Expansion on tap for Loggerhead Marinelife Center
Groundbreaking for the $14 million expansion that will more than double the size of the Loggerhead Marinelife Center is planned for the end of this year. Bigger hospital and research facilities, more classrooms, an auditorium, a Discovery Zone interactive exhibit hall and an amphitheater with a wall-to-ceiling ocean reef tank are planned. There will be an outdoor cafe and a hall with flexible space for public and private events. The opening is scheduled for the fall of 2020.
On March 6th, two Idaho Falls firefighters were honored by the American Red Cross of Greater Idaho Thursday for saving a classroom Agrionemys horsfieldii tortoise from a fire. (See Miscellany)
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