Stories from Thursday, March 22, 2018

Innovation Collective and the University of Idaho are embarking on a five day, 20 city tour of Idaho to promote a rapid learning initiative called Inspire Idaho. The tour, called "The Experience Tour," will be in Mountain Home on March 27. Over the course of the tour the Inspire Idaho team will demonstrate app development, programming and motivate participants to join the rapidly growing, "app economy." The Inspire Idaho team includes not only members of Innovation Collective, and the University of Idaho, but also experts from around the country trained in app development in Apple Inc.'s Swift programming language.. ...

Mountain Home City Council members voted unanimously to become a Bee City USA®, which completed efforts of certification. Brad Stokes, of the University of Idaho, made the presentation to council members. The facilitating committee for Mountain Home’s efforts to engage the community in promoting pollinator-friendliness has been designated as the Mountain Home Pollinator Committee...

Camron D. Brown, 21, of Mountain Home plead guilty on March 13 to six counts of interference with commerce by robbery (Hobbs Act) and one count of brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced...

The sport of rugby is growing at a high rate of speed. In fact, it is the fastest growing sport in the state of Idaho and the United States with a five year growth percentage of 82.4 percent nationwide and the girls game is growing at an even faster rate of speed then the sport as a whole...

In the early 1800s, a pioneer journal entitled The American Farmer encouraged farmers to report on achievements and methodology for solving rural agricultural problems. On May 8, 1914, the 63rd U.S. Congress passed the Smith-Lever Act, also knowns as the Agriculture Extension Act, which established a system of cooperative extension services that are directly connected to the land-grant universities to inform the public about current developments in agriculture, horticulture, home economics, policy, leadership, economic development and 4-H.. ...

Jesus Joaquin Concepcion, age 69 of Mountain Home, passed away at St Luke's Hospital in Boise on Sunday March 18, 2018. A Funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 24, 2018, at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church. Arrangements are under the care of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home...