Stories from Wednesday, January 22, 2020

On Saturday, January 18 at 8 a.m. government officials, community members and pastors of multiple churches in Mountain Home came together in remembrance of Martin Luther King Jr. and to pray for the continuance of "breaking barriers." Just as Martin Luther King Jr.'s leadership inspired men and women, young and old, in this nation and around the world - so did the leadership of the Mountain Home Community Black History Committee, Joe B. ...

Councilmen Jimmy Schipani and Mark Anthony Bryant joined fellow City Council members for the last time as Councilmen at the Mountain Home City Council meeting, Monday, January 13, 2020, at 6 p.m. Councilman Matt Bundy was the first to publicly thank Schipani and Bryant for all of the hard work they put in over the years, and for the help they offered him when he first began serving as a councilman. He told them they are leaving a legacy with the Downtown Revitalization Project...

Pearl Mae Dison turned one-year-old on January 23, 2020. She celebrated the big day with her parents Josh Dison and Skylar Jett. Happy Birthday Pearl!

Boise, Idaho – Governor Brad Little was joined by legislators Jan. 16, in signing his first two executive orders of 2020, both aimed at keeping Idaho regulations streamlined, user-friendly, and easy to understand. The new executive orders build on the state’s historic regulatory reduction achievements in 2019, when Idaho cut and simplified 75-percent of regulations in a matter of months and became the least-regulated state in the country...

Dorothy Joan Gibbens, Colonel USAF/USA/USAR, (ret), of Meridian, passed away at home on January 18, 2020 at the age of 92, after a short struggle with kidney failure. Graveside service will be 11:00AM, on Friday, January 24, 2020, at Mountain View Cemetery. Arrangements are under the care of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...