Friday, January 23rd, 2026
Good morning, Lewiston. Here's your local news at a glance for Friday, the 23rd of January.
CULTURE NEWS
- ➤ Fred Schuellerman sold his Bigfoot collection to a Lewiston museum on Jan. 22 and recounted his personal encounter with the creature. The sale adds a unique twist to a local exhibit featuring folklore. Big Country News
EDUCATION NEWS
- ➤ Raymond Pedrina from LC State was announced by the Cascade Collegiate Conference as its representative for the NAIA Governance and Leadership Academy on April 10 in Kansas City, Missouri - he will gain leadership training to better support student-athletes. Dailyfly
HEALTH NEWS
- ➤ Blue Cross of Idaho laid off under 90 employees on Wednesday amid organizational changes to boost efficiency & lower costs for its 600,000 members. The nonprofit, which is not required to issue a WARN notice, plans to sell its Meridian headquarters as it shifts to a hybrid work model. Lewiston Tribune
SPORTS NEWS
- ➤ Lewis-Clark State Athletics will host a free National Girls and Women in Sports Day clinic on Feb. 7 from 12 to 3 p.m. at LC State. Girls in grades K-5 can try sports in one of 75 spots; families receive guardian tickets to a Women’s Basketball game on Feb. 6. Dailyfly
- ➤ Track athletes Cameron Carrara and Perry Severijnse began LC State’s season at the Lauren McCluskey Memorial Open in Moscow on Thursday, scoring 2,151 and 2,070 points in early heptathlon events; they will compete in the final three events today with Carrara in seventh and Severijnse in 11th. Dailyfly
- ➤ Fruitland angler Todd Phillips set a new state record on Jan. 13 when he caught a rainbow trout weighing 20.03 pounds at Dworshak Reservoir, with officials certifying it as exceeding the previous record by 0.03 pounds. Dailyfly
TODAY'S FOOD FOR THOUGHT
People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
~ Carl W. Buehner
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