Stories from Monday, July 25, 2022

BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ Both pilots of a firefighting helicopter that crashed in Idaho have died, the U.S. Forest Service said Friday. Mary Cernicek with the Salmon-Challis National Forest said Thomas Hayes, 41, of Post Falls, Idaho, and Jared Bird, 36, of Anchorage, Alaska, died from injuries they sustained when their CH-47D Series ``Chinook'' crashed in the Salmon River about 3:30 p.m. Thursday...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ Idaho will spend $1 million to fight illegal fentanyl use and resulting overdose deaths, Gov. Brad Little said Thursday. The Republican governor said he'll likely recommend additional money in his budget that will be considered by lawmakers early next year. But he said urgent action is needed now for the fentanyl problem that law enforcement officials say can spur property crimes as well as crimes against individuals...

Lilian Hamilton Mabry passed away peacefully on July 20, 2022 at the age of 91 at a local care center in Mountain Home with family by her side. Lilian was born on August 2,1930 to Samuel and Olive Hamilton of Viewfield Cottage Stretton, UK where she resided until she married the love of her life, Bill Mabry, on September 2, 1952 on the Island of Malta. They were stationed in Ohio, England, Florida, and Mountain Home while Bill was on active duty in the US Navy...