Stories from Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Recent changes will allow more state residents to apply for a program that can help with their property taxes. The Idaho Property Tax Reduction Program reduces property taxes on a homeowner's primary Idaho residence and up to one acre of land by as much as $1,320...

In an announcement last month, officials from Idaho State University selected a student from Mountain Home to its dean's list. Ashley Borg, a 2015 graduate from Mountain Home High School, earned the academic honor from the university's health sciences pre-nursing division...

Idaho Fish and Game officials are looking for volunteers to plant thousands of sagebrush and bitterbrush seedlings in King Hill and other locations across southern Idaho through the end of April. These efforts are helping restore habitat hardest hit by wildfires over the past several years...

Patricia Ann Van Laanen, age 76 of Eagle, Idaho, and formerly of Mountain Home, Idaho, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on March 8, 2016. Patricia was born to Harry and Helen Hylton on June 19, 1939 in Emporia, Kan. The family moved to Idaho when she was young...