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Kalie Wright
Kalie Kathleen Wright Korfe (born April 27, 1993) is an American beauty pageant titleholder and entrepreneur. Wright was crowned National Sweetheart, Miss National Sweetheart 2014 and Miss Idaho 2015. She competed for the Miss America 2016 title in September 2015. In 2017, she was crowned Miss Minnesota USA, Miss Minnesota USA 2018 and represented Minnesota at Miss USA 2018. Early life and education Wright is a native of Kimberly, Idaho, and a 2011 graduate of Kimberly High School (Kimberly, Idaho), Kimberly High School. The oldest of three children, Wright's parents are Brett and Shelly Wright. Wright attended Blue Mountain Community College in Pendelton, Oregon, on a volleyball scholarship. She left Blue Mountain after reconsidering her career path. Wright returned to Idaho and earned an associate degree in liberal arts education, liberal arts from the College of Southern Idaho. Pageantry Early pageants Wright began performing publicly when she was 8 years old and started enter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Sweetheart
Miss National Sweetheart is a United States beauty pageant created in 1941 where runners-up from the Miss America state pageants are invited to Hoopeston, Illinois to compete for the title of Miss National Sweetheart, and the name of the title held by the winner of that pageant. The event, which has no official ties to the Miss America Organization, is sponsored by the Hoopeston Jaycees and is held on Labor Day weekend in conjunction with the town's revered annual Sweetcorn Festival. Most contestants placed first runner-up in their state pageant, however second and other runners-up are invited if the first runner-up chooses not to attend. The winner of the Miss National Sweetheart title receives a $1,200 scholarship and a pendant shaped like an ear of corn. Winning this title does not guarantee that a contestant will win a Miss America state title, but since 1980, five Miss National Sweetheart winners have gone on to win both their state and the Miss America title. Since 1970 the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patty Griffin
Patricia Jean Griffin (born March 16, 1964) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician.Griffin, Patricia She is a vocalist and plays guitar and piano. She is known for her stripped-down songwriting style in the folk music genre. Her songs have been covered by numerous musicians, including Emmylou Harris, Ellis Paul, Kelly Clarkson, Rory Block, Dave Hause, Sugarland, Bette Midler and The Chicks. In 2007, Griffin received the Artist of the Year award from the Americana Music Association, and her album '' Children Running Through'' won the award for Best Album. She received the Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting at the 2023 Americana Music Honors & Awards. In 2011, Griffin's album '' Downtown Church'' won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Gospel Album and her 2019 self-titled album won the Grammy Award for Best Folk Album. Biography Griffin is from Old Town, Maine, next to the Penobscot Native American reservation. She is the youngest of seven children in h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boise, ID
Boise ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 census, there were 235,685 people residing in the city. Located on the Boise River in southwestern Idaho, it is east of the Oregon border and north of the Nevada border. The downtown area's elevation is above sea level. It is the county seat of Ada County. The Boise metropolitan area, also known as the Treasure Valley, includes five counties with a combined population of 749,202, the most populous metropolitan area in Idaho. It contains the state's three largest cities: Boise, Nampa, and Meridian. The Boise–Nampa Metropolitan Statistical Area is the 74th most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States. Downtown Boise is the cultural center and home to many small businesses alongside a number of high-rise buildings. The area has a variety of shops and restaurants. Centrally, 8th Street contains a pedestrian zone with sidewalk cafes and restaurants. The neighb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KIVI-TV
KIVI-TV (channel 6) is a television station licensed to Nampa, Idaho, United States, serving the Boise area as an affiliate of ABC. Owned by the E. W. Scripps Company, the station maintains studios on East Chisholm Drive in Nampa (along I-84/US 30/ SH-55), while its transmitter is located at the Bogus Basin ski area summit in unincorporated Boise County. KIVI-TV operates KSAW-LD in Twin Falls, a semi-satellite of KIVI for the Magic Valley. It airs KIVI's ABC programs and some of its newscasts, alongside local commercials, separate evening newscasts produced from Nampa covering the Twin Falls area, and separate syndicated programming. KSAW-LD also maintains a small advertising sales office in the Blue Lakes Office Park on Falls Avenue in Twin Falls. History Prior use of channel 6 What is now KIVI-TV is actually the third attempt to launch a television station on channel 6 in Nampa, but the first to be successful. The first of these earned the distinction of being Ida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KMVT
KMVT (channel 11) is a television station in Twin Falls, Idaho, United States, affiliated with CBS and The CW Plus. It is owned by Gray Media alongside low-power Fox/MyNetworkTV affiliate KSVT-LD (channel 14). The two stations share studios on Blue Lakes Boulevard North/ US 93 in Twin Falls; KMVT's transmitter is located on Flat Top Butte in unincorporated Jerome County east of Jerome and US 93. History The station went on the air on June 1, 1955, as KLIX-TV, a sister station to KLIX radio (1310 AM).FCC History Cards for KMVT . It has been a CBS affiliate since sign-on; however, in its early years the station carried programs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pocatello, ID
