Stories from Wednesday, July 29, 2020

The U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing on June 30, 2020, to discuss the Judicial Conference of the United States’ most recent recommendations for more federal judgeships. The Judicial Conference has recommended a third judgeship for Idaho consistently since 2003. As a member of the Committee, I reiterated the need to put aside partisan differences and create a third federal district judgeship in Idaho to meet this increasing judicial need...

Idaho just ended its fiscal year with a surplus nearly three times what was expected before COVID-19. How, in the middle of a global pandemic, did we manage to do that? Through conservative principles of governing. In late March, shortly after the first coronavirus case was confirmed in Idaho, I asked state government agencies to do what businesses and families across Idaho were having to do – tighten their belts. ...

The Mountain Home City Council met on July 13, 2020 for a regularly scheduled meeting. The beginning of the meeting started with Mountain Home Police Chief Scott Connor awarding an Outstanding Citizenship Award to Bryce Villalobos for his help with a dementia patient who had wandered away from a local care facility on his day off...

Michael Heintz used to work in a movie rental shop and loved his work so much that he decided to go into the business for himself. Heintz has opened “The Movie Shoppe” in the Old Basque Hotel located at 195 N. 2nd W. He has a variety of items for sale including used DVD’s, both classic and current movie standees (the large character cutouts used to promote movies in theaters, movie magazines and trading cards...

Eric Jonathan Lawson, 73, of Mountain Home, passed away of natural causes on July 26, 2020. A memorial service will be held at 3:00PM, on Tuesday, August 4, 2020, at the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery, in Boise. Cremation was under the care of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Kathleen Maria Wudyka, age 74, of Mountain Home, passed away at a Boise care center on July 28, 2020. Arrangements are under the care of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.