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  • TVCC’s Wildland Fire Program Lead Max Maeda spent several hours with students from Indianhead Academy, showing them a wide range of what goes into wildland firefighting, including safety training, equipment and communication systems. Photo by Nancy Grindstaff
    Weiser students take in overview of wildland firefighting
    03/19/2025 - 7:00pm

  • Rayne Loomis with the City Street Department is pictured spreading asphalt chips in the parking area at the WHS sports complex. Grindstaff photo
    City provides asphalt chips to stabilize parking
    03/19/2025 - 7:00pm

  • Longtime referee, Bob Hogg has been named to the first class of the Treasure Valley Basketball Officials Hall of Fame.
    Hogg named to inaugural basketball officials hall of fame
    03/19/2025 - 7:00pm

  • Established in Weiser several years ago, Rustic Ranch Nursery has been preparing its new location just north of town for the past several weeks. The new site is filling with trees and signs of spring. Photo by Nancy Grindstaff
    Nursery move among zoning approvals
    03/19/2025 - 7:00pm

  • Weiser’s Indianhead Fly Fishers were recently awarded a Mellon Foundation grant in the amount of $20,000. During the March 10 Weiser City Council meeting, IFF’s Mike Stanton turned the funds over to the City of Weiser to be used for maintenance projects and repairs of equipment at the Weiser City Pond. The Fly Fishers were instrumental in the pond’s development around 15 years ago. Photo by Nancy Grindstaff
    City pond catches big grant
    03/19/2025 - 7:00pm

  • A rehearsal scene from Weiser Little Theater’s upcoming production of ‘Bedlam & Breakfast,’ an award-winning play by William Prenetta, and directed by Carie Draper. Pictured from left, Scott Hubic, Kawesha Ascyna, Nancy Hubic, Rose Shaber, Kim Kleint, and Hunter Mizar. Photo by Bob Barber
    WLT readies for spring production of ‘Bedlam & Breakfast’
    03/12/2025 - 7:00pm

  • Weiser’s Senior Center is one of 29 in southwest Idaho that hasn’t received federal nutrition dollars for three months. Photo by Nancy Grindstaff
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    Federal dollars for area senior citizens nutrition programs have been held up the past few months, putting senior center manager in a position to have to cut back services. Photo by Nancy Grindstaff
    Slow federal funding is hitting senior centers
    03/12/2025 - 7:00pm
  • Idaho conservatives celebrate halting Lava Ridge
    03/12/2025 - 7:00pm

  • District 9 Senator Brandon Shippy
    Shippy’s pre-born bill held in committee
    03/12/2025 - 7:00pm

  • Third Judicial District Magistrate Judge David Eames is a member of the Region 3 Behavioral Health Board. During a recent meeting in Weiser, Eames said both he and Third Judicial District Judge Kiley Stuchlik are in full support of a recovery center here.
    Recovery centers changing lives
    03/12/2025 - 7:00pm

  • The Friends of the Weiser Library ‘Flock to the Library’ fundraiser on Friday was a tremendous success, with supporters of all ages filling the Weiser Train Depot. A total of $7,102.50 was raised from a live auction of beautiful birdhouses made by local artisans, along with a variety of silent auction items. Close to 60 bidders had signed in for the auctions, and the proceeds will continue too support activities at the library. See next week’s Signal American for the full story. Photo by Nancy Grindstaff
    Friends of the Library has successful 'Flock to the Library' fundraiser
    03/12/2025 - 7:00pm
  • Boyle sets sights on Ore. marijuana advertising
    03/05/2025 - 7:00pm

  • A plaque, in memory of Marla Egbert and Neva Louise Rogers, hangs in Weiser Memorial Hospital's new quiet room.
    Foundation closing in on $5 million milestone
    03/05/2025 - 7:00pm
  • Geothermal hunt proposed near Crane Creek
    03/05/2025 - 7:00pm

  • Weiser School District is allotting a swath of ground bordering West 9th Street for the 2025 NOTFC Fiddletown campground. Photo by Nancy Grindstaff
    New site settled on for Fiddletown campers
    03/05/2025 - 7:00pm

News


Sisters, Henley and Becca Hawkins are participating in the current session of Lego Engineering at Weiser’s UI Extension Center. After hearing about the engineering of massively large construction equipment, they went to work on building their own replicas. Photo by Nancy Grindstaff
03/19/2025 - 7:00pm
Students learn about engineering through Legos
Robotics teams compete at state
St. Patrick’s Dinner on tap for Sunday, March 16
Parton’s Imagination Library signup and book sale
Sorority’s First Lady Matthews’ tea set for Saturday, March 22
Slocum Hall benefit concert draws full house

Opinions

03/25/2025 - 2:03pm
City employees’ teamwork helps to get projects done
Cathy and I are kind of strange. We don’t get television coverage and so when we want to watch sporting events, we usually eat out at a sports bar and enjoy whatever game we are interested in.   This last weekend revolved around college...
Support E. Commercial St. businesses as road construction will begin soon
An explanation regarding the tariffs on imported goods
Vote to protect Medicaid Expansion
Local health care will be hurt by cuts and legislation
Planning on building a fence? A permit is required from the City

Sports


The lead runner in the top of the third in the first game of a doubleheader with New Plymouth, Madi Janicek got caught in a pickle between home and third. Janicek kept the Pilgrims catcher busy chasing her long enough to give Sophia Shirts time to reach third. In the circle, Janicek threw 29 strikeouts in three games. Photo by Nancy Grindstaff
03/19/2025 - 7:00pm
Lady Wolverines go 2-3 in weekend outing
Weiser’s Lady Wolverine varsity softball team was on the road to open the 2025 season, taking a 7-10 loss on Friday, March 14, to Nampa Christian, but handing the New Plymouth Lady Pilgrims a pair of losses in a doubleheader on Saturday, 16-9 and...
Wolverines play three games at Bill Betts tournament
Track and field starts season with Parma Ice Breaker
Wolverine tennis defeats Columbia to start season
Wolverine softball team opens season on March 14 against Nampa Christian
Baseball team will begin play at the Bill Betts tournament

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