Stories from Wednesday, January 29, 2020

The Mountain Home City Council held a regularly scheduled meeting on Jan. 27. With multiple important issues including the naming of the Small and Large Businesses of the Year, and public hearings on the raising of fees at the airport and the zoning of the annexation of 400 acres of proposed industrial land it was a packed Chamber. ...

Mayor Rich Sykes was re-elected for his second term in November of 2019 and was recently sworn in to serve his second term. I sat down to speak with him about his accomplishments of the past four years and to ask him what he sees as the future of Mountain Home over the next four years...

Dear Friends, Last Wednesday, Jan. 22, I introduced legislation that would establish “Chronic Depredation” zones and “Wolf Free” zones. Senate Bill S1247 can be viewed by clicking here. These zones are comprised of big game management units as designated by the Idaho Fish & Game Commission. ...

Idaho faces serious healthcare provider shortages, particularly in our rural communities. In seeking to address this problem, telehealth has emerged as an important innovation that makes our healthcare system more efficient, more affordable, and more accessible to Idaho patients. ...

President George Washington was unambiguous: "It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliance with any portion of the foreign world." President Jefferson was equally explicit: "Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none."...