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Football Quarter Finals this Weekend
This weekend the quarter-final games of the State football tournament will take place in various place across the state. The Camas Mushers will travel to Lewiston to face off against the Kendrick Tigers on Saturday, November 5th, at 2 p.m. The Dietrich Blue Devils will be in Pocatello to play Rockland in the Holt Arena at 1:30 on Saturday. In other sports, the #1 Wendell soccer team took out Kimberly (3-0) and Teton (4-1) to reach the State 3A Championship game against #3 Suger-Salem. The Wendell team played a tight game to end a great season with a 2nd place finish with a 2-3 loss. The State Cross Country meet was held on October 29th in Lewiston. While almost a dozen runners from our area competed, only one athlete finished in the top three - Jessica Duran finished 3rd in the Woman's 5000 meter Varsity 2A with a time of 18:52:93.
Voters: Be Vigilant of Election Misinformation
Idaho Secretary of State, Lawerence Denney, has launched a new web portal providing Idahoans with a means to report election based misinformation. The site (sos.idaho.gov/electionsdivision/election-misinformation-reporting/) encourages Idaho voters to be aware of election misinformation, and to report anything on social media that appears inaccurate or misleading. Examples would include dates of the election, mail ballot rules, ballot information, polling place hours, election night reporting, voting technology, and poll watchers. “Idahoans are paying close attention to the November 8th General Election, but so are those seeking to interfere with our elections by spreading misinformation,” said Secretary of State Lawerence Denney. “With this new web service, Idaho voters can report social media posts that appear to be misleading, either accidentally or by intent.” Secretary Denney goes on to say “Once misinformation has been reported, our cyber security team will evaluate the information. If it is determined that the social media post is trying to disenfranchise voters and undermine our democracy, the report will be passed to the Election Infrastructure Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EI-ISAC), who will verify the information and forward it to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for further action.” Intelligence officials are unanimous in warnings of foreign and domestic actors spreading misinformation ahead of the November 8 General Election. This new web service was created to provide Idaho voters with a single, nonpartisan location to report social media posts that seek to destroy the integrity of Idaho elections.
News from the Heart of Idaho Camas • Lincoln • Gooding
November 2, 2022
Vol 46 Num 44
Idaho Ranks No. 1 In Five Ag Commodities
Idaho ranked No. 1 in the nation in five different ag commodity categories last year: potatoes, barley, alfalfa hay, peppermint oil and food trout. The state also ranked No. 2 in the United States in 2021 in sugar beets and hops, No. 3 in milk and cheese production and total milk cows, No. 4 in dry onions, spring wheat and lentils, and No. 5 in dry edible beans, corn silage and dry edible peas. Idaho ranked in the top 8 nationally in 22 different ag commodity categories last year despite the fact that the total value of agricultural production in Idaho dipped by 1 percent in 2021 compared with 2020. That decrease on total ag production value was likely a result of last year’s severe drought conditions, which decreased yields and total production for most of the state’s major crops. Before last year, the total value of Idaho ag production had increased for four straight years. Idaho’s total agricultural production value in 2021 was $8.32 billion, down 1 percent from the 2020 value of $8.41 billion, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. The total value of all crop production in Idaho last year was $3.3 billion, down 8 percent compared with 2020. However, the total value of livestock production in Idaho last year was up 5 percent, to $5 billion. Milk remained the state’s top ag commodity last year in value of production, at $3.1 billion, which was up 3 percent from 2020 and the second highest value of production on record for Idaho milk, behind the 2014 total of $3.2 billion. Milk production continues to play an ever-increasing role in Idaho’s overall agricultural landscape and represented 37 percent continued on page 6... of the state’s total agricultural...
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