Stories from Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Snake River Bros. motorcycle group out of Jerome, ID along with members from Mountain Home, Burley, Twin Falls, Filer and Nampa presented a vest and check to Jacob Carter for $1200 to help cover a month’s rent. Carter, a single father of five was involved in a vehicle accident on I84 on March 2nd...

3.29 - (BOISE) – Attorney General Lawrence Wasden has announced Idaho’s involvement in a new partnership with the FCC to investigate robocalls. The agreement between state robocall investigators and the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau will help establish ways to share important information and increase collaboration and cooperation to more effectively investigate robocalls...

It was reported just last week on the Idaho Human Society website the “Yorkies seized from ‘deplorable conditions’ in Elmore County have been officially forfeited.” It was stated in their most recent posting that “most of the Yorkies were heavily matted and had been left isolated in filthy pens with stagnant water...

Students from Richard McKenna Charter High School participated at the 2022 Idaho Exhibition of Ideas in Boise. The event is one of two regional Idaho Exhibitions of Ideas, also known as IDX showcases that the Idaho STEM Action Center stages annually. This year’s IDX challenge theme had each team identify a space exploration issue that can be addressed using 3D printing and digital fabrication and developed and documented a product to help resolve it...

BOISE, Idaho – It’s been three months since the Idaho Lottery announced the winning numbers for its holiday favorite game, the Idaho $1,000,000 Raffle. After 90 days, the top prize of $1,000,000 remains unclaimed and the winner has yet to contact the Idaho Lottery. The winning number is 027047. The winning ticket was sold at an Idaho Lottery retail location in Blaine County...

D&B’s owner Brandt Ruzicka cuts the ribbon as D&B Supply opens up in their new location on Airbase Rd in the old Demeyer Building. Their former location was only a little over 10,000 sqft. whereas the new building boasts 37,500 sqft of space. They now have a small engine repair shop, and a gun and ammunition area on site. D&B also hired 10 new employees from the local community. They are happy to be in the bigger store and a part of the community on a larger scale...

On March 29 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized a second booster dose of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or the Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for older people and certain immunocompromised individuals. The FDA previously authorized a single booster dose for certain immunocompromised individuals following completion of a three-dose primary vaccination series. ...

As one of the most critical services Americans depend on approached collapse during the pandemic, the child care industry finally began getting much-deserved attention. The system in the United States was severely flawed prior to the pandemic, with affordability and access challenges causing women to leave the workforce, fewer professionals entering the field and skyrocketing costs for families. ...

The meeting began at 6 PM with Council members Garvey, Stokes, and McCain present. Mayor Sykes moved up one of the agenda items due to the presenters’ travel considerations. The Fiber Optic project is underway and the issues that were brought up in previous meetings of cost to cover operations costs were answered by the consultant Patterson. ...

Commissioners Crystal Rodgers, Bud Corbus, and Al Hofer were all present. After the executive session for indigent medical applications, the first action item of the day was the Sheriff’s Office's request for authorization for Jail equipment as the jail has been short of mattresses for some time. The mattresses include pillows, so that will be a cost-saving for the Sheriff’s Office...

In an email sent to parents by James Gilbert, Superintendent, School District 193.... On Tuesday, May 17th, the Mountain Home School District will put before the voters of the Mountain Home School District a bond request to finance the construction of a new high school. The 79-million-dollar bond, if passed, will allow the district to build a new Mountain Home High School building that will be located next to Mountain Home Junior High School...