Stories from Wednesday, February 22, 2023

Congratulations to all of our MOHO boys wrestlers that placed at the district tourney. Zack Walker - 7th @ 120 lbs Cameron Pedigo - 8th @ 145 lbs Easton Vivier - 7th @ 152 lbs Dominic Steeck - 8th @ 182 lbs Wesley Hodges - 5th @ 195 lbs Salomon Uribe - 7th @ 195 lbs...

Mountain Home girls wrestling team sent 4 to districts and came home with four gold medals and placed second in districts as a team. All four will now advance to the state tourney. Makayla Smith – 1st, Anjolina Espinoza – 1st, Amie Hartman – 1st, Autumn Vanderpool – 1st...

Mountain Home #5 seeded varsity BBB team defeated #6 seed Wood River by a score of 44-41. They moved on to the 3rd round game versus #4 seed Canyon Ridge on Tuesday Feb. 21. 

February’s first city council meeting began with department head reports. Library Director Shasta Hochstrasser updated the mayor, council, and those in attendance about the plethora of activities and groups taking place at the library. Fire Chief Mark Moore shared that the full-time firefighter position was in the interviewing process after receiving 6 in-house applications. ...

Who is Really Protecting Idaho's Children?Recently, several Idaho legislators introduced bills that would protect Idaho children from adults bent on using our children as vehicles for a radical gender ideology. Gender dysphoria is a controversial mental health condition that has seen a recent spike in diagnoses. While there are many contributors to this spike, some experts believe that growing levels of childhood and adolescent depression are contributing to this spike...

2.17.23 - BOISE, Idaho – Higher education leaders from across Idaho recently gathered to learn about the cybersecurity threat landscape in higher education and study simple steps school leaders can take to measurably reduce their cyber risk and protect students and faculty...

2.14.23 - BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A bill criminalizing gender-affirming healthcare for minors overwhelmingly passed the Idaho House Thursday, despite warnings from opponents who said it would likely increase suicide rates among teens. The bill, which would subject physicians to felony charges if they provide puberty blockers, hormone treatment or gender-affirming surgeries to transgender youth under 18, is just one of several targeting Idaho’s LGBTQ+ residents this year. ...

BOISE, Idaho — Feb. 15, 2023 — The Idaho State Tax Commission has been receiving phone calls asking whether Idaho’s tax rebates are taxable. The answer is no. The IRS announced on February 10, 2023, that taxpayers who received Idaho’s tax rebates won’t need to report these payments on their 2022 federal income tax returns. Idahoans also don’t need to report the rebates on their state income tax returns...

Feb. 20 - New short-term employment projections from the Idaho Department of Labor show Idaho’s healthy rate of job creation is expected to continue over the next two years. Total employment in Idaho — including self-employed and family businesses - reached a new high of 854,474 in the base period in 2022. This is projected to grow by 1.4% annually, reaching 878,100 in 2024...

February 17, 2023 I have enjoyed the writing of Sawyer Crenshaw in your paper, but I have to say I was very disappointed in his February 15 editorial, Women’s Rights. His claim that women have a RIGHT to abortion is supported only by his use of all capital letters. This opinion perhaps deserves its own editorial...

On the morning of Friday, February 17, Governor Brad Little and a number of Idaho State officials gathered at the American Legion Post in Bruneau to meet with residents of Owyhee County and designate Bruneau as Idaho’s “Capital for a Day”. The event took place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with an intermission in which state officials, the governor, and all those in attendance were treated to lunch, courtesy of the American Legion Post...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ A special education teacher at an Idaho elementary school was arrested on allegations of physically abusing preschool-age students, police said. Lincoln Elementary administrators told a Caldwell police officer assigned to the school they were concerned that several children were being abused by teacher Kerry Black, the department said in a statement...

With loved ones by her side, Marilyn Lee Jones, 69, of Boise, Idaho, slipped away peacefully on February 18, 2023. She was born on August 22, 1953, to Mabel and Morris Hill in Langley, Virginia. After growing up in an Air Force family, she graduated from Mountain Home High School in 1972...

Becoming a mom is an exciting and scary time, regardless of whether it’s the first or fifth time. The entire experience of pregnancy, giving birth, and the postpartum period is a critical time for a mother’s health. It is a window when new moms are not only recovering from childbirth and adjusting to life with a new baby, but also undergoing significant physical and psychological changes. ...