Stories from Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Commissioner Al Hofer was the only of the three commissioners not in attendance at Friday’s regularly scheduled meeting. The meeting was relatively quick, and covered a variety of topics, many of which regarded internal county affairs. The Commissioners present began by approving the minutes of the previous meeting, approving tax cancellations, approving expenditures, and amending and signing an agreement with Avertest...

In a short City Council meeting on Monday the 12th, the Mountain Home City Council met to conduct some exciting business. After brief department head reports, Rich Urquidi, Public Works Director, gave a report on the state of the city’s sewer pools, noting that the pools at the time of the meeting were holding 268 million gallons, up from 206 million on October 1 of this year...

December 15, 2022 - WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) voted in support of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), fulfilling Congress’ constitutional duty to “provide for the common defense.”...

I am new to living downtown and I love it. We have some of the cutest boutiques and walking distance to all businesses, I was wondering why other seniors aren't walking in this great area or people in general. Well, if you walk along the side streets you would find them in such horrible condition, it's an accident waiting to happen on some intersections, it is dangerous as drivers and Mountain Home are not aware of pedestrians. ...

On December 17, 2022 Wreaths Across America held a Ceremony at the Mountain View Cemetery to Remember and Honor our veterans through the laying of Remembrance wreaths on the graves of our country’s fallen heroes and the act of saying the name of each and every veteran aloud...

(BOISE) - Governor Brad Little and Attorney General Lawrence Wasden today announced Idaho will join five additional national opioid settlements. The new settlements total up to $17 billion, including an additional $90 million for Idaho and participating local governments...

(BOISE) – In addition to updated achievement data and other information, Idaho’s online report card for public schools and districts has added new user-friendly features to enhance stakeholders’ understanding of their local schools. “Our statewide report card, revamped four years ago, has been a huge help to parents, educators and others, attracting national attention for its features and ease of use,” Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra said. ...

Boise, Idaho – Gov. Brad Little issued an executive order today banning TikTok on state-issued devices and networks to protect Idahoans from security threats posed by the communist Chinese government. “The communist Chinese government can use TikTok to collect critical information from our state and federal government, and we are taking this step to protect Idahoans and Americans from the sinister motives of a foreign government that does not share our values and seeks to weaken and manipulate our country,” Governor Little said.. ...

One of my fondest childhood memories of Christmas in the 1970’s was riding around in the family station wagon, “Bessie,” to look at Christmas lights while I whined to my parents about needing a snack – again. There was something magical about a familiar evening landscape transformed to a radiant wonderland at the expense of someone’s lumbar spine...

This week in Ms. Nordins advanced culinary class we made Christmas sugar cookies. On Thursday we made the dough, and let it sit overnight. But Thursday night we had a snowstorm roll through, so Friday morning the dough was really difficult to roll out, so we threw it in the microwave. After making the cutouts for the cookies we baked them and put the frosting on them. The cookies were extremely soft and held together really well...

When loan expert Jimmy Schipani attended a real estate conference in Las Vegas, he saw an opportunity to put our town of Mountain Home, Idaho on the national TV map. After hearing a speech from the CEO of a national TV series that features and highlights the culture, entertainment, people, and real estate of cities nationwide, Jimmy pulled out his phone, scanned a QR code, and began filling out an application to have his hometown featured. ...