Paul's Blog for Friday 9/30/22
Friday 093022
BLM fire crews spent the night battling seven lightning caused wildfires near Emmett. So far over 53-hundred acres have burned. Crews say they made good progress improving fire containment lines.
At Monday’s Twin Falls city council meeting, a request to include a second Delta flight between the Magic Valley regional airport and Salt Lake City will be discussed. Council members will consider the request that would include a minimum Revenue Guarantee. Of the $400,000 MRG for the current single daily flight in 2022, only $25,000 has been paid to SkyWest for the first quarter of the year. SkyWest has expanded the flight schedule to add a second flight for November and December.
The Castleford School district is now offering preschool for children ages 4 and 5. This is something new for the district the officials have been working on for years. Funding came from the Blue Cross of Idaho foundation.
The Highway 93 construction project between Jerome and Twin Falls is about complete. Currently ITD has about a month to go on the project that will expand the two lane highway to four. The final section of the complete Highway 93 project is scheduled to begin in the spring of 2023.
The deadline to file your state income taxes is almost here. If you received an automatic extension you have until October 17th to get the paperwork in. While Idaho laws do allow you to avoid a penalty for filing a late return if you do qualify for the extension, you will still owe 3% interest and any tax you didn’t pay by April 18th. The Idaho State Tax Commission is expecting 36,000 individual income tax returns this October.
This summer, Idaho Power came out with a study suggesting compensation for rooftop solar sent back to the grid is much higher than it should be. The Idaho Conservation League hopes another look, with different methodologies, will help the Public Utilities Commission come to a fair credit rate for those who own their own solar panels. This year, the PUC ordered the company to study the value of solar. They came back this summer with a value much lower than what they pay owners now.
SPORTS
From the local high school games yesterday, here are some scores. First for Football where Buhl shut out Gooding 32 to 0.
For Soccer, first for the Boys, Canyon Ridge downed Twin Falls 3 to 1. Wood River downed Burley 3 to 0 and Mountain Home took the win over Jerome 4 to 2.
For the girls, Twin Falls and Canyon Ridge tied it up 1 each. Mountain Home outlasted Jerome 2 to 1. Wood River said no to Burley 3 to 0.
In Volleyball games, Wood River 3 over Burley 0. Shoshone 3 Raft River 0 Richfield 3 Dietrich 0, Oakley 3 Lighthouse Christian 0. Hagerman 3 Camas County 0. Jerome took Mountain Home 3 to 0, Carey over Hansen 3 to 1. Murtaugh over Castleford 3 to 0. Valley 3 Glenns Ferry 1 and Twin Falls 3 Canyon Ridge 2.
On today’s schedule, first for football, Castleford travels to Camas County, Wendell goes to American Falls, Burley to Bishop Kelly, Minico is in Twin Falls to play Canyon Ridge. Shoshone goes to Dietrich. Raft River to Glenns Ferry, Hagerman heads to Hansen, Filer to Kimberly, Lighthouse Christian travels to Oakley, Mountain Home Travels to Twin Falls, Carey goes to Valley and Jerome is on the bus to Wood River.
For Volleyball, Declo will be part of the Malad Tournament.
Idaho State returns home to host No. 2 Montana on Saturday, Oct. 1 at 1 p.m.
WEATHER
Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 64. West southwest wind 8 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 44. West southwest wind 6 to 8 mph becoming east southeast after midnight.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 68. East wind 3 to 8 mph.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 45. East wind 5 to 9 mph.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72. East wind 6 to 11 mph becoming light and variable in the afternoon.
Sunday Night: Clear, with a low around 47.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 73.
Monday Night: Clear, with a low around 44.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 76.
Tuesday Night: Clear, with a low around 46.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 77.
Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 46.
Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 77.
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