Stories from Monday, March 14, 2022

Kenneth R Gann (Retired MSGT), age 78, of Mountain Home, passed away at home on March 8, 2022. No services will be scheduled. Cremation is under the care of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Ken was born on October 9, 1943, in Safford, Arizona. He joined the military right out of high school. He served 20 years in the Air Force and was a Viet Nam Veteran...

Ruben P. Gomez, age 77, of Mtn Home, passed away at his home on March 13, 2022. Arrangements are under the care of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.

MERIDIAN, Idaho (AP) _ Far-right activist Ammon Bundy, who's running for governor in Idaho, has been arrested after refusing to leave a hospital in connection with a child-welfare case, police said Saturday. Bundy was arrested at about 1:15 a.m. on suspicion of misdemeanor trespassing at St. Luke's Meridian Medical Center in Meridian, west of Boise, the Idaho Statesman reported...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ Lawmakers in the Idaho Senate on Thursday approved legislation to boost reading skills among young students with full-day kindergarten. The Senate voted 31-2 to give school districts the option of full-day kindergarten by using $73 million in state literacy intervention money...