Stories from Wednesday, April 15, 2020

As the American economy screeches to a halt and links in our food supply weaken, it is making many people wonder about the viability of depending on industry to supply us with our basic needs. Many people are considering planting a garden for the first time, are researching raising backyard chickens and learning to cook food from scratch. ...

Mountain Home Citizens : We’ve developed a new volunteer-based program at City Hall to provide food to those who may be struggling financially right now. Special thanks to the Mountain Home News for providing us this forum to help make sure we get the word out. ...

Americans are beginning to see the first economic impact payments hit their bank accounts. The IRS tweeted Saturday that it had begun depositing the funds into taxpayers’ bank accounts and would be working to get them out as fast as possible. The one-time payments were approved by Congress as part of an emergency relief package intended to combat the economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic...

WASHINGTON (AP) _ The United States' top infectious disease expert said Sunday that the economy in parts of the country could have a “rolling reentry'' as early as next month, provided health authorities can quickly identify and isolate people who will inevitably be infected with the coronavirus...

During a live press conference on Wednesday, April 15, at 11 a.m. Idaho Governor Brad Little announced that the statewide Stay-at-Home Order is being extended through April 30. Gov. Little also ordered that all out-of-state travelers quarantine themselves for 14 days upon entering Idaho. ...

Boise, Idaho – Governor Brad Little announced today that he is extending the statewide stay-home order to April 30, with exceptions for operations of formerly “non-essential” businesses, facilities, and services and new restrictions related to nonresident travel into the state...

n Monday morning the Mountain Home News received information about a structure fire in Pine, Idaho, in which no fire departments responded. It was heard over the scanner that the Fairfield Fire Department had sent crews that direction, but were told to stop by Elmore County Dispatchers before arriving at the scene...