Stories from Wednesday, March 30, 2022

March 26, 2022 - BOISE, IDAHO - Idaho Senate Majority Leadership announced on Friday that Senate Pro Tempore Chuck Winder and House Speaker Scott Bedke, have formed a working group to study library content in recognition of allegations around the availability of sexually explicit materials in Idaho libraries. ...

March 24, 2022 - (BOISE) – A bill to adopt new Idaho content standards for math, science and English Language Arts, replacing the controversial “Common Core,” is now Idaho law, and Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra and lawmakers gathered Thursday to celebrate that achievement and discuss the next steps for putting these standards into effect. ...

At our skilled nursing facilities across the State the care we provide for our residents is like the care we would provide for our own family members, and our residents aren’t just like family to us, they are family. They are the family members of our communities in Idaho. ...

As our local community’s concerns about water availability, storage and judicious use become more and more prominent for the future, we may need to adapt our strategic thinking when it comes to the future of home landscaping. The objective behind Xeriscaping is to create a viable long-term solution for water scarcity for communities. ...

Mountain Home owes its existence to Rattlesnake Creek. Of course, Mountain Home is a railroad town, and the Elmore County Historical Society and E Clampus Vitus put a plaque in Railroad Park to tell us that. The “Rattlesnake Station” information display heading out on Highway 20 concurs...

In the second pre-trial hearing in the case of State vs. Richard (Rich) Allen Sykes, Mayor of Mountain Home facing criminal charges addressed in Idaho Statutes -1359 Using Public Position for Personal Gain, this week’s pre-trial hearing was delayed again due to the giving and receiving of discovery in the court case. ...

Agency has conducted more than 660 investigations with alleged fraud totaling more than $1.8B DENVER – IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) released investigational statistics today about COVID-related fraud investigations conducted by the agency over the past two years...