are seen at the Idaho Livestock Auction on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019. Wednesday was the last day for the auction house after 83 years according to Sharee Palmer, the office manager. The city of Idaho Falls purchased the property for the new police station.
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  • Cattle wait in a pen at the Idaho Livestock Auction on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019. Wednesday was the last day for the auction house after 83 years according to Sharee Palmer, the office manager. The city of Idaho Falls purchased the property for the new police station.
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  • Cattle make their way to a pen as they pass inspectors at the Idaho Livestock Auction on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019. Wednesday was the last day for the auction house after 83 years according to Sharee Palmer, the office manager. The city of Idaho Falls purchased the property for the new police station.
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  • Luke Davis, the District supervisor for cattle inspectors, checks on cattle at the Idaho Livestock Auction on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019. Wednesday was the last day for the auction house after 83 years according to Sharee Palmer, the office manager. The city of Idaho Falls purchased the property for the new police station.
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  • Rick Sorensen looks into pens at the Idaho Livestock Auction on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019. "I'm a little nostalgic," said Sorensen. "I've been coming here since I was a kid. My grandpa used to sell here." Wednesday was the last day for the auction house after 83 years according to Sharee Palmer, the office manager. The city of Idaho Falls purchased the property for the new police station.
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  • John Erickson, left, and Chad Stibal watch the auction at the Idaho Livestock Auction on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019. Stibal, a rancher in Blackfoot said he'll have to sell in Blackfoot or up in Dillon with the closing of the Idaho Falls auction house. Wednesday was the last day for the auction house after 83 years according to Sharee Palmer, the office manager. The city of Idaho Falls purchased the property for the new police station.
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  • Vic Hill watches the auction at the Idaho Livestock Auction on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019. "It's not a good thing it's closing," said Hill. "It's not good. It's like they're trying to run us out." Hill said he's sold at the auction house since the 1980s and came to reminisce. Wednesday was the last day for the auction house after 83 years according to Sharee Palmer, the office manager. The city of Idaho Falls purchased the property for the new police station.
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  • Phyllis Likes does paperwork in the office at the Idaho Livestock Auction on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019. "I'll miss it but I have a husband I need to be at home with," said Likes "but it's been a wonderful place to work." Wednesday was the last day for the auction house after 83 years according to Sharee Palmer, the office manager. The city of Idaho Falls purchased the property for the new police station.
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  • Historical aerial photos of the stockyard are seen at the Idaho Livestock Auction on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019. Wednesday was the last day for the auction house after 83 years according to Sharee Palmer, the office manager. The city of Idaho Falls purchased the property for the new police station.
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  • Auctioneer Keith Munns calls the auction at the Idaho Livestock Auction on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019. Wednesday was the last day for the auction house after 83 years according to Sharee Palmer, the office manager. The city of Idaho Falls purchased the property for the new police station.
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