Stories from Friday, January 8, 2021

BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ An 87-year-old south-central Idaho man has filed a federal lawsuit against Republican Gov. Brad Little and the state's health department seeking to force the state to put people 65 and over at the front of the line for the coronavirus vaccination...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ Coronavirus vaccinations for 130,000 frontline health care workers and long-term care residents should be finished by the end of January, Idaho Gov. Brad Little said Tuesday. The Republican governor said that the timeline for the first round of vaccinations in the state depends on Idaho continuing to receive the vaccine from the federal government. He also said it's not clear what percentage of people in the first group will opt to get vaccinated...

Trump says his term is ending, transition will be orderly Source: AP - AP Wire Service Jan 07 04:40 (AP) _ President Donald Trump for the first time acknowledged his defeat in the Nov. 3 election and announced there would be an ``orderly transition on January 20th'' after Congress concluded the electoral vote count early Thursday certifying President-elect Joe Biden's victory...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump said Friday he won't attend President-elect Joe Biden's Inauguration on Jan. 20. He will be the first incumbent president since Andrew Johnson to skip his successors inauguration. "To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th," Trump tweeted...

Anthony (Tony) Lin Jacobsen came into our lives on December 21, 1979. He spent his first 6 years growing up in Grandview. Later, the family moved to Mtn.Home where he attended school until the family moved to Glenns Ferry, where he became a G.F. Pilot for life. ...

Shirley Ann Curt, age 77, of Mountain Home, passed away on Thursday, January 7, 2021. Arrangements are under the care of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home.

NEW YORK (AP) _ Wall Street is rallying toward record highs again Thursday on expectations that the Democratic sweep of Washington means more stimulus is likely on the way for the economy. The S&P 500 was 1.5% higher in the first trading after Congress confirmed Joe Biden as the winner of the presidential election and Jon Ossoff was declared the winner of a Georgia runoff election, tipping control of the Senate to Democrats. ...

It was reported to the Mountain Home News on Friday, January 8th that on January 5, 2021 Elmore County Sheriff’s Office Detectives concluded a joint investigation with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). The result of the investigation led to the arrest of two Glenn’s Ferry residents. ...