🌱 How a Roberts truck crash once punched a hole in the hotel

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Roberts truck crash once punched a hole in the hotel

Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 78 and low of 49 degrees.
• Thursday: Sunshine and windy, temps: high: 79, low: 42.
• Friday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 81 and low of 48 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Looking Back: A hotel crash, a grave-digging attempt, and the Teton Dam collapses (eastidahonews.com) — A dramatic 1950 crash left a 12-by-15-foot hole in the Roberts Hotel lobby, though the Roberts truck driver walked away unhurt. This historical roundup also revisits flower thefts, a grave-digging attempt, and the devastating 1976 Teton Dam collapse that reshaped nearby communities many Roberts residents know well.
   

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• Valley Wide Cooperative posted a job opening for Retail Associate - C-Store in Menan. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Rigby

• 'A night with a survivor': Rival Idaho students set aside differences to learn about the Holocaust (ksl.com)
• Highland's father-daughter duo headline All-6A High Country Conference softball team (postregister.com)
• Spring Enrollment Increases for Second Year in a Row at BYU-Idaho (postregister.com)

Idaho Falls

• Bounce City comes to Idaho Falls (postregister.com)
• Century's Lynn earns Player of the Year honors after dominant run to state title (eastidahonews.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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