From Our Files

75 years ago: Oct. 6, 1949   A recent survey shows rents are adjusting and building has accelerated…

75 years ago: Sept. 29, 1949   Sweet Home’s long discussed city mail delivery proposal may become a…

75 years ago: Sept. 22, 1949   The Tiny Tots Popularity Contest for kids 6 and under is…

Sept. 5, 1974   The new sewage treatment plant is expected to go online by October. A majority…

Aug. 29, 1974   A new graphic art service is now available as Joan Wood opens her new…

Aug. 22, 1974   Disaster was narrowly avoided when a log truck struck a flatbed truck at the…

Aug. 15, 1974   Faced with skyrocketing food costs, the school board “gambled” by increasing the cost of…

July 25, 1974   The Roy Clover Memorial Fountain planned for installation at Osage Park will be inaccessible…

July 18, 1974   Motorless boat races will replace hydroplane racing on Foster Lake during this year’s Sportsman’s…

July 11, 1974   A number of residents along 18th Avenue are reluctant to give up one to…

July 4, 1974   Due to adverse water conditions, diving in Foster Lake in search of the body…

June 27, 1974   Tomco Inc. revealed tentative plans for a $12-20 million completely automated timber products plant…

June 20, 1974   A&W reopened after extensive remodeling of the kitchen facilities and completion of a large…

June 13, 1974   The Chamber of Commerce voted to endorse the concept that the highest and best…

June 6, 1974   City Council and the budget committee are open to suggestions from the community about…

May 30, 1974   Some mill workers at Boise Cascade Wood Products Division on Highway 20 went home…