Stories from Tuesday, July 19, 2022

July 18, 2022 ~ Boise, Idaho – Nine Idaho cities are attending the Community Health Academy, a program of the Blue Cross ofIdaho Foundation for Health that provides expertise and funding to help build healthier communities. The Community Health Academy is a learning collaborative where mayors and city staff collaborate with each other and learn from local and national experts. ...

George Arthur Lucia Jr, age 88, of Mountain Home peacefully passed away at St Alphonsus Hospital on June 29, 2022. A celebration of George’s life and inurnment will take place on a later date. Cremation was under the care of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) _ The Idaho Republican Party has rejected adding language to their platform to allow an abortion to save the life of the mother. KMVT-TV reported that a majority of the roughly 700 delegates from around the state rejected the change to the party's existing platform during its three-day convention that wrapped up Saturday. The platform does not have the force of law but states the party's position it wants Republicans in elected office to follow...