Stories from Wednesday, December 1, 2021

HIV/AIDS, or the human immunodeficiency virus and its associated immune deficiency syndrome, first appeared in the Congo in the 1920s, spread to the Western Hemisphere via the Caribbean in the 1960s, and became a global pandemic in the 1980s as cases exploded around the world...

At dawn on Sunday, December 7, 1941, Japanese planes attacked the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in an attempt to cripple the fleet and hinder U.S. intervention in other Japanese targets in the South Pacific. The Japanese military expected that Germany would defeat Great Britain and the Soviet Union and that Japan would control the Pacific...

Boise, Idaho (November 26th) – A youth-led initiative to change adult attitudes about selling and providing alcohol to minors launchED on Black Friday, November 26th, at liquor stores across the state. This public awareness campaign represents a continuing partnership between The Idaho Office of Drug Policy (ODP), the Idaho State Liquor Division (ISLD), and 19 community prevention organizations to bring attention to the issue of underage drinking during the holiday season—when youth are more likely to get alcohol from adults they already know. ...

11.23.21 - Columbia Falls, ME. Very little is known about what happened to Flying Tiger Line Flight 739, a military mission plane that went missing on March 16, 1962, with 93 US Army Soldiers on board and 11 crew members. Due to the complexities surrounding the mission, the names of all those who have been lost have not yet been added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C...

CWD is a fatal disease caused by a prion, a type of infectious protein, that affects the nervous system of deer, elk, reindeer, and moose (cervids). The prion protein is primarily in certain tissues in the animal, including eye, brain, spinal cord, and lymph nodes. Animals may not appear ill early in the infection...

Community members may drop off new or gently used crutches at St. Luke’s clinics and medical centers listed below Nov. 29 through Jan. 3

11.23.21 - BOISE, Idaho – At least one lucky Idaho Lottery player who participated in the Idaho $1,000,000 Raffle will be celebrating the holidays and ringing in the New Year as Idaho’s newest millionaire! All 250,000 tickets in the Idaho Lottery’s traditional holiday game, the Idaho $1,000,000 Raffle have been sold and the game has officially ended. The 250,000th ticket was sold the morning of Tuesday, November 23, 2021. Over 50,000 tickets were sold in the final seven days of sales...

November 24, 2021 - It’s the most wonderful time of the year… unless you get scammed. The holiday shopping season is in full swing, and so are fraudsters looking to steal your money. With more people shopping online, the FBI Salt Lake City Field Office is urging the public to keep the old adage in mind: if it looks too good to be true, it probably is. Shoppers are encouraged to be diligent about what gifts they are buying and where they’re buying those gifts...

11.24.21 - The Air Force will soon levy another restriction on active duty airmen who aren’t fully vaccinated against the coronavirus: no more moving to new assignments. Airmen who haven’t received a first or second vaccine dose, including those who are still awaiting a final decision on an exemption request, will be barred from current and future permanent change of station moves starting Nov. 29, the service said in a memo dated Tuesday, Nov. 23...

Santa’s official mailbox is out and ready to receive letters from children. Each year the members of the Mountain Home Fire Department are granted special access to the big man himself, Santa Claus. At this time of the year, Santa is extremely busy, so Santa has asked the Firemen for help. ...

I advocate for the right to say “Merry Christmas.” I am also steadfast in not committing plagiarism. The following are excerpts from Ben Carson-MD, book titled ‘One Nation.’ “The fact that some people want to take the words under God out of the ‘Pledge of Allegiance,’ and others want to remove the words In God we trust from our money, demonstrates the depth of misunderstanding of the First Amendment’s separation clause. ...

Nov 23 2021 - BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ Idaho Gov. Brad Little and the state's top health official in what is likely their last coronavirus town hall of the year urged residents to get vaccinated or get the booster shot if they're eligible. Little and Idaho Department of Health and Welfare Director Dave Jeppesen on Tuesday gave what was part pep talk and part opportunity to express thanks that there are effective vaccines available and for the efforts of health care workers nearly two years into the coronavirus pandemic.. ...

Richard Dale Hopper, age 67, of Mountain Home, passed away on Saturday, November 27, 2021 at a Boise Hospital. No local services will be held per Richards’s request. Cremation is under the care of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Richard was born April 2, 1954 in Vancouver, Washington to Howard and Amanda (Evans) Hopper...

Our beloved brother, Ernest “Ernie” W. Gardner fought the long, hard battle with COVID, although vaccinated, underlying conditions prevented his recovery. Saturday, November 20, 2021, Ernie joined his mother, dad and sister Twila in Heaven. Ernie was born in Oregon City, Oregon to S. ...