Tours Underway for Burley Idaho Temple

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Public tours begin this week for the Burley Idaho Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Free public tours will be held from Thursday, November 6, through Saturday, November 22, 2025, excluding Sundays. The temple will be dedicated on Sunday, January 11, 2026, and the dedicatory session will be broadcast to all congregations in the Burley Idaho Temple district.

Idaho Governor Brad Little, along with local officials and invited guests, toured the temple during media day on Monday, November 3, 2025, led by Elder Steven R. Bangerter, executive director of the Temple Department. Elder K. Brett Nattress and Elder Karl D. Hirst, both General Authority Seventies, also attended the event.

A painting of the South Hills in the Burley, Idaho, area was gifted to Governor Little following his tour of the house of the Lord.

“We’re here looking at the South Hills, and it’s an honor to have [Idaho Lieutenant] Governor [Scott] Bedke here because he knows every river, every peak, and every cow that was represented in each picture,” Governor Little said. “The tours are so paramount, particularly to those not of the faith, because then they’ll have a grasp of the meaning of the temple for multiple generations.”

Four generations of Lieutenant Governor Bedke’s family have lived in the area surrounding the temple. He invited all to come to the temple open house and experience the beauty of the building.

“I’m blown away by the beauty of it and how it feels like home,” he said. “Everyone should come and take a look and experience not only the architecture and the beauty, but the sentiment of the temple,” he said. “You don’t find this anywhere except maybe at the tops of those mountains looking over God’s creations. This is a beautiful building built to honor Him.”

Elko Nevada Temple opens for media, public tours

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The public is invited to tour the Elko Nevada Temple during its open house, starting this Saturday, from Aug. 30 to Sept. 13, excluding Sundays. The tours begin with a media day on Wednesday, Aug. 27, and invited guest tours Aug. 28-29.

Leading today’s media day tours are two General Authority Seventies of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Elder Michael A. Dunn, first counselor in the United States Southwest Area presidency, and Elder Steven R. Bangerter, executive director of the Temple Department.

Elder Bangerter said that the temple is “a place where we more perfectly learn to follow the teachings of our Savior, Jesus Christ, to more perfectly serve as one child of God to another, regardless of faith, religion or creed.”

Among those in attendance on this first day of tours was Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo and Elko Mayor Reece Keener.

“This temple is not only a sacred space for the thousands of Latter-day Saints who call northeastern Nevada home but also a symbol of the values that bind our communities together through faith, family and service,” said Lombardo.

“I would like to thank the Church for making the decision to locate [a temple] in Elko,” Keener said. “It truly is remarkable. You look at the quality of the stonework, the tile work, all of the furnishings [and] the windows, everything is absolutely remarkable.”

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