Stories from Friday, July 30, 2021

Most of the public is squeamish of creepy crawlies, especially spiders, but we have another arachnid in our area that could potentially scare the average person in our mid-summer months. These arachnids go by numerous common names, including but not limited to camel spiders, wind scorpions, sun spiders, sun scorpions, beard cutters and sulifuges or sulifugids. Interestingly they are classified into their own Order, that is the Order Sulifugae...

Edward D. Washik Jr., age 89, of Mountain Home, passed away at his daughters home on July 29, 2021. No services will be held per Edwards’s request. Cremation is under the care of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Edward was born May 5, 1932 in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, the only child of Edward and Anna (Adamski) Washik...

David Robinson (Dave) 79, of Mountain Home, Idaho passed away on July 23, 2021, after a long battle with cancer. He was surrounded by his family and friends throughout his courageous fight. Dave was born January 3, 1942, in Boise, to John and Odette Robinson. ...