🌱 How Oakley’s shrinking reservoir is squeezing this year’s potato harvest

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• How Oakley's shrinking reservoir is squeezing this year's potato harvest

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Sunny and pleasant, with a high of 78 and low of 53 degrees.
• Friday: Mostly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 85, low: 52.
• Saturday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 82 and low of 53 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Eastern Idaho spud harvest underway as farmers grapple with drought, heat (ksl.com) — Oakley farmer Randy Hardy is cutting back potato acreage and relying heavily on groundwater as the Lower Goose Creek Reservoir, run by the Oakley Canal Company, nears empty after a brutal drought and hot summer. He and other eastern Idaho growers expect smaller, lower-yield crops this year, even as rising potato prices offer some financial hope heading into next season.
   

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Thursday October 1
• JHVB @ GLENNS FERRY
  Oakley High School Burley, ID 83318
  4:00 pm
• Declo JH Cross Country vs. Kimberly JH
  Declo Jr. High Kimberly
  4:00 pm
• MS XC @ Kimberly (lv @ 2:30 pm)
  Murtaugh School District #418 Murtaugh, ID 83344
  4:00 pm
• VB C/JV/VARSITY @ BUHL
  Declo High School Burley, ID 83318
  4:30 pm
• Girls Soccer vs Jerome
  Burley High School Burley, ID 83318
  4:30 pm
• Freshman Football @ Jerome
  Burley High School Burley, ID 83318
  4:30 pm
• Volleyball vs Twin Falls
  Burley High School Burley, ID 83318
  5:00 pm
• Declo JH Football vs. WoodRiver
  Declo Jr. High DECLO
  5:00 pm
• Boys Soccer @ Jerome JV followed by Varsity
  Burley High School Burley, ID 83318
  5:30 pm
• JV Football @ Jerome
  Burley High School Burley, ID 83318
  6:30 pm
Friday October 2
• 2026 Fall Assembly/Convention →
  Burley Inn and Convention Center, 800 N. Overland Ave, Burley
• Jerome at Burley →
  Burley High School, 2100 Park Ave, Burley
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Citizen scientists brought a water sample from the Spokane River to our Coeur d'Alene office, and the sample contained a statoblast (first image)!
  A statoblast is the microscopic reproductive pod of a freshwater animal called the Bryozoa, which is actually a colony made up of microscopic… (Nextdoor )

• Performance Food Group posted a job opening for Part-Time Merchandiser in Burley. Apply here.
• Dollar Tree posted a job opening for Assistant Manager I in Burley. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Oakley here.

🗞 Nearby News

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• Paving near Burley High School begins in early October (kmvt.com)
• High School Boys Soccer Stats (kmvt.com)

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• Idaho's first Pediatric Ready EMS Agency based in Minidoka County (kmvt.com)
• Opera Southwest Appoints Cecilia Violetta López to New Leadership Role (operawire.com)
• Anita 'The Doll Doctor' Baird Restores Vintage Barbie Dolls for the Smiles (idahoseniorindependent.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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