Stories from Thursday, June 25, 2020

MOUNTAIN HOME, Idaho – Opening a business in the middle of a global pandemic wasn’t what owners Diane and Darryl Patton and Ralph and Roberta Binion, co-owners had in mind when they set out to open the new Family Fun Zone in downtown Mountain Home. The couple is hoping that a safe place to bring children and families together for leisure and amusement could be a welcome change for everyone...

The discovery of gold first attracted Chinese miners to Idaho in the 1860s. In the decades that followed, thousands of Chinese men worked to build America’s transcontinental railroad, including the Oregon Short Line across Southern Idaho that later became the Union Pacific. Working conditions were notoriously poor. Chinese immigrants were overworked, underpaid and discriminated against......

BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ Hundreds of thousands of dollars in coronavirus relief payments have been sent to people behind bars across the United States, and now the IRS is asking state officials to help claw back the cash that the federal tax agency says was mistakenly sent...

Boise, Idaho – Governor Brad Little announced today Idaho will transition to a regional response to COVID-19, and the state did not meet metrics to move out of the final stage of the Idaho Rebounds plan. “The statewide approach to mitigating the spread of COVID-19 three months ago was the right thing to do. ...

Viola Marie Butzer, age 100, of Mountain Home, passed away at home on Sunday, June 21, 2020. A viewing will be on Monday, June 29, 2020 at Rost Funeral Home starting at 4 P.M. followed by a Rosary at 6 P.M. A funeral service will be held Tuesday, June 30, 2020 at 10 A.M. at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church. Burial at Mountain View Cemetery will follow. Arrangements are under the care of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Mary E. Langfitt, age 88, of Mountain Home, passed away June 25, 2020, at St Lukes Hospital in Boise. Arrangements are under the care of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.