Stories from Wednesday, January 3, 2024

Meridian, Idaho Dec. 28, 2023 - The rising popularity of mobile bars is revolutionizing the hospitality industry, introducing dynamic options for social gatherings, events, and celebrations. While these mobile bars add flair to community events, they also pose unique challenges for law enforcement and local regulatory bodies, demanding the right balance of oversight and public safety...

BOISE, Idaho – Two lucky Idaho Lottery winning tickets are now worth a guaranteed $1,000,000! The Idaho Lottery announced the winning numbers from the sold-out, 2023 version of the popular Idaho $1,000,000 Raffle shortly before 6 PM Mountain Time this evening. ...

Dec. 29th, 2023 - Norman Wooten, an Army Vietnam Veteran and patient at Bay Pines VA, believes raising awareness for suicide prevention with the Veteran’s Crisis Line (VCL)is a never-ending labor of love. Wooten began distributing cards in 2022, shortly after the Veterans Crisis Line updated to a 988-press-1 option for the suicide hotline. The National Suicide Hotline Designation Act established 988 as the universal number for suicide prevention and mental health crises...

12.27.23 - BOISE – In a victory for families of transgender youth and their medical providers, a federal judge has preliminarily blocked enforcement of an Idaho law banning gender-affirming health care treatments for transgender people under 18 years old...

12.27.23 - (BOISE) – Yesterday, a federal judge preliminarily enjoined an Idaho law that protects young girls and boys from being experimentally treated with mastectomies, penectomies, puberty blockers, and other irreversible and untested treatments. ...

“Red Rover, Red Rover, let Bobby come over!” I can feel the wind on my face, the gravel at my feet – oh so minutely, but with enough realness to pull me back seven decades, into one of the earliest moments of my becoming. For some reason I find myself, at age 77, pondering such moments – not simply random memories from childhood but, as I say, moments of my becoming: openings of awareness that were entirely unexpected and utterly personal and thus, oh so quietly secret. This is me?...

I’m not sure if you folks have noticed, but I’m not big on writing editorials. I think a lot of that has to do with not really being sure that what I have to say can benefit the community. I truly think that having letters sent in to the editor is so much more valuable than hearing my thoughts and opinions. ...

A preacher’s wife. A young mother. A soldier. These brave individuals joined a survivors’ panel to share their experiences and recovery stories during a Domestic Violence Awareness and Intimate Partner Violence Awareness summit sponsored by the Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks...

BOISE, ID – Two Treasure Valley babies share the exciting title of the first babies born in the New Year across St. Luke’s eight hospitals – one was born in Boise, and the other in Meridian. Both New Year’s babies are girls who were born at 12:32 a.m. and welcomed by their two families...

Thursday, December 28, 2023 - Buying a license gives you a year of hunting and fishing and helps wildlife. The new year is here, so it’s time to get a 2024 hunting and/or fishing license. Not only do you get a full year of hunting and fishing, you also help fund protecting, preserving and perpetuating all of Idaho’s fish and wildlife...

It may seem like you’re helping, but handouts for wintering deer and elk ultimately harm the animals and people. Seeing a herd of deer outside your door or a herd of elk may seem idyllic, and during winter they can almost seem tame. But truth is they’re wild animals that need to remain wild animals, and feeding them can quickly create a variety of problems...

Rosalind (Roz) Nadine Raybon, 62, of Mountain Home, Idaho passed away Wednesday December 20, 2023 at a Boise Hospital. Roz was born September 22, 1961 in St. Petersburg Florida to Rosco and Mary (Pease) Raybon. Roz graduated from Citrus High School in Inverness Florida, in 1979. ...