Stories from Wednesday, February 2, 2022

Black History Month which starts on February 1st and goes through March 1st was started by Harvard-educated historian Carter G. Woodson and Jesse Moorland. They founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH) an organization dedicated to researching and promoting African-American Achievements by Black Americans of African descent. ...

How many different 2nd Streets does Mountain Home boast? Four. There is East 2nd South, East 2nd North, South 2nd West, and North 2nd West. The same can be said for 3rd Street and many others. We have numbered streets running north-south and numbered streets running east-west. Of course, they inevitably collide in nutty intersections; you can be at the corner of 6th and 6th or the corner of 10th and 10th...

Idaho has had a summer population of about 1,500 wolves for the last three years Idaho’s wolf population has remained stable and consistent over the last three years based on camera surveys done last summer and since 2019. The 2021 population estimate for Aug. 1 was 1,543 wolves. The 2020 and 2019 estimates were 1,556 and 1,566...

Jan. 31 -- The Idaho Department of Correction is grateful to the men and women of the Idaho National Guard and to the Idaho Office Emergency Management for helping the Department respond to ongoing staff shortages resulting from COVID-19. Today 201 IDOC staff members are unable to report to work because they recently tested positive for the virus or had close contact with someone who tested positive. That is the highest number of staff absences since the pandemic began...

January 31, 2022 Governor Brad Little activated the Idaho National Guard today for the fourth time during the pandemic to alleviate the impacts of COVID-19 in Idaho. Governor Little activated 75 Idaho National Guardsmen to assist Primary Health and the Idaho Department of Correction, which are experiencing staffing shortages because too many employees are absent from work due to COVID-19...

Jan 28, 2022 - The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) and Central District Health (CDH) are announcing the first confirmed infection with the BA.2 sub-variant of the COVID-19 Omicron variant in Ada County. “The identification of the first infection with this sub-variant of Omicron is a reminder that the virus that causes COVID-19 will continue to mutate as long as it is being transmitted, and is a reminder of the importance of vaccination and other measures to protect yourself from this virus,” said Dr. ...