Stories from Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Wednesday, January 19th the Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce welcomed “Grocery Outlet” with a ribbon-cutting and welcome as the newest business to Mountain Home at 155 City View Drive, opened daily from 8 am -9 pm. Owners Jeremy Foglesong & Madison Scott and their young daughter took the opportunity to invite everyone into their store, (opening the next morning with their official grand opening to the public), all the invited attendees to the event. ...

There is a new federal resource that will allow you to get FDA-approved COVID tests delivered to your home. These tests are completely FREE with no shipping costs. Any site or group asking for credit card or other personal information is a scam. Remember:...

1.24.22 - The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) has activated Crisis Standards of Care (CSC) this morning in accordance with IDAPA 16.02.09 – Crisis Standards of Care For Healthcare Entities in three local public health districts -- Southwest District Health, Central District Health, and South Central District Health – due to severe staffing and blood shortages...

January 21, 2022 - Boise, Idaho - Governor Brad Little commented today on the announcement that the State of Idaho shattered another all-time record for jobs, achieving the historic unemployment rate of 2.4 percent in December. Idaho remains in the top five states with the lowest unemployment rates in the country...

BOISE, IDAHO — Jan. 19, 2022 — The Idaho State Tax Commission starts processing 2021 Idaho individual income tax returns on Monday, January 24. The Internal Revenue Service begins processing federal returns the same day. E-filing your return is the safest and easiest way to file. It’s also the quickest way to receive a refund. Using direct deposit for your refund gets the money to you even faster...

Jan 24 - A new study commissioned by the Idaho State Board of Education shows that Idaho taxpayers see an 80-percent rate of return for every dollar invested in public higher education. And students see a return of $4.20 in higher future earnings for every dollar they invest in their education – an average annual rate of return for students of 16.6%...

BOISE -(Jan. 24, 2022) –The Idaho Water Resource Board voted unanimously on Friday to define criteria for funding major water infrastructure projects in the state, and to select three projects to finance initially as recommended by the board’s Finance Committee and Gov. Brad Little in his fiscal 2022 state budget...

(Jan. 18, 2022) — For the 28th year, Idaho Public Television is hosting the Idaho PBS KIDS Writers Contest. IdahoPTV’s three regional stations — KUID/Moscow, KISU/Pocatello and KAID/Boise — encourage young authors and artists in kindergarten through third grade to write and illustrate their own imaginative story and submit it by Saturday, March 19, for a chance to win prizes and have their work published online...

January 21, 2022 - There have only been five confirmed sighting of ringtails in Idaho. Finding a ringtail in Idaho is a very rare occurrence, and the last few sightings have happened near Twin Falls. In early December 2021 staff from the Amalgamated Sugar factory south of Twin Falls spotted a ringtail on the property. Within a few days a wildlife biologist from the Magic Valley Regional set traps with a goal of relocation to more suitable habitat...

BOISE, Idaho (Jan. 25, 2022) Winter weather, ongoing COVID-19 surge continue to threaten blood supply While there has been a significant and encouraging response to the dire need for blood across the nation, the American Red Cross needs more people to give in the weeks ahead to recover from its worst blood shortage in more than a decade. ...

Gary A. Newton, age 86, of Mountain Home, passed away at home on January 19, 2022. No services have been planned at this time. Cremation is under the care of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Gary was born to Richard and Edith Newton on October 3, 1935, in Culbertson, Mt. ...