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New Idaho Falls fire ordinance may require action from small businesses Updated at Share This The following is a news release from the city of Idaho Falls. Attention Idaho Falls business owners! There is a new city ordinance which may require action from you by May 15. Check your mailbox for a flyer and letter with additional information and instructions from the Idaho Falls Fire Department. The Partners in Public Safety Program empowers business owners to work with the department to proactively protect employees, businesses, firefighters and the public. Fire and other emergencies are inhe...

(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File) The politicians in charge of Jackson, Mississippi have their hostility towards the Second Amendment abundantly clear over the past year. Mayor Chokwe Lumumba tried to impose a ban on openly carried firearms last year, claiming the state’s emergency powers provisions gave him the authority to do so, but a federal judge smacked down the ban shortly after it was imposed. Since then, there’s been a lot of finger-pointing from the mayor, city council, and local police on who’s to blame for the rise in violent crime. The Jackson Police Department recently to...

Updated Mason County fire code raises the threshold for requiring multiple access roads With new residential developments on the horizon in Belfair and Mason County, changes to the development code will raise the number of homes in a subdivision that triggers the requirement for multiple access points into a neighborhood.  The changes mean that the size of a subdivision that requires two main access roads goes from 100 to 200, said Kell Rowen, Mason County community development administrator. Rowen said Mason County decided the 100-home cap was restrictive and felt comfortable keeping the...

The fire code regulates fire safety in the construction of new commercial, industrial and public buildings.  The fire code regulates aspects of building safety such as the storage of hazardous materials, accessible and well-marked exits, working fire suppression systems and adequate water supply available to firefighters should it be needed. For example, the fire code may require a new business to install a fire hydrant if there is not adequate water supply nearby for the fire department to access.  Inspections for compliance with the fire code will include ensuring business address numb...

Northern Star DeKALB – DeKalb City Council will take up a consideration at Monday’s meeting for contractor bids for the painting and repairing of the south water tower, 2851 Corporate Drive.  City Manager Bill Nicklas is recommending the award of the city painting contract to Chicago-based painting company Era Valdivia, who has made a bid of $1 million, according to the March 8 City Council agenda.  Era Valdivia’s bid exceeds the fiscal year 2021 budget allocation of $850,000 by $214,270, but the Fund 620 budget could absorb the difference and maintain a positive fund balance for FY20...