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Pediatric clinic opening new eastern Idaho location this fall Updated at Share This Dr. Aaron Gardner, right, discussing plans with contractors for the new Just 4 Kids Urgent Care opening at 190 Bullock Street in Pocatello this September. | Courtesy Emily Chantry POCATELLO – A local pediatric clinic is opening its first Pocatello location this fall. Dr. Aaron Gardner with Just 4 Kids Urgent Care tells EastIdahoNews.com the Pocatello clinic will open at the end of September in the building formerly occupied by Black Bear Diner at 190 Bullock Street. “We’re really enjoying what we’re doing. We’re having a good time working together. We like the team we’ve built and we feel like it’s a good thing … and we want to do more of it,” Gardner says. ....
PCSD 25 announces new director of special education POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI) - Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 announced the selection of a new Director of Special Education. Jeffrey Proctor will assume the role at the district office effective July 1, 2021. He will be taking over for Dave Miner who announced his retirement earlier this year. Miner’s career spanned more than 30 years with the school district, where he served as the Director of Special Education for the past seven years. Proctor offers more than 20 years of experience in Special Education. He began his journey into Special Education as a son of a mom who worked as a speech tech at a developmental center, and then as a parent of a child with autism. He has been a para educator and Special Education Teacher K- Transition, and he is currently leaving a Special Education college transition program in the Seattle Public Schools. Proctor has also served as the Director of Special Education in n ....
Volunteer firefighter ready to travel the country and fight wildfires Updated at Share This Jorge Santos stands in front of North Bannock Fire Department Engine No. 21 during an equipment check on March 3, 2021. Santos has been a member of the volunteer fire crew since 2019 and will be joining the U.S. Forest Service as a seasonal firefighter this summer. | Kalama Hines, EastIdahoNews.com CHUBBUCK When Jorge Santos got the call that the North Bannock Fire Department would be joining other local crews at the Chinese Peak Fire on July 19, 2020, it meant a little extra for him. Santos and his family lived in the area. So not only was he battling a blaze that would eventually scorch more than 1,500 acres, he was doing so while casting a shadow near his own home. ....
Police officer Jordan Kay helps new officers find their place on the force Updated at Share This First Class Patrol Officer Jordan Kay, of the Chubbuck Police Department, poses in front of his patrol vehicle before departing for biannual firearms training on March 8, 2021. Kay has been an officer with Chubbuck PD for nearly three years and was recently made a Field Training Officer. | Kalama Hines, EastIdahoNews.com CHUBBUCK Jordan Kay has wanted to be a police officer since childhood, back when he and his mother would watch “COPS.” He remembers running errands around Pocatello, sitting in the backseat looking for officers making traffic stops so he could allow himself to be entranced by the flashing blue and red lights. Now, as his five children wave goodbye to him in the morning, he flashes the blue and reds from his own cruiser to satisfy that same fancy in them. ....
April Neal explains the many roles dispatchers play to help who need help Updated at Share This Dispatcher April Neal handles a 911 call during her shift on Feb. 15. Neal has been a dispatcher with the Pocatello Police Department for four years. | Kalama Hines, EastIdahoNews.com POCATELLO An effective dispatcher is part psychologist, part internet investigator and part advice nurse, all packaged neatly in the as an expert customer service provider. Pocatello Police Department dispatcher April Neal hits all those nails on the head, according to dispatch lead Stephanie Harris. “Her empathy, her passion, her work ethic, her ability to multi-task,” Harris said, listing the attributes that make Neal good at her job. “Her ability to remain calm in the heat of the moment, in the chaos. Having that ability to separate herself emotionally from what you’re dealing with because you’re dealing with life and death.” ....