Stories from Wednesday, July 22, 2020

On the afternoon of Tuesday, July 14, 2020 Central District Health's Board of Health met to discuss the current COVID-19 Pandemic and its current status within the district. The district, which encompasses Ada, Elmore, Boise and Valley Counties, is currently seeing an increased rate of virus infections throughout all of the counties...

On the minds of parents and educators around the country right now is “how” and “if” schools will be re-opening on time for the school year. Recently the Mountain Home School District sent attachments of their proposed plan in emails to parents within the district, encouraging them to contact the administration with their questions and concerns. The document is also available to the school website and on their Facebook page...

Boise, Idaho – Governor Brad Little applauded a federal court decision that supports Idaho’s approach for Enhanced Short-term Plans, a healthcare insurance option that provides better protection against preexisting condition exclusions and more robust benefits in areas where traditional short-term plans have fallen short...

Requiring Americans to prove their property should not have been taken by the government, rather than the government proving guilt, undermines our system of justice. Commonsense restraints must be instituted to protect against civil asset forfeiture abuses. I am again backing legislation to address problems with civil asset forfeiture...

Editor’s Note: Though many might feel we are far removed from Cleveland so it seems strange for an opinion piece about the Cleveland Indians name to be published in our paper I felt that it was very pertinent for the world we are living in as a whole at the moment...

What is the original Mountain Home Farmer’s Market held in Railroad Park in downtown Mountain Home every Saturday 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. from May 1st to Oct. 31st? It’s an organization in its 21st year. 15-20 vendors participate on average every Saturday. More participate when veggies and fruit are available. One rule we do have is: everything sold at this market must be made or produced in Idaho...

Idaho has landed on national maps as one of the identified states that are reporting increasing numbers based on per capita calculations of population. This has landed us in the RED zone, so to speak, on Monday July 20th. Our numbers speak for themselves throughout the state as again for the third week our new daily reported COVID-19 cases are in the high three digit numbers...