Pocatello () is the county seat of and the largest city in Bannock County, with a small portion on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation in neighboring Power County, containing the city's airport. It is the principal city of the Pocatello metropolitan area, which encompasses all of Bannock County in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 census, the population of Pocatello was 56,320. Pocatello is the 6th most populous city in the state, just behind Caldwell. The city is at an elevation of above sea level and it sits on the Portneuf River in the Snake River Plain ecoregion. Pocatello covers a land area of . Pocatello is the home of Idaho State University and the manufacturing facilities of Amy's Kitchen and ON Semiconductor Corporation; it is served by the Pocatello Regional Airport. History Indigenous tribes Shoshone and Bannock Indigenous tribes inhabited southeastern Idaho for hundreds of years before the Lewis and Clark Expedition ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pioneer News Group
Pioneer News Group was an American media company. The company was founded in 1974 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington. It was owned by the Scripps family, who had also started the E. W. Scripps Company. The Pioneer News Groups had printing facilities in Idaho, Montana, Utah, Oregon, and Washington. In October 2017, Pioneer announced that it was selling its newspaper business to the Adams Publishing Group. History In December 1975, Scripps League Newspapers spun off a number of numbers to form a new company called Pioneer Newspapers, Inc. The enterprise would be owned and operated by James George Scripps, who was the brother of Scripps League chairman Edward W. Scripps and grandson of E. W. Scripps. The newspapers included were: '' Grass Valley Union'', ''Caldwell News-Tribune,'' ''The Idaho Press'', '' Idaho State Journal'', '' The Bemidji Pioneer'', '' Bozeman Daily Chronicle'', '' Havre Daily News'', '' Herald and News'', ''Canonsburg Notes, Monongahela Herald, Waynesb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idaho State Journal
The ''Idaho State Journal'' is daily newspaper published in Pocatello, Idaho, United States, that serves southeast Idaho, including Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Caribou, Franklin, Power, and Oneida counties. The paper is published by Travis Quast, with Ian Fennell as managing editor. History The periodical began it existence as a political publication in 1890, as the ''Pocatello Tribune''. On January 6, 1893, it became a newspaper with a weekly printing. Over the ensuing years it increased publication to twice weekly, and then thrice weekly. In March 1897 a failed attempt was made to print daily editions. However, that endeavor became successful several years later and the newspaper has published daily since March 17, 1902. On April 28, 1924, the ''Idaho State Journal'' began publication, but the ''Pocatello Tribune'' purchased that periodical in 1932. Thereafter, the ''Idaho State Journal'' continued as the morning edition of the ''Pocatello Tribune''. However, due to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss America
Miss America is an annual competition that is open to women from the United States between the ages of 18 and 28. Originating in 1921 as a "bathing beauty revue", the contest is judged on competition segments with scoring percentages: ''Private Interview'' (30%) – a 10-minute press conference-style interview with a panel of judges, ''On Stage Question'' (10%) – answering a judge's question onstage, ''Talent or HER Story'' (20%) – a performance talent or 90 second speech, ''Health and Fitness'' (20%) – demonstrated physical fitness onstage dressed in athletic wear, and ''Evening Gown'' (20%) – modeling evening-wear onstage. The previous year's titleholder crowns the winner. Miss America 2025 is Abbie Stockard of Miss Alabama, Alabama, who was crowned on January 5, 2025. She will crown her successor at Miss America 2026. Overview On February 1, 1919, a beauty pageant was held at the Chu Chin Chow Ball at the Hotel des Artistes in New York City. The winner, Edith H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twin Falls, ID
Twin Falls is the county seat of and the largest city in Twin Falls County, Idaho, United States. The city had a population of 51,807 as of the 2020 census.Twin Falls (city) QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau (Retrieved January 17, 2012) In the region, Twin Falls is the largest city in a radius, and is the regional commercial center for south-central Idaho and northeastern It is the principal city of the Twin Falls metropolitan statistical area, which officially includes the entirety of Twin Falls and |
Lee Enterprises
Lee Enterprises, Inc. is a publicly traded American media company. It publishes 72 daily newspapers in 25 states, and more than 350 weekly, classified, and specialty publications. Lee Enterprises was founded in 1890 by Alfred Wilson Lee and is based in Davenport, Iowa. The company also provides online services, including websites supporting its daily newspapers and other publications. Lee had more than 26 million unique web and mobile visitors monthly, with 229.1 million pages viewed. Lee became majority partner of TownNews.com in 1996; Town News creates software for newspaper publication purposes. The company offers commercial printing services to its customers. Lee Enterprises is currently the fourth largest newspaper group in the United States of America. The company acquired Howard Publications (16 daily newspapers) for $694 million in 2002 and Pulitzer, Inc. (14 daily, over 100 non-daily), for $1.5 billion in 2005. From January 2012 to April 2017, the company's executi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Times-News (Idaho)
The ''Times-News'' is a US daily newspaper serving the Twin Falls, Idaho area. The paper is owned by Lee Enterprises and is available throughout the Magic Valley region of south-central Idaho as well as in parts of Elko County, Nevada, as far south as Wells. History The ''Twin Falls News'' was first published on Oct. 28, 1904 by Charles Diehl and O. H. Barber. Their partnership soon dissolved and Barber left on Feb. 3, 1905 and launched the ''Twin Falls Times'' on March 23, 1905. George A. Fraser edited and managed the ''News'' until 1910. He was followed by several others. ''News'' editor Karl. H. Dixon sold his interests in 1912 to Carl. G. Anderson. In 1913, the ''News'' was purchased by J. F. Melvin and A. D. Milligan, who owned the ''Twin Falls Daily Press''. The ''Press'' folded two months later and the ''News'' returned to its previous owner. Roy A. Read took the helm of the ''News'' and at some point got a controlling-interest in the business. In March 1907, Wilbur S. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
