Articles from the June 11, 2020 edition

Jun 11, 2020

The organizational committee for the Annual Gift of the Waters Pageant has announced the event will not be held this year due to COVID-19. Barb Vietti, head of the organization, said it is out of concern for the elders of the Shoshone Tribe that the decision was made to cancel this year. Spectator numbers were an additional reason as the state will only allow gatherings of 250 people. “We were worried for the health and safety of the elders,” Vietti said. “So many of them have participated each year and with the pandemic we would rather they...